2015 Chinese Super League

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Shanghai Shenxin

(Mar. 8th, 2015)
(8 goals)
Liaoning Hongyun
(May 1st, 2015)
Average attendance22,193 (31 October)
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The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
won their fifth consecutive title of the league.

Team changes

Teams promoted from 2014 China League One

  • Chongqing Lifan
  • Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Teams relegated to 2015 China League One

  • Dalian Aerbin
  • Harbin Yiteng

Chongqing Lifan return to the division after a 4-year absence; Shijiazhuang Ever Bright compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Dalian Aerbin were relegated after three years in the Chinese top-flight, while Harbin Yiteng were relegated to China League One after spending a season in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations]

Club Team name Head Coach Captain City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. TH
 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari China Zheng Zhi Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Beijing Guoan F.C. Beijing Guoan Spain Gregorio Manzano China Xu Yunlong Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 2nd
Guangzhou R&F F.C.
 Guangzhou R&F Serbia Dragan Stojković China Zhang Yaokun Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 3rd
Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.
 Shandong Luneng Taishan
Cuca
 China Wang Dalei Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 4th
Shanghai SIPG F.C.
 Shanghai SIPG Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson China Sun Xiang Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 5th
Guizhou Renhe F.C.
 Guizhou Moutai China Gong Lei China Zhang Lie Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 6th
Tianjin Teda F.C.
 Tianjin Teda Quanjian Netherlands Arie Haan China Zhou Haibin Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
 54,696 7th
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C.
 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Romania Dan Petrescu China Lu Bofei Nanjing
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
 61,443 8th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C.
 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua France Francis Gillot Colombia Moreno Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 9th
Liaoning F.C. Liaoning Panjin Whowin China Ma Lin China Zhao Junzhe Shenyang (playing in Panjin)
Panjin Stadium
 35,600 10th
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. Shanghai Shenxin China Liu Junwei China Yu Tao Shanghai Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium 16,000 11th
Hangzhou Greentown F.C.
 Hangzhou Greentown China Yang Ji China Wang Lin Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 12th
Changchun Yatai F.C. Changchun Yatai Croatia Marijo Tot China Yan Feng Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 13th
Henan Jianye F.C.
 Henan Jianye China Jia Xiuquan
Ivo
 Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
 29,860 14th
Chongqing Lifan F.C. P
 Chongqing Lifan China Wang Baoshan China Wang Dong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 CL1, 1st
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. P
 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Bulgaria Yasen Petrov China Li Chao Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 CL1, 2nd
Henan Jianye
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Location of teams in 2015 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Italy Marcello Lippi 2 November 2014[6] Italy Fabio Cannavaro 5 November 2014
Guangzhou R&F
 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 10 November 2014[7] Romania Cosmin Contra 18 December 2014[8]
Changchun Yatai
 Serbia Dragan Okuka 12 November 2014[9] China Gao Jinggang 19 December 2014[10]
Shanghai SIPG
 China Xi Zhikang 18 November 2014 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 18 November 2014[11]
Hangzhou Greentown
 China Yang Ji 2 December 2014 France Philippe Troussier 2 December 2014[12]
Shanghai Shenhua
 Argentina Sergio Batista 4 December 2014[13] France Francis Gillot 4 December 2014[14]
Shanghai Shenxin
 China Guo Guangqi 13 April 2015[15] China Liu Junwei 13 April 2015[15]
Guizhou Renhe
 China Zhu Jiong 28 April 2015[16] China Li Chunman (caretaker) 28 April 2015[16]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Italy Fabio Cannavaro 4 June 2015[17] Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 4 June 2015[18]
Changchun Yatai
 China Gao Jinggang 12 June 2015[19] Croatia Marijo Tot 12 June 2015[19]
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty
 China Gao Hongbo 29 June 2015[20] Netherlands Arie Schans (caretaker) 29 June 2015[21]
Hangzhou Greentown
 France Philippe Troussier 1 July 2015[22] China Yang Ji 1 July 2015[22]
Guizhou Renhe
 China Li Chunman (caretaker) 8 July 2015 China Gong Lei 8 July 2015[23]
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty
 Netherlands Arie Schans (caretaker) 9 July 2015[20] Romania Dan Petrescu 9 July 2015[24]
Guangzhou R&F
 Romania Cosmin Contra 22 July 2015[25] China Li Bing (caretaker) 22 July 2015[25]
Liaoning Hongyun
 China Chen Yang 2 August 2015[26] China Ma Lin 2 August 2015[26]
Guangzhou R&F
 China Li Bing (caretaker) 24 August 2015[27] Serbia Dragan Stojković 24 August 2015[27]

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. However, those players will be treated as foreign Asia players if they participate in any AFC competitions.[28]

  • 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
 Argentina Pablo Batalla Brazil Kléber Croatia Darko Matić Montenegro Dejan Damjanović South Korea Ha Dae-sung Sweden Erton Fejzullahu
Changchun Yatai
 Bolivia Marcelo Moreno Hungary Ákos Elek Hungary Szabolcs Huszti Niger Moussa Maâzou Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov
Chongqing Lifan
Emanuel Gigliotti
 Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Jael Morocco Issam El Adoua Australia Adrian Leijer Brazil Guto
Brazil Jajá
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Brazil Elkeson Brazil Ricardo Goulart Brazil Paulinho Brazil Robinho South Korea Kim Young-gwon Brazil Alan
Brazil Renê Júnior
Guangzhou R&F
 Brazil Renatinho Democratic Republic of the Congo Jeremy Bokila Nigeria Aaron Samuel Spain Míchel South Korea Jang Hyun-soo Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah
South Korea Park Jong-woo
Guizhou Renhe
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zvjezdan Misimović Bosnia and Herzegovina Sejad Salihović Brazil Hyuri Brazil Ricardo Santos South Korea Park Ju-sung Poland Krzysztof Mączyński
Sweden Magnus Eriksson
Hangzhou Greentown
 Australia Matthew Spiranovic Brazil Anselmo Ramon Ivory Coast Davy Claude Angan Serbia Miloš Bosančić Lebanon Roda Antar
Bassem Boulaabi
Tunisia Imed Louati
Henan Jianye
 Brazil Ivo Denmark Eddi Gomes Philippines Javier Patiño Poland Mateusz Zachara South Korea Jung In-whan
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty
 Croatia Sammir Iceland Viðar Örn Kjartansson Iceland Sölvi Ottesen Romania Marius Constantin Japan Sergio Escudero Brazil Eleílson
Liaoning Hongyun
Paulo Henrique
 Ivory Coast Franck Boli Nigeria Derick Ogbu Romania Eric Bicfalvi South Korea Kim Yoo-jin Australia Josh Mitchell
Zambia James Chamanga
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 Argentina Walter Montillo Brazil Aloísio Brazil Diego Tardelli
Junior Urso
 Brazil Jucilei 2
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 Colombia Giovanni Moreno Greece Avraam Papadopoulos 3 Mali Mohamed Sissoko Senegal Demba Ba Australia Tim Cahill
Paulo Henrique
Zambia Stoppila Sunzu
Shanghai Shenxin
 Brazil Everton Brazil Johnny Costa Rica Michael Barrantes Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Brazil Zé Eduardo
South Korea Lim You-hwan
Shanghai SIPG
 Argentina Darío Conca Brazil Davi Ghana Asamoah Gyan Sweden Tobias Hysén South Korea Kim Ju-young Ivory Coast Jean Evrard Kouassi
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
 Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen Portugal Rúben Micael Venezuela Mario Rondón Zambia Jacob Mulenga South Korea Cho Yong-hyung Brazil Rodrigo Defendi
Bulgaria Georgi Iliev
Tianjin Teda
 Argentina Hernán Barcos Brazil Lucas Fonseca Brazil Wágner Romania Cristian Tănase Iran Morteza Pouraliganji Brazil Andrezinho
Colombia Wilmar Jordán
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.
  • ^2 Jucilei owns Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
  • ^3 Avraam Papadopoulos owns Australian citizenship and could play as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)[28]

Club Player 1
Changchun Yatai
 Chinese Taipei Ko Yu-ting
Guizhou Renhe
 Chinese Taipei Xavier Chen
Hangzhou Greentown
 Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
 Hong Kong Bai He

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(C) 		30 19 10 1 71 28 +43 67 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2
Shanghai SIPG
 30 19 8 3 63 35 +28 65 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
3
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 30 18 5 7 66 41 +25 59 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2
4 Beijing Guoan 30 16 8 6 46 26 +20 56
5
Henan Jianye
 30 12 10 8 35 30 +5 46
6
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 30 12 6 12 42 44 −2 42
7
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
 30 8 15 7 34 31 +3 39
8
Chongqing Lifan
 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35[a]
9
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty[b]
 30 9 8 13 39 48 −9 35[a] Qualification to Champions League group stage
10 Changchun Yatai 30 8 11 11 39 47 −8 35[a]
11
Hangzhou Greentown
 30 8 9 13 27 35 −8 33
12
Liaoning Whowin
 30 7 10 13 30 46 −16 31[c]
13
Tianjin TEDA
 30 7 10 13 39 46 −7 31[c]
14
Guangzhou R&F
 30 8 7 15 35 41 −6 31[c]
15
Guizhou Moutai
(R) 		30 7 8 15 39 52 −13 29 Relegation to League One
16 Shanghai Shenxin (R) 30 4 5 21 30 70 −40 17
Source: sports.sina.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5)goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^
    Jiangsu 5 pts, Changchun
    5 pts; Head-to-head results between Jiangsu and Changchun — Jiangsu: 2 pts, 0 goal difference and 2 away goals, Changchun: 2 pts 0 goal difference and 1 away goal.
  2. ^ Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty qualified for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of the 2015 Chinese FA Cup.
  3. ^
    Guangzhou R&F
    4 pts; Head-to-head results between Tianjin and Guangzhou R&F — Tianjin: 3 pts, +1 goal difference, Guangzhou R&F: 3 pts −1 goal difference.

Results

Home \ Away
GZE
SD
BJ
GZM
SJZ
GZF
 SHS
SGS
SSI
LN
TJ
HZ
JSS
 CC
HN
CQ
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 7–0
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 1–2 3–0 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Guizhou Moutai
 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Guangzhou R&F
 1–2 2–4 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
Shanghai Shenxin 2–4 1–2 0–4 2–5 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–1
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 6–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2
Shanghai SIPG
 0–3 3–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–3 3–0 2–1
Liaoning Whowin
 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1
Tianjin TEDA
 0–2 1–3 4–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–3
Hangzhou Greentown
 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty
 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Changchun Yatai 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
Henan Jianye
 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–3
Chongqing Lifan
 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2015. 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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Guizhou Moutai
12149111414151515151515151515151515151512131013141515151515
Shanghai Shenxin161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
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)