2016 Chinese Super League
The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2016中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛)[1] was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[2][3] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[4][5] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their sixth consecutive title of the league.
Season | 2016 |
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Champions | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
Relegated | Hangzhou Greentown Shijiazhuang Ever Bright |
AFC Champions League | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Jiangsu Suning Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 640 (2.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | |
Best goalkeeper | Zeng Cheng (10 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Shanghai SIPG 5-0 Henan Jianye (Jul 10th, 2016) (5 goals) |
Biggest away win | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-6 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (Oct 15th, 2016) (6 goals) |
Highest scoring | Chongqing Lifan 4-5 Guangzhou R&F (Aug 21st, 2016) (9 goals) |
Longest winning run | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (9 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (17 matches) |
Longest winless run | Chongqing Lifan Hangzhou Greentown (11 matches) |
Longest losing run | Hebei China Fortune (5 matches) |
Highest attendance | 53,080 Beijing Guoan 0-3 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (Apr 9th, 2016) |
Lowest attendance | 5,135 Hangzhou Greentown 0-1 Guangzhou R&F (Jun 11th, 2016) |
Average attendance | 24,159 |
← 2015 2017 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2016. |
The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.[6]
Club changes
Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One
- Yanbian Funde F.C. (Yanbian Changbaishan F.C.)
- Hebei China Fortune F.C. (Hebei Zhongji F.C.)
Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One
- Beijing Renhe F.C. (Guizhou Renhe F.C.)
- Shanghai Shenxin F.C.
Name changes
- Hebei Zhongji F.C. changed their name to Hebei China Fortune F.C. in December 2015.[7]
- Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty F.C. changed their name to Jiangsu Suning F.C.[8] in December 2015.[9]
- Yanbian Changbaishan F.C. changed their name to Yanbian Funde F.C.[8] in January 2016.[10]
Clubs
Clubs and locations
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beijing Guoan | 26 November 2015[12] | 19 January 2016[13] | ||
Shanghai Shenhua | 29 November 2015[14] | 18 December 2015[15] | ||
Chongqing Lifan | 30 November 2015[16] | 7 December 2015[17] | ||
Shandong Luneng | 6 December 2015[18] | 6 December 2015[19] | ||
Hangzhou Greentown | 17 December 2015 | 17 December 2015[20] | ||
Tianjin Teda | 18 December 2015 | 18 December 2015[21] | ||
Changchun Yatai | 31 December 2015[22] | 13 January 2016[23] | ||
Changchun Yatai | 4 May 2016[24] | 6 May 2016[25] | ||
Beijing Guoan | 21 May 2016 | 21 May 2016[26] | ||
Jiangsu Suning | 3 June 2016 | 3 June 2016[27] | ||
Shandong Luneng | 7 June 2016[28] | 8 June 2016[29] | ||
Jiangsu Suning | 1 July 2016 | 1 July 2016[30] | ||
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 July 2016 | 14 July 2016[31] | ||
Tianjin Teda | 2 August 2016 | 2 August 2016[32] | ||
Hebei China Fortune | 27 August 2016 | 27 August 2016[33] |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries, although only four (one AFC countries player at least) can be on the field at any one time.[34]
Last updated: 16 July 2016.
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.
- ^2 Ersan Gülüm has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
- ^3 Jucilei has Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)[39]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
---|---|---|
Changchun Yatai | ||
Hangzhou Greentown | ||
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 57 | |
3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
4 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua[lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 48 | |
5 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 43 | |
6 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 40 | |
7 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 | |
8 | Chongqing Lifan | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 37 | |
9 | Yanbian Funde | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 37 | |
10 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 36 | |
11 | Liaoning Whowin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 36 | |
12 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 35 | |
13 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 35 | |
14 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 34 | |
15 | Hangzhou Greentown (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 32 | Relegation to League One |
16 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 30 |
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)
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs round as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Jiangsu Suning are 2016 Chinese FA Cup finalists.
Results
Goalscorers
Top scorers
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Top assistsSource:[42]
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Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changchun Yatai | Tianjin Teda | 4–4 | 3 April 2016 | [43] | |
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 3–1 | 3 April 2016 | [44] | |
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Hangzhou Greentown | 4–0 | 19 June 2016 | [45] | |
Shanghai SIPG | Guangzhou R&F | 3–3 | 31 July 2016 | [46] | |
Jiangsu Suning | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 6–1 | 11 September 2016 | [47] | |
Guangzhou R&F | Hangzhou Greentown | 5–2 | 16 October 2016 | [48] |
League attendance
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 673,243 | 48,956 | 30,765 | 44,883 | −2.2% |
2 | Jiangsu Suning | 584,879 | 48,795 | 28,923 | 38,992 | +45.2% |
3 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 571,704 | 53,080 | 31,801 | 38,114 | −7.0% |
4 | Chongqing Lifan | 542,663 | 48,855 | 26,876 | 36,178 | −3.8% |
5 | Shanghai SIPG | 420,603 | 46,537 | 20,009 | 28,040 | +6.3% |
6 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 340,353 | 24,185 | 19,692 | 22,690 | +16.3% |
7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 337,839 | 26,261 | 17,909 | 22,523 | −10.2% |
8 | Liaoning Whowin | 337,592 | 48,157 | 10,279 | 22,506 | +76.0% |
9 | Tianjin TEDA | 326,104 | 36,820 | 15,671 | 22,081 | +12.3% |
10 | Yanbian Funde | 289,562 | 25,280 | 10,158 | 19,304 | −21.2%
† |
11 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 283,987 | 31,531 | 12,655 | 18,932 | −16.1% |
12 | Hebei China Fortune | 277,034 | 24,631 | 11,076 | 18,469 | +135.8%
† |
13 | Henan Jianye | 259,236 | 21,377 | 11,237 | 17,282 | −14.5% |
14 | Changchun Yatai | 230,232 | 23,629 | 7,463 | 15,335 | +3.2% |
15 | Hangzhou Greentown | 175,841 | 22,739 | 5,135 | 11,723 | −6.7% |
16 | Guangzhou R&F | 147,463 | 14,596 | 6,898 | 9,831 | +23.1% |
League total | 5,798,135 | 53,080 | 5,135 | 24,159 | +8.9% |
Updated to games played on Feb. 11th, 2017
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Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CL1.
Awards
The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.[49]
- Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year:
Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner:
Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award:
Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG) - Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year:
Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year:
Li Xiaoming (Henan Jianye) - Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year:
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year:
Ma Ning - Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shandong Luneng Taishan, Tianjin Teda
- Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
- GK
Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - DF
Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F) - MF
Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Suning), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG) - FW
Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Demba Ba (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua)
- GK
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