2020 China League One

Football league season

China League One
Season	2020
Dates	12 September – 8 November 2020
Champions	Changchun Yatai (2nd title)
Promoted	Changchun Yatai
Matches played	141
Goals scored	323 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tan Long (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Zhejiang Energy Greentown 4–0 Jiangxi Liansheng (16 September 2020) Changchun Yatai 4–0 Nantong Zhiyun (8 October 2020) Beijing BSU 4–0 Suzhou Dongwu (15 October 2020)
Biggest away win	Jiangxi Liansheng 0–4 Meizhou Hakka (20 September 2020) Liaoning Shenyang Urban 1–5 Zhejiang Energy Greentown (15 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Liaoning Shenyang Urban 1–5 Zhejiang Energy Greentown (15 October 2020) Meizhou Hakka 4–2 Zhejiang Energy Greentown (29 October 2020) Nantong Zhiyun 3–3 Jiangxi Liansheng (8 November 2020)
Longest winning run	5 matches Chengdu Better City
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Changchun Yatai
Longest winless run	15 matches Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
Longest losing run	5 matches Jiangxi Liansheng
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The 2020 China League One (Chinese: 2020中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and end on 1 November,^[1] but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in China.^[2] On 26 August 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 12 September 2020 and 18 teams would be split into three groups in three locations, Group A in Chengdu, hosted by Chengdu Better City, Group B in Meizhou, hosted by Meizhou Hakka, and Group C in Changzhou, hosted by Kunshan F.C.^[3]

In this season, the number of teams are expanded from 16 to 18.^[4]

Changchun Yatai won the league for the second time, their first since 2003.

Teams

Team changes

To League One

Teams relegated from 2019 Chinese Super League

Beijing Renhe

Teams promoted from 2019 China League Two

From League One

Teams promoted to 2020 Chinese Super League

Dissolved entries

Name changes

Shenyang Urban F.C. changed their name to Liaoning Shenyang Urban F.C. in April 2020.^[6]
Zhejiang Greentown F.C. changed their name to Zhejiang Energy Greentown F.C. in September 2020.^[7]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Team^[8]	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2019 season
Beijing Renhe ^R	Wang Bo	Beijing	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,043	CSL, 16th
Guizhou Hengfeng	Chen Mao	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	51,636	3rd
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Duan Xin	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	4th
Changchun Yatai	Chen Yang	Changchun	Changchun Stadium	41,638	5th
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	Zheng Xiong	Hangzhou	Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre	40,000	6th
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	Choi Jin-han	Hohhot	Hohhot City Stadium	51,632	7th
Beijing BSU	Su Maozhen	Beijing	Olympic Sports Centre	36,228	8th
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	Kim Bong-gil	Xi'an	Weinan Sports Center Stadium	32,000	9th
Meizhou Hakka	Marcelo Rospide	Wuhua	Huitang Stadium	30,000	10th
Nantong Zhiyun	Xie Hui	Rugao	Rugao Olympic Sports Center	15,000	12th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Polat Kutulk (caretaker)	Ürümqi	Xinjiang Sports Centre	50,000	13th
Liaoning Shenyang Urban ^P	Yu Ming	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	CL2, 1st
Chengdu Better City ^P	José Carlos Granero	Chengdu	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium	42,000	CL2, 2nd
Taizhou Yuanda ^P	Yin Tiesheng	Taizhou	Taixing Sports Center Stadium	8,000	CL2, 3rd
Suzhou Dongwu ^P	Gary White	Suzhou	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre	45,000	CL2, 4th
Jiangxi Liansheng ^P	Huang Yong	Ruichang	Ruichang Sports Park Stadium	N/A	CL2, 6th
Sichuan Jiuniu ^P	Li Yi	Chengdu	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium	27,000	CL2, 8th
Kunshan F.C. ^P	Gao Yao	Kunshan	Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium	30,000	CL2, 9th

Clubs locations

Beijing BSU
Beijing Renhe

Changchun Yatai

Guizhou Hengfeng

Heilongjiang Lava Spring

Jiangxi Liansheng

Inner Mongolia Zhongyou

Liaoning Shenyang Urban

Meizhou Hakka

Nantong Zhiyun

Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic

Chengdu Better City
Sichuan Jiuniu

Suzhou Dongwu
Kunshan F.C.

Taizhou Yuanda

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

Zhejiang Energy Greentown

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Location of teams in 2020 China League One^[9]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Changchun Yatai	Svetozar Šapurić	Sacked	3 November 2019	Pre-season	Samvel Babayan	2 December 2019
Meizhou Hakka	Zheng Xiaotian	Signed by Beijing Sinobo Guoan	6 November 2019		Marcelo Rospide	20 December 2019
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	Wang Bo	Signed by Beijing Renhe	10 November 2019		Kim Bong-gil	16 December 2019
Guizhou Hengfeng	Chen Mao	Mutual consent	26 November 2019		Wang Xinxin	26 November 2019
Nantong Zhiyun	Gary White	Mutual consent	31 March 2020		Xie Hui	31 March 2020
Sichuan Jiuniu	Wang Hongwei	Mutual consent	18 May 2020		Li Yi	22 July 2020
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	Chen Yang	Mutual consent	25 August 2020		Choi Jin-han	1 September 2020
Changchun Yatai	Samvel Babayan	Sacked	5 October 2020	Group C, 2nd	Chen Yang	5 October 2020
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Fernando	Sacked	10 October 2020	Group C, 6th	Polat Kutulk (caretaker)	12 October 2020
Guizhou Hengfeng	Wang Xinxin	Mutual consent	13 October 2020	Group B, 5th	Chen Mao	13 October 2020
Suzhou Dongwu	Liu Junwei	Sacked	18 October 2020	Group A, 5th	Gary White	24 October 2020

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Naturalized Players	Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan Players¹	Former players
Beijing BSU	John Owoeri				Wen Chih-hao	Dominic Vinicius
Beijing Renhe	Tiago Leonço					Daniel Wong
Changchun Yatai	Serginho	Lucas Souza	Aaron Samuel		Chen Po-liang
Chengdu Better City	Naldinho	Dani Quintana	Nikola Đurđić
Guizhou Hengfeng	Jahmir Hyka	Anton Maglica	Stefan Mihajlović			Sérgio Mota
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Raphaël Messi Bouli	Donovan Ewolo	Yoann Arquin
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	Guto	André Senghor			Daniel Wong
Jiangxi Liansheng	Vasil Shkurti	Éder	Okan Aydın		Andy Russell	Junior Tobi^[10]
Kunshan F.C.	Bruno Pires	Hildeberto Pereira	Tunde Adeniji	→ Xiao Taotao
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	Juvhel Tsoumou	Islom Tukhtakhujaev				Kim Sung-hwan
Meizhou Hakka	Lonsana Doumbouya	Chisom Egbuchulam			Leung Nok Hang	Dori
Nantong Zhiyun	Mychell Chagas	João Silva	Mladen Kovačević	→ David Wang
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	Albi Alla	Raoul Loé	Robert Tambe		Wang Chien-ming	Kingsley Onuegbu
Sichuan Jiuniu	Dori	Mohamed Yattara	Nemanja Vidić	→ Xia Dalong		Jules Iloki
Suzhou Dongwu	Jules Iloki	Joseph Atule Junior	Chris Shimbayev			Haruna Garba
Taizhou Yuanda	Marko Bašić	Daniel Chima Chukwu	Zoran Tošić
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Bienvenue Kanakimana	Kingsley Onuegbu
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	Rafael Martins	Dino Ndlovu	Nyasha Mushekwi

^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

Regular season

Group A

Stadiums

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chengdu Better City (H)	10	8	1	1	15	7	+8	25	Qualification for Promotion stage and qualification to the 2020 Chinese FA Cup
2	Taizhou Yuanda	10	5	3	2	13	8	+5	18
3	Beijing Renhe	10	5	1	4	14	12	+2	16	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E
4	Beijing BSU	10	3	2	5	14	14	0	11	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E
5	Suzhou Dongwu	10	2	1	7	7	15	−8	7^[a]	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F
6	Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	10	1	4	5	5	12	−7	7^[a]	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Suzhou Dongwu 0–0 Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, Inner Mongolia Zhongyou 0–2 Suzhou Dongwu

Results

Home \ Away	BSU	BJR	CDB	IMZ	SZD	TZY
Beijing BSU	—	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–2
Beijing Renhe	3–2	—	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2
Chengdu Better City	1–0	3–2	—	1–0	2–1	0–0
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	2–2	0–0	0–2	—	0–2	1–1
Suzhou Dongwu	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	—	2–1
Taizhou Yuanda	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
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

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Beijing BSU	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W
Beijing Renhe	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L
Chengdu Better City	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L
Suzhou Dongwu	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L
Taizhou Yuanda	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group B

Stadiums

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Meizhou Hakka (H)	10	6	4	0	20	9	+11	22	Qualification for Promotion stage and qualification to the 2020 Chinese FA Cup
2	Zhejiang Energy Greentown	10	5	4	1	19	8	+11	19
3	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	10	4	3	3	11	10	+1	15	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F
4	Guizhou Hengfeng	10	2	4	4	9	12	−3	10	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E
5	Liaoning Shenyang Urban	10	2	3	5	9	14	−5	9	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E
6	Jiangxi Liansheng	10	1	2	7	6	21	−15	5	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(H) Hosts

Results

Home \ Away	GZH	JXL	LSU	MZK	SCA	ZJG
Guizhou Hengfeng	—	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Jiangxi Liansheng	1–3	—	0–2	0–4	0–1	0–2
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	1–1	0–1	—	2–2	1–1	1–5
Meizhou Hakka	0–0	3–2	2–0	—	3–2	2–2
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–1
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	—

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Meizhou Hakka	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	5	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	4	3	4	6	6	4	3	3	3	3
Guizhou Hengfeng	2	4	5	3	3	3	4	4	5	4
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	6	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Jiangxi Liansheng	3	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

	Qualification to Promotion stage
	Qualification to Relegation stage

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Guizhou Hengfeng	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D
Jiangxi Liansheng	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L
Meizhou Hakka	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group C

Stadiums

Changzhou Institute of Technology Football Field
Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Jiangyin Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Changchun Yatai	10	6	3	1	20	7	+13	21	Qualification for Promotion stage and qualification to the 2020 Chinese FA Cup
2	Kunshan F.C. (H)	10	5	3	2	10	7	+3	18
3	Nantong Zhiyun	10	4	4	2	9	9	0	16	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F
4	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	10	1	7	2	5	6	−1	10	Qualification for Relegation stage Group F
5	Sichuan Jiuniu	10	1	6	3	8	12	−4	9	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E
6	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	10	0	3	7	5	16	−11	3	Qualification for Relegation stage Group E

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(H) Hosts

Results

Home \ Away	CC	HLJ	KS	NTZ	SCJ	XJT
Changchun Yatai	—	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	4–1
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	1–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0
Kunshan F.C.	1–3	0–1	—	0–0	1–1	3–2
Nantong Zhiyun	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–0
Sichuan Jiuniu	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–0
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	—

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Changchun Yatai	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1
Kunshan F.C.	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Nantong Zhiyun	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sichuan Jiuniu	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Qualification to Promotion stage
	Qualification to Relegation stage

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Changchun Yatai	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	D
Kunshan F.C.	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W
Nantong Zhiyun	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D
Sichuan Jiuniu	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Changchun Yatai (C, P)	5	4	1	0	8	0	+8	13	Promotion to the Chinese Super League
2	Zhejiang Energy Greentown	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	10	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Kunshan F.C.	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7
4	Chengdu Better City	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7
5	Meizhou Hakka	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	6
6	Taizhou Yuanda^[a] (D)	5	0	0	5	3	11	−8	0	Disbanded after season

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Taizhou Yuanda was dissolved after 2020 season.^[11]

Results

Home \ Away	CC	CDB	KS	MZH	TZY	ZJG
Changchun Yatai			2–0	1–0		0–0
Chengdu Better City	0–3			2–1	2–1
Kunshan F.C.		1–1		1–0
Meizhou Hakka					2–1	4–2
Taizhou Yuanda	0–2		0–2			1–3
Zhejiang Energy Greentown		1–0	2–0

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Changchun Yatai	3	1	1	1	1
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	1	4	3	3	2
Kunshan F.C.	6	5	4	5	3
Chengdu Better City	2	2	2	2	4
Meizhou Hakka	5	3	5	4	5
Taizhou Yuanda	4	6	6	6	6

	Leader and promotion to the Chinese Super League
	Qualification to the promotion play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Changchun Yatai	W	W	D	W	W
Chengdu Better City	W	D	W	L	L
Kunshan F.C.	L	D	W	L	W
Meizhou Hakka	L	W	L	W	L
Taizhou Yuanda	L	L	L	L	L
Zhejiang Energy Greentown	W	L	D	W	W

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation stage

Group E

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guizhou Hengfeng	5	4	0	1	11	4	+7	12	Qualification to the 2020 Chinese FA Cup
2	Beijing BSU	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	8
3	Sichuan Jiuniu	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	8
4	Liaoning Shenyang Urban	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	5
5	Beijing Renhe^[a] (R, D, R)	5	1	1	3	6	12	−6	4	Qualification to the relegation play-offs and disbanded after season
6	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (O)	5	0	3	2	5	7	−2	3	Qualification to the relegation play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Beijing Renhe was dissolved after 2020 season.

Results

Home \ Away	BSU	BJR	GZH	LSU	SCJ	XJT
Beijing BSU		3–0		1–0		1–1
Beijing Renhe				2–3	3–2
Guizhou Hengfeng	2–1	3–0
Liaoning Shenyang Urban			0–3		0–0	2–2
Sichuan Jiuniu	1–1		2–1
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard		1–1	1–2		0–1

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Guizhou Hengfeng	2	3	2	1	1
Beijing BSU	1	2	3	2	2
Sichuan Jiuniu	3	1	1	3	3
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	6	4	4	5	4
Beijing Renhe	5	6	6	4	5
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	4	5	5	6	6

	Qualification to the relegation play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Beijing BSU	W	D	L	W	D
Beijing Renhe	L	L	D	W	L
Guizhou Hengfeng	W	L	W	W	W
Liaoning Shenyang Urban	L	W	D	L	D
Sichuan Jiuniu	W	W	D	L	D
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	L	D	D	L	D

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group F

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Suzhou Dongwu	5	2	2	1	5	5	0	8	Qualification to the 2020 Chinese FA Cup
2	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	5	1	3	1	3	3	0	6^[a]
3	Nantong Zhiyun	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6^[a]
4	Inner Mongolia Zhongyou^[b] (D, R, R, R, R)	5	1	3	1	8	7	+1	6^[a]	Disbanded after season
5	Heilongjiang Lava Spring (O)	5	0	5	0	3	3	0	5	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
6	Jiangxi Liansheng (O)	5	0	4	1	8	9	−1	4	Qualification to the relegation play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head results: Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 1–0 Nantong Zhiyun; Inner Mongolia Zhongyou 1–1 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic; Nantong Zhiyun 2–1 Inner Mongolia Zhongyou.
^ Inner Mongolia Zhongyou was dissolved after 2020 season.

Results

Home \ Away	HLJ	IMZ	JXL	NTZ	SCA	SZD
Heilongjiang Lava Spring				1–1	0–0	0–0
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	1–1				1–1
Jiangxi Liansheng	1–1	2–2
Nantong Zhiyun		2–1	3–3			1–1
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic			1–1	1–0
Suzhou Dongwu		1–3	2–1		1–0

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Suzhou Dongwu	6	6	3	4	1
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	5	5	5	1	2
Nantong Zhiyun	4	4	1	3	3
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	1	1	2	2	4
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	2	2	4	5	5
Jiangxi Liansheng	3	3	6	6	6

	Qualification to the relegation play-offs

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Team ╲ Round
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	D	D	D	D	D
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	W	D	L	D	D
Jiangxi Liansheng	D	D	L	D	D
Nantong Zhiyun	D	D	W	L	D
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	D	D	D	W	L
Suzhou Dongwu	L	D	W	D	W

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	4–4 (3–5 p)	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	3–2	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Jiangxi Liansheng	3–2	Beijing Renhe	2–1	1–1

First leg

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)

15:30 UTC+8

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	3–2	Heilongjiang Lava Spring
Onuegbu 21' Danyar Musajan 43' Kanakimana 76'		Ewolo 46' Li Shuai 89'

Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou

Referee: Niu Minghui

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)

15:30 UTC+8

Jiangxi Liansheng	2–1	Beijing Renhe
Éder 49', 53'		Liu Xinyu 90'

Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou

Referee: Xu Qiangqiang

Second leg

20 November 2020 (2020-11-20)

15:30 UTC+8

Heilongjiang Lava Spring	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
Mao Kaiyu 26' Li Shuai 65'		Onuegbu 1'
Penalties
Cao Kang Chen Liming Mao Kaiyu Yu Xiang Li Shuai	5–3	Xiang Jiachi Ilyas Ilhar Elbug Chagtsel Mirdan Ablikim

Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou

Referee: Wan Tao

4–4 on aggregate. Heilongjiang Lava Spring won 5–3 on penalties.

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

15:30 UTC+8

Beijing Renhe	1–1	Jiangxi Liansheng
Liu Xinyu 15'		Éder 24'

Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou

Referee: Li Haixin

Jiangxi Liansheng won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 November 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[12]
1	Tan Long	Changchun Yatai	11
2	Lonsana Doumbouya	Meizhou Hakka	8
2	Tiago Leonço	Beijing Renhe	8
4	Shang Yin	Jiangxi Liansheng	7
4	Nyasha Mushekwi	Zhejiang Energy Greentown	7
6	Rafael Martins	Zhejiang Energy Greentown	6
	Yan Xiangchuang	Beijing BSU	6
	Dino Ndlovu	Zhejiang Energy Greentown	6
9	Guto	Inner Mongolia Zhongyou	5
	Mladen Kovačević	Nantong Zhiyun	5
	Anton Maglica	Guizhou Hengfeng	5
	Xu Junmin	Nantong Zhiyun	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Tan Long	Changchun Yatai	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	4–1 (H)	3 October 2020
Tan Long	Changchun Yatai	Nantong Zhiyun	4–0 (H)	8 October 2020

League attendance

Notes

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