List of Chinese football champions

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The Chinese football champions indicates all past winners of the Chinese top-tier football league since it first started in 1951.

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The professional football league of China was found in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League (甲A联赛). After ten years of existence, the Chinese FA decided to create a new top tier league known as the Chinese Super League.

Since 1994, 30 professional seasons have been contested, with 20 seasons as the Chinese Super League. Dalian Shide and Guangzhou FC are the most successful teams in the professional period with eight titles each. Dalian won three consecutive titles on two occasions (1996–1998 and 2000–2002), while Guangzhou won seven consecutive titles from 2011 to 2017. [1]

List of champions

National Football Championship (1951–1953)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1951
North EastEast China Peoples Liberation Army
1953
Peoples Liberation Army East ChinaNorth East

National Football League (1954–1955)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1954
North East (2)South CentralEast China
1955
Central Sports Institute Dalian Shipyards Huochetou

National Football Jia League (1956–1962)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1956
Beijing Youth BShanghai Sports InstituteShenyang Sports Institute
1957
Beijing Tianjin August 1st
1958
Beijing (2)Shenyang Tianjin
1960
Tianjin Liaoning Shanghai
1961
Shanghai August 1st Tianjin
1962
Shanghai (2) August 1st Liaoning

National Football League (1963)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1963
Beijing Youth Liaoning Tianjin

National Football Jia League (1964–1965)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1964
Beijing Sports Institute (2) Shanghai August 1st
1965
Jilin August 1st Beijing

National Football League (1973–1977)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1973
Beijing (3) Shanghai Liaoning
1974
August 1st (2) Tianjin Beijing
1977
August 1st (3) Beijing Guangdong

National Football Jia League (1978–1986)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
1978
Liaoning August 1st Beijing
1979
Guangdong Liaoning August 1st
1980
Tianjin (2) Liaoning Beijing Army Unit
1981
August 1st (4) Shandong Beijing
1982
Beijing (4) Shandong Tianjin
1984
Beijing (5) Tianjin Liaoning
1985
Liaoning Dongyao (2) August 1st Dalian Pearl
1986
August 1st (5) Hubei Power28 Beijing Snowflakes

Jia-A League champions (1987–1993)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
Liaoning Dongyao (3) Tianjin Seagull Shanghai
Liaoning Dongyao (4) China B Tianjin Seagull
China B Liaoning Dongyao Shenzhou Shanghai
Liaoning Dongyao (5) August 1st Dalian Xinghai
Liaoning Dongyao (6) Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Shenzhou
Liaoning Dongyao (7) Guangzhou Baiyun Dalian Xinghai
Liaoning Dongyao (8) Guangdong Hongyuan Beijing Guoan

Jia-A League champions (1994–2003)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
Dalian Wanda Guangzhou Apollo Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua (3) Beijing Guoan Dalian Wanda
Dalian Wanda (2) Shanghai Shenhua Bayi
Dalian Wanda (3) Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
Dalian Wanda (4) Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
Shandong Luneng Taishan Liaoning Sichuan Quanxing
Dalian Shide (5) Shanghai Shenhua Sichuan Quanxing
Dalian Shide (6) Shanghai Shenhua Liaoning
Dalian Shide (7) Shenzhen Ping An Beijing Guoan
Not awarded Inter Shanghai Dalian Shide

Super League champions (2004–present)

YearChampionsRunners-upThird place
Shenzhen Jianlibao Shandong Luneng Taishan Inter Shanghai
Dalian Shide (8) Shanghai Shenhua Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shandong Luneng Taishan (2) Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
Changchun Yatai Beijing Guoan Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shandong Luneng Taishan (3) Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan (6) Changchun Yatai Henan Construction
Shandong Luneng Taishan (4) Tianjin Teda Shanghai Shenhua
Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Liaoning Whowin
Guangzhou Evergrande (2) Jiangsu Sainty Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou Evergrande (3) Shandong Luneng Taishan Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou Evergrande (4) Beijing Guoan Guangzhou R&F
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (5) Shanghai SIPG Shandong Luneng Taishan
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6) Jiangsu Suning Shanghai SIPG
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (7) Shanghai SIPG Tianjin Quanjian
Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Shandong Luneng Taishan
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (8) Beijing Guoan Shanghai SIPG
Jiangsu Suning Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Beijing Guoan
Shandong Taishan (5) Shanghai Port Guangzhou
Wuhan Three Towns Shandong Taishan Zhejiang
Shanghai Port (2) Shandong Taishan Zhejiang

Total titles won

Teams in bold compete in the Chinese Super League as of the 2024 season. Italics indicates defunct clubs.

ClubChampionsRunners-upWinning seasons
Liaoning
8
6
1978, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Guangzhou
8
4
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Dalian Shide
8
0
1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Beijing Guoan
6
5
1957, 1958, 1973, 1982, 1984, 2009
Bayi
5
6
1953, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986
Shandong Taishan
5
6
1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2021
Shanghai Shenhua
3
11
1961, 1962, 1995
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
2
5
1960, 1980
Shanghai Port
2
3
2018, 2023
North East
2
0
1951, 1954
Beijing Sports Institute
2
0
1955, 1964
Jiangsu
1
2
2020
Guangdong Winnerway
1
1
1979
China B
1
1
1989
Shenzhen
1
1
2004
Changchun Yatai
1
1
2007
Beijing Youth B
1
0
1956
Beijing Youth
1
0
1963
Yanbian Funde
1
0
1965
Wuhan Three Towns
1
0
2022
East China
0
2
South Central
0
1
Dalian Shipyards
0
1
Shanghai Sports Institute
0
1
Shenyang
0
1
Hubei
0
1
Beijing Chengfeng
0
1

Total titles won by city/town

City/TownTitlesClubs
Dalian
8
Dalian Shide (8)
Guangzhou
8
Guangzhou (8)
Jinan
5
Shandong Taishan (5)
Shanghai
3
Shanghai Port (2), Shanghai Shenhua (1)
Beijing
1
Beijing Guoan (1)
Changchun
1
Changchun Yatai (1)
Shenzhen
1
Shenzhen (1)
Nanjing
1
Jiangsu (1)
Wuhan
1
Wuhan Three Towns (1)

Total titles won by region

RegionTitlesClubs
South Central
10
Guangzhou (8), Shenzhen (1), Wuhan Three Towns (1)
Northeast
9
Dalian Shide (8), Changchun Yatai (1)
East
9
Shandong Taishan (5), Shanghai Port (2), Shanghai Shenhua (1), Jiangsu (1)
North
1
Beijing Guoan (1)

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