2019 Chinese Super League

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Jiangsu Suning
(23 November 2019)
Total attendance4,405,999
Average attendance24,076
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The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (

Shanghai SIPG were the defending champions.[5]

The policy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players was modified for this season. The same as the previous two seasons, at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1996) must be in the starting eleven. However, the total number of foreign players appearing in a match is no longer related to the total number of U-23 domestic players. A club can register four foreign players at most in the same time and use three foreign players at most in a match. On the other hand, at least three U-23 domestic players must be used in a match. In addition, if there are U-23 players who have been called up by the national teams at all levels, the number of U-23 domestic players fielded will be reduced accordingly.[6] The policy was modified again during the season. From Round 16 and beyond, maximum of three foreign players can be used at the same time in one match and there must be at least one U-23 domestic player playing in one match. In addition, if there are U-23 players who have been called up by the national teams at all levels, the team is not required to field any U-23 players.[7]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2018 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2019 China League One

Wuhan Zall and Shenzhen return to the division after a 5-year absence and a 7-year absence respectively. Changchun Yatai were relegated after a 13-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Guizhou Hengfeng were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Team[13][14] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2018 season
Shanghai SIPG
 Portugal Vítor Pereira Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 1st
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Italy Fabio Cannavaro Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 54,856 2nd
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 China Li Xiaopeng Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 3rd
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 France Bruno Génésio Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 4th
Jiangsu Suning
 Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre 61,443 5th
Hebei China Fortune
 China Xie Feng (caretaker) Langfang Langfang Stadium 30,040 6th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 South Korea Choi Kang-hee Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 7th
Beijing Renhe
Wang Bo
 Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 8th
Tianjin Tianhai China Li Weifeng Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Center
 54,696 9th
Guangzhou R&F
 Serbia Dragan Stojković Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 10th
Dalian Yifang
 Spain Rafael Benítez Dalian
Dalian Sports Center Stadium
 61,000 11th
Henan Jianye
 China Wang Baoshan Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
 29,860 12th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 Netherlands Jordi Cruyff Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 13th
Tianjin TEDA
 Germany Uli Stielike Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Center
 54,696 14th
Wuhan Zall P
 China Li Tie Wuhan Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center 30,000 CL1, 1st
Shenzhen F.C. P Italy Roberto Donadoni Shenzhen Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 60,334 CL1, 2nd

Clubs Locations

Tianjin TEDA
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Location of teams in 2019 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tianjin Tianhai South Korea Park Choong-kyun Appointed as assistant coach 12 November 2018 Pre-season South Korea Choi Kang-hee 3 December 2018[15]
Beijing Renhe
 Spain Luis García Signed by Villarreal 10 December 2018[16] Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević 18 December 2018[17]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 China Wu Jingui Appointed as sporting director 25 December 2018 Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 25 December 2018[18]
Tianjin Tianhai South Korea Choi Kang-hee Signed by
Dalian Yifang
 11 February 2019[19] China Shen Xiangfu 15 February 2019[20]
Dalian Yifang
 Germany Bernd Schuster Mutual consent 11 February 2019 South Korea Choi Kang-hee 11 February 2019[19]
Hebei China Fortune
 Wales Chris Coleman Sacked 15 May 2019 15th China Xie Feng (caretaker) 15 May 2019[21]
Tianjin Tianhai China Shen Xiangfu Sacked 28 May 2019 16th South Korea Park Choong-kyun 28 May 2019[22]
Dalian Yifang
 South Korea Choi Kang-hee Mutual consent 1 July 2019[23] 10th Spain Rafael Benítez 2 July 2019[24]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Mutual consent 3 July 2019[25] 12th South Korea Choi Kang-hee 5 July 2019[26]
Beijing Renhe
 Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević Mutual consent 9 July 2019[27] 15th Spain Luis García 9 July 2019[28]
Shenzhen F.C. Spain Juan Ramón López Caro Sacked 30 July 2019[29] 15th Italy Roberto Donadoni 30 July 2019[30]
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Roger Schmidt
 Sacked 31 July 2019[31] 3rd France Bruno Génésio 31 July 2019[32]
Tianjin Tianhai South Korea Park Choong-kyun Sacked 8 October 2019 15th China Li Weifeng 8 October 2019[33]
Beijing Renhe
 Spain Luis García Sacked 12 November 2019 16th
Wang Bo
 12 November 2019[34]

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players remained unchanged. Clubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1 		Former players
Beijing Renhe
 Argentina Augusto Fernández Kenya Ayub Masika Netherlands Elvis Manu Senegal Makhete Diop Nigeria Sone Aluko
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 Brazil Renato Augusto Brazil Fernando Democratic Republic of the Congo Cédric Bakambu South Korea Kim Min-jae Spain Jonathan Viera
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Alan Kardec
Marcinho
 		Poland Adrian Mierzejewski Brazil Fernando Henrique
Dalian Yifang
 Belgium Yannick Carrasco Ghana Emmanuel Boateng Slovakia Marek Hamšík Venezuela Salomón Rondón Hong Kong Alex Akande
Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 Brazil Elkeson Brazil Paulinho Brazil Talisca South Korea Park Ji-soo England Tyias Browning
Guangzhou R&F
 Belgium Mousa Dembélé Israel Dia Saba Israel Eran Zahavi Serbia Duško Tošić Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok
Hebei China Fortune
 Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi Argentina Javier Mascherano Brazil Fernando Henrique
Marcão
 Hong Kong Andy Russell Morocco Ayoub El Kaabi
Henan Jianye
Ivo
 Brazil Fernando Karanga Cameroon Christian Bassogog Cameroon Franck Ohandza Chinese Taipei Tim Chow Brazil Henrique Dourado
Jiangsu Suning
 Brazil Miranda Brazil Alex Teixeira Croatia Ivan Santini
Éder
 Brazil Ramires
Italy Gabriel Paletta
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 Belgium Marouane Fellaini Brazil Róger Guedes
Moisés
 		Italy Graziano Pellè Brazil Gil
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 Colombia Giovanni Moreno Italy Stephan El Shaarawy South Korea Kim Shin-wook Nigeria Odion Ighalo Colombia Fredy Guarín
Paraguay Óscar Romero
Shanghai SIPG
 Austria Marko Arnautović Brazil Hulk Brazil Oscar Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov Brazil Elkeson
Shenzhen F.C. Cameroon John Mary Colombia Harold Preciado Norway Ole Selnæs Portugal Dyego Sousa Norway Ola Kamara
Senegal Cheikh M'Bengue
Tianjin TEDA
Johnathan
 Germany Felix Bastians Germany Sandro Wagner Ghana Frank Acheampong
Tianjin Tianhai
Alan
Leonardo
Renatinho
 South Korea Song Ju-hun Brazil Alexandre Pato
South Korea Kwon Kyung-won
Wuhan Zall
 Brazil Léo Baptistão Brazil Rafael Silva Cameroon Stéphane Mbia Ivory Coast Jean Evrard Kouassi

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(C) 		30 23 3 4 68 24 +44 72 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
 30 23 1 6 60 26 +34 70
3
Shanghai SIPG
 30 20 6 4 62 26 +36 66 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4
Jiangsu Suning
 30 15 8 7 60 41 +19 53
5
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 30 15 6 9 55 35 +20 51
6
Wuhan Zall
 30 12 8 10 41 41 0 44
7
Tianjin TEDA
 30 12 5 13 43 45 −2 41[a]
8
Henan Jianye
 30 11 8 11 41 46 −5 41[a]
9
Dalian Yifang
 30 10 8 12 44 51 −7 38
10
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 30 9 9 12 36 47 −11 36
11
Hebei China Fortune
 30 9 6 15 37 55 −18 33
12
Guangzhou R&F
 30 9 5 16 54 72 −18 32
13
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 30 8 6 16 43 57 −14 30 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[b]
14 Tianjin Tianhai[c] (R, D) 30 4 13 13 40 53 −13 25 Disbanded after season
15 Shenzhen F.C.[d] 30 4 9 17 31 57 −26 21
16
Beijing Renhe
(R) 		30 3 5 22 26 65 −39 14 Relegation to China League One
Source: CSL
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.[36]
    (C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
    Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Henan Jianye 2–3 Tianjin TEDA, Tianjin TEDA 2–0 Henan Jianye.
  2. ^ Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Chinese FA Cup winners.
  3. ^ Tianjin Tianhai was dissolved after 2019 season.[35]
  4. ^ Despite finishing 15th, Shenzhen FC avoided relegation because Tianjin Tianhai dissolved due to Tianjin Tianhai’s financial troubles.

Results

Home \ Away
BJR
BJS
CQ
DLY
GZE
GZF
HBC
HN
JSS
SD
SGS
SSI
 SZ
TTD
 TTH
WH
Beijing Renhe
 —
0–1
 1–4 1–3 2–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–2
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
2–1
 — 4–1 4–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
 2–0 0–4 — 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Dalian Yifang
 2–0 0–2 1–1 — 0–1 3–2 3–3 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 —
2–0
 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
Guangzhou R&F
 3–1 1–4 4–2 3–3
0–5
 — 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–4
Hebei China Fortune
 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 — 2–3 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2
Henan Jianye
 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–5 1–0 4–1 — 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0
Jiangsu Suning
 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan
 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 — 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
 5–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 5–3 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–3 —
0–4
 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–2
Shanghai SIPG
 3–0 2–1 2–3 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1
3–1
 — 6–0 5–1 0–0 2–1
Shenzhen F.C. 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 4–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–1 4–4
Tianjin TEDA
 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–3 0–3 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 —
1–1
 2–1
Tianjin Tianhai 2–2 0–3 3–3 5–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 2–2 0–0 2–2
1–0
 — 3–1
Wuhan Zall
 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 —
Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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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Beijing Renhe
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Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
Relegation to China League One
Disbanded after season
Source: CSL