Chinese Super League 2008

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Chinese Super League 2008
Logo of the CSL
master Shandong Luneng Taishan
Champions League Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shanghai Shenhua
Beijing Guoan
Tianjin Teda
Relegated Liaoning Hongyun
Wuhan Guanggu
Teams 16
Games 240  (of which 210 played)
Gates 519  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Éber Luís Cucchi (14)
← CSL 2007

The 2008 Chinese Super League was the 5th season of the Chinese top division in men's football . It opened on March 29, 2008 and ended on November 30, 2008.

Liaoning Hongyun and Wuhan Guanggu were relegated . Chinese champions became Shandong Luneng Taishan , who secured the title with a 0-0 home game against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical on the last day of the match .

2008 season participants

society city Stadion
Beijing Guoan Beijing Fengtai Stadium
Changchun Yatai Changchun Changchun City Stadium
Changsha Ginde Changsha He Long Stadium
Chengdu Blades Cheng you Chengdu Sports Center Stadium
Dalian Haichang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium
Henan Siwu Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
Liaoning Hongyun Jinzhou Jinzhou City Stadium
Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
Shaanxi Zhongxin Baoji Baoji City Stadium
Shandong Luneng Taishan Jinan Shandong Provincial Stadium
Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Hongkou Stadium
Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Shenzhen Stadium
Tianjin Teda Tianjin Teda Stadium
Wuhan Guanggu Wuhan Xinhualu Stadium
Zhejiang Greentown Hangzhou Hangzhou Dragon Stadium
Footnotes
  1. ↑ From the 14th day of the game, the home games were played in the Tiexi New District Sports Center in Shenyang .
  2. ↑ From the 11th matchday on, the home games were played in the Shaanxi provincial stadium in Xi'an .
  3. ↑ On Matchday 8 and Matchday 18, the home games were played at the Yuanshen Sports Center Stadium .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Shandong Luneng Taishan  30th  18th  9  3 054:250 +29 63
 2. Shanghai Shenhua  30th  17th  10  3 058:290 +29 61
 3. Beijing Guoan  30th  16  10  4th 044:270 +17 58
 4th Tianjin Teda  30th  16  9  5 054:290 +25 57
 5. Shaanxi Zhongxin  30th  15th  7th  8th 041:290 +12 52
 6th Changchun Yatai (M)  30th  12  9  9 053:450  +8 45
 7th Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (N)  30th  10  10  10 041:420  −1 40
 8th. Qingdao Jonoon  30th  10  9  11 039:360  +3 39
 9. Zhejiang Greentown  30th  9  12  9 038:320  +6 39
10. Henan Siwu  30th  9  9  12 030:310  −1 36
11. Changsha Ginde  30th  7th  13  10 028:360  −8 34
12. Shenzhen Xiangxue  30th  8th  9  13 035:340  +1 33
13. Chengdu Blades (N)  30th  7th  11  12 030:370  −7 32
14th Dalian Haichang  30th  6th  12  12 030:400 −10 30th
15th Liaoning Hongyun  30th  6th  9  15th 034:470 −13 27
16. Wuhan Guanggu  30th  0  0  30th 000:900 −90 00
Chinese champion and participation in the AFC Champions League 2009 : Shandong Luneng Taishan
Participation in the AFC Champions League 2009: Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan, Tianjin Teda
Relegation to China League One 2009 : Liaoning Hongyun, Wuhan Guanggu (dropped out)
(M) Acting Master : Changchun Yatai
(P) Reigning cup winner: not held since 2006
(N) Last season's newcomers: Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Chengdu Blades

List of goalscorers

Pl. player team Gates
01. BrazilBrazil About Luís Cucchi Tianjin Teda 14th
02. AngolaAngola Johnson Monteiro Pinto Macaba Shenzhen Xiangxue 13
03. PolandPoland Emmanuel Olisadebe Henan Siwu 12
HondurasHonduras Luis Alfredo Ramírez Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
04th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China You Zhenyu Changchun Yatai 10
BrazilBrazil Erivaldo Antonio Saraiva Zhejiang Greentown

Controversy

On September 28, there were at play Beijing Guoan against Wuhan Guanggu to blows between Wuhan defender Li Weifeng and Beijing's Lu Jiang . Subsequently, on October 1, both were suspended from eight games by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and fined ¥ 8,000 . Wuhan's management considered this punishment to be inappropriate and threatened to pull out of the ongoing competition. Since the CFA was not willing to negotiate, however, Wuhan actually decided to withdraw from the ongoing competition on October 7th and had to pay a further fine of 300,000 yen to the Chinese association. Then all games with participation from Wuhan were rated 0: 3 and the club was excluded from all competitions of the CFA.

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