2020 Chinese Super League

The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2020中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[1] The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance.[2][3] The winner will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in China to represent the host nation. The season was scheduled to begin on 22 February and to end on 31 October,[4] but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.[5] On 1 July 2020, Chinese Football Association announce that the season would be resumed on 25 July 2020 and 16 teams would be split into two groups in two locations, one in Dalian and the other in Suzhou.[6] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are the defending champions.

Chinese Super League
Season2020
Dates25 July 2020 – TBA
Matches played37
Goals scored112 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerWei Shihao
(6 goals)
Biggest home winSSI 4–0 HBC
(2 August 2020)
Biggest away winGZF 0–5 GZE
(30 July 2020)
Highest scoringHN 3–4 JSS
(26 July 2020)
Longest winning run4 matches
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Longest unbeaten run5 matches
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Longest winless run5 matches
Dalian Pro
Qingdao Huanghai
Longest losing run4 matches
Shenzhen
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 16 August 2020 (2 matches finished).

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2019 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2020 China League One

Dissolved entries

Name changes
  • Dalian Yifang F.C. changed their name to Dalian Pro in January 2020.[8]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations
Team[9] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2019 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Fabio Cannavaro Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 54,856 1st
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Bruno Génésio Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 2nd
Shanghai SIPG Vítor Pereira Shanghai Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium 16,000 3rd
Jiangsu Suning Cosmin Olăroiu Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre 61,443 4th
Shandong Luneng Taishan Li Xiaopeng Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 5th
Wuhan Zall José González Wuhan Dongxihu Sports Centre 30,000 6th
Tianjin TEDA Uli Stielike Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center 54,696 7th
Henan Jianye Yang Ji (caretaker) Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 8th
Dalian Pro Rafael Benítez Dalian Dalian Sports Center Stadium 60,832 9th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Chang Woe-ryong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 10th
Hebei China Fortune Xie Feng Langfang Langfang Stadium 30,040 11th
Guangzhou R&F Giovanni van Bronckhorst Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 12th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Choi Kang-hee Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 13th
Qingdao Huanghai P Wu Jingui Qingdao Conson Stadium 45,000 CL1, 1st
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright P Afshin Ghotbi Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 CL1, 2nd
Shenzhen Jordi Cruyff Shenzhen Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 60,334 15th

Locations
Location of teams in 2020 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Jordi Cruyff Mutual consent 14 December 2019[10] Pre-season Chang Woe-ryong 18 December 2019[11]
Wuhan Zall Li Tie Signed by China 2 January 2020[12] José González 4 January 2020[13]
Guangzhou R&F Dragan Stojković Mutual consent 3 January 2020[14] Giovanni van Bronckhorst 4 January 2020[15]
Qingdao Huanghai Juan Manuel Lillo Mutual consent 5 June 2020[16] Wu Jingui 4 August 2020[17]
Henan Jianye Wang Baoshan Mutual consent 6 July 2020[18] Yang Ji (caretaker) 9 July 2020
Shenzhen Roberto Donadoni Sacked 11 August 2020[19] Group A, 6th Jordi Cruyff 14 August 2020[20]

Foreign players
  • Foreign players: The number of foreign players (excluding goalkeepers) that clubs can register over the course of the season is increased from six to seven and the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is also increased from four to five. A maximum of five foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of four can be fielded at any time during the match.
  • Naturalized players: There is no limits in registering naturalized players. There is no limits in fielding Chinese-descent naturalized players. However, only one non-Chinese-descent naturalized player can be fielded as native player while other non-Chinese-descent naturalized player(s) fielded will be counted as foreign player(s).
  • Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan players: Each club can register one Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he was registered as a professional footballer in one of those three associations for the first time in his career, 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 Player 5 Naturalized Players Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1		 Reserves players Former players
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Renato Augusto Fernando Cédric Bakambu Jonathan Viera Kim Min-jae → Alan Carvalho
→ Nico Yennaris
→ John Hou Sæter
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Marcelo Cirino Fernandinho Alan Kardec Marcinho Adrian Mierzejewski
Dalian Pro Emmanuel Boateng Marek Hamšík Marcus Danielson Sam Larsson Salomón Rondón
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Paulinho Talisca Park Ji-soo → Aloísio
→ Elkeson
→ Fernando Henrique
→ Tyias Browning
Guangzhou R&F Mousa Dembélé Renatinho Dia Saba Eran Zahavi Duško Tošić Tan Chun Lok
Hebei China Fortune Samir Memišević Marcão Paulinho Buya Turay → Ricardo Goulart Ayoub El Kaabi
Henan Jianye Henrique Dourado Ivo Fernando Karanga Christian Bassogog Kim Sung-hwan Tim Chow
Jiangsu Suning Miranda Alex Teixeira Ivan Santini Mubarak Wakaso Éder
Qingdao Huanghai Cléo Joseph Minala Romain Alessandrini Jagoš Vuković Yaki Yen
Shandong Luneng Taishan Marouane Fellaini Leonardo Moisés Tamás Kádár Graziano Pellè Róger Guedes
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Stéphane Mbia Giovanni Moreno Stephan El Shaarawy Obafemi Martins Kim Shin-wook → Alexander N'Doumbou
Shanghai SIPG Marko Arnautović Hulk Ricardo Lopes Oscar Odil Ahmedov
Shenzhen Thievy Bifouma John Mary Harold Preciado Ole Selnæs Song Ju-hun Dai Wai Tsun Blerim Džemaili
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Matheus Muriqui Rômulo Oscar Maritu Stoppila Sunzu
Tianjin TEDA Johnathan Felix Bastians Frank Acheampong
Wuhan Zall Léo Baptistão Rafael Silva Jean Evrard Kouassi Eddy Gnahoré Daniel Carriço
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

Regular season

Group A

Stadiums
  • Dalian Sports Center
  • Dalian Youth Football Traning Base Main Stadium
  • Jinzhou Stadium
  • Puwan Stadium (Reserve)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5 4 0 1 13 3 +10 12 Qualification for Championship stage
2 Jiangsu Suning 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
3 Shandong Luneng Taishan 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10
4 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 10
5 Henan Jianye 5 1 2 2 8 10 −2 5 Qualification for Relegation stage
6 Guangzhou R&F 5 1 1 3 2 11 −9 4
7 Shenzhen 5 1 0 4 7 10 −3 3
8 Dalian Pro 5 0 2 3 6 9 −3 2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: CSL, Soccerway
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.

Results
Home \ Away DLY GZE HN GZF JSS SD SGS SZ
Dalian Pro — 25 Aug 1–1 0–1 8 Sep 2–3 14 Sep 23 Sep
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 27 Sep — 19 Sep 4 Sep 20 Aug 0–1 2–0 9 Sep
Henan Jianye 3 Sep 1–3 — 1–1 3–4 23 Sep 24 Aug 14 Sep
Guangzhou R&F 10 Sep 0–5 8 Sep — 0–2 25 Aug 23 Sep 29 Aug
Jiangsu Suning 2–1 23 Sep 30 Aug 13 Sep — 0–0 0–1 24 Aug
Shandong Luneng Taishan 29 Aug 13 Sep 19 Aug 27 Sep 3 Sep — 0–1 2–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 2–2 30 Aug 27 Sep 19 Aug 19 Sep 9 Sep — 3–2
Shenzhen 20 Aug 1–3 1–2 3–0 27 Sep 19 Sep 4 Sep —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. 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.

Qualification to Championship stage
Qualification to Relegation stage
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: CSL

Results by match played
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: CSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group B

Stadiums

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 5 4 1 0 12 6 +6 13 Qualification for Championship stage
2 Shanghai SIPG 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10
3 Wuhan Zall 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6
4 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 4 1 2 1 8 6 +2 5
5 Qingdao Huanghai 5 0 4 1 6 8 −2 4 Qualification for Relegation stage
6 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3
7 Hebei China Fortune 4 0 2 2 5 11 −6 2
8 Tianjin TEDA 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. 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.

Results
Home \ Away BJS CQ HBC QDH SSI SJZ TTD WH
Beijing Sinobo Guoan — 1 Sep 3–1 20 Sep 22 Aug 28 Sep 10 Sep 1–0
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 1–2 — 11 Sep 0–0 28 Sep 21 Aug 2–2 20 Sep
Hebei China Fortune 15 Sep 2–2 — 28 Sep 5 Sep 2–2 17 Aug 21 Aug
Qingdao Huanghai 3–3 16 Sep 27 Aug — 1–1 5 Sep 24 Sep 1 Sep
Shanghai SIPG 24 Sep 26 Aug 4–0 10 Sep — 16 Aug 31 Aug 2–1
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 27 Aug 24 Sep 31 Aug 2–2 20 Sep — 3–0 11 Sep
Tianjin TEDA 1–3 6 Sep 20 Sep 22 Aug 1–3 16 Sep — 28 Sep
Wuhan Zall 6 Sep 17 Aug 24 Sep 2–0 15 Sep 2–1 26 Aug —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. 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.

Qualification to Championship stage
Qualification to Relegation stage
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: CSL

Results by match played
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: CSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Championship stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

Semi-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

5th–8th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

7th–8th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

5th–6th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

3rd–4th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

Finals

1st leg

2nd leg

Relegation stage

Bracket

9th–16th place quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

9th–12th place semi-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

13th–16th place semi-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

15th–16th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

13th–14th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

11th–12th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

9th–10th place playoffs

1st leg

2nd leg

Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5 4 0 1 13 3 +10 12 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6 12
3 Shanghai SIPG 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Jiangsu Suning 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10
6 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 10
7 Wuhan Zall 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6
8 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 4 1 2 1 8 6 +2 5
9 Henan Jianye 5 1 2 2 8 9 −1 5
10 Shenzhen 5 1 0 4 7 10 −3 3
11 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3
12 Qingdao Huanghai 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3
13 Dalian Pro 4 0 2 2 6 8 −2 2
14 Hebei China Fortune 4 0 2 2 5 11 −6 2
15 Tianjin TEDA 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1 Qualification to relegation play-offs
16 Guangzhou R&F 4 0 1 3 1 11 −10 1 Relegation to China League One
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. 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.[21]

Relegation play-offs

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Chinese Super League hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Marouane FellainiShandong Luneng TaishanDalian Pro2–3 (A)26 July 2020[24]

Awards

Monthly awards

League attendance
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