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{{Infobox football league
| image      = Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League.svg
| country    = {{CHN}}
| other countries = 
| confed     = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] 
| founded    = 2002
| teams      = 64
| promotion  = [[China League Two]]
| relegation = ''Member Football Association leagues''
| levels     = 4
| domest_cup = [[Chinese FA Cup]]
| champions  = [[Shenzhen 2028 F.C.|Shenzhen 2028]] (1st title)
| season     = [[2024 Chinese Champions League|2024]]
| most_champs= [[Shenzhen Bogang]]<br />(5 titles)
| tv         = [[PPTV]] ({{small|live streaming}})
| website    = {{URL|https://www.thecfa.cn/yyls/}}
| current    = [[2025 Chinese Champions League]]
|pixels=160px}}

The '''Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League''' ({{zh|s=中国足球协会会员协会冠军联赛}}), referred to as the '''Chinese Champions League''' or '''CMCL''', is the [[Chinese football league system|fourth-tier]] [[association football|football]] league of the [[People's Republic of China]]. The league is under the auspices of the [[Chinese Football Association]].<ref>[http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2014-12-17/458183.html 关于2015年中乙联赛参赛俱乐部预报名的通知] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508093534/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2014-12-17/458183.html |date=2015-05-08 }} at fa.org.cn 2015-12-17 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref> The league was known as  '''Chinese Football Association Bing League''' (中国足球协会丙级联赛) before 2006 and '''Chinese Football Association Amateur League''' (中国足球协会业余联赛) between 2006 and 2017, before changing to its current name by 2018.

== History ==
In 1998, the Chinese Football Association held the "98 Li Ning Cup National Amateur Football Club League". in order to promote the further popularization and sustainable development of football in China, expand the football population, promote the improvement of socialization, promote the construction and development of local member associations, and cultivate and create a football market; At the same time, in line with international standards, improve the Chinese adult football league system, and lay a solid foundation for the connection of China's adult football competition system, which is the leader of the Chinese Super League in 2004 [1]  On October 2001, 10, the Chinese Football Association announced in Shanghai that it would hold the third division in 16 , and take this event as the last link in the Chinese Football Association's improvement of the domestic four-level football competition system.

In 2006, it was renamed the National Football Association Amateur League, in 2010 it was renamed the Chinese Football Association Amateur League (CAL), and in 2018 it was renamed the Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League. 

From 2011 to 2015, it was linked to the qualification of the Chinese FA Cup. Since 2011, the Chinese Football Association Amateur League has been a qualification tournament for the Chinese FA Cup, together with the AFC China Vision City League Champions Cup (2011-2012) and the China FA Cup Qualification Tournament (2014-). Since 2016, the qualification for the FA Cup has been limited to teams that have qualified for the China Second League, and all teams participating in the main stage of the Chinese FA Cup are selected from the qualification round of the Chinese FA Cup.

Since 2014, it has gradually formed a promotion and promotion system with the Chinese Football Association B League at the previous level.

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!Season
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third place
!4th place
|- 
|2002
|[[Guangzhou Restaurant]]
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Dalian Yingdu]]
|[[Shanghai 2000]]
|-
|2003
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Hunan Sports]]
|[[Suzhou Jinfeng]]
|[[Shanghai Zobon F.C.|Shanghai The 9]]
|-
|2004
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Qingdao Liming]]
|[[Shaanxi Expressway]]
|[[Yunnan Satellite Channel]]
|-
|2005
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Shanghai Songjiang Gas]]
|[[Guangzhou Restaurant]]
|[[Changchun Beililai]]
|-
|2006
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Changchun Normal University]]
|[[Kunming Traffic Police]]
|[[Hangzhou Sinobal]]
|-
|2007
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|[[Yanji Court]]
|[[Nanjing Baotai]]
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|-
|2008
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|[[Hunchun Procuratorate]]
|[[Yanji Court]]
|[[Wenzhou Lingxi Shengyu]]
|-
|2009
|[[Wuhan Hongxing]]
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|[[Wuhan Huachuang]]
|[[Luoyang Lightning Protection]]
|-
|2010<ref>[http://sports.163.com/10/1207/06/6N9HQV3P000501GN.html 武汉宏兴卫冕全国业余足球总决赛] at sports.163.com 2010-10-12 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|[[Wuhan Hongxing]]
|[[Xiamen Dongyuhang]]
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|[[Hebei Yingli]]
|-
|2011<ref>[http://sports.xinmin.cn/2013/09/30/22098631.html 大连业余足球水平高 龙卷风队2011曾夺全国冠军] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032237/http://sports.xinmin.cn/2013/09/30/22098631.html |date=2016-03-04 }} at sports.xinmin.cn 2013-09-30 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|[[Dalian Longjuanfeng]]
|[[Jiujiang Liansheng]]
|[[Changchun Fengyun]]
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|-
|2012<ref>[http://jiangsu.china.com.cn/html/ent/ssbd/20408_1.html 2012年全国业余足球联赛苏州锦富新材队夺冠] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141533/http://jiangsu.china.com.cn/html/ent/ssbd/20408_1.html |date=2016-03-04 }} at jiangsu.china.com.cn 2012-12-17 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|[[Suzhou Jinfu]]
|[[Qingdao Kunpeng]]
|[[Shenyang Riverside]]
|[[Shenzhen Yinwu]]
|-
|2013<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-26/10076903945.shtml 大连球队荣膺全国业余联赛总冠军] at sports.sina.com.cn 2013-11-26 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|[[Dalian Taian Old Brothers]]
|[[Hubei Huachuang]]
|[[Wuhan Hongxing]]
|[[Henan Orient Classic]]
|-
|2014<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/20141201/n406537147.shtml 武汉宏兴三度加冕草根王 大连围攻裁判或遭追罚] at sports.sohu.com 2014-12-01 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|[[Wuhan Hongxing]]
|[[Dalian Hailongxing]]
|[[Qingdao Fengfa]]
|[[Guangxi Longguida]]
|-
|[[2015 China Amateur Football League|2015]]<ref>[http://epaper.subaonet.com/szrb/html/2015-11/22/content_121163.htm 全国业余足球联赛 苏州东吴夺冠] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122152659/http://epaper.subaonet.com/szrb/html/2015-11/22/content_121163.htm |date=2015-11-22 }} at epaper.subaonet.com 2015-11-22 Retrieved 2016-04-21</ref>
|'''[[Suzhou Dongwu]]'''
|'''[[Hainan Seamen]]'''
|'''[[Shenzhen Renren]]'''
|'''[[Shenyang City F.C.|Shenyang City]]'''
|-
|[[2016 China Amateur Football League|2016]] 
|'''[[Dalian Boyang F.C.|Dalian Boyang]]'''
|'''[[Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic]]'''
|[[Wuhan Chufeng Heli]]
|'''[[Shanghai Sunfun]]'''
|-
|[[2017 China Amateur Football League|2017]] 
|'''[[Zibo Sunday F.C.|Zibo Sunday]]'''
|'''[[Anhui Hefei Guiguan F.C.|Anhui Hefei Guiguan]]'''
|[[Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete]]
|[[Zhaoqing Hengtai]]
|-
|[[2018 Chinese Champions League|2018]] 
|'''[[Taizhou Yuanda F.C.|Taizhou Yuanda]]'''
|'''[[Chengdu Better City F.C.|Chengdu Better City]]'''
|'''[[Hubei Chufeng United]]'''
|'''[[Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang]]'''
|-
|[[2019 Chinese Champions League|2019]]
|'''[[Nanjing Fengfan]]'''
|'''[[Shenzhen Bogang]]'''
|[[Shandong Wangyue]]
|'''[[Xi'an UKD]]'''
|-
|[[2020 Chinese Champions League|2020]]
|'''[[Guangdong Lianghetang]]'''
|'''[[Xiamen Qudian]]'''
|'''[[Sichuan Huakun]]'''
|'''[[Yichun Jiangxi Tungsten Grand Tiger]]'''
|-
|[[2021 Chinese Champions League|2021]]
|'''[[Jinan Xingzhou]]'''
|'''[[Jiangsu Zhongnan Codion]]'''
|'''[[Tai'an Huawei]]'''
|'''[[Lingshui Dingli Jingcheng]]'''
|-
|[[2022 Chinese Champions League|2022]]
|'''[[Yuxi Yukun F.C.|Yuxi Yukun]]'''
|'''[[Chongqing Tongliangloong F.C.|Chongqing Tongliangloong]]'''
|'''[[Guangxi Lanhang F.C.|Guangxi Lanhang]]'''
|'''[[Dalian Duxing F.C.|Dalian Duxing]]'''
|-
|[[2023 Chinese Champions League|2023]]
|'''[[Langfang Glory City F.C.|Langfang Glory City]]'''
|'''[[Shenzhen Juniors F.C.|Shenzhen Juniors]]'''
|'''[[Shaanxi Union F.C.|Shaanxi Chang'an Union]]'''
|'''[[Guangxi Hengchen F.C.|Guangxi Hengchen]]'''
|-
|[[2024 Chinese Champions League|2024]]
|'''[[Shenzhen 2028 F.C.|Shenzhen 2028]]'''
|'''[[Guizhou Zhucheng Athletic F.C.|Guizhou Zhucheng Athletic]]'''
|'''[[Guangdong Mingtu F.C.|Guangdong Mingtu]]'''
|'''[[Guangzhou Alpha F.C.|Guangzhou Alpha]]'''
|}

==Notable Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!Clubs
!Times participated in regional/group stage
!Times reached national final stage
|-
|[[Wuhan Dongfeng Honda]]
|11/2004, 2006–2014, 2016
|9/2004, 2006–2011, 2013–2014
|-
|[[Hubei Huachuang]]
|11/2006, 2009, 2011–2014, 2017–2021
|6/2009, 2013–2014, 2019–2021
|-
|[[Henan Orient Classic]]
|9/2010, 2013–2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
|3/2010, 2013, 2016
|-
|[[Liuzhou Ranko]]
|9/2015–
|2/2015, 2020
|-
|[[Shanxi Longchengren]]
|8/2015–2016, 2018–2021, 2023–
|3/2015–2016, 2020
|-
|[[Shenzhen Bogang]]
|7/2002–2007, 2019
|7/2002–2007, 2019
|-
|[[Wuhan Hongxing]]
|7/2009–2015
|7/2009–2015
|-
|[[Xi'an Hi-Tech Yilian]]
|7/2015–2016, 2019, 2021–
|1/2019
|-
|[[Hangzhou Sinobal]]
|6/2002, 2004–2007, 2010
|2/2002, 2004
|-
|[[Heilongjiang Tianfeng]]
|6/2011–2016
|2/2013–2014
|-
|[[Shanghai Jiading Boji]]
|6/2012–2014, 2017–2019
|2/2013, 2019
|-
|[[Yingkou Chaoyue]]
|6/2018–2019, 2021–
|1/2018
|-
|[[Dalian Longjuanfeng]]
|5/2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2017
|5/2011–2012, 2014–2015, 2017
|-
|[[Hebei Yingli]]
|5/2010–2014
|4/2010–2013
|-
|[[Changchun Normal University]]
|5/2003–2007
|2/2004–2005
|-
|[[Qingdao Kunpeng]]
|5/2010, 2012–2015
|2/2012–2013
|-
|[[Ningbo Yinbo]]
|5/2011, 2014, 2016–2017, 2019
|1/2014
|-
|[[Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei]]
|5/2012–2014, 2023–
|2/2012, 2014
|-
|[[Fujian Quanzhou Qinggong]]
|5/2018, 2021–
|1/2023
|-
|[[Zibo Sunday]]
|4/2003, 2013, 2016–2017
|3/2013, 2016–2017
|-
|[[Changchun Subway F.C.|Changchun Subway]]
|4/2010, 2012–2014
|3/2010, 2013–2014
|-
|[[Hangzhou Qiantang]]
|4/2012–2013, 2016, 2022
|2/2013, 2022
|-
|[[Changchun Shenhua]]
|4/2015, 2021–2023
|2/2015, 2022–2023
|-
|[[Hunan Sports Lottery]]
|4/2003, 2013–2015
|1/2003
|-
|[[Shaanxi Baocheng]]
|4/2008–2011
|1/2010
|-
|[[Xiamen Dongyuhang]]
|4/2010, 2012–2014
|1/2010
|-
|[[Hubei Wuhan Athletics Zaiming]]
|4/2018–2019, 2021–2022
|1/2019
|-
|[[Fuzhou Hengxing]]
|4/2018–2019, 2021–2022
|1/2022
|-
|[[Guangdong Red Treasure]]
|4/2021–
|1/2023
|-
|[[Shaanxi Expressway]]
|3/2003–2005
|3/2003–2005
|-
|[[Jiujiang Liansheng]]
|3/2009–2011
|3/2009–2011
|-
|[[Suzhou Dongwu]]
|3/2012–2013, 2015
|3/2012–2013, 2015
|-
|[[Zhaoqing Hengtai]]
|3/2014, 2016–2017
|3/2014, 2016–2017
|-
|[[Hubei Chufeng United]]
|3/2016–2018
|3/2016–2018
|-
|[[Guangzhou Restaurant]]
|3/2002–2003, 2005
|2/2002, 2005
|-
|[[Yanji Court]]
|3/2007–2009
|2/2007–2008
|-
|[[Shenyang Riverside]]
|3/2012–2014
|2/2012–2013
|-
|[[Heilongjiang Crane City]]
|3/2013, 2017–2018
|2/2017–2018
|-
|[[Rizhao Yuqi]]
|3/2015, 2022–
|2/2022–
|-
|[[Nanjing Shaye]]
|3/2016–2018
|2/2017–2018
|-
|[[Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai]]
|3/2017–2019
|2/2017, 2019
|-
|[[Dandong Hantong]]
|3/2018–2020
|2/2019–2020
|-
|[[Jingchuan Wenhui]]
|3/2021–2023
|2/2021–2022
|-
|[[Henan Shenghuang]]
|3/2003–2005
|1/2005
|-
|[[Fujian Tianxin]]
|3/2004, 2006, 2017
|1/2017
|-
|[[Kunming Traffic Police]]
|3/2006, 2008, 2013
|1/2006
|-
|[[Qinghai Chaoyang]]
|3/2009–2011
|1/2009
|-
|[[Guangxi Liuzhou Liuyue]]
|3/2012–2014
|1/2013
|-
|[[Qingdao Red Lions]]
|3/2016–2018
|1/2018
|-
|[[Xi'an Chongde Ronghai]]
|3/2021–2023
|2/2021, 2023
|}

==Feeder leagues ==
{{See also|Chinese football league system#Regional|l1=Leagues of CFA member associations}}

{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[Changchun Amateur Football League|Changchun Amateur League]]
* [[Chengdu City Football League|Chengdu City League Super League]]
* [[Chongqing Amateur Football League|Chongqing Amateur League Super Division]]
* [[Dalian City Football League|Dalian City League Group A]]
* [[Fujian Football Association|Fujian FA Super League]]
* [[Gansu Football Super League|Gansu Super League]]
* [[Guangdong Football Association Super League|Guangdong FA Super League]]
* [[Guangxi Football Super League|Guangxi Super League]]
* [[Guangzhou City Football League|Guangzhou City League]]
* [[Hainan Football League|Hainan Football Super League]]
* [[Hebei Football League|Hebei League]]
* [[Henan Amateur Football Championship League|Henan Amateur Championship League Division A]]
* [[Heilongjiang Football Association Super League|Heilongjiang FA Super League]]
* [[Hubei Mass Football League|Hubei Mass League]]
* [[Inner Mongolia Male Football Super League|Inner Mongolia Male Super League]]
* [[Jiangsu Football Association Championship League|Jiangsu FA Championship League]]
* [[Jiangxi Football Association Super League|Jiangxi FA Super League]]
* [[Liaoning Football Association Amateur Football Super League|Liaoning FA Amateur Super League]]
* [[Nanjing Football Association Super League|Nanjing FA Super League]]
* [[Ningxia Football Association|Ningxia FA Super League]]
* [[Qingdao City Football League|Qingdao City Super League]]
* [[Qinghai Football Super League|Qinghai Super League]]
* [[Shaanxi National Football League|Shaanxi National Super League]]
* [[Shandong Amateur Football League|Shandong Amateur Super League]]
* [[Shanghai Football Association|Shanghai FA Super League Group A]]
* [[Shanxi Football Association Super League|Shanxi FA Super League]]
* [[Shenzhen Football Association|Shenzhen FA City Super League]]
* [[Sichuan Amateur Football League|Sichuan Amateur League]]
* [[Tianjin Football Association|Tianjin FA Super League]]
* [[Wuhan City Football Super League|Wuhan City Super League]]
* [[Xiamen Football Association|Xiamen FA Super League]]
* [[Xinjiang Football Association Champions League|Xinjiang FA Champions League]]
* [[Zhejiang Football Super League|Zhejiang Super League]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinachamp.html League Three] on [[RSSSF]]

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