2014 Chinese Super League

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.

Chinese Super League
Season2014
ChampionsGuangzhou Evergrande
4th title
RelegatedDalian Aerbin
Harbin Yiteng
Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande
Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou R&F
Matches played240
Goals scored659 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Elkeson
(28 goals)
Record in Chinese Football History
Biggest home winGuangzhou Evergrande 6–0 Liaoning Whowin
(31 Aug. 2014)
(6 goals)
Biggest away winLiaoning Whowin 0–4 Guangzhou Evergrande
(26 Apr. 2014)
Liaoning Whowin 1–5 Guangzhou R&F
(31 Jul. 2014)
(4 goals)
Highest scoringHarbin Yiteng 3–6 Guangzhou Evergrande
(30 Jul. 2014)
(9 goals)
Longest winning runGuangzhou Evergrande
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGuangzhou Evergrande
(9 matches)
Longest winless runHarbin Yiteng
Liaoning Whowin
(9 matches)
Longest losing runHarbin Yiteng
(8 matches)
Highest attendance52,301
Beijing Guoan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande
(26 May 2014)
Lowest attendance2,053
Liaoning Whowin 2–1 Hangzhou Greentown
(4 May 2014)
Average attendance18,986
← 2013
2015 →

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 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
Location of teams in 2014 Chinese Super League

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[1] N/A Gao Hongbo 8 November 2013[2]
Hangzhou Greentown Takeshi Okada Resigned 5 November 2013[3] N/A Yang Ji (caretaker) 8 November 2013[4]
Shanghai SIPG Gao Hongbo Expiration of contract 8 November 2013[2] N/A Xi Zhikang 4 December 2013[5]
Liaoning Whowin Ma Lin Expiration of contract 27 November 2013[6] N/A Gao Sheng 27 November 2013[6]
Shanghai Shenxin Guo Guangqi (caretaker) – 2 December 2013[7] N/A Cheng Yaodong 2 December 2013[7]
Dalian Aerbin Simo Krunić Sacked 9 December 2013[8] N/A Ma Lin 9 December 2013 [8]
Shandong Luneng Radomir Antić Sacked 21 December 2013[9] N/A Cuca 22 December 2013[10]
Tianjin Teda Alexandre Guimarães Expiration of contract 31 December 2013 N/A Arie Haan 12 January 2014[11]
Beijing Guoan Aleksandar Stanojević Sacked 10 January 2014[12] N/A Gregorio Manzano 11 February 2014[13]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Shen Xiangfu – 29 March 2014[14] 11th Sergio Batista 29 March 2014[14]
Liaoning Whowin Gao Sheng Resigned 9 April 2014[15] 10th Chen Yang 9 April 2014[15]
Changchun Yatai Svetozar Šapurić Resigned 21 April 2014[16] 15th Gao Jinggang (caretaker) 21 April 2014[16]
Guizhou Moutai Gong Lei – 23 April 2014[17] 7th Zhu Jiong 23 April 2014[17]
Changchun Yatai Gao Jinggang (caretaker) – 28 April 2014[18] 12th Dragan Okuka 28 April 2014[18]
Dalian Aerbin Ma Lin Resigned 28 May 2014[19] 13th Yasuharu Kurata 30 May 2014[20]
Henan Jianye Tang Yaodong Resigned 28 May 2014[21] 15th Jia Xiuquan 3 June 2014[22]
Harbin Yiteng Duan Xin – 19 July 2014 16th Marijo Tot 19 July 2014[23]
Shanghai Shenxin Cheng Yaodong Resigned 29 September 2014[24] 14th Guo Guangqi 29 September 2014[24]

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.[25]

  • 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 Players1
Beijing Guoan Pablo Batalla Darko Matić Dejan Damjanović Erton Fejzullahu Ha Dae-Sung Joffre Guerrón[26]
Peter Utaka
Changchun Yatai Walter Iglesias Eninho Szabolcs Huszti Fatos Bećiraj Anzur Ismailov Rafael Coelho[27]
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[28] 　
Guangzhou R&F Davi Abderrazak Hamdallah Aaron Samuel Park Jong-Woo Jang Hyun-Soo Ken Ilsø[29]
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 Ricardo Steer Choi Hyun-Yeon Noh Hyung-Goo[30]
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[31]
Artyom Filiposyan[31]
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[32]
Shanghai Shenxin Everton Johnny Jaílton Paraíba Peter Utaka Lim You-Hwan Kieza[33]
Radomir Đalović[34]
Shanghai SIPG Ransford Addo Imad Khalili Ibán Cuadrado Tobias Hysén Daniel McBreen
Tianjin Teda Andrezinho Baré Éder Lima Carmelo Valencia Mohammed Ali Khan
  • ^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 Sinobo 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[lower-alpha 1] 30 12 12 6 41 29 +12 48[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Champions League group stage
5 Shanghai East Asia 30 12 12 6 47 39 +8 48[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
11 Shanghai Shenxin 30 9 6 15 26 42 −16 33[lower-alpha 3]
12 Hangzhou Greentown 30 8 8 14 43 60 −17 32[lower-alpha 4]
13 Changchun Yatai 30 8 8 14 33 40 −7 32[lower-alpha 4]
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
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Shandong Luneng Taishan qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2014 Chinese FA Cup.
  2. Shandong 3–3 Shanghai SIPG; Shanghai SIPG 0–0 Shandong
  3. Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.
  4. Changchun 2–3 Hangzhou; Hangzhou 1–1 Changchun

Results
Home \ Away GZ SD BJ GZM DL GZF SHS SHG 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 Sinobo 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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Guangzhou Evergrande114211111111111111111111111111
Beijing Guoan321322332222222222222222222222
Guangzhou R&F585465444333433333333333333333
Shandong Luneng Taishan368654223444344455666665444444
Shanghai East Asia532133555555565544444444555555
Guizhou Moutai1153578778677788986555556666776
Tianjin TEDA513137141510101114119877677788888889867
Jiangsu Sainty111081046667866656768877777777688
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua27101113799999101112138999109910119118999
Liaoning Whowin5812151010121313101211131414141515151515151514121314121010
Shanghai Shenxin1516161415121111121514139910131313131312101212131415131111
Hangzhou Greentown54612898867881010910101011111112119101011111312
Changchun Yatai1312791113151210131515141112121211109101191011910101213
Henan Jianye16141413911141515121314151515151414141413131415151513151414
Dalian Aerbin5111181214131414111012121311111112121214141313141212141515
Harbin Yiteng131515161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
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
Wu Lei Shanghai East Asia
12
10
 Dori Harbin Yiteng
11
James Chamanga Liaoning Whowin
11

Source: sports.sohu.com

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Abderrazak Hamdallah Guangzhou R&FShanghai Shenxin3–1[35]22 March 2014
Abderrazak Hamdallah Guangzhou R&FHangzhou Greentown6–2[36]30 March 2014
Du Zhenyu Tianjin TedaHarbin Yiteng3–0[37]30 March 2014
James Chamanga Liaoning WhowinHarbin Yiteng3–0[38]5 April 2014
Vágner LoveShandong LunengBeijing Guoan3–0[39]19 April 2014
Tobias HysenShanghai East AsiaGuizhou Moutai5–2[40]11 May 2014
DoriHarbin YitengShanghai Greenland Shenhua3–3[41]17 May 2014
ElkesonGuangzhou EvergrandeHangzhou Greentown4–1[42]18 May 2014
ElkesonGuangzhou EvergrandeLiaoning Whowin6–0[43]31 August 2014
Dejan DamjanovićBeijing GuoanLiaoning Whowin3–1[44]28 September 2014
AndrezinhoTianjin TedaShanghai Greenland Shenhua5–2[45]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 Sinobo 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

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