2015 Chinese Super League

The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2015中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛)[1] was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[2] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league.

Chinese Super League
Season2015
ChampionsGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
5th title
RelegatedShanghai Shenxin
Guizhou Moutai
AFC Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Shanghai SIPG
Shandong Luneng Taishan
Matches played240
Goals scored672 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Aloísio (22 goals)
Biggest home winGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao 7–0 Chongqing Lifan
(Jul. 5th, 2015)
(7 goals)
Biggest away winShanghai Shenxin 0–4 Beijing Guoan
(Sept. 27th, 2015)
(4 goals)
Highest scoringShanghai Greenland Shenhua 6–2 Shanghai Shenxin
(Mar. 8th, 2015)
(8 goals) Shanghai SIPG 5–3 Changchun Yatai
(Jun. 19th, 2015)
(8 goals)
Longest winning runShanghai SIPG
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(26 matches)
Longest winless runTianjin Teda
(13 matches)
Longest losing runShanghai Shenxin
(6 matches)
Highest attendance53,526
Beijing Guoan 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
(Oct 31st, 2015)
Lowest attendance4,807
Guangzhou R&F 0–0 Liaoning Hongyun
(May 1st, 2015)
Average attendance22,193 (31 October)
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2016 →

Team changes

Teams promoted from 2014 China League One

Teams relegated to 2015 China League One

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Club Team name Head Coach Captain City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. TH Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Luiz Felipe Scolari Zheng Zhi Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st
Beijing Guoan F.C. Beijing Guoan Gregorio Manzano Xu Yunlong Beijing Workers Stadium 66,161 2nd
Guangzhou R&F F.C. Guangzhou R&F Dragan Stojković Zhang Yaokun Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 3rd
Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. Shandong Luneng Taishan Cuca Wang Dalei Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium 56,808 4th
Shanghai SIPG F.C. Shanghai SIPG Sven-Göran Eriksson Sun Xiang Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 5th
Guizhou Renhe F.C. Guizhou Moutai Gong Lei Zhang Lie Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 6th
Tianjin Teda F.C. Tianjin Teda Quanjian Arie Haan Zhou Haibin Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium 54,696 7th
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Dan Petrescu Lu Bofei Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 8th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Francis Gillot Moreno Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 9th
Liaoning F.C. Liaoning Panjin Whowin Ma Lin Zhao Junzhe Panjin Panjin Stadium 35,600 10th
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. Shanghai Shenxin Liu Junwei Yu Tao Shanghai Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium 16,000 11th
Hangzhou Greentown F.C. Hangzhou Greentown Yang Ji Wang Lin Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 12th
Changchun Yatai F.C. Changchun Yatai Marijo Tot Yan Feng Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 13th
Henan Jianye F.C. Henan Jianye Jia Xiuquan Ivo Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 14th
Chongqing Lifan F.C. P Chongqing Lifan Wang Baoshan Wang Dong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 CL1, 1st
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. P Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Yasen Petrov Li Chao Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 CL1, 2nd
Location of teams in 2015 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Marcello Lippi 2 November 2014[6] Fabio Cannavaro 5 November 2014
Guangzhou R&F Sven-Göran Eriksson 10 November 2014[7] Cosmin Contra 18 December 2014[8]
Changchun Yatai Dragan Okuka 12 November 2014[9] Gao Jinggang 19 December 2014[10]
Shanghai SIPG Xi Zhikang 18 November 2014 Sven-Göran Eriksson 18 November 2014[11]
Hangzhou Greentown Yang Ji 2 December 2014 Philippe Troussier 2 December 2014[12]
Shanghai Shenhua Sergio Batista 4 December 2014[13] Francis Gillot 4 December 2014[14]
Shanghai Shenxin Guo Guangqi 13 April 2015[15] Liu Junwei 13 April 2015[15]
Guizhou Renhe Zhu Jiong 28 April 2015[16] Li Chunman (caretaker) 28 April 2015[16]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Fabio Cannavaro 4 June 2015[17] Luiz Felipe Scolari 4 June 2015[18]
Changchun Yatai Gao Jinggang 12 June 2015[19] Marijo Tot 12 June 2015[19]
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Gao Hongbo 29 June 2015[20] Arie Schans (caretaker) 29 June 2015[21]
Hangzhou Greentown Philippe Troussier 1 July 2015[22] Yang Ji 1 July 2015[22]
Guizhou Renhe Li Chunman (caretaker) 8 July 2015 Gong Lei 8 July 2015[23]
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Arie Schans (caretaker) 9 July 2015[20] Dan Petrescu 9 July 2015[24]
Guangzhou R&F Cosmin Contra 22 July 2015[25] Li Bing (caretaker) 22 July 2015[25]
Liaoning Hongyun Chen Yang 2 August 2015[26] Ma Lin 2 August 2015[26]
Guangzhou R&F Li Bing (caretaker) 24 August 2015[27] Dragan Stojković 24 August 2015[27]

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. However, those players will be treated as foreign Asia players if they participate in any AFC competitions.[28]

  • 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 Kléber Darko Matić Dejan Damjanović Ha Dae-Sung Erton Fejzullahu
Changchun Yatai Marcelo Moreno Ákos Elek Szabolcs Huszti Moussa Maâzou Anzur Ismailov
Chongqing Lifan Emanuel Gigliotti Fernandinho Jael Ferreira Issam El Adoua Adrian Leijer Guto
Jajá
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Elkeson Ricardo Goulart Paulinho Robinho Kim Young-Gwon Alan Carvalho
Renê Júnior
Guangzhou R&F Renatinho Jeremy Bokila Aaron Samuel Míchel Herrero Jang Hyun-Soo Abderrazak Hamdallah
Park Jong-Woo
Guizhou Renhe Zvjezdan Misimović Sejad Salihović Hyuri Ricardo Santos Park Ju-Sung Krzysztof Mączyński
Magnus Eriksson
Hangzhou Greentown Anselmo Ramon Davy Claude Angan Miloš Bosančić Matthew Spiranovic Roda Antar Bassem Boulaabi
Imed Louati
Henan Jianye Ivo Eddi Gomes Javier Patiño Mateusz Zachara Jung In-Whan
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Sammir Viðar Kjartansson Sölvi Ottesen Marius Constantin Sergio Escudero Eleílson
Liaoning Hongyun Paulo Henrique Franck Boli Derick Ogbu Eric Bicfalvi Kim Yoo-Jin Josh Mitchell
James Chamanga
Shandong Luneng Taishan Walter Montillo Aloísio Diego Tardelli Junior Urso Jucilei 2
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Giovanni Moreno Avraam Papadopoulos 3 Mohamed Sissoko Demba Ba Tim Cahill Paulo Henrique
Stoppila Sunzu
Shanghai Shenxin Everton Johnny Michael Barrantes Daniel Chima Zé Eduardo
Lim You-Hwan
Shanghai SIPG Darío Conca Davi Asamoah Gyan Tobias Hysén Kim Ju-Young Jean Evrard Kouassi
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Eiður Guðjohnsen Rúben Micael Mario Rondón Jacob Mulenga Cho Yong-Hyung Rodrigo Defendi
Georgi Iliev
Tianjin Teda Hernán Barcos Lucas Fonseca Wágner Cristian Tănase Morteza Pouraliganji Andrezinho
Wilmar Jordán
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.
  • ^2 Jucilei owns Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
  • ^3 Avraam Papadopoulos owns Australian citizenship and could play as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)[28]

Club Player 1
Changchun Yatai Ko Yu-ting
Guizhou Renhe Xavier Chen
Hangzhou Greentown Chen Po-liang
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Bai He

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C) 30 19 10 1 71 28 +43 67 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Shanghai SIPG 30 19 8 3 63 35 +28 65 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
3 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 18 5 7 66 41 +25 59 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2
4 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 30 16 8 6 46 26 +20 56
5 Henan Jianye 30 12 10 8 35 30 +5 46
6 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 30 12 6 12 42 44 −2 42
7 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 30 8 15 7 34 31 +3 39
8 Chongqing Lifan 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35[lower-alpha 1]
9 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty[lower-alpha 2] 30 9 8 13 39 48 −9 35[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Champions League group stage
10 Changchun Yatai 30 8 11 11 39 47 −8 35[lower-alpha 1]
11 Hangzhou Greentown 30 8 9 13 27 35 −8 33
12 Liaoning Whowin 30 7 10 13 30 46 −16 31[lower-alpha 3]
13 Tianjin TEDA 30 7 10 13 39 46 −7 31[lower-alpha 3]
14 Guangzhou R&F 30 8 7 15 35 41 −6 31[lower-alpha 3]
15 Guizhou Moutai (R) 30 7 8 15 39 52 −13 29 Relegation to League One
16 Shanghai Shenxin (R) 30 4 5 21 30 70 −40 17
Source: sports.sina.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5)goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Chongqing 6 pts, Jiangsu 5 pts, Changchun 5 pts; Head-to-head results between Jiangsu and Changchun — Jiangsu: 2 pts, 0 goal difference and 2 away goals, Changchun: 2 pts 0 goal difference and 1 away goal.
  2. Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty qualified for the 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage as winners of the 2015 Chinese FA Cup.
  3. Head-to-head points: Liaoning Whowin 8 pts, Tianjin TEDA 4 pts, Guangzhou R&F 4 pts; Head-to-head results between Tianjin and Guangzhou R&F — Tianjin: 3 pts, +1 goal difference, Guangzhou R&F: 3 pts −1 goal difference.

Results
Home \ Away GZE SD BJ GZM SJZ GZF SHS SGS SSI LN TJ HZ JSS CC HN CQ
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 7–0
Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–2 3–0 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Guizhou Moutai 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0
Guangzhou R&F 1–2 2–4 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
Shanghai Shenxin 2–4 1–2 0–4 2–5 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–1
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 6–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2
Shanghai SIPG 0–3 3–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–3 3–0 2–1
Liaoning Whowin 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1
Tianjin TEDA 0–2 1–3 4–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–3
Hangzhou Greentown 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Changchun Yatai 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
Henan Jianye 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–3
Chongqing Lifan 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2015. 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 Evergrande Taobao544732222232211333322122111111
Shanghai SIPG532221111124443222111211222222
Shandong Luneng Taishan466358564411134444433333334433
Beijing Sinobo Guoan223113633343322111244444443344
Henan Jianye3776747891011121055555568787655555
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua111446377799119111177655666567776
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright91212141213101110878888888776555776667
Chongqing Lifan15151515151514141413131414129101313101010101191010108108
Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty9710997856665676666887878889989
Changchun Yatai1413131213111212131414119137999999991099810910
Hangzhou Greentown91011101012131311121213131113141111131213111211111112111311
Liaoning Whowin844581099891010121414131414141415151314121213121112
Tianjin TEDA1311141311911101211865610121212121314141415151314141413
Guangzhou R&F5988654455577101271010111111121512131411131214
Guizhou Moutai12149111414151515151515151515151515151512131013141515151515
Shanghai Shenxin161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
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
 Aloísio Shandong Luneng Taishan
22
2
 Ricardo Goulart Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
19
3
 Dejan Damjanović Beijing Guoan
16
4
 Hernán Barcos Tianjin Teda
15
Emanuel Gigliotti Chongqing Lifan
6
 Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG
14
7
 Gao Lin Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
13
Jacob Mulenga Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
9
 Tobias Hysén Shanghai SIPG
12
Anselmo Ramon Hangzhou Greentown

Last updated: 31 October 2015
Source: csl.sina.com.cn

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Paulo HenriqueShanghai Greenland ShenhuaShanghai Shenxin6–2[29]8 March 2015
Ricardo GoulartGuangzhou Evergrande TaobaoShanghai Shenxin6–1[30]10 May 2015
Dejan DamjanovićBeijing GuoanChangchun Yatai3–1[31]16 September 2015
Demba BaShanghai Greenland ShenhuaJiangsu Guoxin-Sainty3–1[32]31 October 2015

League attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 688,339 51,025 38,154 45,889 +8.9%†
2 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 614,952 53,526 33,636 40,997 +4.1%†
3 Chongqing Lifan 563,918 48,530 28,660 37,595 +183.7%†

†

4 Jiangsu Sainty 402,867 49,748 11,540 26,858 +10.3%†
5 Shanghai SIPG 395,721 46,977 18,008 26,381 +111.7%†
6 Shijiazhuang Yongchang 376,053 27,113 20,911 25,070 +109.8%†

†

7 Shandong Luneng Taishan 338,385 41,155 10,156 22,559 −5.7%†
8 Henan Jianye 303,099 21,677 17,715 20,207 +9.9%†
9 Tianjin TEDA 294,908 41,899 8,226 19,661 +14.4%†
10 Shanghai Shenhua 292,597 25,751 12,353 19,506 +26.5%†
11 Guizhou Moutai 227,078 25,381 7,283 15,139 +22.8%†
12 Changchun Yatai 222,818 28,615 9,621 14,855 +15.3%†
13 Liaoning Whowin 191,827 21,037 5,827 12,788 +0.1%†
14 Hangzhou Greentown 188,487 26,681 8,579 12,566 −8.7%†
15 Guangzhou R&F 119,839 13,685 4,807 7,989 −30.5%†
16 Shanghai Shenxin 105,416 11,183 5,587 7,028 −30.5%†
League total 5,326,304 53,526 4,807 22,193 +16.9%†

Updated to games played on October 31, 2015
Source: CSL official data (in Chinese)
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CL1.

Awards

The awards of 2015 Chinese Super League were announced on 10 November 2015.[33]

  • Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Aloísio (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
  • 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: Vacant
  • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai
  • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hangzhou Greentown, Chongqing Lifan
  • Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):

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