Chinese Super League 中超联赛 Chinese Football Association Super League

The Chinese Football Association Super League, known more commonly as Chinese Super League or CSL, is one of the most prestigious leagues of professional football in the Chinese Republic and provides its services under the banner of the Chinese Football Association. Recently, for reasons of sponsorship, the name of this age-old League was changed to the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League. This League, the best in all of China, was created when the former highest league, Chinese Football Association Jia-A had a huge overhaul and was rebranded, in 2004.

The Chinese Super League, to use the common term, is the most outstanding athletic group for football in the whole of China and recorded a record-breaking number of 23,766 watchers in the 2017 season. The CSL ranks a whopping 12th on the list of country-specific honored sports organizations on the planet and a mind-blowing 5th on the list of expert football associations in the world.

Since its inception in 2004 (which had 12 participating teams), the organization has grown tremendously, as a sum-total of 31 teams have participated in the CSL, with 16 competing teams in the present season. The title, one reserved for only the very best of the best, has so far been won by six teams:

Shenzhen Jianlibao
Dalian Shide
Shandong Luneng
Changchun Yatai
Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou Evergrande

The League season usually starts during the spring months of February and March, coming to an end during the cold winter months of November or December.A total of 16 leagues take part in the prestigious Chinese Super League Tournaments, with each playing 30 games, which adds up to a whopping 240 games hosted in a single season!

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The ranking of a particular club or team in the League is determined by the points they have collected during the span of the season. When two teams are equal on points and face a tie, the CSL has devised many innovative tiebreakers so the ranking so does not get confusing. Some of the tiebreakers are:

Most elevated number of points gathered in matches between the groups concerned;
Most elevated goal contrast in matches between the groups concerned;
Most elevated number of goal scored in matches between the groups concerned;
Most elevated points gathered by the reserve groups in the reserve league.
Most noteworthy points aggregated by the U19 groups in the U19 league.
Most elevated goal distinction;
Most elevated number of goal scored;
Fair play points (Clubs deduct 1 point for a yellow card, and 3 focuses for a red card);
Draw by parcel;

When The League was founded in 2004, with 12 teams participating, it was very controversial since there were rumors of match-fixing and illegal gambling. Domestic teams, upon facing these accusations, had to withdraw from the club itself and faced a financial crisis. To counter this and reinvigorate interest in the League, the administration decided to increase the team count from 12 to 14, in 2006.

2018 Chinese Super League

Club and Location:

Team	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2017 Season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	58,5000	1st
Shanghaiium SIPG	Vitor Pereira	Shanghai	Shanghai Stad	56,842	2^nd
Tianjin Quanjian	Paulo Sousa	Tianjin	Haihe Educational Football Stadium	28,046	3^rd
Hebei China Fortune	Chris Coleman	Lang fang	Lang fang Stadium	30,040	4^th
Guangzhou R&F	Dragon Stojkovic	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	5th
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Li Xiaopeng	Jinan	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium	56,808	6^th
Changchun Yatai	Chen Jingang	Changchun	Changchun City Stadium	38,500	7th
Guizhou Hengfeng	Dan Petrescu	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Stadium	51,636	8th
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Roger Schmidt	Beijing	Workers Stadium	66,161	9th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Jordi Cruyff	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic sports center	58,680	10th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Wu Jingui	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33.060	11th
Jiangsu Suning	Cosmin Olăroiu	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	61,443	12th
Tianjin Teda	Uli Stielike	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium	54,696	13th
Henan Jianye	Chang Woe-Ryong	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,860	14th
Dalian Yifang	Bernd Schuster	Dalian	Dalian Sports Center	61,000	CL1 1st
Beijing Renhe	Luis García Plaza	Beijing	Fengtai Stadium	31,043	CL1 2nd

Table of League:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification of Relegation
1	Shanghai SIPG	21	14	4	3	53	21	+32	46	Champions League group stage
2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	21	12	3	4	54	23	+31	45	Champions League group stage
3	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	22	13	6	3	54	35	+19	45	Champions League play-off round
4	Shandong Luneng Taishan	22	12	5	5	38	27	+11	41	Relegation to league one
5	Jiangsu Suning	22	9	8	5	29	21	+8	35	Relegation to league one
6	Hebei China Fortune	22	7	8	7	33	33	0	29	Relegation to league one
7	Changchun Yatai	22	8	5	9	35	36	-1	29	Relegation to league one
8	Guangzhou R&F	22	8	4	10	41	45	-4	28	Relegation to league one
9	Beijing Renhe	22	7	7	8	25	32	-7	28	Relegation to league one
10	Tianjin Quanjian	22	7	6	9	27	33	-6	27	Relegation to league one
11	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	22	7	6	9	31	40	-9	27	Relegation to league one
12	Tianjin Teda	22	7	5	10	29	35	-6	26	Relegation to league one
13	Dalian Yifang	22	7	5	10	26	41	-15	26	Relegation to league one
14	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	22	5	5	12	27	37	-10	20	Relegation to league one
15	Henan Jianye	22	5	4	13	17	36	-19	19	Relegation to league one
16	Guizhou Hengfeng	22	3	3	16	26	50	-24	12	Relegation to league one