League One is a men’s football league in China, formed in 2004, with recorded coverage from the 2016 season through 2025. This page brings the competition’s live scores, fixtures, results and standings together, while also providing available player and team statistics for clear season-by-season reference, match-by-match tracking and historical comparison across its recorded coverage period.
Upcoming matches, League One
Regular Season - 24
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- Regular Season - 24
Yanbian Longding
Guangzhou E-Power
Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium -
- Regular Season - 24
Dalian Huayi
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- Regular Season - 24
Nantong Zhiyun
Guangxi Hengchen
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- Regular Season - 24
Shaanxi Union
Suzhou Dongwu
Weinan Sports Center Stadium -
- Regular Season - 24
Shenzhen Juniors
Changchun Yatai
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- Regular Season - 24
Heilongjiang Lava Spring
Dongguan United
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- Regular Season - 24
Nanjing City
Wuxi Wugou
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- Regular Season - 24
Meizhou Kejia
Hebei Kungfu
Regular Season - 2
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- Regular Season - 2
Shaanxi Union
Dalian Huayi
Weinan Sports Center Stadium
Regular Season - 25
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- Regular Season - 25
Wuxi Wugou
Suzhou Dongwu
Latest played matches, League One
Regular Season - 23
Regular Season - 22
League One Standings
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
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Guangzhou E-Power | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 27 | 51 | DDWWW |
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Shenzhen Juniors | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 43 | DWWWD |
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Guangxi Hengchen | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 39 | WLWDW |
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Nantong Zhiyun | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 39 | WDLWD |
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Yanbian Longding | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 35 | LLLWW |
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Shaanxi Union | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 32 | LWWLW |
| 7 | Ningbo Professional | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 29 | WLDLD | |
| 8 |
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Hebei Kungfu | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 28 | DWWWW |
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Changchun Yatai | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 28 | WWLWL |
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Dalian Huayi | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | -4 | 26 | DDWWL |
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Wuxi Wugou | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 26 | LWLLL |
| 12 |
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Suzhou Dongwu | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 25 | WWWDD |
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Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 45 | -11 | 22 | LLLLD |
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Nanjing City | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 21 | LLLLD |
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Meizhou Kejia | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 47 | -23 | 15 | WLDLL |
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Dongguan United | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 48 | -25 | 12 | LDLLL |
League One Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
League One teams participation since 2016
History
League One top scorer teams
League One About
League One is China’s national men’s second-tier football league, commonly called China League One and officially known as the Chinese Football Association Jia League. It sits directly below the Chinese Super League (CSL) and above League Two, providing the principal competitive route for clubs seeking promotion to the top level of the Chinese football pyramid.
Identity and purpose
Established in 2004 after the reorganisation of the former Jia-B competition, the league was created to provide a national professional platform for clubs developing beyond the third tier and aspiring to reach the CSL. Its role is both sporting and developmental: it gives established clubs a route back to the top flight while allowing ambitious sides from smaller markets to build the standards, squad depth and professional infrastructure required at the highest domestic level.
Although its focus is domestic, the competition contributes to the wider development of Chinese football by exposing players, coaches and clubs to a demanding national schedule. Promotion to the CSL also brings greater commercial visibility and, through success at the top level, a potential route towards Asian club competition.
Governance and club eligibility
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) sets the competition’s regulatory framework. From 2025, operational and commercial management has been handled by the Chinese Professional Football League (CFL), an independent legal entity operating under CFA authority. This arrangement separates day-to-day league administration from the association’s wider regulatory responsibilities while keeping the competition within the national football structure.
Clubs normally reach the league through one of two sporting routes: promotion from League Two or relegation from the CSL. Entry is also subject to licensing and eligibility requirements. CFA criteria include financial compliance, the settlement of professional debts and salary arrears, and the maintenance of multiple youth teams across the U13 to U19 age groups. Squad regulations also support domestic player development through requirements concerning younger players, while limits on foreign-player registration and participation are used to balance international experience with opportunities for Chinese footballers. Exact requirements can be updated between editions.
Competition format
The current structure is generally a double round-robin league. Each participating club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away. This produces a conventional national league table in which consistency across the full season is more important than isolated knockout results. In some earlier editions, including seasons affected by logistical or external circumstances, the competition used staged or regional group formats before moving into promotion and relegation sections. Those arrangements were adaptations of the calendar rather than the defining structure of the league today.
The standard scoring system is three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. At the end of the season, clubs level on points are separated primarily through results in the matches between the tied teams. The usual sequence begins with head-to-head points, followed by head-to-head goal difference and head-to-head goals scored. Further criteria, such as performance in an applicable reserve or youth competition, overall goal difference, goals scored and disciplinary or fair-play measures, may then be applied under the regulations for the relevant edition. This means that the complete tie-break order should always be read in the context of that season’s official competition rules.
Promotion, relegation and sporting stakes
The principal prize is progression to the CSL. The top two finishers are typically promoted directly, although the precise arrangements can be confirmed by the regulations governing each edition. At the other end of the table, the bottom clubs normally drop into League Two. These consequences make every position significant: the title race and promotion contest operate alongside a separate struggle for survival, while clubs in mid-table compete for the long-term stability and visibility that a stronger league position can provide.
A successful campaign is therefore more than a trophy opportunity. Promotion can improve a club’s revenues, profile, recruitment prospects and access to the highest standard of domestic competition. Conversely, relegation may force a club to rebuild its squad and operating model at a lower level. The league’s bridge between the CSL and League Two gives it an important role in maintaining movement through the professional pyramid.
Season calendar and coverage
China League One generally follows a spring-to-autumn calendar, beginning around March and finishing in late autumn, usually during November or, in some seasons, December. A full round-robin schedule requires careful nationwide planning because clubs travel across a large geographic area and must coordinate stadium availability, broadcast requirements and national football activities.
The competition’s historical identity reaches back to 2004, while the recorded statistical coverage on this page spans the 2016 to 2025 seasons. That period includes changes in club participation, competition administration and temporary format adjustments, so season-specific tables and fixtures should be interpreted alongside the rules in force for the relevant edition. Across those changes, the league’s central purpose has remained consistent: to develop professional clubs and provide China’s main sporting pathway between the third tier and the Chinese Super League.