The 2022 China League One () was the 19th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.
Format On 12 May 2022, the Chinese Football Association announced the format of the season. The season will be divided into 4 stages (8, 8, 8 and 10 rounds respectively). In the first stage, 18 teams will be divided into three groups. The hosts will be allocated to each group and other teams will be drawn based on last season's rankings. In the second, third and fourth stage, the teams in three groups will be switched to ensure that each team can play against each other twice.
Groups The draw for the stages took place on 12 May 2022. Team2021 seasonDraw orderNo.GroupFirst stageSecond stageThird stageFourth stageShijiazhuang GongfuCL2, 2nd (Host) —A1Nantong Zhiyun5th1A2Zibo Cuju11th6A3Suzhou Dongwu13th7A4Guangxi Pingguo HaliaoCL2, 3rd12A5Qingdao Youth IslandCL2, 4th13A6Nanjing City10th (Host) —B1Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic6th2B2Kunshan9th5B3Jiangxi Beidamen14th8B4Qingdao HainiuCL2, 1st11B5Beijing BIT17th14B6Shanghai Jiading HuilongCL2, 7th —C1Heilongjiang Ice City7th3C2Sichuan Jiuniu8th4C3Beijing BSU15th9C4Liaoning Shenyang Urban16th10C5Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard18th15C6
Centralised venues Tangshan (Groups A, D, G and L) Tangshan Nanhu City Football Training Base Field No.1 Tangshan Nanhu City Football Training Base Field No.2 Tangshan Nanhu City Football Training Base Field No.3 Nanjing (Groups B, E, H and J) Jiangning Football Training Base Field No.2 Jiangning Football Training Base Stadium Dalian (Groups C, F, I and K) Dalian Sports Centre Stadium Field No.3 Dalian Youth Football Training Base Main Stadium
Clubs
Club changes
To League One Teams relegated from 2021 Chinese Super League Qingdao
Teams promoted from 2021 China League Two Qingdao Hainiu Hebei Kungfu Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Qingdao Youth Island Shanghai Jiading Huilong
From League One Teams promoted to 2022 Chinese Super League Wuhan Three Towns Meizhou Hakka Zhejiang Chengdu Rongcheng
Dissolved entries Guizhou
Name changes Hebei Kungfu F.C. changed their name to Shijiazhuang Gongfu in March 2022.
Clubs information Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2021 season Nantong Zhiyun Cao Rui Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,0005th Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Feng Feng (caretaker) Xi'an Shaanxi Province Stadium 43,0006th Heilongjiang Ice City Jia Shunhao Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,0007th Sichuan Jiuniu Sergio Lobera Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 27,0008th Kunshan Sergio Zarco Díaz Kunshan Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium 30,0009th Nanjing City Zhang Xiaofeng Nanjing Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park 18,00010th Zibo Cuju Huang Hongyi Zibo Zibo Sports Center Stadium 45,00011th Suzhou Dongwu Lu Bofei Suzhou Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 45,00013th Jiangxi Beidamen Bene Lima Ruichang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium 13,00014th Beijing BSU Zhang Xu Beijing Olympic Sports Centre 36,22815th Liaoning Shenyang Urban Duan Xin Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,00016th Qingdao Hainiu P Yin Tiesheng Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525CL2, 1st Shijiazhuang Gongfu P Zhang Hui Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000CL2, 2nd Guangxi Pingguo Haliao P Zhao Changhong Pingguo Pingguo Stadium 15,990CL2, 3rd (Promotion play-offs winner) Qingdao Youth Island P Zhou Xin Qingdao Conson Stadium 45,000CL2, 4th (Promotion play-offs winner) Beijing BIT Yu Fei Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,00017th Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Li Dong Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,00018th Shanghai Jiading Huilong P Li Yinan Shanghai Jiading Stadium 9,704CL2, 7th
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Sichuan Jiuniu Li Yi Mutual consent 25 December 2021 Pre-season Sergio Lobera 19 January 2022 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Feng Feng (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 20 January 2022 Wang Baoshan 20 January 2022 Nanjing City Fulvio Pea Mutual consent 7 March 2022 Zhang Xiaofeng 14 March 2022 Liaoning Shenyang Urban Yu Ming Mutual consent 1 May 2022 Zhao Faqing 1 May 2022 Heilongjiang Ice City Duan Xin Mutual consent 7 May 2022 Zang Haili 7 May 2022 Jiangxi Beidamen Huang Yong Mutual consent 23 May 2022 Bene Lima 23 May 2022 Suzhou Dongwu Gary White Mutual consent 17 July 2022 15th Lu Bofei 17 July 2022 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Yang Lin Mutual consent 18 July 2022 13th Óscar Céspedes 18 July 2022 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Wang Baoshan Mutual consent 18 July 2022 7th Feng Feng (caretaker) 18 July 2022 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Parhat Azimat Mutual consent 26 July 2022 12th Naser Tursun (caretaker) 26 July 2022 Liaoning Shenyang Urban Zhao Faqing Mutual consent 27 July 2022 17th Duan Xin 27 July 2022 Shanghai Jiading Huilong Wang Hongliang Mutual consent 11 August 2022 15th Zhang Feihu (caretaker) 11 August 2022 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Naser Tursun (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 15 August 2022 16th Ashar Sheryazdon (caretaker) 15 August 2022 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Óscar Céspedes Mutual consent 3 September 2022 14th Jiang Chen (caretaker) 3 September 2022 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Ashar Sheryazdon (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 7 September 2022 17th Li Bin 7 September 2022 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Jiang Chen (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 21 September 2022 14th Zhao Changhong 21 September 2022 Heilongjiang Ice City Zang Haili Mutual consent 14 October 2022 11th Jia Shunhao 14 October 2022
Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan PlayersNaturalized PlayersFormer Players Beijing BIT Beijing BSU Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Mladen Kovačević David Mateos Fabrício Matt Orr Sandro Heilongjiang Ice City Dominic Vinicius Franck Ohandza Evans Etti Jiangxi Beidamen Magno Cruz Gileard Weslley Kunshan Hildeberto Pereira Nemanja Čović → Pedro Delgado Liaoning Shenyang Urban Željko Dimitrov Uroš Tomović Ku Kyo-cheol Nanjing City Messi Bouli Sabir Musa Nemanja Vidić Chris Shimbayev Nantong Zhiyun Abdou Razack Traoré Zé Turbo Oumar Camara Li Ngai Hoi → David Wang→ Ming-yang Yang Qingdao Hainiu Adama Guira Ibrahim Kane Kingsley Onuegbu Wang Chien-ming Qingdao Youth Island Jaílton Paraíba Hervaine Moukam Valdu Té Chen Po-liang Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Raoul Loé Robert Ndip Tambe Moses Ogbu Ronaldo Deaconu Wang Chien-ming Shanghai Jiading Huilong Alex Sillas Paulão Shijiazhuang Gongfu Alexsandro Ferreira João Leonardo Venício Daniel Wong Sichuan Jiuniu Edu García Jorge Ortiz Hernán Santana Andy Russell → Xia Dalong Suzhou Dongwu Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Franck Kouamejo Branko Jovanović Zibo Cuju For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.
League table
Results
Chinese Football Association awarded Jiangxi Beidamen and Kunshan each a 3–0 win against Beijing BIT after Beijing BIT failed to arrive in the centralised venues due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. These matches were not played. Chinese Football Association awarded Heilongjiang Ice City a 3–0 win against Zibo Cuju after Zibo Cuju failed to name enough players to compete. The match was not played.
Positions by round
Chinese Football Association awarded Jiangxi Beidamen and Kunshan each a 3–0 win against Beijing BIT after Beijing BIT failed to arrive in the centralised venues due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. These matches were not played. The decision was made between rounds 7 and 8. Chinese Football Association awarded Heilongjiang Ice City a 3–0 win against Zibo Cuju after Zibo Cuju failed to name enough players to compete. The match was not played and it was originally scheduled to be played in round 12.
Results by match played
Chinese Football Association awarded Jiangxi Beidamen and Kunshan each a 3–0 win against Beijing BIT after Beijing BIT failed to arrive in the centralised venues due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. These matches were not played. Chinese Football Association awarded Heilongjiang Ice City a 3–0 win against Zibo Cuju after Zibo Cuju failed to name enough players to compete. The match was not played.
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Kingsley Onuegbu Qingdao Hainiu2 Zé Turbo Nantong Zhiyun3 Messi Bouli Nanjing City Nemanja Čović Kunshan5 Feng Boyuan Kunshan6 Ji Shengpan Zibo Cuju7 Men Yang Suzhou Dongwu Sun Yue Shanghai Jiading Huilong Magno Cruz Jiangxi Beidamen10 Ma Xiaolei Sichuan Jiuniu Valdu Té Qingdao Youth Island Tang Chuang Suzhou Dongwu Xie Wenneng Qingdao Hainiu14 Abdou Razack Traoré Nantong Zhiyun Pang Zhiquan Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Mladen Kovačević Guangxi Pingguo Haliao
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Kingsley Onuegbu Qingdao Hainiu Zibo Cuju 4–2 (H) Zé Turbo Nantong Zhiyun Jiangxi Beidamen 4–1 (A) Valdu Té Qingdao Youth Island Shanghai Jiading Huilong 3–1 (H) Kingsley Onuegbu Qingdao Hainiu Liaoning Shenyang Urban 3–0 (A)
League attendance
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