2016 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season 2016
Champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Relegated Hangzhou Greentown
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
AFC Champions League Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Jiangsu Suning
Shanghai SIPG
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Matches played 240
Goals scored 639 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Ricardo Goulart (19 goals)
Best goalkeeper Zeng Cheng (10 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Shanghai SIPG 5-0 Henan Jianye
(Jul 10th, 2016)
(5 goals)
Biggest away win Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-6 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(Oct 15th, 2016)
(6 goals)
Highest scoring Chongqing Lifan 4-5 Guangzhou R&F (Aug 21st, 2016) (9 goals)
Longest winning run Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(17 matches)
Longest winless run Chongqing Lifan
Hangzhou Greentown
(11 matches)
Longest losing run Hebei China Fortune
(5 matches)
Highest attendance 53,080
Beijing Guoan 0-3 Guangzhou Evergrande
(Apr 9th, 2016)
Lowest attendance 5,135
Hangzhou Greentown 0-1 Guangzhou R&F
(Jun 11th, 2016)
Average attendance 24,159 (30 October)
2015
2017

All statistics correct as of 30 October 2016.

The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2016中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛)[1] was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[2][3] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[4][5] Guangzhou Evergrande won their sixth consecutive title of the league.

The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.[6]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Team[11] Head Coach City[8] Stadium Capacity 2015 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC TH Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Shanghai SIPG Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 2nd
Shandong Luneng Germany Felix Magath Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 3rd
Beijing Guoan China Xie Feng (caretaker) Beijing Workers Stadium 66,161 4th
Henan Jianye China Jia Xiuquan Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 5th
Shanghai Shenhua Spain Gregorio Manzano Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 6th
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright China Li Jinyu (caretaker) Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 7th
Chongqing Lifan South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 8th
Jiangsu Suning South Korea Choi Yong-soo Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 9th
Changchun Yatai South Korea Lee Jang-soo Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 10th
Hangzhou Greentown South Korea Hong Myung-bo Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 11th
Liaoning Whowin China Ma Lin Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 12th
Tianjin Teda Portugal Jaime Pacheco Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium 54,696 13th
Guangzhou R&F Serbia Dragan Stojković Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 14th
Yanbian Funde P South Korea Park Tae-ha Yanji Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium 30,000 CL1, 1st
Hebei China Fortune P Chile Manuel Pellegrini Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 CL1, 2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Beijing Guoan Spain Gregorio Manzano 26 November 2015[12] Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 19 January 2016[13]
Shanghai Shenhua France Francis Gillot 29 November 2015[14] Spain Gregorio Manzano 18 December 2015[15]
Chongqing Lifan China Wang Baoshan 30 November 2015[16] South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong 7 December 2015[17]
Shandong Luneng Brazil Cuca 6 December 2015[18] Brazil Mano Menezes 6 December 2015[19]
Hangzhou Greentown China Yang Ji 17 December 2015 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 17 December 2015[20]
Tianjin Teda Netherlands Arie Haan 18 December 2015 Serbia Dragan Okuka 18 December 2015[21]
Changchun Yatai Croatia Marijo Tot 31 December 2015[22] Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič 13 January 2016[23]
Changchun Yatai Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič 4 May 2016[24] South Korea Lee Jang-soo 6 May 2016[25]
Beijing Guoan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 21 May 2016 China Xie Feng (caretaker) 21 May 2016[26]
Jiangsu Suning Romania Dan Petrescu 3 June 2016 China Tang Jing (caretaker) 3 June 2016[27]
Shandong Luneng Brazil Mano Menezes 7 June 2016[28] Germany Felix Magath 8 June 2016[29]
Jiangsu Suning China Tang Jing (caretaker) 1 July 2016 South Korea Choi Yong-soo 1 July 2016[30]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Bulgaria Yasen Petrov 14 July 2016 China Li Jinyu (caretaker) 14 July 2016[31]
Tianjin Teda Serbia Dragan Okuka 2 August 2016 Portugal Jaime Pacheco 2 August 2016[32]
Hebei China Fortune China Li Tie 27 August 2016 Chile Manuel Pellegrini 27 August 2016[33]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries, although only four (one AFC countries player at least) can be on the field at any one time.[34]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian Player Former Players 1
Beijing Guoan Brazil Renato Augusto[35] Brazil Ralf[36] Turkey Burak Yılmaz Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev Uzbekistan Egor Krimets[36] Brazil Kléber[36]
Changchun Yatai Bolivia Marcelo Moreno Brazil Bruno Meneghel Croatia Darko Matić Croatia Mislav Oršić Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov France Julien Gorius
Serbia Ognjen Ožegović
Chongqing Lifan Argentina Emanuel Gigliotti Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Alan Kardec Croatia Goran Milović South Korea Jung Woo-young Brazil Jael Ferreira
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Brazil Alan Carvalho Brazil Ricardo Goulart[35] Brazil Paulinho[35] Colombia Jackson Martínez[34] South Korea Kim Young-Gwon[6]
Guangzhou R&F Australia Apostolos Giannou Brazil Renatinho Israel Eran Zahavi Sweden Gustav Svensson South Korea Jang Hyun-Soo Brazil Bruninho
Hangzhou Greentown Australia Matthew Spiranovic Brazil Denílson Gabionetta Brazil Anselmo Ramon Croatia Sammir South Korea Oh Beom-Seok Australia Tim Cahill
Ivory Coast Davy Claude Angan
Hebei China Fortune Brazil Aloísio Cameroon Stéphane Mbia[37] Ivory Coast Gervinho[34] France Gaël Kakuta[37] Turkey Ersan Gülüm 2 Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi[34]
Henan Jianye Brazil Ivo Philippines Javier Patiño Slovenia Miral Samardžić Sweden Osman Sow Australia Ryan McGowan Denmark Eddi Gomes
Jiangsu Suning Australia Trent Sainsbury Brazil Ramires[34] Brazil Alex Teixeira[34] Colombia Roger Martínez South Korea Hong Jeong-ho Brazil [6]
Croatia Sammir
Liaoning Whowin Australia Michael Thwaite Democratic Republic of the Congo Assani Lukimya[38] Nigeria Anthony Ujah Zambia James Chamanga Australia Dario Vidošić Australia James Troisi
Senegal Ibrahima Toure
Shandong Luneng Argentina Walter Montillo Brazil Gil[36] Italy Graziano Pellè Senegal Papiss Cissé Brazil Jucilei 3 Brazil Aloísio
Brazil Diego Tardelli
Shanghai Shenhua Colombia Fredy Guarín[34] Colombia Giovanni Moreno Nigeria Obafemi Martins[6] Senegal Demba Ba[6] South Korea Kim Kee-hee
Shanghai SIPG Argentina Darío Conca[6] Brazil Elkeson[6] Brazil Hulk Ivory Coast Jean Evrard Kouassi South Korea Kim Ju-Young Ghana Asamoah Gyan[6]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Brazil Matheus Brazil Diego Maurício France Jean-Philippe Mendy Portugal Rúben Micael South Korea Cho Yong-Hyung Venezuela Mario Rondón
Zambia Jacob Mulenga
Tianjin Teda Colombia Fredy Montero Gabon Malick Evouna Mozambique Zainadine Júnior Senegal Mbaye Diagne Australia Aleksandar Jovanović Brazil Wágner
Yanbian Funde The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Serbia Nikola Petković South Korea Ha Tae-Goon South Korea Yoon Bit-Garam South Korea Kim Seung-Dae

Last updated: 16 July 2016
Source: sports.ifeng.com (Chinese)

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)[39]

Club Player 1 Player 2
Changchun Yatai Chinese Taipei Yaki Yen Hong Kong Jack Sealy
Hangzhou Greentown Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang

Last updated: 1 March 2016

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C) 30 19 7 4 62 19 +43 64 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Jiangsu Suning 30 17 6 7 53 33 +20 57
3 Shanghai SIPG 30 14 10 6 56 32 +24 52 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 30 12 12 6 46 31 +15 48
5 Beijing Guoan 30 11 10 9 34 26 +8 43
6 Guangzhou R&F 30 11 7 12 47 50 3 40
7 Hebei China Fortune 30 11 7 12 34 38 4 40
8 Chongqing Lifan 30 9 10 11 43 50 7 37
9 Yanbian Funde 30 10 7 13 39 41 2 37
10 Tianjin Teda 30 9 9 12 38 50 12 36
11 Liaoning Whowin 30 9 9 12 38 47 9 36
12 Changchun Yatai 30 10 5 15 30 44 14 35
13 Henan Jianye 30 10 5 15 26 44 18 35
14 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 9 7 14 38 45 7 34
15 Hangzhou Greentown (R) 30 8 8 14 28 37 9 32 Relegation to League One
16 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (R) 30 7 9 14 28 53 25 30
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Sina Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home ╲ Away GZE SSI SDBJHNSGSSJZCQJSSCCHZLNTJGZFYBHBC
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 11 40 00 21 21 00 41 20 30 00 62 20 20 11 20
Shanghai SIPG 00 41 22 50 11 41 53 12 11 10 40 11 10 30 31
Shandong Luneng Taishan 02 00 02 00 01 40 11 21 11 41 32 23 23 31 10
Beijing Guoan 03 21 12 31 21 00 12 12 20 10 00 00 31 30 02
Henan Jianye 12 10 21 10 11 02 03 01 12 10 21 00 10 10 10
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 21 21 00 00 22 31 22 32 30 40 21 22 51 11 20
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 06 12 21 11 10 21 11 16 32 10 01 22 32 13 11
Chongqing Lifan 21 11 21 11 01 01 10 22 11 10 21 12 45 21 13
Jiangsu Suning 20 21 30 21 41 20 00 21 20 11 43 20 11 21 40
Changchun Yatai 12 13 00 21 10 10 10 30 12 01 01 44 31 10 01
Hangzhou Greentown 12 12 20 03 30 00 00 11 30 21 00 31 01 22 10
Liaoning Whowin 03 31 11 02 11 00 21 32 10 01 20 22 31 30 02
Tianjin TEDA 04 01 14 00 21 13 20 23 10 40 10 22 01 10 05
Guangzhou R&F 21 33 12 11 20 11 42 20 11 01 52 11 32 00 12
Yanbian Funde 11 11 21 10 12 20 20 11 30 20 24 41 12 31 32
Hebei China Fortune 03 02 21 01 43 22 11 11 11 21 00 00 10 02 10

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (Chinese)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 11 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jiangsu Suning 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Shanghai SIPG 14 14 14 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 7 11 5 5 8 5 6 8 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Beijing Guoan 9 12 15 15 14 13 13 15 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 7 7 5 7 7 5 5 5
Guangzhou R&F 11 6 10 12 15 15 9 7 8 8 10 9 9 9 11 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 5 7 7 6
Hebei China Fortune 2 4 6 3 4 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 7
Chongqing Lifan 2 6 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 11 12 13 11 13 12 10 12 11 11 10 11 10 10 8 10 10 8 8 8 8
Yanbian Funde 7 13 8 10 11 14 15 10 11 13 9 10 10 12 10 12 11 9 8 8 6 8 9 9 9 11 12 12 9 9
Tianjin TEDA 9 15 13 8 7 11 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 7 7 7 8 10 12 12 13 14 13 13 11 13 11 10 13 10
Liaoning Whowin 5 5 7 13 13 12 14 14 15 15 16 12 11 9 11 10 12 12 11 10 11 13 11 11 12 9 13 13 12 11
Changchun Yatai 11 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 14 15 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 15 15 14 12
Henan Jianye 5 2 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 13
Shandong Luneng Taishan 16 10 12 14 6 10 12 13 14 12 14 15 16 14 16 16 15 14 13 14 14 14 11 12 13 12 10 11 11 14
Hangzhou Greentown 2 6 4 6 10 9 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 15 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 15 15
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 14 9 10 11 11 7 10 10 12 10 11 11 12 10 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 30 October 2016
Source: sports.sina.com.cn/csl csldata.sports.sohu.com

Winner; Champions League Runner-up; Champions League play-off 3rd place; Champions League play-off Relegate to China League One

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Bolivia Marcelo Moreno Changchun Yatai Tianjin Teda 4–4 3 April 2016 [43]
Senegal Demba Ba Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 3–1 3 April 2016 [44]
Senegal Demba Ba Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Hangzhou Greentown 4–0 19 June 2016 [45]
China Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou R&F 3–3 31 July 2016 [46]
Brazil Alex Teixeira Jiangsu Suning Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 6–1 11 September 2016 [47]
Israel Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F Hangzhou Greentown 5–2 16 October 2016 [48]

League attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 673,243 44,883 -0.978077534921222.1%
2 Jiangsu Suning 584,879 38,992 0.45178345371956+45.1%
3 Beijing Guoan 571,704 38,114 -0.929677781301077.0%
4 Chongqing Lifan 542,663 36,178 -0.962308817661923.7%
5 Shanghai SIPG 420,603 28,040 0.062886168075509+6.2%
6 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 340,353 22,690 0.16323182610479+16.3%
7 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 337,839 22,523 -0.8984044674910310.1%
8 Liaoning Whowin 337,592 22,506 0.75993118548639+75.9%
9 Tianjin TEDA 326,104 21,740 0.10574233253649+10.5%
10 Yanbian Funde 289,562 19,304 -0.7882079131109421.1%
11 Shandong Luneng Taishan 283,987 18,932 -0.8392215967019816.0%
12 Hebei China Fortune 227,034 18,469 1.3584471970374+135.8%
13 Henan Jianye 259,236 17,282 -0.855248181323314.4%
14 Changchun Yatai 230,032 15,335 0.032312352743184+3.2%
15 Hangzhou Greentown 175,841 11,723 -0.932914212955596.7%
16 Guangzhou R&F 147,463 9,831 0.23056702966579+23.0%
League total 5,798,135 24,159 0.088586491235975+8.8%

Updated to games played on Nov. 20th, 2016
Source: 2016中超上座率排名:恒大场均超4万第1 富力垫底

Notes:
Teams played previous season in CL1.

Awards

The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.[49]

References

  1. 关于正确使用联赛全名称的函 (Chinese). Sina Sports.
  2. 中国足球协会超级联赛历史 (Chinese)
  3. 排场大 明星多 2004—2016历届中超开幕式 (Chinese)
  4. 中国平安4年6亿冠名中超 三大层面助力中国足球
  5. 重磅!中超联赛版权卖出5年80亿天价
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 John Duerden (5 March 2016). "Chinese Super League preview: Guangzhou Evergrande still team to beat". the guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. 关于河北中基足球俱乐部更名的公告 (Chinese). Sina Sports.
  8. 1 2 3 Karel Stokkermans and Andre Zlotkowski (17 March 2016). "China Super League". China 2016. RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. 江苏国信舜天主要股权转让并更名为江苏苏宁的公示 (Chinese)
  10. 关于延边长白山足球俱乐部股权转让并更名的公示 (Chinese)
  11. "Chinese Super League 2016: Standings". FIFA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  12. 曼萨诺亲承不再担任国安主帅 发文感谢京城球迷 (Chinese)
  13. 北京国安官宣新队名 新帅扎切罗尼携两外援亮相 (Chinese). Sina Sports.
  14. 申花官方宣布主帅吉洛下课 发文祝未来一切顺利 (Chinese)
  15. 申花官方宣布曼萨诺挂帅 相信他能带队上新台阶 (Chinese)
  16. 力帆官方宣布主帅王宝山离任 感谢其三年来付出 (Chinese)
  17. 力帆官方宣布张外龙任主帅 签约3年即日正式挂帅 (Chinese)
  18. 鲁能泰山足球俱乐部与库卡解除合约 (Chinese)
  19. 曼诺加盟鲁能泰山足球俱乐部 (Chinese)
  20. 绿城官方宣布洪明甫担任球队主帅 合同期为两年 (Chinese)
  21. 官宣:德拉甘正式任泰达主教练 一月赴海口汇合 (Chinese)
  22. 亚泰意外换帅马里奥下课 前红星主帅即将上任 (Chinese)
  23. 亚泰宣布塞超冠军主帅上任 进前八自动续约1年 (Chinese)
  24. 亚泰主帅斯托扬诺维奇下课 7战2分中超下课首人 (Chinese)
  25. 李章洙与亚泰签3+2合约 主场战鲁能将迎执教首秀 (Chinese)
  26. 北京国安足球俱乐部公告 (Chinese)
  27. 江苏苏宁足球俱乐部公告 (Chinese)
  28. 鲁能泰山-官方公告 (Chinese)
  29. 马加特加盟鲁能泰山足球俱乐部 (Chinese)
  30. 官方宣布:崔龙洙自7月1日起担任苏宁队主教练 (Chinese)
  31. 永昌宣布主帅亚森下课 李金羽暂担任代理主教练 (Chinese)
  32. 泰达官宣签约帕切科 签约1年半13日首秀战永昌 (Chinese)
  33. 河北华夏幸福足球俱乐部公告 (Chinese)
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Richard Morgan (26 February 2016). "Chinese Super League transfer window: All you need to know". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  35. 1 2 3 John Duerden (1 February 2016). "Why China, not MLS, is luring stars away from Europe". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  36. 1 2 3 4 Ewan MacKenna (1 February 2016). "China Is Latest Destination for Brazilian Stars". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  37. 1 2 Michael Walker (27 February 2016). "Chinese Super League: Why European football's top talents are answering the great call of China". The Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  38. "Lukimya von Rostock nach Jena" (in German). kicker.de. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  39. 港澳台球员转会新政 新转入算亚外有合同算内援 (Chinese)
  40. "Players: Topscorers". Soccerway:CSL. Perform. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  41. "射手榜_中超联赛_体育_新浪网". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  42. "Players: match.sports.sina.com". Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  43. 莫雷罗带帽约万2球 进球大战亚泰4-4泰达 (Chinese)
  44. 登巴巴戴帽毛剑卿弑旧主 申花3-1击败永昌 (Chinese)
  45. 登巴巴帽子戏法 申花4-0送绿城11轮不胜 (Chinese)
  46. 武磊帽子戏法扎哈维传射 上港客场3-3富力 (Chinese)
  47. 特谢拉戴帽永昌两丢点球 苏宁客场6-1大胜 (Chinese)
  48. 扎哈维帽子戏法 富力5-2大胜绿城迎2连胜 (Chinese)
  49. 2016中超颁奖:高拉特金球金靴 恒大狂揽九奖项 (Chinese)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.