2012 in Chinese football

2012 in Chinese football involves the national competitions of the Chinese football league system and the national team.

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the Super League

• Chengdu Blades F.C.
• Shenzhen Ruby F.C.

Teams promoted to the Super League

• Dalian Aerbin F.C.
• Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Teams relegated from League one

• Guizhou Zhicheng Toro F.C.

Teams promoted to League One

• Chongqing F.C.
• Fujian Smart Hero F.C.
• Harbin Yiteng F.C.

Chinese Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C)	30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
2	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	30	14	12	4	49	29	+20	54
3	Beijing Guoan	30	14	6	10	34	35	−1	48
4	Guizhou Moutai	30	12	9	9	44	33	+11	45
5	Dalian Aerbin	30	11	11	8	51	46	+5	44		Dalian 1-2 Changchun Changchun 1-2 Dalian
6	Changchun Yatai	30	12	8	10	37	40	−3	44
7	Guangzhou R&F	30	13	3	14	47	49	−2	42
8	Tianjin Teda	30	10	10	10	29	30	−1	40
9	Shanghai Shenhua	30	8	14	8	39	34	+5	38
10	Liaoning Whowin	30	8	12	10	40	41	−1	36		Liaoning, 10pts Hangzhou, 9pts Shandong, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5 Qingdao, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5
11	Hangzhou Greentown	30	9	9	12	34	46	−12	36
12	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	8	12	10	46	43	+3	36
13	Qingdao Jonoon	30	10	6	14	26	34	−8	36
14	Dalian Shide	30	8	10	12	39	49	−10	34	Disbanded after season ^2
15	Shanghai Shenxin	30	6	12	12	36	35	+1	30
16	Henan Jianye (R)	30	7	5	18	28	56	−28	26	Relegation to China League One

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012.
Source: Chinese Super League (Chinese)
Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[1].
¹Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
²On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquisited by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C..^[2]
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (Q) = Qualified for AFC Champions League; (R) = Relegated to CL1.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

China League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Shanghai Tellace (C) (P)	30	17	8	5	47	25	+22	59	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Wuhan Zall (P)	30	16	6	8	40	29	+11	54
3	Fujian Smart Hero	30	12	10	8	41	32	+9	46
4	Harbin Yiteng	30	13	6	11	53	43	+10	45		Harbin Yiteng 10pts Chongqing Lifan 3pts Tianjin Songjiang 2pts
5	Chongqing Lifan	30	12	9	9	50	45	+5	45
6	Tianjin Songjiang	30	12	9	9	27	24	+3	45
7	Shenzhen NEO Capital	30	12	6	12	46	41	+5	42
8	Chongqing FC	30	11	8	11	40	37	+3	41		Chongqing FC 4-0 Chengdu Tiancheng Chengdu Tiancheng 2-1 Chongqing FC
9	Chengdu Tiancheng	30	11	8	11	33	40	−7	41
10	Guangdong Sunray Cave	30	10	8	12	41	46	−5	38		Guangdong Sunray Cave 7pts, GD: +3 Hunan Billows 7pts, GD: 0 Shenyang Shenbei 2pts
11	Hunan Billows	30	10	8	12	33	37	−4	38
12	Shenyang Shenbei	30	9	11	10	36	38	−2	38
13	Yanbian Quanyang Spring	30	10	4	16	39	51	−12	34
14	BIT FC	30	8	8	14	27	41	−14	32
15	Beijing Baxy	30	8	7	15	34	46	−12	31
16	Shenyang Dongjin (R)	30	5	12	13	30	42	−12	27	Relegation to China League Two

Updated to games played on Oct. 28th, 2012.
Source: CL1 website on sohu.com (Chinese)
Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[3].
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (P) = Promoted to CSL; (R) = Relegated to CL2.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

China League Two

Domestic cups

Super Cup

Guangzhou Evergrande v Tianjin Teda

25 February 2012 Super Cup	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1	Tianjin Teda	Guangzhou University City Stadium, Guangzhou
14:00 CEST	Cléo  2', 48'	Report	83' Wang Xinxin	Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Tan Hai (Beijing) [4]

Chinese FA Cup

National team

Men

Women

References

1. 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
2. "足協官方通知: 實德棄2013中超資格 申鑫遞補留中超". sina.com. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-31.(Chinese)
3. 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
4. 超级杯由金哨谭海主吹 (Chinese)