1994 Chinese Jia-A League

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Chinese Jia-A League
Season1994
Champions Dalian Wanda
Relegated Shenyang Liuyao
Jiangsu Maint
Asian Club Championship Withdrew
Matches played132
Goals scored354 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer Hu Zhijun (17 goals)
Biggest home win Beijing 6-0 Shenyang (Aug 28)
Biggest away win Shanghai 1-6 Guangzhou (Aug 14)
Highest scoring Liaoning 6-3 Sichuan (Jul 24)
1993
1995

The 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season was the inaugural season of professional association football and the 33rd top-tier overall league season held in China. The league was expanded to twelve teams, started on April 17 and ended on November 13 with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.

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Overview

By the start of the 1994 league season, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) had been demanding full professionalism since 1992. This meant that private businesses were allowed to own or sponsor football clubs for the first time. The CFA would also sell the television rights to CCTV for 450,000 Yuan and gain sponsorship for the league from Marlboro. Clubs were awarded with a 700,000 Yuan season appearance fee which saw the average monthly players wages jump up significantly from 100 Dollars to 2000 Dollars. [1] With better wages, clubs could now transfer professional foreign players except for Bayi who because they're part of the People's Liberation Army had to have active military members. The league was also expanded to twelve teams compared to eight from the previous season, while the four teams promoted came from the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League league season because there was no promotion or relegation held in the 1993 Chinese Jia-A League season. By the end of the season Dalian Wanda won their first ever championship while Shenyang Liuyao and Jiangsu Maint were relegated at the end of the season. [2]

Name changes

With clubs now operating as professional units, they were allowed to gain sponsorship and would often change the clubs names to accommodate the sponsor. Below is a list of the dates on when the clubs officially became professional as well as when they gained their first sponsor and changed their name to accommodate this.

Personnel

TeamManager
Bayi
Beijing Guoan
Dalian Wanda Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Honggen
Guangdong Hongyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jinlun
Guangzhou Apollo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Sui'an
Jiangsu Maint Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Pingyu
Jilin Samsung
Liaoning Yuandong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hongli
Shandong Taishan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Tiesheng
Shanghai Shenhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Genbao
Shenyang Liuyao Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Morozov
Sichuan Quanxing

Managerial changes

ClubOutgoingMannerWhenIncoming
Liaoning Yuandong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Yumin ResignedAfter Round 4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hongli

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Former players
Bayi
Beijing Guoan
Dalian Wanda
Guangdong Hongyuan Flag of England.svg Darren Tilley Flag of England.svg Ian Docker Flag of England.svg Richard Crossley Flag of England.svg Craig Allardyce
Flag of England.svg Murray Jones
Guangzhou Apollo Flag of Japan.svg Isamu Tsuji
Jiangsu Maint Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Katsumata Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vitaly Sokolovsky
Jilin Samsung Flag of South Korea.svg Park Young-soo
Liaoning Yuandong
Shandong Taishan
Shanghai Shenhua Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Zakharikov Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Kuts Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Nakhratov
Shenyang Liuyao Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Alfyorov Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Dolgov
Sichuan Quanxing

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1 Dalian Wanda 2214534321+2233
2 Guangzhou Apollo 2211563627+927
3 Shanghai Shenhua 2210663636026
4 Liaoning Yuandong 2211384736+1125
5 Shandong Taishan 2210482222024
6 Sichuan Quanxing 228773124+723
7 Guangdong Hongyuan 228772821+723
8 Beijing Guoan 227874234+822
9 Bayi 226971519421
10 Jilin Samsung 226792531619
11 Shenyang Liuyao 22191216392311Relegated to Jia League
12 Jiangsu Maint 22181313443110
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Zhijun Guangzhou Apollo 17
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao Dalian Wanda 12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuang Yi Liaoning Yuandong
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Feng Beijing Guoan 11
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Feng Beijing Guoan 10
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Bing Liaoning Yuandong
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Nakhratov Shanghai Shenhua
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhiyi Shanghai Shenhua 9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Xu Dalian Wanda
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiao Shanghai Shenhua

References