2004 Chinese Super League
Average attendance | 10,838 |
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The 2004 Chinese Super League is the debut season of the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as the Chinese Super League. Sponsored by Siemens Mobile it is the eleventh season of professional association football league and the 43rd top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association the season started on May 15 and ended December 4 where it was planned that no teams would be relegated at the end of the season.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2003 Jia-B League
- None
Teams relegated after end of 2003 Jia-A League
- Chongqing Lifan (Merged with Yunnan Hongta F.C.)
- August 1st
- Shaanxi Guoli
Overview
The first
The decision to create the Chinese Super League was made before the 2003 Chinese season and of the 15 First Division teams competing in the 2003 season, it was decided that 3 would be
It was planned that one team would be relegated with two teams to be promoted into the CSL at the end of the season but the relegation was cancelled halfway through and so for the second season the Super League had 14 teams.
Controversy
There were many controversial events during the season including the discovery that some players were betting against their own teams and losing games deliberately. Some referees were also suspected of fixing matches by awarding dubious penalty kicks and handing out cards freely. The most notorious incidents happened during two matches, one game involving
Upsets
The season produced one of the biggest upset in Chinese football history.
Another team causing an upset at the wrong end of the table was
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Shenzhen Jianlibao (C)
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22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 42 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | |
3 | Inter Shanghai
|
22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 32 | |
4 | Liaoning Zhongyu
|
22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32 | |
5 | Dalian Shide[a]
|
22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 30 | |
6 | Tianjin Teda
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22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 29 | |
7 | Beijing Hyundai[b]
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22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 28 | |
8 | Shenyang Ginde
|
22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 26 | |
9 | Sichuan Guancheng
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22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 23 | |
10 | Shanghai Shenhua
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22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 22 | |
11 | Qingdao Zhongneng
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22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 21 | |
12 | Chongqing Lifan
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22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 21 |
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Kwame Ayew | Inter Shanghai
|
17 |
2 | Li Jinyu | Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
13 |
3 | Branko Jelić | Beijing Hyundai | 11 |
4 | Li Xiaopeng | Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
10 |
5 | Daniel Nannskog | Sichuan Guancheng
|
9 |
Tao Wei | Beijing Hyundai | ||
Ermin Šiljak | Dalian Shide
| ||
8 | Djima Oyawolé | Shenzhen Jianlibao
|
8 |
9 | Yu Genwei | Tianjin Teda
|
7 |
Alen Avdić | Liaoning FC
| ||
Guo Hui | Liaoning FC
| ||
Zé Alcino | Inter Shanghai
|
Attendances
League
- Total attendance: 1,430,600 [2]
- Average attendance: 10,838
Clubs
Team | Average Attendance |
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Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
23,636 |
Chongqing Lifan
|
15,727 |
Shanghai Shenhua
|
13,636 |
Tianjin Teda
|
13,182 |
Dalian Shide
|
11,273 |
Shenzhen Jianlibao
|
10,364 |
Beijing Guo'an
|
10,864 |
Inter Shanghai
|
8,455 |
Liaoning FC
|
7,727 |
Sichuan Guancheng
|
5,545 |
Shenyang Ginde
|
5,000 |
Qingdao Jonoon
|
4,645 |
See also
- Chinese Super League
- Football in China
- Chinese Football Association
- Chinese Football Association Jia League
- Chinese Football Association Yi League
- Chinese FA Cup
References
- ^ China 2004 Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com 7 Apr 2005 Retrieved 2013-01-08
- ^ 《深圳商报》舒桂林:中国足球在混乱中前行 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at news.sportscn.com 2004-12-05 Retrieved 2013-01-08 (in Chinese)
External links
- Results and table on RSSSF
- League table at data.sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese)