Chinese Super League

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Chinese Super League
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Full name Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League
abbreviation CSL
Association Chinese Football Association
First edition 2004
Teams 16
master Shanghai SIPG
Record champions Guangzhou Evergrande (7 tracks)
Current season 2019
Website csl-china.com
Qualification for AFC Champions League

The Chinese Super League ( 中超 聯賽  /  中超 联赛 ), short for Chinese Football Association Super League , abbreviation: CSL ( 中國 足球 協會 超級 聯賽  /  中国 足球 协会 超级 联赛 , short: 中超 ), is the highest Chinese soccer division. It was founded in 2004 after the Chinese Jia-A League , founded in 1994, had been discontinued a year earlier . It is subordinate to the Chinese Football Association , the national football association. Since 2014 the league has been called the Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League , named after its main sponsor Ping An Insurance.

history

League game Beijing Guoan - Shaanxi Baorong at Fengtai Stadium (May 2007)

The league replaced China's highest league - the Jia A League - in 2004 because of a corruption scandal in which research by Chinese television revealed that at least half of the 2003 season's games had been manipulated. This scandal nearly led to financial collapse, as sponsorship deals in the amount of 21 million US dollars have been terminated. It was originally planned to play the new league with one relegated and two promoted players. Twelve teams took part in the league in the first season . There was no relegation, but two clubs from the second division were added. The first champion of the new professional league was Shenzhen Jianlibao . Prior to the 2006 season , the Chinese Football Association threatened to close the league due to ongoing corruption. In 2006, the league should be increased to 16 clubs, but the Sichuan Guancheng club withdrew from the league shortly before the start of the new season. The league took place with only 15 teams. The league also planned for the 2007 season with 16 teams, but this season only 15 clubs were played. The owner of Shanghai United became majority owner of Shanghai Shenhua and merged the two clubs. The merger club disappeared from the league in the end because it had the smaller fan base. The Chinese record champions are the Guangzhou Evergrande club with seven championships.

At the end of the 2015 season , the Chinese media company Ti'ao Dongli acquired the broadcasting rights of the Chinese Super League until 2020 for the equivalent of around 1.25 billion US dollars .

mode

In the Chinese Super League, 16 teams compete for the title of Chinese soccer champions. In the mode with round trip round, which is also used in many European countries, each team plays twice against each other club. A team receives three points for a win, and each team receives one point for a draw. The season takes place within a calendar year, it starts in February or March and ends in November or December.

The team with the most points at the end of the 30-day season is the Chinese champions. The two clubs with the fewest points are relegated to the CFA Jia League , the country's second division.

The champions and cup winners are currently qualifying directly for the group stage of the next AFC Champions League . The table second and third starts in the qualifying rounds of the same competition. If the cup winner is already qualified for the group phase or the qualifying rounds, the fourth place in the table gets the starting place.

Due to the spread of the corona virus in the 2020/2021 season, the mode of the league was changed. The 16 clubs are divided into two groups of 8, the respective groups play the main round isolated from the rest of the population in the Chinese metropolises of Dalian (in the northeast) and Suzhou (in the east). The best four teams of the two groups move into the championship round, the remaining four teams into the relegation round.

Clubs of the 2019 season

team city Home stadium capacity
Beijing Guoan Beijing Workers stadium 66.161
Beijing Renhe Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043
Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680
Dalian Yifang Dalian Dalian Sports Center Stadium 61,000
Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500
Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000
Hebei China Fortune Long catch Langfang Stadium 30,040
Henan Jianye Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860
Jiangsu Suning Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443
Shandong Luneng Taishan Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808
Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060
Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Shanghai stadium 56,842
FC Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center Stadium 60,334
Tianjin Teda Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium 54,696
Tianjin Tianhai Tianjin Haihe Educational Football Stadium 30,000
Wuhan Zall Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center Stadium 60,000

Champion of the Super League

season master Runner-up third place
2004 Shenzhen Jianlibao Shandong Luneng Taishan Inter Shanghai
2005 Dalian Shide Shanghai Shenhua Shandong Luneng Taishan
2006 Shandong Luneng Taishan Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
2007 Changchun Yatai Beijing Guoan Shandong Luneng Taishan
2008 Shandong Luneng Taishan Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
2009 Beijing Guoan Changchun Yatai Henan Construction
2010 Shandong Luneng Taishan Tianjin Teda Shanghai Shenhua
2011 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Liaoning Hongyun
2012 Guangzhou Evergrande Jiangsu Sainty Beijing Guoan
2013 Guangzhou Evergrande Shandong Luneng Taishan Beijing Guoan
2014 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Guangzhou R&F
2015 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai SIPG Shandong Luneng Taishan
2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Jiangsu Suning Shanghai SIPG
2017 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai SIPG Tianjin Quanjian
2018 Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou Evergrande Shandong Luneng Taishan
2019 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Shanghai SIPG

Top scorer

Muriqui, 2011 top scorer
season scorer society Gates
2004 GhanaGhana Kwame Ayew Inter Shanghai 17th
2005 SerbiaSerbia Branko Jelić Beijing Guoan 21st
2006 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Jinyu Shandong Luneng Taishan 26th
2007 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Jinyu Shandong Luneng Taishan 15th
2008 BrazilBrazil Éber Luís Tianjin Teda 14th
2009 HondurasHonduras Luis Alfredo Ramírez Guangzhou GPC 17th
ArgentinaArgentina Hernán Barcos Shenzhen Asia Travel
2010 ColombiaColombia Duvier Riascos Shanghai Shenhua 20th
2011 BrazilBrazil Muriqui Guangzhou Evergrande 16
2012 RomaniaRomania Cristian Dănălache Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 23
2013 BrazilBrazil Elkeson Guangzhou Evergrande 24
2014 BrazilBrazil Elkeson Guangzhou Evergrande 28
2015 BrazilBrazil Aloísio Shandong Luneng Taishan 22nd
2016 BrazilBrazil Ricardo Goulart Guangzhou Evergrande 19th
2017 IsraelIsrael Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F 27
2018 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG 25th
Record mark for Chinese footballer of the year

Development of audience numbers

Audience interest has risen sharply in recent years. With an average attendance of 23,985 in the season 2018, the league was about at the level of the Italian Serie A .

season cut Games total
2010 14,890 240 3,326,825
2011 17,675 240 4,242,027
2012 18,662 240 4,478,816
2013 18,571 240 4,457,136
2014 18,756 240 4,501,530
2015 21,892 240 5,057,100
2016 24,238 240 5,792,767
2017 23,766 240 5,703,907
2018 23,985 240 5,756,354

CSL regulations for foreigners

Professional footballers in China receive a relatively high salary compared to other football leagues. Therefore, several players from South America, Africa and Europe are under contract with Chinese clubs. However, the association rules limit the number of foreign players as follows:

season Squad On the field additive
1994-2000 3 3
2001-2003 4th 3
2004-2006 3 2 after 2006, players from Hong Kong , Macau and Taipei were no longer considered foreigners (except goalkeepers)
2007-2008 4th 3
2009-2016 4 + 1 3 + 1 “+1” refers to an additional player from an AFC member country
2017– 4 + 1 3 Clubs may use a maximum of 3 foreign players per game.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benjamin Ostrov: Corruption in Chinese Sports Culture , in: Sharan Eicher (Ed.): Corruption in International Business: The Challenge of Cultural and Legal Diversity , 2012, ISBN 978-1-4094-5992-7 , pp. 91-98 , P. 95.
  2. ↑ Ostrov, 96.
  3. ↑ chinadaily.com: Chinese Super League sells TV rights in record 8bn yuan accessed: January 29, 2016
  4. ↑ China's Super League starts with virtual fans after Corona. Retrieved on July 22, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Super League 2018 - spectators. Retrieved on February 19, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Complete list of CSL players .
  7. ↑ 中国 足协 将对 中超 中 甲 联赛 部分 相关 规程 内容 进行 调整 . Chinese Football Association. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.