2017 Chinese Super League

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Liaoning Whowin
(3 March 2017)
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The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (

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

This season witnessed a huge change in the regulation to the players. Only three foreign players can play at one game and at least two domestic players who are under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1994) must be in the 18-man list, including at least one must be in the starting list.[7]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2016 China League One

  • Tianjin Quanjian
  • Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng

Clubs relegated to 2017 China League One

  • Hangzhou Greentown
  • Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng both compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their respective histories. Hangzhou Greentown were relegated after a 10-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Shijiazhuang Ever Bright were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Team[10] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2016 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Jiangsu Suning
 Italy Fabio Capello Nanjing
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
 61,443 2nd
Shanghai SIPG
 Portugal André Villas-Boas Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 3rd
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 China Wu Jingui Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 4th
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Roger Schmidt
 Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 5th
Guangzhou R&F
 Serbia Dragan Stojković Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 6th
Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium [note 2] 9,000
Hebei China Fortune
 Chile Manuel Pellegrini Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 7th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 8th
Yanbian Funde
 South Korea Park Tae-ha Yanji
Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium
 30,000 9th
Liaoning F.C. China Zhao Junzhe Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 10th
Tiexi New District Sports Center [note 3] 30,000
Tianjin Teda
 Germany Uli Stielike Tianjin Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium [note 4] 22,320 11th
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium [note 5]
 54,696
Changchun Yatai
 China Chen Jingang Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 12th
Henan Jianye
 China Guo Guangqi Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
 29,860 13th
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 Germany Felix Magath Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 14th
Tianjin Quanjian P
 Italy Fabio Cannavaro Tianjin Haihe Educational Football Stadium 30,000 CL1, 1st
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng P
 Spain Gregorio Manzano Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 CL1, 2nd
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Location of teams in 2017 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shanghai SIPG
 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 4 November 2016[15] Portugal André Villas-Boas 4 November 2016[16]
Shanghai Shenhua
 Spain Gregorio Manzano 9 November 2016[17] Uruguay Gustavo Poyet 29 November 2016[18]
Beijing Guoan
 China Xie Feng (caretaker) 23 November 2016
José González
 23 November 2016[19]
Changchun Yatai
 South Korea Lee Jang-soo 4 May 2017 China Chen Jingang (caretaker) 4 May 2017[20]
Guizhou Zhicheng
 China Li Bing 8 May 2017 Spain Gregorio Manzano 8 May 2017[21]
Tianjin Teda
 Portugal Jaime Pacheco 30 May 2017 South Korea Lee Lim-saeng (caretaker) 30 May 2017[22]
Jiangsu Suning
 South Korea Choi Yong-soo 1 June 2017 China Li Jinyu (caretaker) 1 June 2017[23]
Beijing Guoan
José González
 2 June 2017 China Xie Feng (caretaker) 2 June 2017[24]
Henan Jianye
 China Jia Xiuquan 3 June 2017[25] Bulgaria Yasen Petrov 13 June 2017[26]
Jiangsu Suning
 China Li Jinyu (caretaker) 11 June 2017 Italy Fabio Capello 11 June 2017[27]
Beijing Guoan
 China Xie Feng (caretaker) 1 July 2017
Roger Schmidt
 1 July 2017[28]
Tianjin Teda
 South Korea Lee Lim-saeng (caretaker) 7 July 2017 South Korea Lee Lim-saeng 7 July 2017[29]
Liaoning FC
 China Ma Lin 1 August 2017[30] France René Lobello 1 August 2017[31]
Tianjin Teda
 South Korea Lee Lim-saeng 14 August 2017[32] China Chi Rongliang (caretaker) 14 August 2017
Tianjin Teda
 China Chi Rongliang (caretaker) 9 September 2017 Germany Uli Stielike 9 September 2017[33]
Shanghai Shenhua
 Uruguay Gustavo Poyet 11 September 2017 China Wu Jingui 11 September 2017[34]
Liaoning FC
 France René Lobello 29 September 2017 China Zhao Junzhe (caretaker) 29 September 2017[35]
Henan Jianye
 Bulgaria Yasen Petrov 30 September 2017 China Guo Guangqi 30 September 2017[36]

Foreign players

A club may register seven foreign players per season. However, only five foreign players could be registered at any given time. And to curtail their influence, only three foreign players may play per match.[37]

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian Player Former Players 1
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 Brazil Renato Augusto[38] Brazil Ralf[38] Spain Jonathan Soriano[38] Uzbekistan Egor Krimets[38] Turkey Burak Yılmaz[39]
Changchun Yatai
 Brazil Marinho[40] Brazil Bruno Meneghel[40] Hungary Szabolcs Huszti[40] Nigeria Odion Ighalo[40] Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov[40]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
Fernandinho[41]
 Brazil Hyuri[41] Brazil Alan Kardec[41] Croatia Goran Milović[41] South Korea Jung Woo-young[41]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Alan Carvalho[42]
 Brazil Ricardo Goulart[42] Brazil Muriqui[43] South Korea Kim Young-gwon[44] Brazil Paulinho[45]
Colombia Jackson Martínez[46]
South Korea Kim Hyung-il[44]
Guangzhou R&F
Renatinho[47]
 Brazil Júnior Urso[47] Iceland Sölvi Ottesen[48] Israel Eran Zahavi[47] Australia Apostolos Giannou[47]
Jang Hyun-Soo[49]
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
 Croatia Nikica Jelavić[50] Netherlands Tjaronn Chery[50] Spain Rubén Castro[51] Spain Mario Suárez[52] Australia Ryan McGowan[53]
Egypt Ali Ghazal[54]
Kenya Michael Olunga[55]
Hebei China Fortune
 Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi[56]
Aloísio[56]
 Cameroon Stéphane Mbia[56] Ivory Coast Gervinho[57] South Korea Kim Ju-young[56] Brazil Hernanes[57]
Henan Jianye
 Cameroon Christian Bassogog[58] Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal[58] Guinea-Bissau Eddi Gomes[58] Portugal Ricardo Vaz Tê[59]
Ahmad Al Salih[58]
 Philippines Javier Patiño[59]
Jiangsu Suning
 Brazil Ramires[60] Brazil Alex Teixeira[60] Cameroon Benjamin Moukandjo[61] Colombia Roger Martínez[60] Australia Trent Sainsbury[62] South Korea Hong Jeong-ho[62]
Liaoning FC Cameroon Christian Bekamenga[63] Cameroon Olivier Boumal[64]
Assani Lukimya[65]
 Nigeria Anthony Ujah[65]
James Holland[66]
Australia Robbie Kruse[66]
Zambia James Chamanga[67]
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 Brazil Gil[68] Brazil Diego Tardelli[68] Italy Graziano Pellè[68] Senegal Papiss Cissé[68]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 Argentina Carlos Tevez[69] Colombia Fredy Guarín[69] Colombia Giovanni Moreno[69] Nigeria Obafemi Martins[69] South Korea Kim Kee-hee[69]
Shanghai SIPG
 Brazil Elkeson[70] Brazil Hulk[70] Brazil Oscar[70] Portugal Ricardo Carvalho[70] Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov[70]
Tianjin Quanjian
 Belgium Axel Witsel[71] Brazil Alexandre Pato[71]
Anthony Modeste[72]
 South Korea Kwon Kyung-won[71] Brazil Geuvânio[73]
Brazil Júnior Moraes[74]
Tianjin Teda
 Ghana Frank Acheampong[75]
John Obi Mikel[76]
 Senegal Mbaye Diagne[76] Serbia Nemanja Gudelj[76] South Korea Hwang Seok-ho[76] Nigeria Brown Ideye[77]
Yanbian Funde Albania Valdet Rama[78] The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally[79] Hungary Richárd Guzmics[79] Serbia Nikola Petković[79] South Korea Hwang Il-su[78]
Yoon Bit-Garam[81]

Last updated: 19 June 2017.
Source: sports.ifeng.com (in Chinese)

  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count towards foreign or Asian player slots.)[82]

Club Player 1 Player 2
Changchun Yatai
 Chinese Taipei Yaki Yen Hong Kong Jack Sealy
Guizhou HFZC
 Hong Kong Au Yeung Yiu Chung Hong Kong Festus Baise
Tianjin Quanjian
 Hong Kong Jean-Jacques Kilama

Last updated: 1 November 2016

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(C) 		30 20 4 6 69 42 +27 64 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2
Shanghai SIPG
 30 17 7 6 72 39 +33 58 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
3
Tianjin Quanjian
 30 15 9 6 46 33 +13 54
4
Hebei China Fortune
 30 15 7 8 55 38 +17 52
5
Guangzhou R&F
 30 15 7 8 59 46 +13 52
6
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 30 13 10 7 49 33 +16 49
7 Changchun Yatai 30 12 8 10 46 41 +5 44
8
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
 30 12 6 12 39 45 −6 42
9
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 30 11 7 12 42 42 0 40
10
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 30 9 9 12 37 40 −3 36
11
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua[a]
 30 9 8 13 52 55 −3 35 Qualification to Champions League group stage
12
Jiangsu Suning
 30 7 11 12 40 45 −5 32
13
Tianjin TEDA
 30 8 7 15 30 49 −19 31
14
Henan Jianye
 30 7 9 14 34 46 −12 30
15 Yanbian Funde (R) 30 5 7 18 32 64 −32 22 Relegation to League One
16
Liaoning Whowin
(R) 		30 4 6 20 30 74 −44 18
Source: League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 9) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage as 2017 Chinese FA Cup
    winners.

Results

Home \ Away
BJ
 CC
CQ
GZE
GZF
GZZ
HBC
HN
JSS
LN
SD
SGS
SSI
TJQ
TJ
 YB
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–4
Changchun Yatai 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Chongqing Lifan
 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–2 3–0 4–3
Guangzhou R&F
 2–1 1–0 3–4 4–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 6–2
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 4–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
Hebei China Fortune
 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 3–0
Henan Jianye
 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–0 3–1
Jiangsu Suning
 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Liaoning Whowin
 2–4 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–4 3–3 1–2 1–1 3–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 5–4 3–2 0–0 3–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 3–2 1–2 4–0 8–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 5–1
Shanghai SIPG
 5–1 5–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Tianjin Quanjian
 2–2 1–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Tianjin TEDA
 2–0 1–5 2–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–1
Yanbian Funde 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2017. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

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Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Play-off round
Relegation to League One
Source: League table