2014 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
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 →

Last updated January 15, 2024

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.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013 China League One

Henan Jianye
Harbin Yiteng

Teams relegated to 2014 China League One

Qingdao Jonoon
Wuhan Zall

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Guangzhou Evergrande ^TH	Marcello Lippi	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	58,500	1st
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Cuca	Jinan	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium	56,808	2nd
Beijing Guoan	Gregorio Manzano	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	66,161	3rd
Guizhou Renhe Moutai	Zhu Jiong	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	51,636	4th
Dalian Aerbin	Yasuharu Kurata	Dalian	Dalian Sports Center	61,000	5th
Guangzhou R&F	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	6th
Shanghai Shenxin	Guo Guangqi	Shanghai	Jinshan Football Stadium	30,000	7th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Sergio Batista	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33,060	8th
Shanghai SIPG	Xi Zhikang	Shanghai	Shanghai Stadium	56,842	9th
Liaoning Whowin	Chen Yang	Shenyang (playing in Panjin)	Panjin Stadium	35,600	10th
Tianjin Teda	Arie Haan	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium	54,696	11th
Hangzhou Greentown	Yang Ji (caretaker)	Hangzhou	Yellow Dragon Sports Center	52,672	12th
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	Gao Hongbo	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	61,443	13th
Changchun Yatai	Dragan Okuka	Changchun	Development Area Stadium	25,000	14th
Henan Jianye ^P	Jia Xiuquan	Zhengzhou	Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium	29,860	CL1, 1st
Harbin Yiteng ^P	Marijo Tot	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	CL1, 2nd

Beijing Guoan

Changchun Yatai

Shandong Luneng Taishan

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Shanghai Shenxin
Shanghai SIPG

Tianjin Teda

Hangzhou Greentown

Dalian Aerbin

Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty

Guizhou Renhe Moutai

Liaoning Whowin

Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou R&F

Harbin Yiteng

Henan Jianye

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Location of teams in 2014 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
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]

Foreign players

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]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	AFC player	Former players¹
Beijing Guoan	Pablo Batalla	Darko Matić	Dejan Damjanović	Erton Fejzullahu	Ha Dae-sung	Joffre Guerrón ^[26] Peter Utaka
Changchun Yatai	Matías Iglesias	Eninho	Szabolcs Huszti	Fatos Bećiraj	Anzur Ismailov	Rafael Coelho ^[27]
Dalian Aerbin	Esteban Solari	Bruno Meneghel	Niklas Backman			Leon Benko Nashat Akram
Guangzhou Evergrande	Elkeson	Renê Júnior	Alessandro Diamanti	Alberto Gilardino	Kim Young-gwon	Muriqui ^[28]
Guangzhou R&F	Davi	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Aaron Samuel Olanare	Park Jong-woo	Jang Hyun-soo	Ken Ilsø ^[29]
Guizhou Renhe	Zvjezdan Misimović	Hyuri	Mike Hanke	Krzysztof Maczynski	Jonas Salley	Zlatan Muslimović
Hangzhou Greentown	Gilberto Macena	Anselmo Ramon	Davy Claude Angan	Luka Žinko	Son Dae-ho
Harbin Yiteng	Adam Hughes	Dori	Rodrigo Paulista	Ricardo Steer	Choi Hyun-yeon	Noh Hyung-goo ^[30]
Henan Jianye	Nando Rafael	Rafael Marques	Ryan Johnson	Gibril Sankoh	Lee Ji-nam
Jiangsu Sainty	Eleílson	Elias	Edison Toloza	Roda Antar	Yoon Sin-young	Dejan Damjanović
Liaoning Whowin	Kevin Oris	Derick Ogbu	Aleksandar Jevtić	James Chamanga	Josh Mitchell	Billy Celeski ^[31] Artyom Filiposyan ^[31]
Shandong Luneng	Walter Montillo	Aloísio	Vágner Love	Junior Urso	Ryan McGowan
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Lucas Viatri	Paulo André	Paulo Henrique	Giovanni Moreno	Cho Byung-kuk	Luis Carlos Ruiz Firas Al-Khatib ^[32]
Shanghai Shenxin	Everton	Johnny	Jaílton Paraíba	Peter Utaka	Lim You-hwan	Kieza ^[33] Radomir Đalović ^[34]
Shanghai SIPG	Ransford Addo	Ibán Cuadrado	Tobias Hysén	Imad Khalili	Daniel McBreen
Tianjin Teda	Andrezinho	Baré	Éder Lima	Carmelo Valencia	Mak Lind

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

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

League table

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	Relegation to League One

Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th reserve league points; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Shandong Luneng Taishan qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.
1 2 Shandong 3–3 Shanghai SIPG; Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Shandong
1 2 Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.
1 2 Changchun 2–3 Hangzhou; Hangzhou 1–1 Changchun

Results

Home \ Away	GZ	SD	BJ	GZM	DL	GZF	SHS	SGS	SHE	LN	TJ	HZ	JS	CC	HN	HEB
Guangzhou Evergrande		0–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	6–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	4–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–2	3–3	4–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
Beijing Guoan	1–1	0–3		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
Guizhou Moutai	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2
Dalian Aerbin	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1
Guangzhou R&F	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–0		0–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	6–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	5–1
Shanghai Shenxin	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3		0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–2	2–5	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1
Shanghai East Asia	0–3	0–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–1		3–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Liaoning Whowin	0–4	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–5	3–0	1–1	1–1		0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–0
Tianjin TEDA	2–5	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–2		1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0
Hangzhou Greentown	1–4	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–4	2–0		3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Jiangsu Sainty	0–2	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2		0–2	3–4	2–1
Changchun Yatai	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1		0–0	0–2
Henan Jianye	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Harbin Yiteng	3–6	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 Nov. 2014. Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Guangzhou Evergrande	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Beijing Guoan	3	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Guangzhou R&F	5	8	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	6	8	6	5	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Shanghai East Asia	5	3	2	1	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Guizhou Moutai	11	5	3	5	7	8	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Tianjin TEDA	5	13	13	7	14	15	10	10	11	14	11	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	7
Jiangsu Sainty	11	10	8	10	4	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2	7	10	11	13	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	9	11	8	9	9	9
Liaoning Whowin	5	8	12	15	10	10	12	13	13	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	13	14	12	10	10
Shanghai Shenxin	15	16	16	14	15	12	11	11	12	15	14	13	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	12	13	14	15	13	11	11
Hangzhou Greentown	5	4	6	12	8	9	8	8	6	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	9	10	10	11	11	13	12
Changchun Yatai	13	12	7	9	11	13	15	12	10	13	15	15	14	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	9	10	11	9	10	10	12	13
Henan Jianye	16	14	14	13	9	11	14	15	15	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	13	15	14	14
Dalian Aerbin	5	11	11	8	12	14	13	14	14	11	10	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	14	15	15
Harbin Yiteng	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	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

Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Goalscorers

Top scorers

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
8	Wu Lei	Shanghai East Asia	12
10	Dori	Harbin Yiteng	11
10	James Chamanga	Liaoning Whowin	11

Source: sports.sohu.com

Hat-tricks

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

League attendance

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.

Awards

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Liu Binbin (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Gregorio Manzano (Beijing Guoan)
Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai
Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Henan Jianye, Hangzhou Greentown
Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
- GK Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
- DF Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
- MF Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan), Giovanni Moreno (Shanghai Shenhua), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande), Davi (Guangzhou R&F)
- FW Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)

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The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their sixth consecutive title of the league.

The 2016 China League One was the 13th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.

The 2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season was the 63rd year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and was its 49th season in the Chinese football league, also its 27th season in the top flight.

The 2016 Beijing Guoan F.C. season was their 13th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in 2004, and 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.

The 2016 season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 13th season in the Chinese Super League and 54th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup.

The 2017 China League One was the 14th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the e-commerce website 58.com.

The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title of the league.

The 2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 14th season in the Chinese Super League and 55th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

The 2018 China League One was the 15th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com. Dalian Transcendence, Heilongjiang Lava Spring, Meizhou Hakka, Meizhou Meixian Techand and Nei Mongol Zhongyou failed to submit the application for the Chinese Super League before deadline, thus ineligible for promotion.

The 2018 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 15th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Shanghai SIPG won their first top-tier league titles on 7 November 2018 after the 2–1 victory against Beijing Renhe, ending a historic run for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2011 season.

The 2018 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season is the 65th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 51st season in the Chinese football league, also its 29th season in the top flight. The club appointed Italian manager Fabio Cannavaro as manager for the second time on 9 November 2017 after Luiz Felipe Scolari refused to extend his contract. The chairman of the club was changed to Gao Han by owner Evergrande Group on the same day.

The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 16th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. The season began on 1 March and ended on 1 December. Shanghai SIPG were the defending champions.

References

↑ 舜天高层宣布德拉甘离队曾夺最佳主帅5–2灭恒大 (in Chinese)
1 2 江苏舜天宣布高洪波任主帅生涯执教第6支顶级队 (in Chinese)
↑ 杭州绿城官方宣布冈田武史明年不再担任球队主帅 (in Chinese)
↑ 杨戟任绿城代理主帅宋卫平：现在没有合适人选 (in Chinese)
↑ 徐根宝任命奚志康出任上港主帅蒋炳尧任助理教练 (in Chinese)
1 2 辽宁宏运官方宣布新帅人选十连冠时功勋国脚挂帅 (in Chinese)
1 2 申鑫正式宣布成耀东入主老申花掌管领队总经理 (in Chinese)
1 2 阿尔滨解约克鲁尼奇马林携全华教练组入主 (in Chinese)
↑ 山东鲁能官方宣布安蒂奇下课新赛季欲打出新气势 (in Chinese)
↑ 山东鲁能官方宣布库卡上任戴围巾与老总合影 (in Chinese)
↑ 阿里汉"二进宫"执掌泰达 13日赴昆明与球队汇合 (in Chinese)
↑ 斯塔诺国安完成解约下一站或进塞尔维亚国家队 (in Chinese)
↑ 国安宣布与前马竞主帅签约3年无帅局面终于结束 (in Chinese)
1 2 绿地宣布巴蒂斯塔回归重任球队主帅沈祥福换岗 (in Chinese)
1 2 战绩欠佳辽足主帅辞职陈洋主教练肇俊哲副领队 (in Chinese)
1 2 萨布利奇主动请辞领队救火亚泰新帅瞄准德拉甘 (in Chinese)
1 2 贵州茅台官方宣布宫磊卸任朱炯接手任副总经理 (in Chinese)
1 2 亚泰签约德拉甘7个月+1年火线指挥对战鲁能 (in Chinese)
↑ 阿尔滨官方宣布主帅马林辞职感谢其六个月贡献 (in Chinese)
↑ 阿尔滨官方宣布新帅上任日本伯乐两年实现三级跳 (in Chinese)
↑ 河南建业官方宣布同意主帅唐尧东与总经理辞职 (in Chinese)
↑ 建业官方宣布贾秀全上任二进宫执教中超升班马 (in Chinese)
↑ 哈尔滨毅腾正式任命外籍新帅欧足联讲师扶正带队 (in Chinese)
1 2 申鑫正式宣布成耀东下课总经理郭光琪出任主帅 (in Chinese)
↑ 2014中超16强内外援转会一览表 (in Chinese)
↑ 国安正式与格隆解约！ (in Chinese)
↑ 拉斐尔因伤被换 (in Chinese)
↑ 卡塔尔豪门官方宣布穆里奇加盟 (in Chinese)
↑ 富力官方宣布与丹麦攻击手解约 (in Chinese)
↑ 毅腾弃用韩国外援欲引后腰&前锋 (in Chinese)
1 2 辽足与双外援解约教练组添新人 (in Chinese)
↑ 为再引外援留出名额哈迪布被送走已正式告别申花 (in Chinese)
↑ 申鑫锋霸正式加盟巴甲队 (in Chinese)
↑ 申鑫火力点全哑黑山前锋将被换屡射不进东东淡定 Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
↑ 正名！挪超银靴演帽子戏法富力强援不输雅库布 (in Chinese)
↑ 哈默德连续两轮戴帽称霸射手榜富力6–2绿城 (in Chinese)
↑ 杜震宇戴帽泰达3–0获首胜毅腾遭四连败 (in Chinese)
↑ 詹姆斯帽子戏法宏运3–0毅腾迎赛季首胜 (in Chinese)
↑ 勒夫帽子戏法鲁能攻陷工体终结国安队20场不败 (in Chinese)
↑ 海森帽子戏法麦克2射2传东亚5–2胜贵州 (in Chinese)
↑ 多利帽子戏法高迪姜坤破门毅腾3–3绿地 (in Chinese)
↑ 埃神帽子戏法赛季狂轰11球绿城1–4恒大 (in Chinese)
↑ 大开杀戒！埃神帽子吉拉破门恒大6–0宏运 (in Chinese)
↑ 德扬帽子戏法国安客场3–1辽足获4连胜 (in Chinese)
↑ 烈鸟发威戴帽申花主场收官2–5惨败泰达 (in Chinese)

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[table_note_SD0.20470535857822-35] Shandong Luneng Taishan qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.

[table_hth_SD0.20470535857822-36] 1 2 Shandong 3–3 Shanghai SIPG; Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Shandong

[table_hth_SHS0.20470535857822-37] 1 2 Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.

[table_hth_HZ0.20470535857822-38] 1 2 Changchun 2–3 Hangzhou; Hangzhou 1–1 Changchun

[1] 舜天高层宣布德拉甘离队曾夺最佳主帅5–2灭恒大 (in Chinese)

[Gao_Hongbo-2] 1 2 江苏舜天宣布高洪波任主帅生涯执教第6支顶级队 (in Chinese)

[3] 杭州绿城官方宣布冈田武史明年不再担任球队主帅 (in Chinese)

[4] 杨戟任绿城代理主帅宋卫平：现在没有合适人选 (in Chinese)

[5] 徐根宝任命奚志康出任上港主帅蒋炳尧任助理教练 (in Chinese)

[Gao_Sheng-6] 1 2 辽宁宏运官方宣布新帅人选十连冠时功勋国脚挂帅 (in Chinese)

[Cheng_Yaodong-7] 1 2 申鑫正式宣布成耀东入主老申花掌管领队总经理 (in Chinese)

[Krunić-8] 1 2 阿尔滨解约克鲁尼奇马林携全华教练组入主 (in Chinese)

[9] 山东鲁能官方宣布安蒂奇下课新赛季欲打出新气势 (in Chinese)

[10] 山东鲁能官方宣布库卡上任戴围巾与老总合影 (in Chinese)

[11] 阿里汉"二进宫"执掌泰达 13日赴昆明与球队汇合 (in Chinese)

[12] 斯塔诺国安完成解约下一站或进塞尔维亚国家队 (in Chinese)

[13] 国安宣布与前马竞主帅签约3年无帅局面终于结束 (in Chinese)

[Shen_Xiangfu-14] 1 2 绿地宣布巴蒂斯塔回归重任球队主帅沈祥福换岗 (in Chinese)

[Chen_Yang-15] 1 2 战绩欠佳辽足主帅辞职陈洋主教练肇俊哲副领队 (in Chinese)

[Gao_Jinggang-16] 1 2 萨布利奇主动请辞领队救火亚泰新帅瞄准德拉甘 (in Chinese)

[Gong_Lei-17] 1 2 贵州茅台官方宣布宫磊卸任朱炯接手任副总经理 (in Chinese)

[Okuka-18] 1 2 亚泰签约德拉甘7个月+1年火线指挥对战鲁能 (in Chinese)

[19] 阿尔滨官方宣布主帅马林辞职感谢其六个月贡献 (in Chinese)

[20] 阿尔滨官方宣布新帅上任日本伯乐两年实现三级跳 (in Chinese)

[21] 河南建业官方宣布同意主帅唐尧东与总经理辞职 (in Chinese)

[22] 建业官方宣布贾秀全上任二进宫执教中超升班马 (in Chinese)

[23] 哈尔滨毅腾正式任命外籍新帅欧足联讲师扶正带队 (in Chinese)

[Guo_Guangqi-24] 1 2 申鑫正式宣布成耀东下课总经理郭光琪出任主帅 (in Chinese)

[25] 2014中超16强内外援转会一览表 (in Chinese)

[26] 国安正式与格隆解约！ (in Chinese)

[27] 拉斐尔因伤被换 (in Chinese)

[28] 卡塔尔豪门官方宣布穆里奇加盟 (in Chinese)

[29] 富力官方宣布与丹麦攻击手解约 (in Chinese)

[30] 毅腾弃用韩国外援欲引后腰&前锋 (in Chinese)

[Whowin_Out2-31] 1 2 辽足与双外援解约教练组添新人 (in Chinese)

[32] 为再引外援留出名额哈迪布被送走已正式告别申花 (in Chinese)

[33] 申鑫锋霸正式加盟巴甲队 (in Chinese)

[34] 申鑫火力点全哑黑山前锋将被换屡射不进东东淡定 Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)

[39] 正名！挪超银靴演帽子戏法富力强援不输雅库布 (in Chinese)

[40] 哈默德连续两轮戴帽称霸射手榜富力6–2绿城 (in Chinese)

[41] 杜震宇戴帽泰达3–0获首胜毅腾遭四连败 (in Chinese)

[42] 詹姆斯帽子戏法宏运3–0毅腾迎赛季首胜 (in Chinese)

[43] 勒夫帽子戏法鲁能攻陷工体终结国安队20场不败 (in Chinese)

[44] 海森帽子戏法麦克2射2传东亚5–2胜贵州 (in Chinese)

[45] 多利帽子戏法高迪姜坤破门毅腾3–3绿地 (in Chinese)

[46] 埃神帽子戏法赛季狂轰11球绿城1–4恒大 (in Chinese)

[47] 大开杀戒！埃神帽子吉拉破门恒大6–0宏运 (in Chinese)

[48] 德扬帽子戏法国安客场3–1辽足获4连胜 (in Chinese)

[49] 烈鸟发威戴帽申花主场收官2–5惨败泰达 (in Chinese)

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