2007 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

Season	2007
Champions	Changchun Yatai
Relegated	Xiamen Lanshi
AFC Champions League	Changchun Yatai Beijing Guoan
Matches played	210
Goals scored	468 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng), 15 goals
Average attendance	15,112
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Chinese Super League season or the Kingway Chinese Super League, as it was known for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition since its establishment, the 14th season of professional football as well as being the 46th top-tier league season in China. The league started on March 3 and ended on November 14. Changchun Yatai clinched the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while Xiamen Lanshi was relegated with two games to spare. Coincidentally, both of these teams were promoted in the previous season.

The champions as well as the runner-up of the league would qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League as was the same from the previous season. The Chinese FA Cup was canceled due to the intended expansion of the league to 16 teams, however Shanghai United and Shanghai Shenhua merged, which saw the Chinese Football Association decide to leave the league with 15 teams for the season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2006 China League One

• Henan Jianye
• Zhejiang Lucheng

Teams relegated from the 2006 Chinese Super League

• Chongqing Lifan

Pre-season change

Zhu Jun, the owner of Shanghai United, bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the previous season, Shanghai United was merged into two times CSL runner-up Shanghai Shenhua. The new team play under the name Shanghai Shenhua United but use the stadium of the former Shanghai United – Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Pudong, Shanghai as their home ground.

Clubs

Club	Chinese name	Seasons in CSL	Best finish, Season	Worst finish, Season
Beijing Guoan	北京国安	2004 to 2007	3rd, 2006	7th, 2004
Changchun Yatai	长春亚泰	2006 & 2007	4th, 2006	4th, 2006
Changsha Ginde	长沙金德	2004 to 2007	8th, 2004	13th, 2005 & 2006
Dalian Shide	大连实德	2004 to 2007	1st, 2005	5th, 2004 & 2006
Henan Jianye	河南建业	2007	N/A	N/A
Liaoning Zhongyu	辽宁足球俱乐部	2004 to 2007	4th, 2004	12th, 2006
Qingdao Zhongneng	青岛中能	2004 to 2007	7th, 2005	14th, 2006
Shaanxi Baorong	陕西宝荣	2004 to 2007	3rd, 2004	8th, 2005
Shandong Luneng	山东鲁能泰山	2004 to 2007	1st, 2006	3rd, 2005
Shanghai Shenhua	上海申花	2004 to 2007	2nd, 2005 & 2006	10th, 2004
Shenzhen Shangqingyin	深圳上清饮	2004 to 2007	1st, 2004	12th, 2005
Tianjin TEDA	天津泰达	2004 to 2007	4th, 2005	6th, 2004 & 2006
Wuhan Guanggu	武汉光谷	2005 to 2007	5th, 2005	10th, 2006
Xiamen Lanshi	厦门蓝狮	2006 & 2007	8th, 2006	8th, 2006
Zhejiang Lucheng	浙江绿城	2007	N/A	N/A

Personnel

Team	Manager
Beijing Guoan	Lee Jang-soo
Changchun Yatai	Gao Hongbo
Changsha Ginde	Milan Živadinović
Dalian Shide	Jo Bonfrère
Henan Jianye	Pei Encai
Liaoning Zhongyu	Tang Yaodong
Qingdao Zhongneng	Yin Tiesheng
Shaanxi Baorong	Cheng Yaodong
Shandong Luneng	Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua	Wu Jingui
Shenzhen Shangqingyin	Zhang Jun
Tianjin TEDA	Jozef Jarabinský
Wuhan Guanggu	Chen Fangping
Xiamen Lanshi	Gao Daming
Zhejiang Lucheng	Zhou Sui'an

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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Beijing Guoan	Aderaldo	Walter Martínez			Tiago Miodrag Pantelić
Changchun Yatai	Stanislav Petkov	Elvis Scott	Samuel Caballero	Guillaume Dah Zadi	Marcelo Mansilla
Changsha Ginde	Sandro	Aboubakar Oumarou			Garba Lawal
Dalian Shide	Zoran Janković	Patrick Mevoungou	Darko Drinić	Miodrag Anđelković
Henan Jianye	Arthur Gómez	Olivier Fauconnier	Hichem Ben Khaled		Goran Tomić Darko Kremenović
Liaoning Zhongyu	Ryan Griffiths	Clément Lebe	Viktor Brovchenko
Qingdao Zhongneng	Igor Budiša	Benedict Akwuegbu	Joca	Dumitru Mitu	Dejan Sarić Despot Višković
Shaanxi Baorong	Ronny	Sérgio Júnior	Juan Manuel Olivera
Shandong Luneng	Predrag Pažin	Aleksandar Živković			Branko Baković Nikola Malbaša
Shanghai Shenhua	Hámilton Ricard	Saúl Martínez	Diego Alonso	Sergio Blanco	Ronny Laurent Leroy Fernando Correa
Shenzhen Shangqingyin	Bamba Moussa	Bogdan Zając	Marek Zając
Tianjin TEDA	Charles Chad	Márcio Santos	Darko Matić	Jurica Vučko	Vidak Bratić
Wuhan Guanggu	Vicente
Xiamen Lanshi	Quinzinho	Gabriel Melkam	Branko Jelić
Zheijang Lucheng	Marcelo Rosa	Tico			Argel Fuchs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Changchun Yatai (C)	28	16	7	5	48	25	+23	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification
2	Beijing Guoan	28	15	9	4	45	19	+26	54
3	Shandong Luneng	28	14	6	8	53	29	+24	48
4	Shanghai Shenhua	28	12	10	6	35	29	+6	46
5	Dalian Shide	28	11	11	6	36	31	+5	44
6	Tianjin TEDA	28	12	8	8	31	22	+9	44
7	Wuhan Guanggu	28	11	7	10	29	31	−2	40
8	Qingdao Zhongneng	28	10	6	12	36	42	−6	36
9	Liaoning Zhongyu	28	9	8	11	26	36	−10	35
10	Changsha Ginde	28	8	10	10	17	24	−7	34
11	Zhejiang Lucheng	28	6	10	12	25	35	−10	28
12	Henan Jianye	28	5	12	11	20	28	−8	27
13	Shaanxi Baorong	28	4	14	10	24	29	−5	26
14	Shenzhen Shangqingyin	28	5	10	13	21	42	−21	25
15	Xiamen Lanshi (R)	28	4	8	16	22	46	−24	20	Relegation to League One

Source: League Table 2007
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Li Jinyu	Shandong Luneng	15
2	Han Peng		13
3	Elvis Scott	Changchun Yatai	12
4	Tiago	Beijing Guoan	10
	Guillaume Dah Zadi	Changchun Yatai
6	Du Zhenyu		9
7	Liu Jian	Qingdao Zhongneng	8
	Tao Wei	Beijing Guoan
	Yan Xiangchuang

Attendances

League attendance

• Total attendance: 3,173,500 ^[1]
• Average attendance: 15,112

Clubs attendance

Football club	Average attendance
Shaanxi Baorong	24,643
Shandong Luneng	22,607
Beijing Guoan	21,571
Zhejiang Lucheng	19,571
Henan Jianye	16,857
Changchun Yatai	16,429
Liaoning Zhongyu	15,929
Tianjin TEDA	15,429
Wuhan Guanggu	13,179
Shenzhen Shangqingyin	13,000
Shanghai Shenhua	11,393
Changsha Ginde	10,571
Dalian Shide	10,286
Xiamen Lanshi	8,036
Qingdao Zhongneng	7,179

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Du Zhenyu (Changchun Yatai)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Hao Junmin (Tianjin TEDA)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Gao Hongbo (Changchun Yatai)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie
• Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Dalian Shide, Tianjin TEDA, Beijing Guoan

See also

• Chinese Super League
• Football in China
• Chinese Football Association
• China League One
• China League Two
• Chinese FA Cup

References

1. 07中超统计：场均观众1.51万人 收视人次1.44亿 Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine at sports.cn 2008-01-11 Retrieved 2013-01-08 (In Chinese)

External links

• Official site of the Chinese Football Association (in Chinese)
• Official site of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese) Archived 2005-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Yahoo! China – Chinese Super League 2007 (in Chinese)