1996 Chinese Jia-A League

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Chinese Jia-A League
Season1996
Champions Dalian Wanda
Relegated Shenzhen Feiyada
Guangzhou Songri
Asian Club Championship Dalian Wanda
Matches played132
Goals scored292 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer Su Maozhen (13 goals)
Average attendance24,266
1995
1997

The 1996 Chinese Jia-A League (known as Marlboro Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of professional association football and the 35th top-tier overall league season held in China. Starting on April 14 and ending on October 27, Dalian Wanda win their second championship title.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1995 Chinese Jia-B League

Teams relegated from 1995 Chinese Jia-A League

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Dalian Wanda won the championship.

Personnel

TeamManager
August 1st
Beijing Guoan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Zhiyang
Dalian Wanda Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chi Shangbin
Guangdong Hongyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jinlun
Guangzhou Apollo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xian Dixiong
Guangzhou Songri
Jinan Taishan Jiangjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Tiesheng
Shanghai Shenhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Genbao
Shenzhen Feiyada
Sichuan Quanxing
Tianjin Samsung
Yanbian Hyundai

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Former players
August 1st
Beijing Guoan Flag of Brazil.svg Lindenor Flag of Russia.svg Roman Ignatov
Dalian Wanda Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ignacio Tuhuteru Flag of Russia.svg Valeriy Fedorov Flag of Sweden.svg Pelle Blohm
Guangdong Hongyuan Flag of Cape Verde.svg Daniel Flag of Japan.svg Yoshio Kitajima Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Nakhratov
Guangzhou Apollo Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Vojislav Gligorijević
Guangzhou Songri Flag of Nigeria.svg Hilary Azodo
Jinan Taishan Jiangjun
Shanghai Shenhua Flag of France.svg Christian Perez Flag of France.svg Clément Garcia Flag of France.svg José Bray Flag of Georgia.svg Gocha Jorjoliani
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Trofimov
Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Baskov
Shenzhen Feiyada Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Markin Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Slobodan Marović
Sichuan Quanxing Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiano Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Marmelo Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Lyashchuk
Tianjin Samsung Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Flag of Russia.svg Igor Gavrilin Flag of Spain.svg José González Flag of Russia.svg Ildar Aliev
Flag of Russia.svg Vyacheslav Karpeev
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Payos
Yanbian Hyundai Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Barazna Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Zverev Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jun-tae

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dalian Wanda 22121004218+2446 1997–98 Asian Club Championship qualification
2 Shanghai Shenhua 2210933818+2039
3 August 1st 2281132819+935
4 Beijing Guoan 229673025+533
5 Jinan Taishan Jiangjun 228772324131
6 Sichuan Quanxing 227962223130
7 Guangzhou Apollo 227872625+129
8 Tianjin Samsung 2268820301026
9 Guangdong Hongyuan 2251072025525
10 Yanbian Hyundai 22481020301020
11 Shenzhen Feiyada 22371213291616Relegated to Jia B League
12 Guangzhou Songri 22291110261615
Source: rsssf.com

Awards

Player of the year (Golden Ball Award)

Top scorer (Golden Boot Award)

Manager of the year

Best Referee

CFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper: Han Wenhai (Dalian Wanda)
Defence: Wei Qun (Sichuan Quanxing), Xu Hong (Dalian Wanda), Zhang Enhua (Dalian Wanda), Wu Chengying (Shanghai Shenhua)
Midfield: Peng Weiguo (Guangzhou Songri), Fan Zhiyi (Shanghai Shenhua), Ma Mingyu (Guangdong Hongyuan), Cao Xiandong (Beijing Guoan)
Attack: Hao Haidong (August 1st), Gao Feng (Beijing Guoan),

See also

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