2008 Chinese Super League

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The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their third title at the end of this season.

Season2008
ChampionsShandong Luneng
RelegatedLiaoning Whowin
AFC Champions League
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Chinese Super League
Season2008
ChampionsShandong Luneng
RelegatedLiaoning Whowin
AFC Champions League
Top goalscorerÉber Luís (14 goals)
Biggest home winChangchun Yatai 6–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (Oct 11)
Biggest away winChangsha Ginde 1–5 Qingdao Jonoon (Oct 11)
Highest scoring
Average attendance13,444
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Teams

Team changes

Stadiums

Map of Super League Clubs 2008
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Team Stadium Capacity Average attendance
Beijing GuoanBeijing Fengtai Stadium31,00014,641
Changchun YataiChangchun Stadium41,6385,797
Changsha GindeHelong Sports Center Stadium55,0006,645
Chengdu BladesChengdu Sports Centre42,00012,378
Dalian ShideJinzhou Stadium30,0007,900
Guangzhou PharmaceuticalYuexiushan Stadium22,00019,624
Henan ConstructionHanghai Stadium30,00016,267
Liaoning WhowinTiexi New District Sports Center26,80011,733
Qingdao JonoonQingdao Tiantai Stadium30,0006,600
Shaanxi ChanbaShaanxi Province Stadium57,00024,625
Shandong LunengShandong Provincial Stadium43,70026,501
Shanghai ShenhuaHongkou Football Stadium35,00011,510
Shenzhen XiangxueShenzhen Stadium32,5006,400
Tianjin TEDATEDA Soccer Stadium37,50014,007
Wuhan Optics ValleyXinhua Road Sports Center36,00012,556
Zhejiang GreentownHuanglong Sports Center51,00012,188
Total13,444
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Managers

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Team Manager 2nd Manager 3rd Manager
Beijing Guoan South Korea Lee Jang-soo
Changchun Yatai China Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10) Germany Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24) China Li Shubin
Changsha Ginde Serbia Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9) China Zhu Bo
Chengdu Blades China Li Bing
Dalian Shide Serbia Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8) Serbia Milorad Kosanović
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical China Shen Xiangfu
Henan Construction China Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8) Portugal Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16) China Tang Yaodong
Liaoning Whowin Germany Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10) China Ma Lin
Qingdao Jonoon China Guo Kanfeng
Shaanxi Chanba China Cheng Yaodong
Shandong Luneng Serbia Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua China Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14) China Jia Xiuquan
Shenzhen Xiangxue China Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1) China Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13) China Wang Baoshan
Tianjin TEDA Czech Republic Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7) China Zuo Shusheng
Wuhan Optics Valley China Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4) China Zhu Guanghu
Zhejiang Greentown China Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4) China Zhou Sui'an
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Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three foreign players on the field in each game. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
Beijing Guoan Brazil Tiago Honduras Elvis Scott Honduras Walter Martínez Romania Ovidiu Burcă North Macedonia Stojan Ignatov
Changchun Yatai Honduras Samuel Caballero Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi Nigeria Gabriel Melkam Romania Dumitru Mitu
Changsha Ginde Albania Nevil Dede Brazil Sandro Brazil Tales Cameroon Aboubakar Oumarou Serbia Milan Nikolić
Chengdu Blades Brazil Auricélio Neres Brazil Denílson Souza Jamaica Demar Stewart North Korea Kim Yong-jun Croatia Igor Tkalčević
Ivory Coast Sékou Tidiane Souaré
Dalian Shide Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov Serbia Dragan Vukmir Zambia James Chamanga Bulgaria Kaloyan Karadzhinov
Cameroon Patrick Mevoungou
Croatia Vedran Celiščak
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Brazil Diego Barcelos Brazil José Duarte Honduras Luis Ramírez Peru Ismael Alvarado
Henan Construction Brazil Douglas Brazil Gilsinho Nigeria Obi Emmanuel Moneke Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe Bulgaria Ivo Trenchev
Liaoning Whowin Australia Ryan Griffiths Belarus Raman Kirenkin Brazil Jefferson Feijão Democratic Republic of the Congo Delain Sasa Brazil Zé Roberto
Qingdao Jonoon Cameroon Jean-Paul Ndeki Honduras Mitchel Brown Serbia Dragan Stančić South Korea Lee Jae-won Honduras Luis Santamaría
Shaanxi Chanba Brazil Ronny Brazil Rafael Scheidt Brazil Vicente
Shandong Luneng Brazil Luciano Ratinho Serbia Aleksandar Živković Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Venezuela Alejandro Cichero
Shanghai Shenhua Colombia Hámilton Ricard Costa Rica Erick Scott Honduras Emil Martínez Honduras José Güity Argentina Matías Marchesini
Paraguay Justo Meza
Shenzhen Xiangxue Angola Johnson Macaba Brazil Felipe Menegon Paraguay Michael Valenzuela Poland Marek Zając Brazil Edson
Tianjin TEDA Brazil Éber Luís Croatia Darko Matić Ivory Coast Mariko Daouda Romania Marius Radu Brazil Jonhes
Wuhan Optics Valley Argentina César La Paglia
Brazil Danilo
Brazil Gustavo Papa
Uruguay Pablo Munhoz
Zhejiang Greentown Algeria Karim Benounes Brazil Valdo Bulgaria Yordan Varbanov Egypt Mohsen Abo Gresha North Macedonia Slavčo Georgievski
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Hong Kong/Chinese Taipei/Macau players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)

More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1
Shanghai Shenhua Hong Kong Ng Wai Chiu
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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shandong Luneng (C) 30 18 9 3 54 25 +29 63 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Shanghai Shenhua 30 17 10 3 58 29 +29 61
3 Beijing Guoan 30 16 10 4 44 27 +17 58
4 Tianjin TEDA 30 16 9 5 54 29 +25 57
5 Shaanxi Chanba 30 15 7 8 41 29 +12 52
6 Changchun Yatai 30 12 9 9 53 45 +8 45
7 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 30 10 10 10 41 42 −1 40
8 Qingdao Jonoon 30 10 9 11 39 36 +3 39[a]
9 Zhejiang Greentown 30 9 12 9 38 32 +6 39[a]
10 Henan Construction 30 9 9 12 30 31 −1 36
11 Changsha Ginde 30 7 13 10 28 36 −8 34
12 Shenzhen Xiangxue 30 8 9 13 35 34 +1 33
13 Chengdu Blades 30 7 11 12 30 37 −7 32
14 Dalian Shide 30 6 12 12 30 40 −10 30
15 Liaoning Whowin (R) 30 6 9 15 34 47 −13 27 Relegated to China League One
16 Wuhan Optics Valley 30 0 0 30 0 90 −90 0[b] Withdrew from the league and folded
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Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2008. Source: CSL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4
  2. [b]
    Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded; all of their matches were scratched and counted as 3–0 wins to their opponents.

Results table

More information Home \ Away, BJ ...
Home \ Away BJ CC CS CD DL GZ HN LN QD PD SD SH SZ TJ WH ZJ
Beijing Guoan 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0
Changchun Yatai 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–0 2–2
Changsha Ginde 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1
Chengdu Blades 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2
Dalian Shide 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–3
Henan Construction 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Liaoning Whowin 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 4–4 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1
Qingdao Jonoon 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
Shaanxi Chanba 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2
Shandong Luneng 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Shanghai Shenhua 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2
Shenzhen Xiangxue 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1
Tianjin TEDA 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0
Wuhan Optics Valley 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Zhejiang Greentown 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–0
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Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Éber Luís Tianjin TEDA 14
2 Angola Johnson Macaba Shenzhen Xiangxue 13
3 Honduras Luis Ramírez Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 12
Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe Henan Construction
5 Brazil Valdo Zhejiang Greentown 10
China Du Zhenyu Changchun Yatai
7 China Cao Tianbao Changchun Yatai 9
Colombia Hámilton Ricard Shanghai Shenhua
Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi Changchun Yatai
10 Brazil Vicente Shaanxi Chanba 8
China Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua
China Han Peng Shandong Luneng
Honduras Emil Martínez Shanghai Shenhua
Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Shandong Luneng
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