Managerial changes
| Club | Outgoing | Manner | When | Incoming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaoning Yuandong |  Yang Yumin | Resigned | After Round 4 | Wang Hongli |
| Season | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dalian Wanda |
| Relegated | Shenyang Liuyao Jiangsu Maint |
| Champions League | Withdrew |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 354 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hu Zhijun (17 goals total) |
| Biggest home win | Beijing 6-0 Shenyang (Aug 28) |
| Biggest away win | Shanghai 1-6 Guangzhou (Aug 14) |
| Highest scoring | Liaoning Yuandong 6-3 Sichuan (Jul 24) |
← 1993 1995 → | |
The 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season is 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 and started on April 17, 1994 and ended on November 13 with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.
By the start of the 1994 league season the Chinese Football Association 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 Chinese FA 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 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]
With clubs now 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.
| Club | Outgoing | Manner | When | Incoming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaoning Yuandong | Yang Yumin | Resigned | After Round 4 | Wang Hongli |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalian Wanda | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 33 | |
| 2 | Guangzhou Apollo | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 27 | |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 26 | |
| 4 | Liaoning Yuandong | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 25 | |
| 5 | Shandong Taishan | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Sichuan Quanxing | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 23 | |
| 7 | Guangdong Hongyuan | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 23 | |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 22 | |
| 9 | Bayi | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 21 | |
| 10 | Jilin Samsung | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 19 | |
| 11 | Shenyang Liuyao | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 11 | Relegated to Jia League |
| 12 | Jiangsu Maint | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 44 | −31 | 10 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hu Zhijun | Guangzhou Apollo | 17 |
| 2 | Wang Tao | Dalian Wanda | 12 |
| Zhuang Yi | Liaoning Yuandong | 12 | |
| 4 | Xie Feng | Beijing Guoan | 11 |
| 5 |  Vladimir Nakhratov | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 |
| Gao Feng | Beijing Guoan | 10 | |
| Li Bing | Liaoning Yuandong | 10 | |
| 8 | Gao Xu | Dalian Wanda | 9 |
| Fan Zhiyi | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | |
| Li Xiao | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | |
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