The 2012 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 23rd season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are total 26 teams participating in the league with 13 teams in each 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 April 20 and end on September 28. The Play-off Stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the Play-off will qualify for promotion to 2013 China League One.

Team Changes

Promotion and relegation

Harbin Songbei Yiteng as the 2011 season champion and Chongqing F.C. as runner-up earned promotion to the

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. The 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero was also promoted to

after winning the play-off match against Guizhou Zhicheng, who finished in last place in the

2011 China League One The 2011 China League One is the eighth season of the China League One, the second tier of the China, Chinese Association football, football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on 26 March 2011 and ended in October 2011. The size of ...

. Guizhou Zhicheng were relegated from

to 2012 China League Two South Group as the last placed team after losing the play-off match against the 3rd-placed team of

2011 China League Two The 2011 China League Two season is the 22nd season since its establishment in 1989. League kicked off on 8 May 2011 and ended on 24 November 2011. Clubs Managerial changes Group Stage Standings North Group South Group Group Stage resu ...

Fujian Smart Hero.

Name Changes

Sichuan Dujiangyan Symbol moved to

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in January 2012 and changed their name to Shaanxi Daqin.

New entries

There are 15 new teams participating in 2012 China League Two. They are Beijing Youth, Beijing Sangao, Beijing Yitong Kuche, Hebei Youth, Jiangsu HHU, Qinghai Senke, Shaanxi Laochenggen, Shanxi Jiayi, Xinjiang Begonia, Chongqing Youth, Hubei China-Kyle, Jiangxi Liansheng, Kunming Ruilong, Shenzhen Fengpeng and Shenzhen Main Sports.深圳名博足球俱樂部成立征戰乙級聯賽門票免費
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. They had participated in 2010 China League Two North Group and qualified for the Play-off First Round as the 3rd-placed team in the group. However they were defeated by

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in the Play-off First Round and failed to gain promotion to

Clubs

Group Stage Standings

North Group

South Group

Group Stage Results

North Group

South Group

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Third-place play-off

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

League Attendance

North Group

There is no attendance data for Round 1, 2, 8, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23 and 24.

South Group

There is no attendance data for Round 13 and 23.

References

External links

Official site

News and results
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