2008 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season	2008
Champions	Shandong Luneng
Relegated	Liaoning Whowin
AFC Champions League	Shandong Luneng ; Shanghai Shenhua ; Beijing Guoan ; Tianjin TEDA ;
Top goalscorer	Éber Luís (Tianjin TEDA), 14 goals
Biggest home win	Changchun Yatai 6–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (Oct 11)
Biggest away win	Changsha Ginde 1–5 Qingdao Jonoon (Oct 11)
Highest scoring	Liaoning Whowin 4–4 Shanghai Shenhua (Nov 12); Tianjin TEDA 5–3 Dalian Shide (Nov 30);
Average attendance	13,444
	← 2007 2009 →

Last updated June 24, 2025

The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their 3rd title at the end of this season.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2007 season, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Blades were promoted to Super League.
At the end of the 2007 season, Xiamen Lanshi were relegated to League One.
Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded.^[1]
At the end of the season, Liaoning Whowin were relegated to League One.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shandong Luneng (C)	30	18	9	3	54	25	+29	63	2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Shanghai Shenhua	30	17	10	3	58	29	+29	61
3	Beijing Guoan	30	16	10	4	44	27	+17	58
4	Tianjin TEDA	30	16	9	5	54	29	+25	57
5	Shaanxi Chanba	30	15	7	8	41	29	+12	52
6	Changchun Yatai	30	12	9	9	53	45	+8	45
7	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	30	10	10	10	41	42	−1	40
8	Qingdao Jonoon	30	10	9	11	39	36	+3	39^[a]
9	Zhejiang Greentown	30	9	12	9	38	32	+6	39^[a]
10	Henan Construction	30	9	9	12	30	31	−1	36
11	Changsha Ginde	30	7	13	10	28	36	−8	34
12	Shenzhen Xiangxue	30	8	9	13	35	34	+1	33
13	Chengdu Blades	30	7	11	12	30	37	−7	32
14	Dalian Shide	30	6	12	12	30	40	−10	30
15	Liaoning Whowin (R)	30	6	9	15	34	47	−13	27	Relegated to China League One
16	Wuhan Optics Valley	30	0	0	30	0	90	−90	0^[b]	Withdrew from the league and folded

Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2008. Source: CSL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4
↑ Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded; all of their matches were scratched and counted as 3–0 wins to their opponents.

Results table

Home \ Away	BJ	CC	CS	CD	DL	GZ	HN	LN	QD	PD	SD	SH	SZ	TJ	WH	ZJ
Beijing Guoan		2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0
Changchun Yatai	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–0	6–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	3–0	2–2
Changsha Ginde	1–1	2–2		1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–1
Chengdu Blades	1–1	1–2	0–1		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–2
Dalian Shide	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0		4–2	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–3	3–0	1–3
Henan Construction	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0		3–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Liaoning Whowin	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0		3–2	1–2	2–4	4–4	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1
Qingdao Jonoon	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1		1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
Shaanxi Chanba	2–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2		0–2	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Shandong Luneng	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Shanghai Shenhua	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	2–1	3–0	2–2
Shenzhen Xiangxue	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0		1–1	3–0	0–1
Tianjin TEDA	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	5–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–0	4–0
Wuhan Optics Valley	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3
Zhejiang Greentown	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	3–0

Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Éber Luís	Tianjin TEDA	14
2	Johnson Macaba	Shenzhen Xiangxue	13
3	Luis Ramírez	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	12
3	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Henan Construction	12
5	Valdo	Zhejiang Greentown	10
5	Du Zhenyu	Changchun Yatai	10
7	Cao Tianbao	Changchun Yatai	9
	Hámilton Ricard	Shanghai Shenhua
	Guillaume Dah Zadi	Changchun Yatai
10	Vicente	Shaanxi Chanba	8
	Gao Lin	Shanghai Shenhua
	Han Peng	Shandong Luneng
	Emil Martínez	Shanghai Shenhua
	Miljan Mrdaković	Shandong Luneng

Stadiums

Map of Super League Clubs 2008 CSL2008clubs.png — Map of Super League Clubs 2008

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Average attendance
Beijing Guoan	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,000	14,641
Changchun Yatai	Changchun Stadium	41,638	5,797
Changsha Ginde	Helong Sports Center Stadium	55,000	6,645
Chengdu Blades	Chengdu Sports Centre	42,000	12,378
Dalian Shide	Jinzhou Stadium	30,000	7,900
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	Yuexiushan Stadium	22,000	19,624
Henan Construction	Hanghai Stadium	30,000	16,267
Liaoning Whowin	Tiexi New District Sports Center	26,800	11,733
Qingdao Jonoon	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	30,000	6,600
Shaanxi Chanba	Shaanxi Province Stadium	57,000	24,625
Shandong Luneng	Shandong Provincial Stadium	43,700	26,501
Shanghai Shenhua	Hongkou Football Stadium	35,000	11,510
Shenzhen Xiangxue	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	6,400
Tianjin TEDA	TEDA Soccer Stadium	37,500	14,007
Wuhan Optics Valley	Xinhua Road Sports Center	36,000	12,556
Zhejiang Greentown	Huanglong Sports Center	51,000	12,188
Total			13,444

Managers

Team	Manager	2nd Manager	3rd Manager
Beijing Guoan	Lee Jang-soo
Changchun Yatai	Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10)	Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24)	Li Shubin
Changsha Ginde	Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9)	Zhu Bo
Chengdu Blades	Li Bing
Dalian Shide	Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8)	Milorad Kosanović
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	Shen Xiangfu
Henan Construction	Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8)	Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16)	Tang Yaodong
Liaoning Whowin	Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10)	Ma Lin
Qingdao Jonoon	Guo Kanfeng
Shaanxi Chanba	Cheng Yaodong
Shandong Luneng	Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua	Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14)	Jia Xiuquan
Shenzhen Xiangxue	Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1)	Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13)	Wang Baoshan
Tianjin TEDA	Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7)	Zuo Shusheng
Wuhan Optics Valley	Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4)	Zhu Guanghu
Zhejiang Greentown	Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4)	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	Tiago	Elvis Scott	Walter Martínez	Ovidiu Burcă	Stojan Ignatov
Changchun Yatai	Samuel Caballero	Guillaume Dah Zadi	Gabriel Melkam	Dumitru Mitu
Changsha Ginde	Nevil Dede	Sandro	Tales	Aboubakar Oumarou	Milan Nikolić
Chengdu Blades	Auricélio Neres	Demar Stewart	Kim Yong-jun		Igor Tkalčević Sékou Tidiane Souaré
Dalian Shide	Georgi Chilikov	Dragan Vukmir	James Chamanga		Kaloyan Karadzhinov Patrick Mevoungou Vedran Celiščak
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	Diego Barcelos	José Duarte	Luis Ramírez	Ismael Alvarado
Henan Construction	Douglas	Obi Emmanuel Moneke	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Hichem Ben Khaled
Liaoning Whowin	Ryan Griffiths	Raman Kirenkin	Jefferson Feijão	Zé Roberto
Qingdao Jonoon	Jean-Paul Ndeki	Mitchel Brown	Dragan Stančić	Lee Jae-won	Luis Santamaría
Shaanxi Chanba	Ronny	Vicente
Shandong Luneng	Luciano Ratinho	Aleksandar Živković	Miljan Mrdaković	Alejandro Cichero
Shanghai Shenhua	Hámilton Ricard	Erick Scott	Emil Martínez	José Güity	Matías Marchesini Justo Meza
Shenzhen Xiangxue	Johnson Macaba	Felipe Menegon	Michael Valenzuela	Marek Zając
Tianjin TEDA	Éber Luís	Darko Matić	Mariko Daouda	Marius Radu
Wuhan Optics Valley					César La Paglia Danilo Gustavo Papa Pablo Munhoz
Zhejiang Greentown	Karim Benounes	Valdo	Yordan Varbanov	Mohsen Abo Gresha	Slavčo Georgievski

References

↑ 足协维持李玮峰处罚武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012

External links

Official site of the Chinese Super League Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Live scores, Fixtures and Results, League table on FIFA
Results and table on RSSSF

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[table_hth_QD0.17716799870933-2] 1 2 Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4

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[1] 足协维持李玮峰处罚武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012

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