2018 Chinese Super League

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Chinese Super League
Season 2018
Champions Shanghai SIPG (1st title)
Relegated Changchun Yatai
Guizhou Hengfeng
AFC Champions League Shanghai SIPG
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Shandong Luneng Taishan
Matches played 240
Goals scored 768 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Wu Lei
(27 goals)
Biggest home win Shanghai SIPG 8–0 Dalian Yifang
(3 March 2018)
Biggest away win Henan Jianye 0–5 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(15 August 2018)
Highest scoring Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 4–5 Guangzhou R&F
(2 March 2018)
Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6–3 Hebei China Fortune
(2 August 2018)
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 4–5 Shanghai SIPG
(3 November 2018)
Longest winning run 6 matches
Shanghai SIPG
Longest unbeaten run 17 matches
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Longest winless run 11 matches
Tianjin TEDA
Longest losing run 5 matches
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
Guizhou Hengfeng
Highest attendance 56,544
Beijing Sinobo Guoan vs Shandong Luneng Taishan
(5 August 2018)
Lowest attendance 5,651
Beijing Renhe vs Guizhou Hengfeng
(14 April 2018)
Average attendance 24,053
2017
2019

The 2018 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2018中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 15th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[1] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[2][3] Shanghai SIPG won their first top-tier league titles on 7 November 2018 after the 2–1 victory against Beijing Renhe, ending a historic run for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2011 season.[4]

Policy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players continued to change in this season. At least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven, the same as in the 2017 season.[5] However, two foreign-player policies have changed: (1) the number of foreign players on a club's roster has been reduced from five to four and (2) the total number of foreign players under contract with a club in a season has been reduced from seven to six.[5] In addition, a new policy affecting both foreign players and U-23 domestic players has been introduced: The total number of foreign players appearing in matches must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players.[5] Players from AFC countries no longer hold a special slot. But clubs can register one non-naturalized player from the Hong Kong Football Association, Macau Football Association or Chinese Taipei Football Association (except goalkeepers) as a native player.[6] According to the Chinese FA, a non-naturalized player is a player who was first registered as a professional footballer in one of the three aforementioned football associations. For still more complexity concerning non-naturalized players, players from Hong Kong and Macau must be passport holders of the Hong Kong SAR or the Macau SAR, and players from Taiwan must be citizens of Taiwan.[7] Policy of U-23 domestic players was relaxed in August for the 2018 Asian Games.[8] It existed in name only from October when China U-25 training team was organized.[9]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2017 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2018 China League One

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Team[11] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2017 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Italy Fabio Cannavaro Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Shanghai SIPG Portugal Vítor Pereira Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 2nd
Tianjin Tianhai South Korea Park Choong-kyun Tianjin Haihe Educational Football Stadium 28,046 3rd
Hebei China Fortune Wales Chris Coleman Langfang Langfang Stadium 30,040 4th
Guangzhou R&F Serbia Dragan Stojković Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 5th
Shandong Luneng Taishan China Li Xiaopeng Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 6th
Changchun Yatai China Chen Jingang Changchun Changchun Stadium 38,500 7th
Guizhou Hengfeng Romania Dan Petrescu Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 8th
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Germany Roger Schmidt Beijing Workers Stadium 66,161 9th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Netherlands Jordi Cruyff Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 10th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua China Wu Jingui Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 11th
Jiangsu Suning Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 12th
Tianjin TEDA Germany Uli Stielike Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium 54,696 13th
Henan Jianye China Wang Baoshan Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 14th
Dalian Yifang P Germany Bernd Schuster Dalian Dalian Sports Center 61,000 CL1, 1st
Beijing Renhe P Spain Luis García Plaza Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 CL1, 2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tianjin Quanjian Italy Fabio Cannavaro Resigned 6 November 2017[12] Pre-season Portugal Paulo Sousa 6 November 2017[13]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari End of contract 9 November 2017 Italy Fabio Cannavaro 9 November 2017[14]
Shanghai SIPG Portugal André Villas-Boas End of contract 30 November 2017[15] Portugal Vítor Pereira 12 December 2017[16]
Shandong Luneng Taishan Germany Felix Magath End of contract 1 December 2017[17] China Li Xiaopeng 1 December 2017[17]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan South Korea Chang Woe-ryong Mutual consent 10 December 2017[18] Portugal Paulo Bento 11 December 2017[19]
Henan Jianye China Guo Guangqi (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 18 December 2017 Croatia Dragan Talajić 18 December 2017[20]
Dalian Yifang Spain Juan Ramón López Caro End of contract 26 December 2017 China Ma Lin 26 December 2017[21]
Dalian Yifang China Ma Lin Sacked 19 March 2018 16th Germany Bernd Schuster 19 March 2018[22]
Jiangsu Suning Italy Fabio Capello Mutual consent 28 March 2018[23] 12th Romania Cosmin Olăroiu 28 March 2018[24]
Henan Jianye Croatia Dragan Talajić Sacked 21 April 2018[25] 14th South Korea Chang Woe-ryong 26 April 2018[26]
Hebei China Fortune Chile Manuel Pellegrini Mutual consent 19 May 2018[27] 8th Wales Chris Coleman 10 June 2018[28]
Guizhou Hengfeng Spain Gregorio Manzano Sacked 7 June 2018 16th Romania Dan Petrescu 7 June 2018[29]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Portugal Paulo Bento Resigned 22 July 2018 13th China Hao Haitao (caretaker) 22 July 2018[30]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan China Hao Haitao (caretaker) Sacked 8 August 2018 14th Netherlands Jordi Cruyff 8 August 2018[31]
Henan Jianye South Korea Chang Woe-ryong Mutual consent 27 September 2018 15th China Wang Baoshan 27 September 2018[32]
Tianjin Quanjian Portugal Paulo Sousa Resigned 4 October 2018 13th China Shen Xiangfu (caretaker) 4 October 2018[33]
Tianjin Quanjian China Shen Xiangfu (caretaker) Joined China U-25 training team 5 October 2018[34] 13th South Korea Park Choong-kyun 18 October 2018[35]

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match.[5] In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.[6]

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in ITALICS have left the club, or are off the roster due to being injured or sent to the reserves.
  • Players that are not in bold or italicized have been signed by the club, but exceed the 4 foreign players on the roster at any one time.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1
Former players
Beijing Renhe Argentina Augusto Fernández Cameroon Benjamin Moukandjo Kenya Ayub Masika Senegal Makhete Diop Brazil Ivo
Ecuador Jaime Ayoví
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Brazil Renato Augusto Democratic Republic of the Congo Cédric Bakambu Spain Jonathan Soriano Spain Jonathan Viera
Changchun Yatai Denmark Lasse Vibe Nigeria Odion Ighalo Poland Adrian Mierzejewski Serbia Nemanja Pejčinović Brazil Marinho
Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Brazil Luiz Fernandinho Brazil Fernandinho Henrique Brazil Alan Kardec Brazil Sebá Argentina Nicolás Aguirre
Dalian Yifang Argentina Nicolás Gaitán Belgium Yannick Carrasco Colombia Duvier Riascos Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi Portugal José Fonte
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Brazil Alan Carvalho Brazil Ricardo Goulart Brazil Paulinho Brazil Talisca Serbia Nemanja Gudelj
South Korea Kim Young-gwon
Guangzhou R&F Brazil Renatinho Brazil Júnior Urso Israel Eran Zahavi Serbia Duško Tošić Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok
Serbia Marko Perović
Guizhou Hengfeng Ivory Coast Kevin Boli Croatia Nikica Jelavić The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Spain Mario Suárez Hong Kong Festus Baise 2 Netherlands Tjaronn Chery
Hebei China Fortune Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi Argentina Javier Mascherano Brazil Hernanes Morocco Ayoub El Kaabi Ivory Coast Gervinho
Henan Jianye Brazil Ivo Brazil Fernando Karanga Cameroon Christian Bassogog Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê Portugal Orlando Sá
Spain Cala
Jiangsu Suning Brazil Alex Teixeira Italy Éder Italy Gabriel Paletta Brazil Ramires
Ghana Richmond Boakye
Shandong Luneng Taishan Brazil Gil Brazil Róger Guedes Brazil Diego Tardelli Italy Graziano Pellè Senegal Papiss Cissé
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Colombia Fredy Guarín Colombia Giovanni Moreno Paraguay Óscar Romero Senegal Demba Ba Nigeria Obafemi Martins
Shanghai SIPG Brazil Elkeson Brazil Hulk Brazil Oscar Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov
Tianjin Quanjian Brazil Alexandre Pato France Anthony Modeste South Korea Kwon Kyung-won Belgium Axel Witsel
Tianjin TEDA Brazil Johnathan Germany Felix Bastians Ghana Frank Acheampong Nigeria John Obi Mikel
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.
  • ^2 Festus Baise is a naturalized citizen of Hong Kong SAR; however, since his first registered football association was Hong Kong and is the passport holder of Hong Kong SAR, he would be considered as a native player.
  • ^3 Player that has returned from a loan spell. It is unsure whether they will be registered for the season or sent out on loan again, but they are now on the wage bills of their respective clubs.

League table

Template:2018 Chinese Super League table

Results

Home \ Away BJR BJS CC CQ DLY GZE GZF GZZ HBC HN JSS SD SGS SSI TJQ TJT
Beijing Renhe 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–5 3–3 1–0
Beijing Sinobo Guoan 4–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 2–2 2–2 4–3 6–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 1–1
Changchun Yatai 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–5 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–4 4–4 1–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1
Dalian Yifang 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 6–1 1—0 5–0 5–0 3–0 4–5 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
Guangzhou R&F 4–1 0–3 5–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 4–2 2–5 2–6 2–0
Guizhou Hengfeng 1–1 3–2 2–5 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Hebei China Fortune 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
Henan Jianye 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–0
Jiangsu Suning 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0
Shanghai SIPG 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 8–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 4–1 1–1
Tianjin Quanjian 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–0
Tianjin TEDA 2–2 2–5 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–5 3–2
Source: Results

Positions by round

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Results by match played

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Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
Brazil Alan Carvalho Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Guangzhou R&F 4–5 2 March 2018 [38]
Israel Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5–4 2 March 2018 [38]
Brazil Oscar Shanghai SIPG Dalian Yifang 8–0 3 March 2018 [39]
China Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG Dalian Yifang 8–0 3 March 2018 [39]
China Wu Lei4 Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou R&F 5–2 18 March 2018 [40]
Ghana Frank Acheampong Tianjin TEDA Tianjin Quanjian 3–2 18 March 2018 [41]
Nigeria Obafemi Martins Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Hebei China Fortune 4–2 31 March 2018 [42]
Nigeria Odion Ighalo4 Changchun Yatai Guizhou Hengfeng 5–2 21 April 2018 [43]
The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Guizhou Hengfeng Beijing Sinobo Guoan 3–4 29 April 2018 [44]
Brazil Talisca Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Guizhou Hengfeng 4–0 18 July 2018 [45]
Brazil Alan Kardec Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Guizhou Hengfeng 3–4 1 August 2018 [46]
Spain Jonathan Soriano Beijing Sinobo Guoan Hebei China Fortune 6–3 2 August 2018 [47]
Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi Dalian Yifang Guangzhou R&F 3–0 10 August 2018 [48]
Brazil Renato Augusto Beijing Sinobo Guoan Tianjin TEDA 5–2 25 August 2018 [49]
China Dong Xuesheng Hebei China Fortune Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 4–4 20 October 2018 [50]
Brazil Alexandre Pato Tianjin Quanjian Guangzhou R&F 6–2 27 October 2018 [51]

Awards

The awards of 2018 Chinese Super League were announced on 21 November 2018.

Award Winner Club Ref
Player of the Season China Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG [52]
Golden Boot China Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG [53]
Goalkeeper of the Season China Yan Junling Shanghai SIPG [54]
Young Player of the Season China Huang Zichang Jiangsu Suning [55]
Manager of the Season China Li Xiaopeng Shandong Luneng Taishan [56]
Best Referee China Zhang Lei [57]
Best Assistant Referee China Huo Weiming [58]
Most Popular Player China Jin Jingdao Shandong Luneng Taishan [59]
Team of the Year[60]
Goalkeeper China Yan Junling
(Shanghai SIPG)
Defender China Wang Tong
(Shandong Luneng Taishan)
China Feng Xiaoting
(Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
China Zhang Linpeng
(Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
China Li Xuepeng
(Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Midfielder China Huang Zichang
(Jiangsu Suning)
Brazil Paulinho
(Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Brazil Oscar
(Shanghai SIPG)
China Jin Jingdao
(Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Forward China Wu Lei
(Shanghai SIPG)
Brazil Hulk
(Shanghai SIPG)

League attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 {{fb team Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |oc=}} 705,025 49,967 32,796 47,002 0.030994318804975+3.0%
2 {{fb team Beijing Sinobo Guoan |oc=}} 626,152 56,544 30,699 41,743 0.20352323838081+20.3%
3 {{fb team Dalian Yifang |oc=}} 497,171 51,666 20,197 33,145 0.60929306661488+60.9%
4 {{fb team Jiangsu Suning |oc=}} 487,617 50,973 21,428 32,508 -0.99421965317919−0.5%
5 {{fb team Chongqing Dangdai Lifan |oc=}} 486,516 42,856 23,658 32,434 -0.94178112024159−5.8%
6 {{fb team Shandong Luneng Taishan |oc=}} 371,768 42,035 14,019 24,785 -0.81839194320621−18.1%
7 {{fb team Shanghai SIPG |oc=}} 324,470 25,378 18,998 21,631 -0.74144786453692−25.8%
8 {{fb team Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |oc=}} 322,155 23,928 20,012 21,477 0.12912044582304+12.9%
9 {{fb team Tianjin Quanjian |oc=}} 294,984 25,815 6,178 19,666 -0.79052940467098−20.9%
10 {{fb team Changchun Yatai |oc=}} 282,286 27,682 10,127 18,819 0.1421375250349+14.2%
11 {{fb team Henan Jianye |oc=}} 276,021 21,899 13,966 18,401 -0.97190091374848−2.8%
12 {{fb team Tianjin TEDA |oc=}} 265,745 31,607 8,566 17,716 0.21918656665061+21.9%
13 {{fb team Guizhou Hengfeng |oc=}} 250,552 28,573 9,117 16,703 -0.79153634726566−20.8%
14 {{fb team Hebei China Fortune |oc=}} 240,429 25,866 10,113 16,029 -0.88783649052841−11.2%
15 {{fb team Beijing Renhe |oc=}} 188,004 27,289 5,651 12,534 0.9300893132122+93.0%
16 {{fb team Guangzhou R&F |oc=}} 153,820 12,996 7,311 10,255 0.035440226171244+3.5%
League total 5,772,715 56,544 5,651 24,053 +1.2%

Updated to games played on 11 November 2018
Source: League attendance

Notes:
Teams played previous season in CL1.

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External links

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