2016 Chinese Super League
Football league season
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.
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 respective histories. 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
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Guangzhou
Tianhe Stadium
58,500
1st
Shanghai SIPG
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Shanghai
Shanghai Stadium
56,842
2nd
Shandong Luneng
Felix Magath
Jinan
Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium
56,808
3rd
Beijing Guoan
Xie Feng (caretaker)
Beijing
Workers' Stadium
66,161
4th
Henan Jianye
Jia Xiuquan
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
29,860
5th
Shanghai Shenhua
Gregorio Manzano
Shanghai
Hongkou Football Stadium
33,060
6th
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Li Jinyu (caretaker)
Shijiazhuang
Yutong International Sports Center
29,000
7th
Chongqing Lifan
Chang Woe-ryong
Chongqing
Chongqing Olympic Sports Center
58,680
8th
Jiangsu Suning
Choi Yong-soo
Nanjing
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
61,443
9th
Changchun Yatai
Lee Jang-soo
Changchun
Development Area Stadium
25,000
10th
Hangzhou Greentown
Hong Myung-bo
Hangzhou
Yellow Dragon Sports Center
52,672
11th
Liaoning Whowin
Ma Lin
Shenyang
Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
60,000
12th
Tianjin Teda
Jaime Pacheco
Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
54,696
13th
Guangzhou R&F
Dragan Stojković
Guangzhou
Yuexiushan Stadium
18,000
14th
Yanbian Funde P
Park Tae-ha
Yanji
Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium
30,000
CL1 , 1st
Hebei China Fortune P
Manuel Pellegrini
Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
33,572
CL1 , 2nd
Location of teams in
2016 Chinese Super League
Managerial changes
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.
^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]
League table
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:
Results
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Source:[ 40] [ 41]
Hat-tricks
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: [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] Notes: † Teams played previous season in CL1 .
Awards
The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.[ 48]
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):
References
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