2012 China League One
The 2012 China League One was the ninth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on March 17, 2012 and ended on October 28, 2012.
The size of the league has been expanded from 14 to 16 teams this season.
Team changes
Promotion and relegation
as the champion of 2011 season and Guangzhou R&F F.C. as runner-up had promoted to the 2012 Chinese Super League. They were replaced by Chengdu Blades F.C. and Shenzhen Ruby F.C., who had relegated from the 2011 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.Guizhou Zhicheng Toro F.C. had relegated to the 2012 China League Two after finishing the 2011 season in last place and lost play-off match against 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero F.C.. Due to the league's expansion, three teams were admitted into the 2012 China League One. These were the two 2011 League Two promotion final winners, Harbin Yiteng F.C., Chongqing F.C., and the play-off winner, Fujian Smart Hero F.C..
Name changes
moved to the city of Hohhot and changed their name to Hohhot Dongjin in February 2012.Clubs
Stadiums and Locations
Club | Head Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2011 season |
BIT FC | ![]() | Beijing | BIT Eastern Athletic Field | 5,000 | 13th |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() ![]() | Beijing | Shijingshan Stadium | 20,000 | 11th |
Chengdu Tiancheng R | ![]() | Chengdu | Shuangliu Sports Centre | 26,000 | CSL, 15th |
Chongqing FC P | ![]() | Chongqing | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | 58,680 | CL2, 2nd |
Chongqing Lifan | ![]() | Chongqing | Fuling Stadium | 22,000 | 8th |
Fujian Smart Hero P | ![]() | Fuzhou Jinjiang | Fuzhou Stadium Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium | 23,000 15,000 | CL2, 3rd |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | Guangzhou | Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium Guangdong Olympic Stadium | 25,000 80,012 | 3rd |
Harbin Yiteng P | ![]() | Harbin | Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center Harbin Institute of Technology Stadium | 50,000 20,000 | CL2, 1st |
Shenyang Dongjin | ![]() | Hohhot | Hohhot City Stadium | 60,000 | 5th |
Hunan Billows | ![]() | Changsha Yiyang | CSUFT East-Garden Stadium Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium | 18,000 30,000 | 4th |
Shanghai Tellace | ![]() | Shanghai | Shanghai Stadium Jinshan Football Stadium | 65,000 30,000 | 9th |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | Shenyang | Shenyang Sport University Stadium | 12,000 | 6th |
Shenzhen NEO Capital R | ![]() | Shenzhen | Bao'an Stadium | 40,000 | CSL, 16th |
Tianjin Songjiang | ![]() | Tianjin | Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium | 30,320 | 12th |
Wuhan Zall | ![]() | Wuhan | Xinhua Road Sports Center | 32,137 | 7th |
Yanbian Quanyang Spring | ![]() | Longjing | Hailanjiang Stadium | 32,000 | 10th |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
Hohhot Dongjin | ![]() | --- | Pre-season | N/A | ![]() | Pre-season |
Chongqing Lifan | ![]() | Sacked | Pre-season | N/A | ![]() | Pre-season |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | Sacked | Pre-season | N/A | ![]() | Pre-season |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | Sacked | Pre-season | N/A | ![]() | Pre-season |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() | Resigned | Pre-season | N/A | ![]() | Pre-season |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | Sacked | 27 March 2012 | 6th | ![]() | 27 March 2012 |
Chongqing Lifan | ![]() | Sacked | 14 April 2012 | 16th | ![]() | 19 April 2012 |
Wuhan Zall | ![]() | Sacked | 24 April 2012 | 8th | ![]() | 24 April 2012 |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | Resigned | 1 May 2012 | 14th | ![]() | 1 May 2012 |
Yanbian Quanyang Spring | ![]() | Sacked | 20 May 2012 | 14th | ![]() | 20 May 2012 |
Hohhot Dongjin | ![]() | Sacked | 22 May 2012 | 16th | ![]() | 22 May 2012 |
Yanbian Quanyang Spring | ![]() | --- | 1 June 2012 | 13th | ![]() | 1 June 2012 |
Wuhan Zall | ![]() | --- | 14 June 2012 | 4th | ![]() | 14 June 2012 |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | Resigned | 18 June 2012 | 16th | ![]() | 18 June 2012 |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() | Sacked | 3 July 2012 | 14th | ![]() | 3 July 2012 |
Chongqing FC | ![]() | Resigned | 5 July 2012 | 11th | ![]() | 5 July 2012 |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | Resigned | 10 July 2012 | 15th | ![]() | 10 July 2012 |
Chengdu Tiancheng | ![]() | Resigned | 24 July 2012 | 12th | ![]() | 24 July 2012 |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | Resigned | 28 July 2012 | 12th | ![]() | 29 July 2012 |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() | Resigned | 3 August 2012 | 16th | ![]() ![]() | 3 August 2012 |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | As assistant coach | 30 August 2012 | 12th | ![]() | 30 August 2012 |
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CSL.- Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players* |
BIT FC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Chengdu Tiancheng | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Chongqing FC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Chongqing Lifan | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Fujian Smart Hero | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Harbin Yiteng | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Hohhot Dongjin | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Hunan Billows | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Shanghai Tellace | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Shenyang Shenbei | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Shenzhen NEO Capital | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Tianjin Songjiang | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Wuhan Zall | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Yanbian Quanyang Spring | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
Beijing Baxy | ![]() | |
Guangdong Sunray Cave | ![]() | ![]() |
Shenzhen NEO Capital | ![]() |