Dongguan Dongcheng was a football team based in Dongguan, Guangdong province, in the People's Republic of China, that played in the Chinese Football Association Jia League.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club, previously Tianjin TEDA, is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Football Stadium, located within Binhai, and the Tianjin Olympic Center, located within Nankai District. The founding owners of the team are TEDA Holding, a state-owned conglomerate of the People's Republic of China. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004.
James Chamanga is a Zambian professional football who plays as a striker for Red Arrows.
Yang Jun is a Chinese footballer.
Cao Yang is a Chinese international football player who currently plays as a versatile defender or midfielder.
Jean-Paul Eale Lutula is a footballer who is currently playing for Qatari club Muaither. Born in Zaire, he has represented both DR Congo and Rwanda at international level.
Tianjin Tianhai F.C. was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin.
Wang Jun is a Chinese football coach and a former professional player. In his playing career he was predominantly associated with his time for Tianjin Teda who he played for from 1991 until 1998 and was their top scorer in season 1995 when he scored ten league goals. Since his retirement in 1998 he would become an assistant coach of his old club Tianjin Teda.
Darko Matić is a retired Croatian professional football player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the Sports Director of Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang.
The 2010 Chinese Super League season was the seventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the seventeenth season of a professional association football league and the 49th top-tier league season in China.
Han Yanming is a Chinese football player.
Jin Jingdao is a Chinese professional footballer of Korean ethnicity who currently plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan.
Zhang Honggen was a Chinese international football player and coach. As a player, he was one of the first footballers to play for the People's Republic of China at the international level, and as a coach, he was among the first managers to manage a fully professional Chinese football club, with his stint at Dalian Wanda.
Wu Xi is a Chinese professional footballer who plays for and captains both Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the China national team.
Carlos Adriano de Sousa Cruz or simply Adriano is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jacuipense.
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 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 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 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals were revealed by a large-scale 2009–2013 investigation of football betting, bribery and match-fixing. The scandals were first made public in October 2009. Instead of being led by General Administration of Sport of China or Chinese Football Association like previous investigations, this investigation was led by the Ministry of Public Security. Xie Yalong, Nan Yong and Yang Yimin, who are all former vice presidents of Chinese Football Association, along with Zhang Jianqiang and some other CFA officials were arrested and removed from their posts. Shanghai Shenhua was stripped of their 2003 Chinese Jia-A League title. Lu Jun, the only Chinese referee in the history of FIFA World Cup, and China national football team players Shen Si, Jiang Jin, Qi Hong and Li Ming were arrested and sentenced to 5.5 years or 6 years in jail.
Liu Zhongchang is a Chinese former football player and current manager.
