Teams relegated from 2013 Chinese Super League Teams promoted from 2013 China League Two Teams promoted to 2014 Chinese Super League Teams relegated to 2014 China League Two

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team.

A team could use three foreign players on the field each game.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) Source: sports.sina.com (in Chinese) The awards of 2014 China League One were announced on 21 December 2014.

Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2014Source: [citation needed]Notes:† Teams played previous season in CSL.‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.