2017 China League Two

The 2017 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 28th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. The league is expanded to 24 teams, with 12 teams in North Group and 12 teams in South Group.^[1]

Team changes

To League Two

Teams relegated from 2016 China League One

• Qingdao Jonoon
• Hunan Billows

Teams entered from 2016 China Amateur Football League ^[2]

• Dalian Boyang
• Shaanxi Changan Athletic
• Shanghai Sunfun
• Wuhan Chufeng Heli
• Jilin Changchun Baijia (Promoted due to Jingtie Locomotive's withdrawal from China League Two).

From League Two

Teams promoted to 2017 China League One

• Lijiang Jiayunhao
• Baoding Yingli Yitong

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Groups	Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2016 season
North	Qingdao Jonoon R	Yin Tiesheng	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	CL1, 15th
	Yinchuan Helanshan	Wang Haiming	Yinchuan	Helan Mountain Stadium	39,872	5th
	Hebei Elite	Xu Tao	Qinhuangdao	Chinese Football School Stadium	N/A	6th
	Shenyang Urban	Marek Zub	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	8th
	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Duan Xin	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	10th
	Baotou Nanjiao	David Camhi	Baotou	Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	40,545	12th
	Tianjin Locomotive	Su Wei	Tianjin	Tianjin Locomotive Stadium	12,000	13th
	Beijing BIT	Yuan Wei	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	15th
	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Gao Fei	Yancheng	Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre	10,000	18th
	Shenyang Dongjin	Lee Woo-hyung	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	19th
	Dalian Boyang P	Chen Bo	Dalian			CAL,1st
	Shaanxi Changan Athletic P	Huang Hongyi	Xi'an			CAL,2nd
South	Hunan Billows R	Huang Xiangdong (caretaker)	Yiyang	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	30,000	CL1, 16th
	Jiangxi Liansheng	Song Lihui	Jiujiang	Jiujiang Stadium	31,000	3rd
	Sichuan Longfor		Chengdu	Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium	12,700	4th
	Meizhou Meixian Hakka	Li Haiqiang	Meizhou	Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium	20,221	7th
	Chengdu Qianbao	Zhang Weizhe	Chengdu	Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium	12,700	9th
	Shenzhen Renren	Li Yuanping (caretaker)	Shenzhen	Bao'an Stadium	40,000	11th
	Suzhou Dongwu	Tang Bo	Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center	35,000	14th
	Nantong Zhiyun	Wei Xin	Nantong	Rudong Olympic Sports Center	15,000	16th
	Hainan Seamen	Li Xiao	Haikou	Hainan Sport School Stadium	10,000	17th
	Shanghai JuJu Sports	Radomir Koković	Shanghai	Shanghai University Sports Center Stadium	3,430	20th
	Wuhan Chufeng Heli P	Zhou Yi	Wuhan			CAL,3rd
	Shanghai Sunfun P	Cheng Liang	Shanghai			CAL,4th

Clubs Locations

Qingdao Jonoon

Yinchuan Helanshan

Shenyang Dongjin
Shenyang Urban

Chengdu Qianbao
Sichuan Longfor

B.I.T

Hebei Elite

Tianjin Locomotive

Baotou Nanjiao

Heilongjiang Lava Spring

Dalian Boyang

Shaanxi Changan Athletic

Suzhou Dongwu

Shanghai Sunfun
Shanghai JuJu Sports

Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli

Meixian Hakka

Jiangxi Liansheng

Nantong Zhiyun

Hainan Boying Seamen

Shenzhen Renren

Hunan Billows

Wuhan Chufeng Heli

Location of teams in 2017 China League Two^[3]

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sichuan Longfor	Vítor Pontes	2 November 2016 [4]
Meixian Hakka	Wang Hongwei	9 November 2016	Li Haiqiang	9 November 2016 [5]
Yinchuan Helanshan	Kazuo Uchida	11 November 2016 [6]	Wang Haiming	15 November 2016 [7]
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Zoran Janković	1 December 2016	Duan Xin	1 December 2016 [8]
Chengdu Qianbao	Zhao Faqing	3 December 2016	Zhang Weizhe	3 December 2016 [9]

References

External links

• Official site (Chinese)
• News and results at mytiyu.cn (Chinese)