The 2015 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 26th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 16 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 8 teams in South Group. The league was made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage was a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away.

China League Two
Season2015
ChampionsMeizhou Kejia (1st title)
PromotedMeizhou Kejia
Dalian Transcendence
Matches played126
Goals scored356 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerLiu Yang (12 goals)
Biggest home winMeizhou Kejia 10-0 Fujian Broncos
(Aug. 22nd, 2015)
(10 goals)
Biggest away winFujian Broncos 0-7 Anhui Litian Huishang
(Jul. 11th, 2015)
(7 goals)
Highest scoringDalian Transcendence 10-1 Shenyang Dongjin
(Jun. 13th, 2015)
(11 goals)
2014
2016

Team changes

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Promotion and relegation

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Teams promoted to 2015 China League One

Teams relegated from 2014 China League One

Teams promoted from 2014 China Amateur Football League [1]

Dissolved entries

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Name changes

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Pu'er Wanhao was renamed Yunnan Wanhao.

Clubs

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Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
North Nanjing Qianbao   Zhao Faqing Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 18,500 North, 2nd
Dalian Transcendence   Liu Zhongchang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 North, 3rd
Yinchuan Helanshan   Zhu Bo Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 4th
Shenyang Dongjin   Li Wei Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 5th
Hebei Elite   Juan Carlos Añón Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 North, 6th
Tianjin Huochetou   Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 7th
Baotou Nanjiao P   Xu Hui Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Center Stadium 40,545 CAL, 10th
Baoding Yingli ETS P   Fan Yuhong Baoding Baoding Foreign Language School Stadium N/A CAL North, 5th
South Meizhou Kejia   Qi Wusheng Wuhua Wuhua County Stadium 6,800 CL2, 4th
Lijiang Jiayunhao   Wang Zheng Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th
Meixian Hakka   Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 5th
Sichuan Longfor   Jia Jin Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 6th
Yunnan Wanhao   Zhang Biao Pu'er (playing in Kunming) Hongta Sport Center N/A South, 8th
Fujian Broncos   Wei Xin Quanzhou (playing in Jinjiang) Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium 15,000 South, 9th
Guangxi Longguida P   Huang Yong Nanning (playing in Dongxing) Dongxing Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 4th
Anhui Litian P   Darko Nović Hefei Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 9th

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Meizhou Kejia   Tan Ende 26 May 2015[4]   Zhang Jun 26 May 2015[4]
Anhui Litian   Shang Qing 28 May 2015[5]   Ding Wei (caretaker) 28 May 2015[5]
Meizhou Kejia   Zhang Jun 15 June 2015[6]   He Weiwen 15 June 2015[6]
Anhui Litian   Ding Wei (caretaker) 1 July 2015   Darko Nović 1 July 2015[7]
Meizhou Kejia   He Weiwen 5 July 2015   Qi Wusheng 5 July 2015[8]
Sichuan Longfor   Zhang Weizhe 6 July 2015[9]   Jia Jin 6 July 2015[9]

Clubs Locations

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Group stage standings

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North Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dalian Transcendence (P, Q) 14 10 4 0 38 11 +27 34 CL2 Play-offs
2 Nanjing Qianbao (Q) 14 6 6 2 32 16 +16 24
3 Hebei Elite (Q) 14 6 4 4 20 12 +8 22
4 Tianjin Huochetou (Q) 14 6 4 4 23 16 +7 22
5 Baoding Yingli ETS 14 5 5 4 26 17 +9 20
6 Baotou Nanjiao 14 5 5 4 21 13 +8 20
7 Yinchuan Helanshan 14 3 2 9 14 25 −11 11
8 Shenyang Dongjin 14 0 0 14 3 67 −64 0
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off

South Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (C, P, Q) 14 9 3 2 39 13 +26 30 CL2 Play-offs
2 Sichuan Longfor (Q) 14 7 5 2 24 14 +10 26
3 Meixian Hakka (Q) 14 6 6 2 14 8 +6 24
4 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 14 7 3 4 19 15 +4 24
5 Anhui Litian 14 5 5 4 23 15 +8 20
6 Yunnan Wanhao 14 3 5 6 9 19 −10 14
7 Guangxi Longguida 14 2 2 10 10 24 −14 8
8 Fujian Broncos 14 2 1 11 11 41 −30 7
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off

Group stage results

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North Group

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Home \ Away NJQ DLT YCH SYD HBE TJH BTN BDY
Nanjing Qianbao 1–1 4–0 6–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 0–0
Dalian Transcendence 1–1 1–0 10–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Yinchuan Helanshan 1–3 3–4 4–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1
Shenyang Dongjin 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–5 0–4 0–2 0–6
Hebei Elite 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Tianjin Huochetou 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Baotou Nanjiao 1–1 1–3 0–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
Baoding Yingli ETS 1–3 1–2 3–0 7–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

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Home \ Away MZK LJJ MXH SCL YNW FJB GXL AHL
Meizhou Kejia 5–3 2–0 4–0 3–0 10–0 1–0 3–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Meixian Hakka 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Sichuan Longfor 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Yunnan Wanhao 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–5 3–2 1–0 0–0
Fujian Broncos 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–7
Guangxi Longguida 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Anhui Litian 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lijiang Jiayunhao 0 - 3 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 1 0 - 2
Hebei Elite 1 - 1 Sichuan Longfor 1 - 1 0 - 0
Tianjin Huochetou 2 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 2 1 - 4
Meixian Hakka 1 - 1 (5–6 p) Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 0 0 - 1

First leg

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Lijiang Jiayunhao0 - 1Dalian Transcendence
Report   13' Su Di



Second leg

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Meizhou Kejia4 - 1Tianjin Huochetou
Cao Tianbao   7', 53' (pen.)
Gao Zhilin   20', 75'
Report   60' Li Wenxin

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sichuan Longfor 2 - 5 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 0 2 - 5
Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 5 0 - 1

First leg

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Nanjing Qianbao1 - 5Meizhou Kejia
Zi Long   74' Report   2' Ba Dun
  35' Yu Jianfeng
  49' Chen Jianlong
  76', 88' Gao Zhilin

Second leg

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Third-Place Match

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Final Match

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Attendance

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Club Total Average
Lijiang Jiayunhao 47,494 6,785
Meixian Hakka 46,392 6,627
Baotou Nanjiao 42,548 6,078
Meizhou Kejia 31,901 4,557
Sichuan Longfor 26,745 3,821
Yinchuan Helanshan 17,470 2,496
Anhui Litian 17,039 2,434
Baoding Yingli ETS 16,788 2,398
Guangxi Longguida 11,248 1,607
Nanjing Qianbao 10,797 1,542
Dalian Transcendence 6,287 898
Yunnan Wanhao 4,972 710
Fujian Broncos 4,100 586
Hebei Elite 1,939 277
Shenyang Dongjin 1,508 215
Tianjin Huochetou 1,445 206
Total 288,673 2,577

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Total
1
  Liu Yang Tianjin Huochetou
12
2
  Han Jiabao Dalian Transcendence
11
3
  Ji Jun Meizhou Kejia
9
  Tan Si Nanjing Qianbao
9
5
  Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
6
  Nan Yunqi Dalian Transcendence
7
  Quan Heng Dalian Transcendence
7
  Wang Yunlong Anhui Litian
7
  Zhang Xiang Lijiang Jiayunhao
7
10
  Cao Tianbao Meizhou Kejia
6
  Chen Shaoqin Sichuan Longfor
6
  Wang Xinzheng Sichuan Longfor
6
  Zhang Hongbin Baoding Yingli ETS
6
  Zhang Shuang Baotou Nanjiao
6
  Zhang Zhiquan Meizhou Kejia
6
  Zi Long Nanjing Qianbao
6

Awards

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The awards of 2015 China League Two were announced on 18 November 2015.[11]

References

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