2017 China League One
# 2017 China League One

The 2017 China League One (Chinese: 58同城2017中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 14th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the e-commerce website 58.com.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2016 China League Two.

### Name changes

* Lijiang Jiayunhao F.C. changed their name to Yunnan Lijiang F.C. in January 2017.

## Clubs

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Head coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2016 season |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker) | Hangzhou | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | 52,672 | CSL, 15th |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker) | Hangzhou | Jinhua Sports Center | 30,000 | CSL, 15th |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Afshin Ghotbi | Shijiazhuang | Yutong International Sports Center | 29,000 | CSL, 16th |
| Qingdao Huanghai | Jordi Vinyals | Qingdao | Qingdao Guoxin Stadium | 45,000 | 3rd |
| Beijing Renhe | Luis García Plaza | Beijing | Beijing Fengtai Stadium | 31,043 | 4th |
| Dalian Yifang | Juan Ramón López Caro | Dalian | Dalian Sports Center | 61,000 | 5th |
| Wuhan Zall | Chen Yang | Wuhan | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium | 52,357 | 6th |
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | Wang Bo | Hohhot | Hohhot City Stadium | 60,000 | 7th |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | Gao Hongbo | Beijing | Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing) | 36,228 | 8th |
| Shenzhen F.C. | Wang Baoshan | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | 32,500 | 9th |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Juan Ignacio Martínez | Shanghai | Jinshan Football Stadium | 30,000 | 10th |
| Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Li Jun | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre | 50,000 | 11th |
| Meizhou Hakka | Aleksandar Stankov | Wuhua | Wuhua County Stadium | 15,000 | 12th |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | Marijo Tot | Shaoxing | China Textile City Sports Center | 40,000 | 13th |
| Dalian Transcendence | Li Guoxu (caretaker) | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | 30,776 | 14th |
| Yunnan Lijiang | Kurt Garger | Lijiang | Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium | 20,000 | CL2, 1st |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | Shang Qing (caretaker) | Baoding | Hebei University Stadium | 20,000 | CL2, 2nd |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Li Jinyu (caretaker) | 7 November 2016 | Afshin Ghotbi | 7 November 2016 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Gary White | 23 November 2016 | Juan Ignacio Martínez | 23 November 2016 |
| Dalian Yifang | Sergio Piernas Cárdenas | 29 November 2016 | Juan Ramón López Caro | 29 November 2016 |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | Duan Xin (caretaker) | 1 December 2016 | Maurício Copertino | 1 December 2016 |
| Shenzhen F.C. | Clarence Seedorf | 5 December 2016 | Sven-Göran Eriksson | 5 December 2016 |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | Aleksandar Stanojević | 30 December 2016 | Yasen Petrov | 30 December 2016 |
| Yunnan Lijiang | Zhang Biao | 5 January 2017 | Lim Jong-heon | 8 January 2017 |
| Meizhou Hakka | Cao Yang (caretaker) | 16 February 2017 | Vjekoslav Lokica | 16 February 2017 |
| Wuhan Zall | Ciro Ferrara | 20 March 2017 | Tang Yaodong | 30 March 2017 |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | Yasen Petrov | 24 April 2017 | Gao Hongbo | 24 April 2017 |
| Meizhou Hakka | Vjekoslav Lokica | 29 April 2017 | Cao Yang (caretaker) | 29 April 2017 |
| Yunnan Lijiang | Lim Jong-heon | 2 May 2017 | Zhang Biao (caretaker) | 2 May 2017 |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | Zhao Changhong | 25 May 2017 | Jo Bonfrère | 25 May 2017 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Hong Myung-bo | 25 May 2017 | Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker) | 25 May 2017 |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | Maurício Copertino | 28 May 2017 | Wang Jun (caretaker) | 28 May 2017 |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | Wang Jun (caretaker) | 6 June 2017 | Marijo Tot | 6 June 2017 |
| Beijing Renhe | Wang Baoshan | 8 June 2017 | Luis García Plaza | 9 June 2017 |
| Shenzhen F.C. | Sven-Göran Eriksson | 14 June 2017 | Wang Baoshan | 14 June 2017 |
| Wuhan Zall | Tang Yaodong | 9 July 2017 | Chen Yang | 9 July 2017 |
| Meizhou Hakka | Cao Yang (caretaker) | 23 July 2017 | Aleksandar Stankov | 23 July 2017 |
| Dalian Transcendence | Rusmir Cviko | 8 August 2017 | Li Guoxu (caretaker) | 8 August 2017 |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | Jo Bonfrère | 9 October 2017 | Shang Qing (caretaker) | 9 October 2017 |
| Yunnan Lijiang | Zhang Biao (caretaker) | 13 October 2017 | Kurt Garger | 13 October 2017 |

### Foreign players

A total of four foreign players can be registered in a season; however, the number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team in the same time. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.

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

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Former players |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | Rony Martínez | John Owoeri | Ha Tae-goon | Lars Sætra |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | Rubin Okotie | Victor Anichebe | Leke James | Cheick Tioté |
| Beijing Renhe | Ivo | Jaime Ayoví | Ayub Masika | |
| Dalian Yifang | Jonathan Ferrari | Yannick Boli | Nyasha Mushekwi | |
| Dalian Transcendence | Ivan Božić | Eldar Hasanović | David Fällman | Jaílton Paraíba |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Matthew Spiranovic | Denílson Gabionetta | Anselmo Ramon | |
| Meizhou Hakka | Japa | Serges Déblé | Gibril Sankoh | Valeri Bojinov |
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | Davi | Dori | André Senghor | Malick Mané |
| Qingdao Huanghai | Đorđe Rakić | Martí Crespí | Joan Verdú | |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Biro-Biro | Cleiton Silva | Raúl Rodríguez | |
| Shenzhen F.C. | Rossi | Aboubakar Oumarou | Harold Preciado | Chinedu Obasi |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Adriano | Matheus | Jacob Mulenga | |
| Wuhan Zall | Marcelo Moreno | Jean Evrard Kouassi | Sammir | Sam Johnson |
| Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Vicente | Yves Ekwalla Herman | Babacar Gueye | |
| Yunnan Lijiang | Johnny | Natalio | Kim Hyun-hun | Kaio |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | Guto | Federico Piovaccari | Romeo Castelen | Adam Hughes |

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Former players |
| - | - | - | - |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | Chen Hao-wei | Wen Chih-hao | |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Chen Po-liang | | |
| Meizhou Hakka | Onur Dogan | | Lee Chi Ho |
| Qingdao Huanghai | Godfred Karikari | | |
| Shenzhen F.C. | | | Paulinho |

* ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after the first half of the season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dalian Yifang (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 64 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Beijing Renhe (P) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 62 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 54 | |
| 4 | Qingdao Huanghai | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 52 | |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Shenzhen F.C. | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 46 | |
| 7 | Shanghai Shenxin | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 40 | |
| 8 | Beijing Enterprises Group | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 37 | |
| 9 | Hangzhou Greentown | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 | |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 14 | Dalian Transcendence | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 31 | |
| 15 | Baoding Yingli ETS (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to League Two |
| 16 | Yunnan Lijiang (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 21 | Relegation to League Two |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BDY | BG | BJR | DLT | DLY | HZ | MZH | NMZ | QDH | SHS | SJZ | SZ | WH | XJT | YL | ZJY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | 4–2 | | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Beijing Renhe | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Dalian Transcendence | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Dalian Yifang | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Meizhou Hakka | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Qingdao Huanghai | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Shenzhen F.C. | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Wuhan Zall | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Yunnan Lijiang F.C. | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 3–3 | | 1–1 |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dalian Yifang | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Beijing Renhe | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Qingdao Huanghai | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Wuhan Zall | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Shenzhen F.C. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Beijing Enterprises Group | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Dalian Transcendence | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Yunnan Lijiang | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

* Winner; promote to Super League
* Runner-up; promote to Super League
* Relegate to League Two

## Goalscorers

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harold Preciado | Shenzhen F.C. | 23 |
| 1 | Marcelo Martins Moreno | Wuhan Zall | 23 |
| 3 | Jaime Ayoví | Beijing Renhe | 20 |
| 4 | Đorđe Rakić | Qingdao Huanghai | 19 |
| 5 | Cleiton Silva | Shanghai Shenxin | 17 |
| 6 | Nyasha Mushekwi | Dalian Yifang | 16 |
| 6 | Yannick Boli | Dalian Yifang | 16 |
| 6 | André Senghor | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 16 |
| 9 | Babacar Gueye | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 15 |
| 10 | Jacob Mulenga | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 |
| 10 | Matheus Leite Nascimento | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 |
| 12 | Ha Tae-kyun | Baoding Yingli ETS | 13 |
| 12 | Aboubakar Oumarou | Shenzhen F.C. | 13 |
| 12 | John Owoeri | Baoding Yingli ETS | 13 |
| 15 | Augusto Pacheco Fraga | Zhejiang Yiteng | 12 |
| 15 | Dorielton | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 12 |

Last updated: 28 October 2017 Source: SINA

* ^2 Winner of Golden Boot.

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Harold Preciado | Shenzhen F.C. | Dalian Transcendence | 6–0 | 12 March 2017 |
| Aboubakar Oumarou | Shenzhen F.C. | Hangzhou Greentown | 4–1 | 17 June 2017 |
| Jaime Ayoví | Beijing Renhe | Zhejiang Yiteng | 4–1 | 19 August 2017 |
| Ha Tae-kyun | Baoding Yingli ETS | Yunnan Lijiang | 5–1 | 3 September 2017 |
| Yannick Boli | Dalian Yifang | Shanghai Shenxin | 4–2 | 23 September 2017 |
| Joan Verdú | Qingdao Huanghai | Yunnan Lijiang | 6–1 | 14 October 2017 |

## Awards

The awards of 2017 China League One were announced on 2 November 2017.

* Most valuable player: Matheus (Shijiazhuang Ever Bright)
* Golden Boot: Marcelo Moreno (Wuhan Zall)
* Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lie (Beijing Renhe)
* Young Player of the Year: Wang Jinxian (Dalian Yifang)
* Best coach: Juan Ramón López Caro (Dalian Yifang)
* Most popular player: Nyasha Mushekwi (Dalian Yifang)
* Fair play award: Wuhan Zall
* Best referee: Niu Minghui

## League attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dalian Yifang | 308,936 | 43,159 | 11,061 | 20,596 | $+90.6%^†$ |
| 2 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 243,286 | 22,183 | 12,563 | 16,219 | $−28.0%^†$ $^†$ |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 192,913 | 41,113 | 3,223 | 12,861 | $+165.0%^†$ |
| 4 | Shenzhen F.C. | 191,454 | 28,718 | 3,096 | 12,764 | $+25.7%^†$ |
| 5 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 114,847 | 10,032 | 5,132 | 7,656 | $−19.1%^†$ |
| 6 | Beijing Renhe | 97,416 | 15,327 | 2,378 | 6,494 | $+43.0%^†$ |
| 7 | Baoding Yingli ETS | 92,289 | 10,041 | 0 | 6,153 | $+206.3%^†$ $^{††}$ |
| 8 | Meizhou Hakka | 87,973 | 8,973 | 1,614 | 5,865 | $−9.1%^†$ |
| 9 | Qingdao Huanghai | 87,085 | 8,726 | 3,127 | 5,806 | $−17.0%^†$ |
| 10 | Beijing Enterprises Group | 78,408 | 9,385 | 2,106 | 5,227 | $+50.9%^†$ |
| 11 | Shanghai Shenxin | 75,460 | 7,568 | 3,280 | 5,031 | $+31.8%^†$ |
| 12 | Yunnan Lijiang | 73,940 | 9,865 | 2,781 | 4,929 | $−33.0%^†$ $^{††}$ |
| 13 | Hangzhou Greentown | 73,216 | 8,133 | 2,151 | 4,881 | $−58.4%^†$ $^†$ |
| 14 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 60,080 | 11,258 | 2,358 | 4,005 | $+70.4%^†$ |
| 15 | Dalian Transcendence | 43,313 | 15,772 | 533 | 2,888 | $−33.6%^†$ |
| 16 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 36,743 | 4,133 | 781 | 2,450 | $−57.1%^†$ |
| | League total | 1,857,359 | 43,159 | 0 | 7,739 | $+24.3%^†$ |

Updated to games played on Oct. 28th, 2017 Source: Notes: $^†$ Teams played previous season in CSL. $^{††}$ Teams played previous season in CL2.

