2014 China League Two

Football league season
China League Two
Season2014
ChampionsJiangxi Liansheng
PromotedJiangxi Liansheng
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Guizhou Zhicheng
Matches played142
Goals scored349 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerYe Chugui (10 goals)
Biggest home winDalian Transcendence 6-0 Hebei Elite
(Aug. 10th, 2014)
Jiangxi Liansheng 6-0 Fujian Broncos
(Aug. 23rd, 2014)
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 6-0 Hebei Elite
(Sept. 6th, 2014)
(6 goals)
Biggest away winSichuan Leaders 0-7 Meizhou Kejia
(May 17th, 2014)
(7 goals)
Highest scoringSichuan Leaders 0-7 Meizhou Kejia
(May 17th, 2014)
Fujian Broncos 2-5 Meixian Hakka
(Aug. 30th, 2014)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runMeizhou Kejia
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runJiangxi Liansheng
(14 matches)
Longest winless runFujian Broncos
(16 matches)
Longest losing runFujian Broncos
Pu'er Wanhao
(7 matches)
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The 2014 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 25th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 17 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 9 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 played the other teams twice, home and away. It started on April 26 and ended on September 13. The play-off stage was a two-legged elimination. It started on September 27. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off qualified for promotion to 2015 China League One.

Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2014 China League One

Teams relegated from 2013 China League One

Dissolved entries

New entries

Name changes

Clubs

Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2013 season
North Dalian Transcendence China Liu Zhongchang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 New
Hebei Elite China Sui Mingyun Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 New
Tianjin Huochetou China Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 6th
Nanjing Qianbao China Zhao Faqing Nanjing (playing in Huai'an) Huai'an Sports Center Stadium 30,000 New
Shandong Tengding China Luo Dengren Tengzhou (playing in Zibo) Qi Capital Culture Sports City Stadium 17,000 CL2, 4th
Shenyang Dongjin China Yang Yumin Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 5,000 North, 5th
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi China Wang Bo Taiyuan Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium 62,000 -
Yinchuan Helanshan Spain Abraham García Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 New
South Fujian Broncos China Zhang Yuning Quanzhou (playing in Jinjiang) Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium 15,000 New
Guizhou Zhicheng R China Zhang Jun Guiyang Guizhou Provincial Stadium 18,000 CL1, 16th
Jiangxi Liansheng China Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 5th
Lijiang Jiayunhao China Li Hu Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 3rd
Meixian Hakka Japan Tomoo Tsukoshi Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 4th
Meizhou Kejia China Cao Yang Wuhua Wuhua County Stadium 6,800 South, 1st
Pu'er Wanhao China Zhang Biao Pu'er (playing in Mengzi and Kunming) Honghe University Stadium
Hongta Sport Center #4 Field 		5,000 New
Sichuan Leaders China Hu Yijun Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 New
Sichuan Longfor China Jia Jin Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 New

Clubs Locations

Group stage standings

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi (P, Q) 14 10 3 1 25 4 +21 33 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Nanjing Qianbao (Q) 14 9 1 4 17 8 +9 28
3 Dalian Transcendence (Q) 14 7 6 1 27 9 +18 27[a]
4 Yinchuan Helanshan (Q) 14 8 3 3 19 8 +11 27[a]
5 Shenyang Dongjin 14 5 2 7 16 25 −9 17
6 Hebei Elite 14 2 3 9 14 31 −17 9
7 Tianjin Huochetou 14 2 2 10 7 22 −15 8
8 Shandong Tengding 14 2 2 10 10 28 −18 5[b] Disbanded after season
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13, 2014. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dalian 2-0 Yinchuan; Yinchuan 0-2 Dalian
  2. ^ 3 points deducted

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Meizhou Kejia (Q) 16 14 0 2 45 7 +38 42 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Guizhou Zhicheng (Q, P) 16 11 3 2 35 9 +26 36
3 Jiangxi Liansheng (C, P, Q) 16 10 4 2 25 9 +16 34
4 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 16 7 5 4 20 14 +6 26
5 Meixian Hakka 16 7 4 5 25 20 +5 25
6 Sichuan Longfor 16 5 3 8 14 23 −9 18
7 Sichuan Leaders 16 3 2 11 10 34 −24 11 Disbanded after season
8 Pu'er Wanhao 16 1 4 11 3 26 −23 7
9 Fujian Broncos 16 0 3 13 3 38 −35 3
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13, 2014. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs

Group stage results

North Group

Home \ Away DLT HBE TJH NJQ SDT SYD TYZ YCH
Dalian Transcendence 6–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–0
Hebei Elite 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–3 0–1
Tianjin Huochetou 1–4 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0
Nanjing Qianbao 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Shandong Tengding 0–4 2–4 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–3[a]
Shenyang Dongjin 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1–1 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Yinchuan Helanshan 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13th, 2014. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to the strike, Shandong Tengding was sentenced to lose 0:3.[11]

South Group

Home \ Away FJB GZZ JXL LJJ MXH MZK PEW LDS SLF
Fujian Broncos 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–5 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–0
Guizhou Zhicheng 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–1
Jiangxi Liansheng 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–1
Meixian Hakka 2–0 1–5 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–1
Meizhou Kejia 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 5–0 4–0
Pu'er Wanhao 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2
Sichuan Leaders 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–7 0–1 0–1
Sichuan Longfor 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–5 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13th, 2014. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lijiang Jiayunhao 1 - 2 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1 - 1 0 - 1
Dalian Transcendence 3 - 3 Guizhou Zhicheng 3 - 2 0 - 1
Yinchuan Helanshan 1 - 4 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 0 0 - 4
Jiangxi Liansheng 3 - 2 Nanjing Qianbao 3 - 1 0 - 1

First leg

Lijiang Jiayunhao1 - 1Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Zhang Shuang 20' Report 90' Deng Hanwen
Lijiang Sports Center Stadium, Lijiang
Referee: Hei Xiaohu
Dalian Transcendence3 - 2Guizhou Zhicheng
Han Jiabao 34'
Hu Zhaojun 42' (pen.)
Fan Zhiqiang 71'		 Report 76' Yang Jian
90+' Feng Zhiquan
Referee: Shi Zhenlu
Yinchuan Helanshan1 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Wang Yunzhe 60' Report

Second leg

Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi1 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Hou Zhe 80' Report
Guizhou Zhicheng1 - 0Dalian Transcendence
Tang Yuan 16' Report
Meizhou Kejia4 - 0Yinchuan Helanshan
Qin Sheng 9', 25', 51' (pen.)
Jiang Zhongxiao 76'		 Report
Referee: Zhang Lei
Nanjing Qianbao1 - 0Jiangxi Liansheng
Fan Da Report
Huai'an Sports Center Stadium, Huai'an
Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jiangxi Liansheng 3 - 2 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 1 2 - 1
Guizhou Zhicheng 3 - 3 (4–5 p) Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1 - 1 2 - 2

First leg

Jiangxi Liansheng1 - 1Meizhou Kejia
Qu Cheng 75' Report 11' Ma Xiaolei
Guizhou Zhicheng1 - 1Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Tang Yuan 63' Report 23' Zhang Xingbo

Second leg

Meizhou Kejia1 - 2Jiangxi Liansheng
Shi Liang 65' Report 85' Ge Wei
90+' Yang He
Referee: Wang Zhe
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi2 - 2Guizhou Zhicheng
Zhang Xingbo 15'
Zhao Zuojun 117'		 Report 90+', 96' Ilhamjan Iminjan
Penalties
Zhao Zuojun soccer ball with check mark
Hou Zhe soccer ball with check mark
Luo Andong soccer ball with check mark
Liu Tianqi soccer ball with check mark
Yin Lu soccer ball with red X
Zhang Xingbo soccer ball with check mark		 5 – 4 soccer ball with red X Yang Jian
soccer ball with check mark Li Yingjian
soccer ball with check mark Tang Yuan
soccer ball with check mark Zhou Yi
soccer ball with check mark Ilhamjan Iminjan
soccer ball with red X Jiang Liang

Third-Place Match

Guizhou Zhicheng2 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Ilhamjan Iminjan 61'
Cai Chuchuan 65'		 Report

Final Match

Jiangxi Liansheng2 - 0Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Xian Tao
Wang Jianwen 		Report

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
 China Ye Chugui Meixian Hakka
10
2
 China Jiang Zhongxiao Meizhou Kejia
9
3
 China Wang Yunlong Jiangxi Liansheng
8
China Ma Xiaolei Meizhou Kejia
8
China Shi Liang Meizhou Kejia
8
6
 China Han Jiabao Dalian Transcendence
7
China Ilhamjan Iminjan Guizhou Zhicheng
7
China Li Yingjian Guizhou Zhicheng
7
9
 China Du Wenxiang Dalian Transcendence
6
China Ouyang Xue Guizhou Zhicheng
6
China Qu Cheng Jiangxi Liansheng
6
China Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
6
China Zhang Xingbo Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
6

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