The 2013 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 24th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are 15 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 7 teams in South Group. The league is made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage is a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away. It will start on May 4 and end on September 22. The play-off stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October 8. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off will qualify for promotion to 2014 China League One.

China League Two
Season2013
ChampionsQingdao Hainiu
PromotedQingdao Hainiu
Hebei Zhongji
Matches played112
Goals scored275 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerChina Yang Chen
(9 goals)
Biggest home winShandong Tengding 7-0 Liaoning Youth
(Sept. 7th, 2013)
(7 goals)
Biggest away winLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Highest scoringLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Longest winning runQingdao Hainiu
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runQingdao Hainiu
(19 matches)
Longest winless runGanxu Aoxin
(14 matches)
Longest losing runGansu Aoxin
(8 matches)
2012
2014

Team changes

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Promotion and relegation

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Guizhou Zhicheng as the 2012 season champion and Hubei China-Kyle as runner-up earned promotion to the 2013 China League One.

Hohhot Dongjin were relegated from 2012 China League One to 2013 China League Two North Group as the last placed team.

Name changes

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North Group

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Hohhot Dongjin relocated to Shenyang during the season (in July 2013) and changed its name back to Shenyang Dongjin.

South Group

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Dongguan Nancheng relocated to Mei County on December 12, 2012 and changed its name to Meixian Hakka.
Kunming Ruilong relocated to Dali and changed its name to Dali Ruilong.

New entries

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There are six new teams participating in 2013 China League Two. They are Gansu Aoxin,[1] Liaoning Youth, Qingdao Hainiu,[2] Shandong Tengding,[3] Lijiang Jiayunhao[4] and Meizhou Kejia.

Clubs

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Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2012 season
North Gansu Aoxin   Zhang Hui Lanzhou Qilihe Stadium 30,000 New
Hebei Zhongji   Zhang Yandong Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 North, 1st
Shenyang DongjinR   Zhao Faqing Shenyang (playing in Benxi) Hohhot City Stadium
Benxi Stadium (from Round 8)
60,000
N/A
CL1, 16th
Tianjin Huochetou   Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 11th
Liaoning Youth   Yasuharu Kurata Benxi Benxi Stadium N/A New
Qingdao Hainiu   Su Maozhen Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium 19,000 New
Qinghai Senke    Floris Schaap Xining Xining Ximen Stadium N/A North, 2nd
Shandong Tengding   Luo Dengren Tengzhou Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center N/A New
South Dali Ruilong   Gao Fulin Dali Dali Stadium N/A South, 3rd
Jiangxi Liansheng   Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 8th
Lijiang Jiayunhao   Niu Hongli Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium N/A New
Meixian Hakka   Hirokazu Sakuma Mei County Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,000 South, 6th
Meizhou Kejia   Cao Yang Wuhua Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhua County Stadium (from Round 12)
20,000
6,800
New
Shaanxi Laochenggen   Zhang Yuede Xi'an Shaanxi Province Stadium 50,100 North, 4th
Shenzhen Fengpeng   Zhu Bo Shenzhen Universiade Center 60,334 South, 2nd

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 Qingdao Hainiu (C, P, Q) 14 11 3 0 26 2 +24 36 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Hebei Zhongji (P, Q) 14 9 4 1 34 7 +27 31
3 Qinghai Senke (Q) 14 6 5 3 20 9 +11 23 Disbanded after season
4 Shandong Tengding (Q) 14 5 6 3 17 6 +11 21 Qualification for Play-offs
5 Shenyang Dongjin 14 4 4 6 14 21 −7 16
6 Tianjin Huochetou 14 3 6 5 7 11 −4 15
7 Liaoning Youth 14 1 4 9 9 42 −33 7 Disbanded after season
8 Gansu Aoxin 14 0 2 12 7 36 −29 2
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22, 2013. 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

South Group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (Q) 12 9 3 0 30 6 +24 30 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Shenzhen Fengpeng (Q) 12 7 3 2 19 14 +5 24 Disbanded after season
3 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 12 7 1 4 17 9 +8 22 Qualification for Play-offs
4 Meixian Hakka (Q) 12 4 3 5 11 14 −3 15
5 Jiangxi Liansheng 12 2 6 4 9 14 −5 12
6 Dali Ruilong 12 1 3 8 7 26 −19 6[a] Disbanded after season
7 Shaanxi Laochenggen 12 1 3 8 11 21 −10 6[a]
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23, 2013. 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.
(Q) Qualification for play-offs
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dali 2-1 Shaanxi; Shaanxi 1-1 Dali

Group stage results

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North Group

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Home \ Away GSA HBZ SYD TJH LNY QDH QHS SDT
Gansu Aoxin 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–3
Hebei Zhongji 6–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
Shenyang Dongjin 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1
Tianjin Huochetou 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0[a] 1–2 0–0 0–1
Liaoning Youth 3–1 0–9 3–3 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–2
Qingdao Hainiu 5–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0
Qinghai Senke 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0
Shandong Tengding 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 7–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22nd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ This match has been played in Benxi Stadium.

South Group

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Home \ Away DLR JXL LJJ MXH MZK SXL SZF
Dali Ruilong 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–3
Jiangxi Liansheng 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Meixian Hakka 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Meizhou Kejia 5–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 6–1
Shaanxi Laochenggen 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23rd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
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
Meixian Hakka 0 - 4 Qingdao Hainiu 0 - 0 0 - 4
Qinghai Senke 1 - 5 Shenzhen Fengpeng 1 - 2 0 - 3[5]
Shandong Tengding 3 - 2 Meizhou Kejia 2 - 0 1 - 2
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2 - 3 Hebei Zhongji 2 - 0 0 - 3

First leg

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Qinghai Senke1 - 2Shenzhen Fengpeng
Cui Yu   51' Report   15' Chen Zewen
  82' Zhang Hongbin


Second leg

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Qingdao Hainiu4 - 0Meixian Hakka
Wang Xuanhong   22', 87'
Li Kai   31', 49'
Report

Shenzhen Fengpeng3 - 0
Awarded
Qinghai Senke
Tang Miao   24'
Cai Xi   51'
Report   9' Cui Yu
    Liu Cheng
    60' Cui Yu
  61' Wang Chi
  66' Song Chen
  66' Huang Chao


Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2 - 3 Qingdao Hainiu 2 - 2 0 - 1
Hebei Zhongji 2 - 1 Shandong Tengding 2 - 0 0 - 1

First leg

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Second leg

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Third-Place Match

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Final Match

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Total
1
  Yang Chen Hebei Zhongji
9
2
  Wang Dong Shandong Tengding
8
  Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
4
  Wang Jian Qingdao Hainiu
7
  Wang Xuanhong Qingdao Hainiu
7
6
  Li Kai Qingdao Hainiu
6
  Zhang Hongbin Shenzhen Fengpeng
6
  Xu Yihai Qinghai Senke
6
9
  Ye Weichao Meizhou Kejia
5
  Pan Jia Meizhou Kejia
5
  Wu Dingmao Hebei Zhongji
5

References

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  1. ^ 甘肅奧鑫足球隊正式完成組隊(in Chinese)
  2. ^ 青島海牛回來了! 組隊乙級打起 Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today(in Chinese)
  3. ^ 山東省再添一乙級球隊 昔日魯能功勳主帥無緣執教(in Chinese)
  4. ^ 全新麗江足球隊-嘉雲昊,4月開整(in Chinese)
  5. ^ Due to Qinghai Senke less than 7 players, this match has been finished at the 66th minute when Shenzhen led 2-1.
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