The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese
Jia
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League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...
. The league is under the auspices of the
Chinese Football Association
The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...
and operated by the
Chinese Professional Football League (CFL).
Prior to the formation of the Chinese Super League, Jia League was known as ''Jia B League''. The then top two levels of Chinese football league were known as ''Jia A League'' and ''Jia B League'' respectively. ''Jia A'' was rebranded as CSL and ''Jia B'' was rebranded as the current Jia League in 2004. Below the Jia League is the
Yi League, following the Chinese
Heavenly Stems
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naming convention of numbers.
It is currently made up of 16 teams, playing each other home and away once. At the end of each season, the top two teams are promoted to the
CSL and the two lowest placed teams from the CSL are relegated to
China League Two. The top two teams from China League Two are promoted and replace the two lowest placed teams from China League One.
Current clubs
Locations
Former clubs
Winners
Attendance
Awards
Top scorers
* Winner of 2017 China League One Golden Boot.
Most valuable player
Best goalkeeper
Youth player of the year
Best coach
Reserve league and Elite league
Sponsors
See also
*
Football in China
References
External links
{{AFC second leagues
China League One,
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Second level football leagues in Asia
Sports leagues established in 2004
2004 establishments in China
Professional sports leagues in China