| Competition: | China League One |
| Season: | 2013 |
| Winners: | Henan Jianye |
| Promoted: | Henan Jianye Harbin Yiteng |
| Relegated: | Chongqing F.C. Guizhou Zhicheng |
| Biggest Home Win: | Shenyang Shenbei 6–0 Shenzhen Ruby (Sept. 22nd, 2013) (6 goals) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Shenyang Shenbei 0–5 Guangdong Sunray Cave (Oct. 6th, 2013) (5 goals) |
| Highest Scoring: | Yanbian Changbai Tiger 5-4 Shenzhen Ruby (May 26th, 2013) Shenzhen Ruby 5-4 Henan Jianye (Nov. 2nd, 2013) (9 goals) |
| League Topscorer: |  Babacar Gueye(23 goals) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 598 |
| Longest Wins: | Shenyang Shenbei (7 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Henan Jianye (19 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Guizhou Zhicheng (14 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Chongqing F.C. Tianjin Songjiang (6 matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 22,528 Henan Jianye 2–1 Tianjin Songjiang (Oct. 26th, 2013) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 420 Shenyang Shenbei 6–0 Shenzhen Ruby (Sept. 22nd, 2013) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,708 |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2013 China League One is the tenth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment.
Teams relegated from 2012 Chinese Super League
Teams promoted from 2012 China League Two
Teams promoted to 2013 Chinese Super League
Teams relegated to 2013 China League Two
Fujian Smart Hero moved to the city of Shijiazhuang and changed their name to Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao in December 2012.[1]
Harbin Songbei Yiteng changed their name to Harbin Yiteng.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chengdu Blades |  Wang Baoshan | Resigned | Pre-season [2] | N/A | Yao Xia (caretaker) | Pre-season | |
| Chongqing Lifan | Tang Yaodong | Resigned | Pre-season [3] | N/A | Wang Baoshan | Pre-season [4] | |
| Henan Jianye | Shen Xiangfu | End of contract | Pre-season [5] | N/A | Tang Yaodong | Pre-season | |
| Hunan Billows | Zhang Xu | End of contract | Pre-season [6] | N/A |  Dražen Besek | Pre-season | |
| Tianjin Songjiang | Hao Haitao | Sacked | Pre-season [7] | N/A | Pei Encai | Pre-season | |
| Guangdong Sunray Cave | Cao Yang (caretaker) | — | 3 January 2013 [8] | N/A | Zhang Jun | 3 January 2013 | |
| Chengdu Blades | Yao Xia (caretaker) | — | 7 January 2013 [9] | N/A | Hao Haitao | 7 January 2013 | |
| Beijing Baxy | — | 26 February 2013 | N/A | Goran Tomić | 26 February 2013 [10] | ||
| Chengdu Blades | Hao Haitao | Sacked | 21 April 2013 | 16th |  Patrick Aussems | 21 April 2013 [11] | |
| Chongqing F.C. | Zhao Changhong | Sacked | 24 April 2013 | 14th | Jia Jin 1 | 24 April 2013 [12] | |
| Shenyang Shenbei | Liu Zhicai | Sacked | 13 May 2013 | 8th | Li Wei (caretaker) | 13 May 2013[13] | |
| Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao | Xu Hui | Resigned | 14 May 2013 | 10th | Xu Tao (caretaker) | 14 May 2013[14] | |
| Shenyang Shenbei | Li Wei (caretaker) | — | 25 May 2013 | 9th | Li Jinyu | 25 May 2013 | |
| Guizhou Zhicheng | Yuan Yi | Resigned | 27 May 2013[15] | 16th |  Arie Schans | 28 May 2013[16] | |
| Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao | Xu Tao (caretaker) | — | 30 June 2013 | 11th | Li Shubin | 30 June 2013[17] | |
| Chongqing F.C. | Jia Jin 1 | Resigned | 9 July 2013[18] | 16th |  Manuel Cajuda | 11 July 2013[19] | |
| Hunan Billows | Dražen Besek | Sacked | 25 July 2013 | 10th | Huang Cheng (caretaker) | 25 July 2013 [20] | |
| Yanbian Changbai Tiger | Cho Keung-yeon | Sacked | 7 August 2013 | 15th | Li Guanghao (caretaker) | 7 August 2013 [21] | |
| Chengdu Blades | Patrick Aussems | Sacked | 16 September 2013 | 16th | Yao Xia (caretaker) | 16 September 2013 [22] |
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team.A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CL1.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)
The awards of 2013 China League One were announced on 19 December 2013.[23]
Xu Yang (Henan Jianye) Babacar Gueye (Shenzhen Ruby) Zhou Yajun (Henan Jianye) Tang Yaodong (Henan Jianye)
