2014 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season	2014
Champions	Guangzhou Evergrande; 4th title
Relegated	Dalian Aerbin; Harbin Yiteng
Champions League	Guangzhou Evergrande; Beijing Guoan; Guangzhou R&F
Matches played	240
Goals scored	659 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Elkeson; (28 goals); Record in Chinese Football History
Biggest home win	Guangzhou Evergrande 6–0 Liaoning Whowin; (31 Aug. 2014); (6 goals)
Biggest away win	Liaoning Whowin 0–4 Guangzhou Evergrande; (26 Apr. 2014); Liaoning Whowin 1–5 Guangzhou R&F; (31 Jul. 2014); (4 goals)
Highest scoring	Harbin Yiteng 3–6 Guangzhou Evergrande; (30 Jul. 2014); (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Guangzhou Evergrande; (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Guangzhou Evergrande; (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Harbin Yiteng; Liaoning Whowin; (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Harbin Yiteng; (8 matches)
Highest attendance	52,301; Beijing Guoan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande; (26 May 2014)
Lowest attendance	2,053; Liaoning Whowin 2–1 Hangzhou Greentown; (4 May 2014)
Average attendance	18,986
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The 2014 Chinese Super League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 21st season of a professional Association football league and the 53rd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their fourth consecutive title of the league.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013 China League One

Teams relegated to 2014 China League One

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Guangzhou Evergrande ^TH	Marcello Lippi	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	58,500	1st
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Cuca	Jinan	Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium	56,808	2nd
Beijing Guoan	Gregorio Manzano	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	66,161	3rd
Guizhou Renhe Moutai	Zhu Jiong	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	51,636	4th
Dalian Aerbin	Yasuharu Kurata	Dalian	Dalian Sports Center	61,000	5th
Guangzhou R&F	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	6th
Shanghai Shenxin	Guo Guangqi	Shanghai	Jinshan Football Stadium	30,000	7th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Sergio Batista	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33,060	8th
Shanghai SIPG	Xi Zhikang	Shanghai	Shanghai Stadium	56,842	9th
Liaoning Whowin	Chen Yang	Shenyang (playing in Panjin)	Panjin Stadium	35,600	10th
Tianjin Teda	Arie Haan	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium	54,696	11th
Hangzhou Greentown	Yang Ji (caretaker)	Hangzhou	Yellow Dragon Sports Center	52,672	12th
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	Gao Hongbo	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	61,443	13th
Changchun Yatai	Dragan Okuka	Changchun	Development Area Stadium	25,000	14th
Henan Jianye ^P	Jia Xiuquan	Zhengzhou	Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium	29,860	CL1, 1st
Harbin Yiteng ^P	Marijo Tot	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	CL1, 2nd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Jiangsu Sainty	Dragan Okuka	Expiration of contract	5 November 2013	N/A	Gao Hongbo	8 November 2013
Hangzhou Greentown	Takeshi Okada	Resigned	5 November 2013	N/A	Yang Ji (caretaker)	8 November 2013
Shanghai SIPG	Gao Hongbo	Expiration of contract	8 November 2013	N/A	Xi Zhikang	4 December 2013
Liaoning Whowin	Ma Lin	Expiration of contract	27 November 2013	N/A	Gao Sheng	27 November 2013
Shanghai Shenxin	Guo Guangqi (caretaker)	–	2 December 2013	N/A	Cheng Yaodong	2 December 2013
Dalian Aerbin	Simo Krunić	Sacked	9 December 2013	N/A	Ma Lin	9 December 2013
Shandong Luneng	Radomir Antić	Sacked	21 December 2013	N/A	Cuca	22 December 2013
Tianjin Teda	Alexandre Guimarães	Expiration of contract	31 December 2013	N/A	Arie Haan	12 January 2014
Beijing Guoan	Aleksandar Stanojević	Sacked	10 January 2014	N/A	Gregorio Manzano	11 February 2014
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Shen Xiangfu	–	29 March 2014	11th	Sergio Batista	29 March 2014
Liaoning Whowin	Gao Sheng	Resigned	9 April 2014	10th	Chen Yang	9 April 2014
Changchun Yatai	Svetozar Šapurić	Resigned	21 April 2014	15th	Gao Jinggang (caretaker)	21 April 2014
Guizhou Moutai	Gong Lei	–	23 April 2014	7th	Zhu Jiong	23 April 2014
Changchun Yatai	Gao Jinggang (caretaker)	–	28 April 2014	12th	Dragan Okuka	28 April 2014
Dalian Aerbin	Ma Lin	Resigned	28 May 2014	13th	Yasuharu Kurata	30 May 2014
Henan Jianye	Tang Yaodong	Resigned	28 May 2014	15th	Jia Xiuquan	3 June 2014
Harbin Yiteng	Duan Xin	–	19 July 2014	16th	Marijo Tot	19 July 2014
Shanghai Shenxin	Cheng Yaodong	Resigned	29 September 2014	14th	Guo Guangqi	29 September 2014

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	AFC player	Former players
Beijing Guoan	Pablo Batalla	Darko Matić	Dejan Damjanović	Erton Fejzullahu	Ha Dae-sung	Joffre Guerrón Peter Utaka
Changchun Yatai	Matías Iglesias	Eninho	Szabolcs Huszti	Fatos Bećiraj	Anzur Ismailov	Rafael Coelho
Dalian Aerbin	Esteban Solari	Bruno Meneghel	Niklas Backman			Leon Benko Nashat Akram
Guangzhou Evergrande	Elkeson	Renê Júnior	Alessandro Diamanti	Alberto Gilardino	Kim Young-gwon	Muriqui
Guangzhou R&F	Davi	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Aaron Samuel Olanare	Park Jong-woo	Jang Hyun-soo	Ken Ilsø
Guizhou Renhe	Zvjezdan Misimović	Hyuri	Mike Hanke	Krzysztof Maczynski	Jonas Salley	Zlatan Muslimović
Hangzhou Greentown	Gilberto Macena	Anselmo Ramon	Davy Claude Angan	Luka Žinko	Son Dae-ho
Harbin Yiteng	Adam Hughes	Dori	Rodrigo Paulista	Ricardo Steer	Choi Hyun-yeon	Noh Hyung-goo
Henan Jianye	Nando Rafael	Rafael Marques	Ryan Johnson	Gibril Sankoh	Lee Ji-nam
Jiangsu Sainty	Eleílson	Elias	Edison Toloza	Roda Antar	Yoon Sin-young	Dejan Damjanović
Liaoning Whowin	Kevin Oris	Derick Ogbu	Aleksandar Jevtić	James Chamanga	Josh Mitchell	Billy Celeski Artyom Filiposyan
Shandong Luneng	Walter Montillo	Aloísio	Vágner Love	Junior Urso	Ryan McGowan
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Lucas Viatri	Paulo André	Paulo Henrique	Giovanni Moreno	Cho Byung-kuk	Luis Carlos Ruiz Firas Al-Khatib
Shanghai Shenxin	Everton	Johnny	Jaílton Paraíba	Peter Utaka	Lim You-hwan	Kieza Radomir Đalović
Shanghai SIPG	Ransford Addo	Ibán Cuadrado	Tobias Hysén	Imad Khalili	Daniel McBreen
Tianjin Teda	Andrezinho	Baré	Éder Lima	Carmelo Valencia	Mak Lind

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)

Club	Player 1	Player 2
Guizhou Renhe	Xavier Chen
Harbin Yiteng	Wisdom Fofo Agbo
Shanghai Shenhua	Chen Po-liang	Brian Fok

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C)	30	22	4	4	76	28	+48	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Beijing Guoan	30	21	4	5	50	25	+25	67	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
3	Guangzhou R&F	30	17	6	7	67	39	+28	57	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2
4	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	12	12	6	41	29	+12	48	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	Shanghai East Asia	30	12	12	6	47	39	+8	48
6	Guizhou Moutai	30	11	8	11	33	35	−2	41
7	Tianjin TEDA	30	10	9	11	41	44	−3	39
8	Jiangsu Sainty	30	9	10	11	37	45	−8	37
9	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	30	8	11	11	33	45	−12	35
10	Liaoning Whowin	30	8	9	13	33	48	−15	33
11	Shanghai Shenxin	30	9	6	15	26	42	−16	33
12	Hangzhou Greentown	30	8	8	14	43	60	−17	32
13	Changchun Yatai	30	8	8	14	33	40	−7	32
14	Henan Jianye	30	6	12	12	32	39	−7	30
15	Dalian Aerbin (R)	30	6	11	13	32	45	−13	29	Relegation to League One
16	Harbin Yiteng (R)	30	5	6	19	35	56	−21	21	Relegation to League One

Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th reserve league points; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Shandong Luneng Taishan qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.
Shandong 3–3 Shanghai SIPG; Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Shandong
Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.
Changchun 2–3 Hangzhou; Hangzhou 1–1 Changchun

Results

Home \ Away	GZ	SD	BJ	GZM	DL	GZF	SHS	SGS	SHE	LN	TJ	HZ	JS	CC	HN	HEB
Guangzhou Evergrande		0–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	6–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	4–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–2	3–3	4–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
Beijing Guoan	1–1	0–3		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
Guizhou Moutai	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2
Dalian Aerbin	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1
Guangzhou R&F	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–0		0–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	6–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	5–1
Shanghai Shenxin	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3		0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–2	2–5	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1
Shanghai East Asia	0–3	0–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–1		3–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Liaoning Whowin	0–4	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–5	3–0	1–1	1–1		0–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–0
Tianjin TEDA	2–5	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–2		1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0
Hangzhou Greentown	1–4	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–4	2–0		3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Jiangsu Sainty	0–2	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2		0–2	3–4	2–1
Changchun Yatai	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1		0–0	0–2
Henan Jianye	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Harbin Yiteng	3–6	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 Nov. 2014. Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	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
Team ╲ Round
Guangzhou Evergrande	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Beijing Guoan	3	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Guangzhou R&F	5	8	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	6	8	6	5	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Shanghai East Asia	5	3	2	1	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Guizhou Moutai	11	5	3	5	7	8	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Tianjin TEDA	5	13	13	7	14	15	10	10	11	14	11	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	7
Jiangsu Sainty	11	10	8	10	4	6	6	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2	7	10	11	13	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	9	11	8	9	9	9
Liaoning Whowin	5	8	12	15	10	10	12	13	13	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	13	14	12	10	10
Shanghai Shenxin	15	16	16	14	15	12	11	11	12	15	14	13	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	12	13	14	15	13	11	11
Hangzhou Greentown	5	4	6	12	8	9	8	8	6	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	9	10	10	11	11	13	12
Changchun Yatai	13	12	7	9	11	13	15	12	10	13	15	15	14	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	9	10	11	9	10	10	12	13
Henan Jianye	16	14	14	13	9	11	14	15	15	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	13	15	14	14
Dalian Aerbin	5	11	11	8	12	14	13	14	14	11	10	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	14	15	15
Harbin Yiteng	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League Play-off round
	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2
	Relegation to League One

Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande	28
2	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Guangzhou R&F	22
3	Tobias Hysen	Shanghai East Asia	19
4	Anselmo Ramon	Hangzhou Greentown	16
5	Dejan Damjanović	Jiangsu Sainty/Beijing Guoan	15
6	Davi	Guangzhou R&F	14
7	Vágner Love	Shandong Luneng	13
8	Bruno Meneghel	Dalian Aerbin	12
8	Wu Lei	Shanghai East Asia	12
10	Dori	Harbin Yiteng	11
10	James Chamanga	Liaoning Whowin	11

Source: sports.sohu.com

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Guangzhou R&F	Shanghai Shenxin	3–1	22 March 2014
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Guangzhou R&F	Hangzhou Greentown	6–2	30 March 2014
Du Zhenyu	Tianjin Teda	Harbin Yiteng	3–0	30 March 2014
James Chamanga	Liaoning Whowin	Harbin Yiteng	3–0	5 April 2014
Vágner Love	Shandong Luneng	Beijing Guoan	3–0	19 April 2014
Tobias Hysen	Shanghai East Asia	Guizhou Moutai	5–2	11 May 2014
Dori	Harbin Yiteng	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	3–3	17 May 2014
Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande	Hangzhou Greentown	4–1	18 May 2014
Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande	Liaoning Whowin	6–0	31 August 2014
Dejan Damjanović	Beijing Guoan	Liaoning Whowin	3–1	28 September 2014
Andrezinho	Tianjin Teda	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	5–2	26 October 2014

League attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	632,314	48,765	36,351	42,154	+4.3%^†
2	Beijing Guoan	590,922	52,301	32,012	39,395	+0.3%^†
3	Harbin Yiteng	391,897	40,678	18,317	26,126	+299.5%^† ^†
4	Jiangsu Sainty	365,229	52,117	10,079	24,349	−15.5%^†
5	Shandong Luneng Taishan	358,968	42,936	16,763	23,931	−13.6%^†
6	Henan Jianye	275,854	21,528	13,526	18,390	−3.6%^† ^†
7	Tianjin TEDA	257,852	49,986	9,036	17,190	+3.7%^†
8	Shanghai Greenland Shrnhua	231,262	24,856	10,753	15,417	+21.0%^†
9	Hangzhou Greentown	206,492	30,756	3,482	13,766	−2.8%^†
10	Changchun Yatai	193,293	26,187	7,526	12,886	−0.7%^†
11	Liaoning Whowin	191,718	33,785	2,053	12,781	−38.7%^†
12	Shanghai East Asia	186,894	23,286	9,635	12,460	+22.6%^†
13	Guizhou Moutai	184,906	25,491	5,611	12,327	−42.2%^†
14	Guangzhou R&F	172,309	18,873	6,435	11,487	+10.6%^†
15	Dalian Aerbin	164,890	22,118	6,222	10,993	+4.3%^†
16	Shanghai Shenxin	151,720	15,669	5,812	10,115	+18.2%^†
	League total	4,556,520	52,301	2,053	18,986	+2.2%^†

Updated to games played on 2 Nov. 2014
Source: CSL official data (in Chinese)
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CL1.

Awards

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Liu Binbin (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Gregorio Manzano (Beijing Guoan)
Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai
Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Henan Jianye, Hangzhou Greentown
Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
- GK Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
- DF Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
- MF Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan), Giovanni Moreno (Shanghai Shenhua), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande), Davi (Guangzhou R&F)
- FW Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)

[table_note_SD0.41355001480018-35] Shandong Luneng Taishan qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.

[table_hth_SD0.41355001480018-36] Shandong 3–3 Shanghai SIPG; Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Shandong

[table_hth_SHS0.41355001480018-37] Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.

[table_hth_HZ0.41355001480018-38] Changchun 2–3 Hangzhou; Hangzhou 1–1 Changchun