Teams relegated from 2014 Chinese Super League Teams promoted from 2014 China League Two Teams promoted to 2015 Chinese Super League Dissolved entries Teams relegated to 2015 China League Two and Dissolved entries

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

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

Outfield players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) in CL1.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players: Last updated: 1 November 2015Source: sports.sina.com The awards of 2015 China League One were announced on 3 November 2015.