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.

Chinese Super League
Season2016
Dates4 March - 30 October 2016
ChampionsGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6th title)
RelegatedHangzhou Greentown
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
AFC Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Jiangsu Suning
Shanghai SIPG
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Matches played240
Goals scored640 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Ricardo Goulart (19 goals)
Best goalkeeperZeng Cheng (10 clean sheets)
Biggest home winShanghai SIPG 5–0 Henan Jianye
(Jul 10th, 2016)
(5 goals)
Biggest away winShijiazhuang Ever Bright 0–6 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(Oct 15th, 2016)
(6 goals)
Highest scoringChongqing Lifan 4–5 Guangzhou R&F (Aug 21st, 2016) (9 goals)
Longest winning runGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(17 matches)
Longest winless runChongqing Lifan
Hangzhou Greentown
(11 matches)
Longest losing runHebei China Fortune
(5 matches)
Highest attendance53,080
Beijing Guoan 0–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(Apr 9th, 2016)
Lowest attendance5,135
Hangzhou Greentown 0–1 Guangzhou R&F
(Jun 11th, 2016)
Average attendance24,159
← 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

Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One

Yanbian Changbaishan and Hebei Zhongji both compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their history. Guizhou Renhe were relegated after a 14-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Shanghai Shenxin were relegated to China League One after spending 6 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations
Team[11] Head Coach City[8] Stadium Capacity 2015 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao TH Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Shanghai SIPG Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 2nd
Shandong Luneng Germany Felix Magath Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 3rd
Beijing Guoan China Xie Feng (caretaker) Beijing Workers Stadium 66,161 4th
Henan Jianye China Jia Xiuquan Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 5th
Shanghai Shenhua Spain Gregorio Manzano Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 6th
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright China Li Jinyu (caretaker) Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 7th
Chongqing Lifan South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 8th
Jiangsu Suning South Korea Choi Yong-soo Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 9th
Changchun Yatai South Korea Lee Jang-soo Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 10th
Hangzhou Greentown South Korea Hong Myung-bo Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 11th
Liaoning Whowin China Ma Lin Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 12th
Tianjin Teda Portugal Jaime Pacheco Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium 54,696 13th
Guangzhou R&F Serbia Dragan Stojković Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 14th
Yanbian Funde P South Korea Park Tae-ha Yanji Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium 30,000 CL1, 1st
Hebei China Fortune P Chile Manuel Pellegrini Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 CL1, 2nd
Location of teams in 2016 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Beijing Guoan Spain Gregorio Manzano 26 November 2015[12] Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 19 January 2016[13]
Shanghai Shenhua France Francis Gillot 29 November 2015[14] Spain Gregorio Manzano 18 December 2015[15]
Chongqing Lifan China Wang Baoshan 30 November 2015[16] South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong 7 December 2015[17]
Shandong Luneng Brazil Cuca 6 December 2015[18] Brazil Mano Menezes 6 December 2015[19]
Hangzhou Greentown China Yang Ji 17 December 2015 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 17 December 2015[20]
Tianjin Teda Netherlands Arie Haan 18 December 2015 Serbia Dragan Okuka 18 December 2015[21]
Changchun Yatai Croatia Marijo Tot 31 December 2015[22] Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič 13 January 2016[23]
Changchun Yatai Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič 4 May 2016[24] South Korea Lee Jang-soo 6 May 2016[25]
Beijing Guoan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni 21 May 2016 China Xie Feng (caretaker) 21 May 2016[26]
Jiangsu Suning Romania Dan Petrescu 3 June 2016 China Tang Jing (caretaker) 3 June 2016[27]
Shandong Luneng Brazil Mano Menezes 7 June 2016[28] Germany Felix Magath 8 June 2016[29]
Jiangsu Suning China Tang Jing (caretaker) 1 July 2016 South Korea Choi Yong-soo 1 July 2016[30]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Bulgaria Yasen Petrov 14 July 2016 China Li Jinyu (caretaker) 14 July 2016[31]
Tianjin Teda Serbia Dragan Okuka 2 August 2016 Portugal Jaime Pacheco 2 August 2016[32]
Hebei China Fortune China Li Tie 27 August 2016 Chile Manuel Pellegrini 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]

  • 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 Guoan Brazil Renato Augusto[35] Brazil Ralf[36] Turkey Burak Yılmaz Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev Uzbekistan Egor Krimets[36] Brazil Kléber[36]
Changchun Yatai Bolivia Marcelo Moreno Brazil Bruno Meneghel Croatia Darko Matić Croatia Mislav Oršić Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov France Julien Gorius
Serbia Ognjen Ožegović
Chongqing Lifan Argentina Emanuel Gigliotti Brazil Fernandinho Brazil Alan Kardec Croatia Goran Milović South Korea Jung Woo-young Brazil Jael Ferreira
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Brazil Alan Carvalho Brazil Ricardo Goulart[35] Brazil Paulinho[35] Colombia Jackson Martínez[34] South Korea Kim Young-Gwon[6]
Guangzhou R&F Australia Apostolos Giannou Brazil Renatinho Israel Eran Zahavi Sweden Gustav Svensson South Korea Jang Hyun-Soo Brazil Bruninho
Hangzhou Greentown Australia Matthew Spiranovic Brazil Denílson Gabionetta Brazil Anselmo Ramon Croatia Sammir South Korea Oh Beom-Seok Australia Tim Cahill
Ivory Coast Davy Claude Angan
Hebei China Fortune Brazil Aloísio Cameroon Stéphane Mbia[37] Ivory Coast Gervinho[34] France Gaël Kakuta[37] Turkey Australia Ersan Gülüm 2 Argentina Ezequiel Lavezzi[34]
Henan Jianye Brazil Ivo Philippines Javier Patiño Slovenia Miral Samardžić Sweden Osman Sow Australia Ryan McGowan Denmark Eddi Gomes
Jiangsu Suning Brazil Ramires[34] Brazil Alex Teixeira[34] Colombia Roger Martínez South Korea Hong Jeong-ho Australia Trent Sainsbury Brazil Jô[6]
Croatia Sammir
Liaoning Whowin Democratic Republic of the Congo Assani Lukimya[38] Nigeria Anthony Ujah Zambia James Chamanga Australia Dario Vidošić Australia Michael Thwaite Australia James Troisi
Senegal Ibrahima Touré
Shandong Luneng Argentina Walter Montillo Brazil Gil[36] Italy Graziano Pellè Senegal Papiss Cissé Brazil State of Palestine Jucilei 3 Brazil Aloísio
Brazil Diego Tardelli
Shanghai Shenhua Colombia Fredy Guarín[34] Colombia Giovanni Moreno Nigeria Obafemi Martins[6] Senegal Demba Ba[6] South Korea Kim Kee-hee
Shanghai SIPG Argentina Darío Conca[6] Brazil Elkeson[6] Brazil Hulk Ivory Coast Jean Evrard Kouassi South Korea Kim Ju-Young Ghana Asamoah Gyan[6]
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Brazil Matheus Brazil Diego Maurício France Jean-Philippe Mendy Portugal Rúben Micael South Korea Cho Yong-Hyung Venezuela Mario Rondón
Zambia Jacob Mulenga
Tianjin Teda Colombia Fredy Montero Gabon Malick Evouna Mozambique Zainadine Júnior Senegal Mbaye Diagne Australia Aleksandar Jovanović Brazil Wágner
Yanbian Funde The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Serbia Nikola Petković South Korea Ha Tae-Goon South Korea Yoon Bit-Garam South Korea Kim Seung-Dae

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 Chinese Taipei Yaki Yen Hong Kong Jack Sealy
Hangzhou Greentown Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang

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
Source: Sina Sports
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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
Home \ Away GZE SSI SD BJ HN SGS SJZ CQ JSS CC HZ LN TJ GZF YB HBC
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 6–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Shanghai SIPG 0–0 4–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 4–1 5–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–3 2–3 3–1 1–0
Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–2
Henan Jianye 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 2–0
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0–6 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–6 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–3 1–1
Chongqing Lifan 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–5 2–1 1–3
Jiangsu Suning 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0
Changchun Yatai 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 4–4 3–1 1–0 0–1
Hangzhou Greentown 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0
Liaoning Whowin 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 0–2
Tianjin TEDA 0–4 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–5
Guangzhou R&F 2–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2
Yanbian Funde 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–4 4–1 1–2 3–1 3–2
Hebei China Fortune 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Bolivia Marcelo MorenoChangchun YataiTianjin Teda4–43 April 2016[43]
Senegal Demba BaShanghai Greenland ShenhuaShijiazhuang Ever Bright3–13 April 2016[44]
Senegal Demba BaShanghai Greenland ShenhuaHangzhou Greentown4–019 June 2016[45]
China Wu LeiShanghai SIPGGuangzhou R&F3–331 July 2016[46]
Brazil Alex TeixeiraJiangsu SuningShijiazhuang Ever Bright6–111 September 2016[47]
Israel Eran ZahaviGuangzhou R&FHangzhou Greentown5–216 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
Source: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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: Brazil Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Brazil Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: China Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
  • Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: China Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: China Li Xiaoming (Henan Jianye)
  • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: China Ma Ning
  • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shandong Luneng Taishan, Tianjin Teda
  • Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):

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