Chinese Super League 2016

Chinese Super League 2016
master	Guangzhou Evergrande
Champions League	Guangzhou Evergrande
Champions League qualification	Jiangsu Suning Shanghai SIPG
Relegated	Hangzhou Greentown Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Teams	16
Games	240
spectator	450.507  (ø 1877 per game)
Top scorer	Ricardo Goulart (19 goals)
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China League One 2016 ↓

The Chinese Super League 2016 is the 13th season of the highest Chinese football league in men's football. Yanbian Funde and Hebei China Fortune have risen for this season . The defending champion is Guangzhou Evergrande .

Participants of the 2016 season

Beijing Guoan Changchun Yatai Chongqing Lifan Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou R&F Hangzhou Navel Greentown Hebei China Fortune Henan Construction

Jiangsu Suning Liaoning Hongyun Shandong Luneng Taishan Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Shenhua Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Tianjin Teda Yanbian finds

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Guangzhou Evergrande (M)	30th	19th	7th	4th	062:190	+43	64
2.	Jiangsu Suning (P)	30th	17th	6th	7th	053:330	+20	57
3.	Shanghai SIPG	30th	14th	10	6th	056:320	+24	52
4th	Shanghai Shenhua	30th	12	12	6th	046:310	+15	48
5.	Beijing Guoan	30th	11	10	9	034:260	+8	43
6th	Guangzhou R&F	30th	11	7th	12	047:500	−3	40
7th	Hebei China Fortune (N)	30th	11	7th	12	034:380	−4	40
8th.	Chongqing Lifan	30th	9	10	11	043:500	−7	37
9.	Yanbian finds (N)	30th	10	7th	13	039:410	−2	37
10.	Liaoning Hongyun	30th	9	9	12	038:470	−9	36
11.	Tianjin Teda	30th	9	9	12	038:500	−12	36
12.	Changchun Yatai	30th	10	5	15th	030:440	−14	35
13.	Henan Jianye	30th	10	5	15th	026:440	−18	35
14th	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30th	9	7th	14th	038:450	−7	34
15th	Hangzhou Navel Greentown	30th	8th	8th	14th	028:370	−9	32
16.	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	30th	7th	9	14th	028:530	−25	30th

At the end of the 2016 season:
	Chinese champion and participation in the 2017 AFC Champions League
	Participation in the play-offs for the AFC Champions League 2017
	Participation in the second qualifying round for the AFC Champions League 2017
	Relegation to China League One 2017
At the end of the 2015 season:
(M)	Acting Master : Guangzhou Evergrande
(P)	Reigning cup winner : Jiangsu Suning
(N)	Newcomers from the China League One 2015: Yanbian Funde & Hebei China Fortune

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
01	Ricardo Goulart	Guangzhou Evergrande	19th
02	Alan Douglas Borges de Carvalho	Guangzhou Evergrande	14th
	Demba Ba	Shanghai Shenhua	14th
0	James Chamanga	Liaoning Hongyun	14th
0	Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG	14th
06th	Marcelo Moreno	Changchun Yatai	13
07th	Alex Teixeira	Jiangsu Suning	11
0	Burak Yılmaz	Beijing Guoan	11
	Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F	11
As of November 6, 2016

Template donor list

If the number of templates is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	templates
01.	Gao Lin	Guangzhou Evergrande	12
	Elkeson	Shanghai SIPG
03.	Wang Dong	Chongqing Lifan	9
	Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG
	Cao Yunding	Shanghai Greenland
06th	Ricardo Goulart	Guangzhou Evergrande	8th
07th	Olívio da Rosa	Henan Jianye	7th
	Alex Teixeira	Jiangsu Suning
	Ji Xiang	Jiangsu Suning
10.	Fernandinho	Chongqing Lifan	6th
	Yoon Bit-Garam	Yanbian finds
Status: end of the season

Scorer list

With the same number of scorers, the players are sorted according to the games they have played.

space	player	team	Games	Gates	templates	Scorer
01	Ricardo Goulart	Guangzhou Evergrande	29	19th	08th	27
02	Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG	30th	14th	09	23
03	Elkeson	Shanghai SIPG	26th	10	12	22nd
04th	Gao Lin	Guangzhou Evergrande	28	07th	12	19th
05	Alan	Guangzhou Evergrande	27	14th	04th	18th
	Alex Teixeira	Jiangsu Suning	28	11	07th	18th
07th	Demba Ba	Shanghai Greenland	18th	14th	03	17th
	James Chamanga	Liaoning Hongyun	28	14th	03	17th
09	Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F	15th	11	05	16
	Wang Dong	Chongqing Lifan	29	07th	09	16
11	Fernandinho	Chonqing Lifan	29	09	06th	15th
Status: end of the season

Spectator table

space	team	Home games	spectator	per game
01.	Guangzhou Evergrande	15th	673.243	44,883
02.	Jiangsu Suning	15th	584,879	38,992
03.	Beijing Guoan	15th	572.104	38,140
04th	Chongqing Lifan	15th	542,663	36,178
05.	Shanghai SIPG	15th	420.181	28,012
06th	Shanghai Shenhua	15th	340.353	22,690
07th	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	15th	337.839	22,523
08th.	Liaoning Hongyun	15th	337.318	22,488
09.	Tianjin Teda	15th	329.214	21,948
10.	Yanbian finds	15th	289,562	19.304
11.	Shandong Luneng Taishan	15th	283,987	18,932
12.	Hebei China Fortune	15th	277.032	18,469
13.	Henan Construction	15th	259.236	17,282
14th	Changchun Yatai	15th	228.032	15.202
15th	Hangzhou Navel Greentown	15th	175.841	11,723
16.	Guangzhou R&F	15th	147,463	9,831
total		15th0	5,798,9470	24,162
Status: end of season 2016

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year : Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) 
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) 
• Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG) 
• Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) 
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande) 
• Chinese Super League Team of the Year (433):

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande)	Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande) Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande) Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande) Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F)	Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) Wu Xi (Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty) Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)	Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) Demba Ba (Shanghai Greenland) Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande)

Web links

• Chinese Super League Official Website (Chinese)
• 2016 season at Soccerway.com
• Season 2016 at RSSSF .com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ transfermarkt.de
2. ↑ Chinese Super League 2016: Templates. In: match.sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved June 19, 2016 . 
3. ^ Chinese Super League 2016: Scorer. In: Soccerway.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Chinese Super League 2016: spectators. In: transfermarkt.de. Retrieved August 6, 2016 . 
5. ^ Team of the Year 2016. In: sports.sohu.com. Retrieved November 11, 2016 .