2025 China League One

China League One
Season2025
Dates15 March – 8 November 2025[1]
Matches played72
Goals scored185 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Mbenza
(11 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 21 May 2025.

The 2025 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football League 1 (Chinese: 2025华润饮料中国足球甲级联赛) is the 22nd season of China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

Clubs

Club changes

Name changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025 China League One teams
2025 China League One teams in Guangdong and Jiangxi
Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2024 season
Nantong Zhiyun R Yoshiyuki Shinoda Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 25,000 CSL, 16th
Liaoning Tieren Li Jinyu Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 60,000 4th
Shenyang Urban Stadium 20,000
Tiexi New District Sports Center 40,000
Chongqing Tonglianglong Salva Suay Chongqing Tongliang Long Stadium 20,000 5th
Shijiazhuang Gongfu Niu Hongli Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 6th
Suzhou Dongwu Sergio Zarco Díaz Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 7th
Guangxi Pingguo Koji Maeda Pingguo Pingguo Stadium 30,000 8th
Nanjing City Zhang Xiaofeng Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 22,000 9th
Foshan Nanshi Wang Hongwei Foshan Nanhai Sports Center 20,000 10th
Shanghai Jiading Huilong Zoran Janković Shanghai Jiading Stadium 9,704 11th
Yanbian Longding Lee Ki-hyung Yanji Yanji Stadium 30,000 12th
Jiangxi Dingnan United Liu Jianye Dingnan Dingnan Youth Football Training Center 12,000 13th
Qingdao Red Lions Francisco Castro Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 14th
Guangdong GZ-Power P Li Bing Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 CL2, 1st
Huadu Stadium 13,394
Dalian K'un City P Óscar Céspedes Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 CL2, 2nd
Shenzhen Juniors P Zhang Jun Shenzhen Longhua Cultural and Sports Center 2,364 CL2, 3rd
Bao'an Stadium 44,050
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium 10,000
Shaanxi Union P Giovanni Franken Xi'an Weinan Sports Center Stadium (Weinan) 32,000 CL2, 4th

Foreign players

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players name in italics indicates the player is out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan players1 		Naturalised players Reserves players Former players
Chongqing Tonglianglong Leonardo Rimvydas Sadauskas José Ángel Carrillo Ng Yu Hei
Dalian K'un City Dominic Vinicius Sabir Musa Nyasha Mushekwi Wu Yen-shu Andrej Kotnik
Foshan Nanshi Rodney Antwi Mario Maslać Nicolás Albarracín Yu Yao-hsing Carlos Fortes
Guangdong GZ-Power Farley Rosa João Carlos Nikão Wang Chien-ming
Guangxi Pingguo Aristote Nkaka Mateus Lima Samuel Asamoah
Jiangxi Dingnan United Erikys Tiago Fernandes David Mateos → Xu Hui2
Liaoning Tieren Felipe Guy Mbenza Takahiro Kunimoto Ange Kouamé
Nantong Zhiyun Aleksandar Kolev Aleksandar Paločević Igor Ivanović Prince Lucky Ukachukwu
Nanjing City Tarik Isić Moses Ogbu Jucie Lupeta Alexandre Dujardin
Qingdao Red Lions Leandro Alves Rivaldinho João Nóbrega Chen Hao-wei
Shaanxi Union Oussama Darfalou Constantin Reiner Rayan El Azrak
Shanghai Jiading Huilong Ashley Coffey Akinkunmi Amoo Andrija Luković Magno Cruz
Shenzhen Juniors Mayingila Nzuzi Mata Joel Nouble Milan Marčić
Shijiazhuang Gongfu Dankler Olávio José Ayoví Yu Joy Yin
Suzhou Dongwu Estrela Carlos Fortes Aleksandar Andrejević Nemanja Čović
Yanbian Longding Felicio Brown Forbes Chris Ondong Mba Joaquim Domingos Vas Nuñez
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
  • ^2 Naturalised players whose parents or grandparents were born in mainland China, thus are regarded as local players.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Liaoning Tieren 15 10 4 1 35 14 +21 34 Promotion to Super League
2 Chongqing Tonglianglong 15 10 4 1 31 13 +18 34
3 Guangdong GZ-Power 14 9 2 3 26 16 +10 29
4 Yanbian Longding 15 7 4 4 18 16 +2 25
5 Shijiazhuang Gongfu 15 7 3 5 23 19 +4 24
6 Shanghai Jiading Huilong 15 6 2 7 16 22 −6 20
7 Shenzhen Juniors 15 6 2 7 22 29 −7 20
8 Shaanxi Union 14 5 4 5 20 19 +1 19
9 Nantong Zhiyun 15 5 4 6 19 18 +1 19
10 Dalian K'un City 14 5 4 5 16 18 −2 19
11 Suzhou Dongwu 15 4 6 5 15 15 0 18
12 Nanjing City 15 4 5 6 19 21 −2 17
13 Jiangxi Dingnan United 14 3 7 4 18 21 −3 16
14 Foshan Nanshi 15 2 5 8 12 23 −11 11
15 Qingdao Red Lions 15 1 6 8 7 17 −10 9 Relegation to League Two
16 Guangxi Pingguo 15 1 4 10 8 24 −16 7
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away CQT DKC FSN GZP GXP JDU LNT NJC NTZ QRL SXU SJH SZJ SJZ SZD YBL
Chongqing Tonglianglong — 1–1 – – 0–0 2–1 2–1 – – 1–1 2–1 4–0 – – – 1–0
Dalian K'un City – — 1–0 0–2 2–1 – – – 1–1 – – – 2–1 3–1 0–0 –
Foshan Nanshi 1–1 – — – – 0–0 0–2 1–3 – 1–1 2–1 – – – 0–2 2–2
Guangdong GZ-Power 1–5 – 2–0 — – – 0–2 – – 0–0 – 2–0 – – 3–2 4–0
Guangxi Pingguo – – 0–1 1–3 — – 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 – – 1–4 – –
Jiangxi Dingnan United – – – 1–1 2–2 — 3–3 2–1 – 1–0 – 0–1 – 2–2 3–1 –
Liaoning Tieren – 2–1 – – – – — 1–1 – – 2–1 3–0 7–1 1–0 – 2–1
Nanjing City 0–1 1–2 – 2–4 – – – — 0–0 2–0 – 1–1 – – 2–1 1–1
Nantong Zhiyun 2–4 – 2–0 0–1 – 1–1 2–2 – — – – 1–0 5–0 0–2 – –
Qingdao Red Lions – 0–0 – – – – 1–3 – 0–1 — 1–1 – 0–2 – 0–1 1–1
Shaanxi Union – 2–1 – – – 3–1 – 1–1 3–2 – — – 3–2 0–1 – –
Shanghai Jiading Huilong – 3–0 2–1 – 3–1 – – – – 2–0 2–4 — 2–1 0–2 – 0–0
Shenzhen Juniors 0–3 – 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 – 4–3 – – – – — 4–0 – –
Shijiazhuang Gongfu 3–1 – 2–2 1–2 – – – 2–0 – 0–2 – – – — 1–1 2–0
Suzhou Dongwu 1–3 – – – 0–0 – 1–1 – 2–0 – 0–0 2–0 0–0 – — –
Yanbian Longding – 3–2 – – 1–0 3–0 – – 1–0 – 2–0 – 1–0 – 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Chongqing Tonglianglong85221111111
Liaoning Tieren26432222222
Guangdong GZ-Power11144435343
Shijiazhuang Gongfu62313343434
Suzhou Dongwu104565554555
Yanbian Longding161416161491081086
Nantong Zhiyun511957696877
Dalian K'un City3108101211610768
Shaanxi Union1136111113131313119
Shanghai Jiading Huilong1491212688791210
Nanjing City128788101296911
Shenzhen Juniors471371012711111012
Jiangxi Dingnan United713149971112121313
Foshan Nanshi1315111413141414141414
Qingdao Red Lions912101315151515151515
Guangxi Pingguo1516151516161616161616
Leader and promotion to Super League
Promotion to Super League
Relegation to League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2025. Source: Soccerway

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Chongqing TonglianglongDWWWWWWWWDDDLWW
Dalian K'un CityWLDDLDWLWWLDLW
Foshan NanshiLLWLDLDLWLDDLDL
Guangdong GZ-PowerWWDLWWWLWLWWDW
Guangxi PingguoLLDLLDLLLDWLLLD
Jiangxi Dingnan UnitedDLDWDDLLDLDWDW
Liaoning TierenWLWWWWWWDDWWDDW
Nanjing CityLWDDDLLWWLLLWDD
Nantong ZhiyunWLDWLDLWLWDWDLL
Qingdao Red LionsDDDLLLDLWLLDLDL
Shaanxi UnionDWLLDLLLWWWDWD
Shanghai Jiading HuilongLWLDWLDWLLWLWWL
Shenzhen JuniorsWLLWLLWLLWLWDDW
Shijiazhuang GongfuDWWWDWLWLWLLWDL
Suzhou DongwuDWDDDWWWLDLLDLL
Yanbian LongdingLDLLWWDWLWWDWWD
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2025[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guy Mbenza Liaoning Tieren
11
2 Xiang Yuwang Chongqing Tonglianglong
8
3 João Carlos Guangdong GZ-Power
7
Zang Yifeng Liaoning Tieren
7
5 Erikys Jiangxi Dingnan United
6
Nyasha Mushekwi Dalian K'un City
6
7 Ange Kouamé Liaoning Tieren
5
Nemanja Čović Suzhou Dongwu
5
José Ángel Carrillo Chongqing Tonglianglong
5

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Ange Kouamé Liaoning Tieren Shenzhen Juniors 7-1 (H) 22 April 2025
Guy Mbenza Liaoning Tieren Jiangxi Dingnan United 3–3 (A) 17 May 2025

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