The 2022 Chinese Champions League, officially known as the Wisense Life 2022 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season since its establishment in 2002.
33 of the 50 member associations pre-elected 61 teams through leagues, cups or recommendations.
Following the 2021 season when Xinjiang PCC FA became new member association of the CFA and recommended club to enter the CMCL, this season, the new members, Federation of University Sports of China and Chinese Enterprise Sports Association also introduced 4 clubs to the CMCL.
Name Changes Baoding Rongyao F.C. changed its name to Baoding Xuecheng Athletic in February 2022. Yunnan Yukun Steel F.C. changed its name to Yuxi Yukun in April 2022. Jilin Senyang F.C. changed its name to Changchun Xidu in May 2022.
Qualified Teams According to CMCL's Format & Rules, the leagues organised by the member associations should be round-robin tournaments with more than 8 clubs, and at most 4 clubs are eligible to apply for CMCL. In fact, of the 57 teams (excludes 4 teams that entered the CMCL Finals last season), only 4 teams, Xiamen Lujian Tiancheng, Suzhou Deehero, Xinjiang Lingmengzhe, and Qingdao Great Star, fully complied with top 4 clubs in their leagues.
There are 7 teams, which were either competing in the city-level associations or directly recommended by them, then got the qualification of CMCL through the member associations (Fujian FA, Shandong FA and Anhui FA).
Italic in the Position column means the qualificated competition fixtures is still uncompleted. Football associationQualificated competitionSeasonPositionTeamCityHead CoachYunnan FACMCL202111thYuxi YukunYuxiShi JunYunnan Province National Counties Social Tournament2021 WinnersLijiang 07 UnitedLijiangHe Shijian3rdLijiang YuanhengLijiang Dragan StančićSichuan FACMCL202114thSichuan TianfuChengduLiu WentaoGansu FACMCL202115thJingchuan WenhuiJingchuanYin YouyouXi'an FACMCL202116thXi'an RonghaiXi'anTan BaiqiangGuangxi FAGuangxi Clubs Championship League2022 1stGuangxi LanhangLaibinXie Yuxin2ndGuangxi HengchenNanningWang Jun3rdGuangxi Yong CityNanningWang ZhenchuangGuangxi Super League2021 3rdLiuzhou RankoLiuzhouYang KeFujian FAFuzhou National Fitness Amateur League One (Fuzhou FA)2021 1stFuzhou HengxingFuzhouFan Wenlongrecommendation (Fuzhou FA)––Fuzhou Changle JingangtuiFuzhouGuo YabinQuanzhou Super League (Quanzhou FA)2021 2ndFujian Quanzhou QinggongQuanzhouZhao WanliXiamen FAXiamen FA Super League2021 2ndXiamen Lujian TianchengXiamenShen JinglongGuangdong FAGuangdong FA Super League2021 1stGuangdong Red TreasureGuangzhouWu WenbingShanghai FAShanghai FA Super League Group A2021 1stShanghai Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Flying LionShanghaiHuang Yi3rdShanghai LuckystarShanghaiChi Jianfeng5thShanghai HuazhengShanghaiWu Changqi6thShanghai TongjiShanghaiXu LeiJiangsu FAJiangsu FA Champions League2021 2ndSuzhou DeeheroSuzhouZhao LibinNanjing FANanjing FA Super League2022 1stNanjing TehuNanjingTang BoJiangxi FAJiangxi FA Super League2021 2ndJiujiang LYJiujiangRen XinZhejiang FAZhejiang Super League Division A2021 1stHangzhou QiantangHangzhouGu ZhongqingNingxia FANingxia FA Super League2021 2ndYinchuan SanyuanYinchuanZhai Nan3rdShizuishan HengxingShizuishanMen WenfengXinjiang FAXinjiang FA Champions League2021 2ndXinjiang LingmengzheÜrümqi QuimTianjin FATianjin FA Super League2022 2ndTianjin FushengTianjinGao Qiming3rdTianjin Yiteng Haitian Xinmei ZhicaiTianjinDong Peng4thTianjin ShengdeTianjinLiu Bing5thTianjin HopefulTianjinShi MengHubei FAHubei Public League2021–22 FinalsHubei Wuhan Athletics ZaimingWuhanZhao PengChangchun FAChangchun Amateur League2021 Group stageChangchun ShenhuaChangchunCao Tianbaorecommendation––Changchun XiduChangchunCheng YuqiChangchun Golden KirinChangchunDu XianchaoLiaoning FALiaoning Cities Super League2021 2ndYingkou ChaoyueYingkouMa Kai4thAnshan FeiyangAnshan Aleksandar Dončićrecommendation––Liaoning LeadingBenxiSun JiasenQingdao FAQingdao City Super League2021 2ndQingdao Great StarQingdaoChen JidongYanbian FAYanbian Amateur League20211stYanbian Sports SchoolYanbianCui GuangriShandong FARizhao Championship League (Rizhao FA)2021 1stRizhao YuqiRizhaoYan TengfeiWeifang Super Tournament (Weifang FA)2021 Runners-upShandong YitongWeifangLi Xingcanrecommendation (Linyi FA)––Linyi Red ArrowLinyiLiu YuGuizhou FAGuizhou Amateur Championship2022 Runners-upGuizhou GOUGuiyangJiang BaihongDalian FACMCL Dalian Qualification2022unknownDalian DuxingDalianLi GuoxuunknownDalian JinshiwanDalianLiu Yujianrecommendation––Dalian LFTZ HuayiDalianYu MingShaanxi FArecommendation––Xi'an YilianXi'anHuang QixiangAnhui FArecommendation (Hefei FA)––Hefei CityHefeiHuang ChongXinjiang PCC FArecommendation––Xinjiang Alar 359Aral Ihor HeraskinHebei FArecommendation––Baoding Xuecheng AthleticBaodingDi YouChongqing FArecommendation––Chongqing TongliangloongChongqingLin LinChongqing RichChongqingChen ZhengChongqing BenbiaoChongqingZu WentaoHunan FArecommendation––Xiangtan Zero PointXiangtanTeng RenjunHunan HBS MangguobaChangshaJia HongChinese Enterprise Sports Associationrecommendation––Beijing Smart SkyBeijingWang Shuo
Regional competitions The draw for the regional competitions took place on 2 June 2022.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Elimination round
First leg
Second leg
Finals
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Promotion play-offs
First round
Second round
Final
First leg
Second leg
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