Season | 2014 |
---|---|
Champions | Guangzhou Evergrande 4th title |
Relegated | Dalian Aerbin Harbin Yiteng |
Champions League | Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Guangzhou R&F |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 659 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Elkeson (28 goals) Record in Chinese Football History |
Biggest home win | Guangzhou Evergrande 6–0 Liaoning Whowin (31 Aug. 2014) (6 goals) |
Biggest away win | Liaoning Whowin 0–4 Guangzhou Evergrande (26 Apr. 2014) Liaoning Whowin 1–5 Guangzhou R&F (31 Jul. 2014) (4 goals) |
Highest scoring | Harbin Yiteng 3–6 Guangzhou Evergrande (30 Jul. 2014) (9 goals) |
Longest winning run | Guangzhou Evergrande (9 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Guangzhou Evergrande (9 matches) |
Longest winless run | Harbin Yiteng Liaoning Whowin (9 matches) |
Longest losing run | Harbin Yiteng (8 matches) |
Highest attendance | 52,301 Beijing Guoan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande (26 May 2014) |
Lowest attendance | 2,053 Liaoning Whowin 2–1 Hangzhou Greentown (4 May 2014) |
Average attendance | 18,986 |
← 2013 2015 → |
The 2014 Chinese Super League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 21st season of a professional Association football league and the 53rd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their fourth consecutive title of the league.
Teams promoted from 2013 China League One
Teams relegated to 2014 China League One
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Jiangsu Sainty | Dragan Okuka | Expiration of contract | 5 November 2013 [1] | N/A | Gao Hongbo | 8 November 2013 [2] |
Hangzhou Greentown | Takeshi Okada | Resigned | 5 November 2013 [3] | N/A | Yang Ji (caretaker) | 8 November 2013 [4] |
Shanghai SIPG | Gao Hongbo | Expiration of contract | 8 November 2013 [2] | N/A | Xi Zhikang | 4 December 2013 [5] |
Liaoning Whowin | Ma Lin | Expiration of contract | 27 November 2013 [6] | N/A | Gao Sheng | 27 November 2013 [6] |
Shanghai Shenxin | Guo Guangqi (caretaker) | – | 2 December 2013 [7] | N/A | Cheng Yaodong | 2 December 2013 [7] |
Dalian Aerbin | Simo Krunić | Sacked | 9 December 2013 [8] | N/A | Ma Lin | 9 December 2013 [8] |
Shandong Luneng | Radomir Antić | Sacked | 21 December 2013 [9] | N/A | Cuca | 22 December 2013 [10] |
Tianjin Teda | Alexandre Guimarães | Expiration of contract | 31 December 2013 | N/A | Arie Haan | 12 January 2014 [11] |
Beijing Guoan | Aleksandar Stanojević | Sacked | 10 January 2014 [12] | N/A | Gregorio Manzano | 11 February 2014 [13] |
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shen Xiangfu | – | 29 March 2014 [14] | 11th | Sergio Batista | 29 March 2014 [14] |
Liaoning Whowin | Gao Sheng | Resigned | 9 April 2014 [15] | 10th | Chen Yang | 9 April 2014 [15] |
Changchun Yatai | Svetozar Šapurić | Resigned | 21 April 2014 [16] | 15th | Gao Jinggang (caretaker) | 21 April 2014 [16] |
Guizhou Moutai | Gong Lei | – | 23 April 2014 [17] | 7th | Zhu Jiong | 23 April 2014 [17] |
Changchun Yatai | Gao Jinggang (caretaker) | – | 28 April 2014 [18] | 12th | Dragan Okuka | 28 April 2014 [18] |
Dalian Aerbin | Ma Lin | Resigned | 28 May 2014 [19] | 13th | Yasuharu Kurata | 30 May 2014 [20] |
Henan Jianye | Tang Yaodong | Resigned | 28 May 2014 [21] | 15th | Jia Xiuquan | 3 June 2014 [22] |
Harbin Yiteng | Duan Xin | – | 19 July 2014 | 16th | Marijo Tot | 19 July 2014 [23] |
Shanghai Shenxin | Cheng Yaodong | Resigned | 29 September 2014 [24] | 14th | Guo Guangqi | 29 September 2014 [24] |
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL. [25]
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
---|---|---|
Guizhou Renhe | Xavier Chen | |
Harbin Yiteng | Wisdom Fofo Agbo | |
Shanghai Shenhua | Chen Po-liang | Brian Fok |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guangzhou Evergrande (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 28 | +48 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
3 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 |
4 | Shandong Luneng Taishan [lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 48 [lower-alpha 2] | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
5 | Shanghai East Asia | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 48 [lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | Guizhou Moutai | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 41 | |
7 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 39 | |
8 | Jiangsu Sainty | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 37 | |
9 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 35 | |
10 | Liaoning Whowin | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 33 [lower-alpha 3] | |
11 | Shanghai Shenxin | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 33 [lower-alpha 3] | |
12 | Hangzhou Greentown | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 32 [lower-alpha 4] | |
13 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 32 [lower-alpha 4] | |
14 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 30 | |
15 | Dalian Aerbin (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to League One |
16 | Harbin Yiteng (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 21 |
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League Play-off round | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 | |
Relegation to League One |
Rank | Player | Club | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elkeson | Guangzhou Evergrande | 28 |
2 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Guangzhou R&F | 22 |
3 | Tobias Hysen | Shanghai East Asia | 19 |
4 | Anselmo Ramon | Hangzhou Greentown | 16 |
5 | Dejan Damjanović | Jiangsu Sainty/Beijing Guoan | 15 |
6 | Davi | Guangzhou R&F | 14 |
7 | Vágner Love | Shandong Luneng | 13 |
8 | Bruno Meneghel | Dalian Aerbin | 12 |
Wu Lei | Shanghai East Asia | 12 | |
10 | Dori | Harbin Yiteng | 11 |
James Chamanga | Liaoning Whowin | 11 |
Source: sports.sohu.com
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abderrazak Hamdallah | Guangzhou R&F | Shanghai Shenxin | 3–1 [35] | 22 March 2014 |
Abderrazak Hamdallah | Guangzhou R&F | Hangzhou Greentown | 6–2 [36] | 30 March 2014 |
Du Zhenyu | Tianjin Teda | Harbin Yiteng | 3–0 [37] | 30 March 2014 |
James Chamanga | Liaoning Whowin | Harbin Yiteng | 3–0 [38] | 5 April 2014 |
Vágner Love | Shandong Luneng | Beijing Guoan | 3–0 [39] | 19 April 2014 |
Tobias Hysen | Shanghai East Asia | Guizhou Moutai | 5–2 [40] | 11 May 2014 |
Dori | Harbin Yiteng | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–3 [41] | 17 May 2014 |
Elkeson | Guangzhou Evergrande | Hangzhou Greentown | 4–1 [42] | 18 May 2014 |
Elkeson | Guangzhou Evergrande | Liaoning Whowin | 6–0 [43] | 31 August 2014 |
Dejan Damjanović | Beijing Guoan | Liaoning Whowin | 3–1 [44] | 28 September 2014 |
Andrezinho | Tianjin Teda | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 5–2 [45] | 26 October 2014 |
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 632,314 | 48,765 | 36,351 | 42,154 | +4.3% |
2 | Beijing Guoan | 590,922 | 52,301 | 32,012 | 39,395 | +0.3% |
3 | Harbin Yiteng | 391,897 | 40,678 | 18,317 | 26,126 | +299.5% † |
4 | Jiangsu Sainty | 365,229 | 52,117 | 10,079 | 24,349 | −15.5% |
5 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 358,968 | 42,936 | 16,763 | 23,931 | −13.6% |
6 | Henan Jianye | 275,854 | 21,528 | 13,526 | 18,390 | −3.6% † |
7 | Tianjin TEDA | 257,852 | 49,986 | 9,036 | 17,190 | +3.7% |
8 | Shanghai Greenland Shrnhua | 231,262 | 24,856 | 10,753 | 15,417 | +21.0% |
9 | Hangzhou Greentown | 206,492 | 30,756 | 3,482 | 13,766 | −2.8% |
10 | Changchun Yatai | 193,293 | 26,187 | 7,526 | 12,886 | −0.7% |
11 | Liaoning Whowin | 191,718 | 33,785 | 2,053 | 12,781 | −38.7% |
12 | Shanghai East Asia | 186,894 | 23,286 | 9,635 | 12,460 | +22.6% |
13 | Guizhou Moutai | 184,906 | 25,491 | 5,611 | 12,327 | −42.2% |
14 | Guangzhou R&F | 172,309 | 18,873 | 6,435 | 11,487 | +10.6% |
15 | Dalian Aerbin | 164,890 | 22,118 | 6,222 | 10,993 | +4.3% |
16 | Shanghai Shenxin | 151,720 | 15,669 | 5,812 | 10,115 | +18.2% |
League total | 4,556,520 | 52,301 | 2,053 | 18,986 | +2.2% |
Updated to games played on 2 Nov. 2014
Source: CSL official data (in Chinese)
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CL1.
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