2018 Chinese Super League

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Season2018
Dates2 March – 11 November 2018
ChampionsShanghai SIPG (1st title)
RelegatedChangchun Yatai
Guizhou Hengfeng
Chinese Super League
Season2018
Dates2 March – 11 November 2018
ChampionsShanghai SIPG (1st title)
RelegatedChangchun Yatai
Guizhou Hengfeng
AFC Champions LeagueShanghai SIPG
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Shandong Luneng Taishan
Matches240
Goals768 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerWu Lei (27 goals)
Biggest home winShanghai SIPG 8–0 Dalian Yifang
(3 March 2018)
Biggest away winHenan Jianye 0–5 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(15 August 2018)
Highest scoringGuangzhou 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 run6 matches
Shanghai SIPG
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Longest winless run11 matches
Tianjin TEDA
Longest losing run5 matches
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
Guizhou Hengfeng
Highest attendance56,544
Beijing Sinobo Guoan vs Shandong Luneng Taishan
(5 August 2018)
Lowest attendance5,651
Beijing Renhe vs Guizhou Hengfeng
(14 April 2018)
Average attendance24,053
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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 ever top-flight title on 7 November 2018 after their 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]

Name changes

Clubs promoted from 2017 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2018 China League One

Beijing Renhe and Dalian Yifang return to the division after a 2-year absence and a 3-year absence respectively. Liaoning Whowin were relegated after an 8-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Yanbian Funde were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

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 Quanjian 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 Center Stadium 56,808 6th
Changchun Yatai China Chen Jingang Changchun Changchun Stadium 41,638 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 Centre 61,443 12th
Tianjin TEDA Germany Uli Stielike Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Centre 54,696 13th
Henan Jianye China Wang Baoshan Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 14th
Dalian Yifang P Germany Bernd Schuster Dalian Dalian Sports Centre Stadium 61,000 CL1, 1st
Beijing Renhe P Spain Luis García Plaza Beijing 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 named in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players named in ITALICS have left the club, or are off the roster due to being injured or sent to the reserves.
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 Alan Kardec Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Luiz Fernandinho 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 Brazil Paulinho Brazil Ricardo Goulart Brazil Talisca Serbia Nemanja Gudelj
South Korea Kim Young-gwon
Guangzhou R&F Brazil Júnior Urso Brazil Renatinho Israel Eran Zahavi Serbia Duško Tošić Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok
Serbia Marko Perović
Guizhou Hengfeng Croatia Nikica Jelavić The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Ivory Coast Kevin Boli 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 Fernando Karanga Brazil Ivo 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 Diego Tardelli Brazil Gil Brazil Róger Guedes 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 Goiano Germany Felix Bastians Ghana Frank Acheampong Nigeria Mikel John Obi
  • ^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

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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Shanghai SIPG111111112212333333222111111111
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao1153222334554444444433222222222
Shandong Luneng Taishan322453221123222222344443333333
Beijing Sinobo Guoan14105335543331111111111334444444
Jiangsu Suning4712866465445555555555555555555
Hebei China Fortune748109111181099910101012101110119666877776
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua71310644657676667676691011137666667
Beijing Renhe129911131010108108107891011121167998788888
Tianjin Quanjian26111310121313111111787898912881011131313109119
Guangzhou R&F5365779767689967910810687911111211910
Dalian Yifang161616161616151515151515151515151414131313131011999101511
Henan Jianye151113121214141414141414141213131313141414151515151515131012
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan6847897913131313131414141515151515141414141413141313
Tianjin TEDA712791188129810111111118677711121212121214151214
Changchun Yatai7141415151312111212121212131211128912127810101011121415
Guizhou Hengfeng131415141415161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Play-off round
Relegation to League One
Source: Results

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Beijing RenheLWDLLWDWDLWDWLLDDLWWDLDDWLLWLD
Beijing Sinobo GuoanLWWWDDDWWDWWWDWDWWLWWLLLWDLDWL
Changchun YataiDLDLLWWWLLLWLLWDWWLDDWLLDDLLDL
Chongqing Dangdai LifanWLWLDDWLLLLLWLLDLDLDLWDWLDWDWL
Dalian YifangLLLDDLDLWLWDLLLWWLWDWWWLWLLLLW
Guangzhou Evergrande TaobaoLWWWWDDWLDLWLWWWLWWWWWWWWWWLLW
Guangzhou R&FWWLWLLLWWDDLDDWLLLWLWLDLLLLWWD
Guizhou HengfengLLLWLLLLLDLLDLWLLLWLDLWWLWLLLW
Hebei China FortuneDWLLWLDWLDWDDDLLWLWDDWWLLDWLLW
Henan JianyeLWLDLLLLWWDLDWLWLLLLDLLWLWWWWL
Jiangsu SuningWLLWWDWLWWLDDDWWLDDWDDLWLDWWLW
Shandong Luneng TaishanWWWLLWWWDDWDWDWDWWLLLWWDWWLWWD
Shanghai Greenland ShenhuaDLWWWDLWLWLWDDLDLWLLLDLWWDWLLD
Shanghai SIPGWWWWWWDLLDWDWWWLWWWWDWWWWDWWWL
Tianjin QuanjianWLLLWDDLWDWWLWLLDDLWDLLLLDWDDW
Tianjin TEDADLWLDWDLWWLLLWLWWDDLLLDLDLLDWL
Source: Results
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Player statistics

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Brazil AlanGuangzhou Evergrande TaobaoGuangzhou R&F4–52 March 2018[38]
Israel Eran ZahaviGuangzhou R&FGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao5–42 March 2018[38]
Brazil OscarShanghai SIPGDalian Yifang8–03 March 2018[39]
China Wu LeiShanghai SIPGDalian Yifang8–03 March 2018[39]
China Wu Lei4Shanghai SIPGGuangzhou R&F5–218 March 2018[40]
Ghana Frank AcheampongTianjin TEDATianjin Quanjian3–218 March 2018[41]
Nigeria Obafemi MartinsShanghai Greenland ShenhuaHebei China Fortune4–231 March 2018[42]
Nigeria Odion Ighalo4Changchun YataiGuizhou Hengfeng5–221 April 2018[43]
The Gambia Bubacarr TrawallyGuizhou HengfengBeijing Sinobo Guoan3–429 April 2018[44]
Brazil TaliscaGuangzhou Evergrande TaobaoGuizhou Hengfeng4–018 July 2018[45]
Brazil Alan KardecChongqing Dangdai LifanGuizhou Hengfeng3–41 August 2018[46]
Spain Jonathan SorianoBeijing Sinobo GuoanHebei China Fortune6–32 August 2018[47]
Zimbabwe Nyasha MushekwiDalian YifangGuangzhou R&F3–010 August 2018[48]
Brazil Renato AugustoBeijing Sinobo GuoanTianjin TEDA5–225 August 2018[49]
China Dong XueshengHebei China FortuneChongqing Dangdai Lifan4–420 October 2018[50]
Brazil Alexandre PatoTianjin QuanjianGuangzhou R&F6–227 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 [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

References

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