The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese

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League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the

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. The league is under the auspices of the

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and operated by the

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(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

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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 Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

. 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

References

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{{AFC second leagues China League One, 2 Second level football leagues in Asia Sports leagues established in 2004 2004 establishments in China Professional sports leagues in China