The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 30th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 32 teams, with 16 teams in North Group and 16 teams in South Group.

Team changes

To League Two Team relegated from 2018 China League One Zhejiang Yiteng Dalian Transcendence

Teams promoted from 2018 Chinese Champions League Taizhou Yuanda Chengdu Better City Hubei Chufeng United Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang Lhasa Urban Construction Investment Nanjing Shaye Shanxi Metropolis Yunnan Kunlu Wuhan Shangwen Guangxi Baoyun Qingdao Red Lions Xi'an Daxing Chongde Shenzhen Xinqiao (withdrew) Heilongjiang Crane City

From League Two Teams promoted to 2019 China League One Sichuan Longfor Nantong Zhiyun Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic

Dissolved entries Anhui Hefei Guiguan Hainan Boying Shanghai Sunfun Shenyang Dongjin Shenzhen Ledman Yunnan Flying Tigers

Name changes Zhenjiang Huasa F.C. moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C. in December 2018. Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019. Wuhan Shangwen F.C. changed their name to Wuhan Three Towns F.C. in January 2019. Dalian Boyoung F.C. changed their name to Dalian Chanjoy F.C. in January 2019. Zibo Sunday F.C. changed their name to Zibo Cuju F.C. in January 2019. Hebei Elite F.C. changed their name to Hebei Aoli Jingying F.C. in February 2019.

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations Groups Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2018 seasonNorth Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Huang Yong Yancheng Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre 10,0004th Shenyang Urban Yu Ming Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,0006th Qingdao Jonoon Dragoslav Milenković Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,5258th Yinchuan Helanshan Zhao Changhong Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 9th Wuzhong Yellow River Cultural and Sports Center N/A Hebei Aoli Jingying Vila Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 33,57211th Jilin Baijia Zoran Kitanoski Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,00014th Baoding Yingli ETS Fan Yuhong Baoding Hebei University Stadium 20,00015th Dalian Chanjoy Zhao Faqing Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,77517th Zibo Cuju Hou Zhiqiang Zibo Zibo Sports Center Stadium 45,00019th Beijing BIT Asier Eizaguirre Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,00021st Yanbian Beiguo Jin Qing Wangqing Wangqing People's Stadium N/A23rd Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Branko Božović Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 40,54525th Taizhou Yuanda P Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Taixing Sports Center Stadium 8,000CMCL, 1st Shanxi Metropolis P Vom Ca-nhum Taiyuan Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium 62,000CMCL, 7th Qingdao Red Lions P Tomaž Kavčič Qingdao Jimo Powerise District Sports Centre Stadium 15,000CMCL, 15th Laixi Sports Centre Stadium N/A Xi'an Daxing Chongde P Bojan Pavlović Xi'an Northwestern Polytechnical University (Chang'an Campus) Stadium N/ACMCL, 16thSouth Zhejiang Yiteng R Giles Stille Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center 40,000CL1, 12th Fujian Tianxin Zhao Tuqiang Fuzhou (playing in Jinjiang) Quanzhou College of Technology Stadium 3,7457th Hunan Billows Tang Jing Changsha (playing in Yiyang) Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium 30,00010th Suzhou Dongwu Liu Junwei Suzhou Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 45,000 12th Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 Kunshan F.C. Gao Yao Kunshan Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium 30,00013th Shenzhen Pengcheng Chen Dazhi Shenzhen Xixiang Sports Centre 3,00018th Jiangxi Liansheng Huang Yong Ruichang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium N/A22nd Sichuan Jiuniu Wang Hongwei Chengdu Nanhu Sports Center 20,000 24th Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000 Chengdu Better City P José Carlos Granero Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000CMCL, 2nd Hubei Chufeng United P Luíz Felipe Wuhan Xiaogan Sports Centre Stadium 27,000 CMCL, 3rd Xinhua Road Stadium 22,140 Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang P Hangzhou (playing in Yiwu) Yiwu Meihu Sports Center Stadium 35,260CMCL, 4th Lhasa Urban Construction Investment P Zhang Biao Lhasa (playing in Deyang) Deyang Sports Park Stadium N/ACMCL, 5th Nanjing Shaye P Tang Bo Nanjing Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park 21,000 CMCL, 6th Hohai University (Jiangning Campus) Stadium N/A Yunnan Kunlu P He Yunqun Kunming (playing in Qujing) Qujing Cultural Sports Park Stadium 34,162CMCL, 10th Wuhan Three Towns P Albert Garcia Xicota Wuhan Hankou Cultural Sports Centre 20,000CMCL, 11th Guangxi Baoyun P Yang Lin Liuzhou Liuzhou Sports Center 35,000CMCL, 13th

Clubs Locations

Managerial changes ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment Guangxi Baoyun Han Zhenyuan 1 December 2018 Wang Jung-hyun 1 December 2018 Kunshan F.C. Tang Jing 12 December 2018 Dragan Okuka 12 December 2018 Jiangxi Liansheng Kazimir Vulić 15 December 2018 Huang Yong 15 December 2018 Hebei Aoli Jingying Zhang Hui 31 December 2018 Vila 1 January 2019 Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang Gu Zhongqing 31 December 2018 Milovan Prelević 10 January 2019 Hubei Chufeng United Huang Zhengguo 31 December 2018 Luíz Felipe 10 January 2019 Shenyang Urban Wang Gang 31 December 2018 Yu Ming 1 February 2019 Suzhou Dongwu Kazuo Uchida 31 December 2018 Liu Junwei 3 February 2019 Shanxi Metropolis Huang Hongyi 31 December 2018 Nermin Šabić 1 March 2019 Yanbian Beiguo Choi Jin-han 31 December 2018 Nebojša Maksimović 1 March 2019 Qingdao Red Lions Guo Zuojin 31 December 2018 Toon Beijer 7 March 2019 Sichuan Jiuniu Dario Dabac 11 January 2019 Wang Hongwei 27 February 2019 Yinchuan Helanshan Fan Yuhong 22 January 2019 Zhao Changhong 22 January 2019 Baoding Yingli ETS Han Yalin 25 January 2019 Fan Yuhong 25 January 2019 Dalian Chanjoy Jiang Feng 1 February 2019 Dželaludin Muharemović 10 February 2019 Yunnan Kunlu Goran Miscevic 5 February 2019 Cheng Liang 5 February 2019 Hunan Billows Sun Wei 25 February 2019 Tang Jing 25 February 2019 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Wang Hongwei 2 March 2019 Huang Yong 2 March 2019 Zhejiang Yiteng Hu Zhaojun (caretaker) 3 March 2019 Giles Stille 3 March 2019 Wuhan Three Towns Zeng Qinggao 4 March 2019 Albert Garcia Xicota 4 March 2019 Xi'an Daxing Chongde Gao Xuehua 7 March 2019 Bojan Pavlović 7 March 2019 Guangxi Baoyun Wang Jung-hyun 3 April 2019 Pei Encai 3 April 2019 Shanxi Metropolis Nermin Šabić 7 April 2019 Vom Ca-nhum 7 April 2019 Qingdao Red Lions Toon Beijer 16 April 2019 Tomaž Kavčič 16 April 2019 Yunnan Kunlu Cheng Liang 18 April 2019 Milan Jelić 18 April 2019 Qingdao Jonoon Aleksandar Kristić 11 May 2019 Dragoslav Milenković 11 May 2019 Yanbian Beiguo Nebojša Maksimović 23 May 2019 Jin Qing 23 May 2019 Kunshan F.C. Dragan Okuka 22 June 2019 Gao Yao 22 June 2019 Dalian Chanjoy Dželaludin Muharemović 24 June 2019 Zhao Faqing 24 June 2019 Guangxi Baoyun Pei Encai 24 June 2019 Yang Lin 24 June 2019 Yunnan Kunlu Milan Jelić 5 July 2019 He Yunqun 5 July 2019

League tables North Group

South Group

Overall table

Play-offs Championship play-offs

Promotion play-offs 3rd-6th place

3rd-4th place The winner will be directly promoted to 2020 China League One while the loser will participate in the Relegation play-offs.

5th-6th place The winner will participate in the Relegation play-offs.

7th–8th place

9th–10th place

11th–12th place

13th–14th place

15th–16th place

17th–18th place

19th–20th place

21st–22nd place

23rd–24th place

25th–26th place

Relegation play-offs 27th-30th place

Relegation

Results

North Group

South Group

Results by match played

North Group

South Group

Top scorers

Source:

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ma XiaoleiChengdu Better City 232 Zhu Shiyu Shenyang Urban 193 Wei JingxingJiangxi Liansheng 17 Ge WeiTaizhou Yuanda 17 Qu XiaohuiDalian Chanjoy 16

Awards The awards of 2019 China League Two were announced on 4 December 2019. Award Winner Club Player of the Season Zhu Shiyu Shenyang Urban Golden Boot Ma Xiaolei Chengdu Better City Manager of the Season Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Yuanda Goalkeeper of the Season Li Shi Chengdu Better City Young Player of the Season Zhang Hui Wuhan Three Towns

League attendance

References

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