2021 Chinese Super League

The 2021 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2021 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2021中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 18th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. Jiangsu are the defending champions.[1] The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance.[2][3]

Chinese Super League
Season2021
Dates3 April - 5 December 2021
← 2020
2022 →

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2020 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2021 China League One

Name changes

Ahead of the 2021 season, the Chinese Football Association ordered all clubs to eliminate any corporate references in their names.[4]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations
Team Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2020 season
Jiangsu Cosmin Olăroiu Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre 61,443 1st
Guangzhou Fabio Cannavaro Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 54,856 2nd
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Slaven Bilić Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 3rd
Shanghai Port Ivan Leko Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium 37,000 4th
Shandong Taishan Hao Wei Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 5th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Chang Woe-ryong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 6th
Shanghai Shenhua Choi Kang-hee Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 7th
Hebei China Fortune Xie Feng Langfang Langfang Stadium 30,040 8th
Luoyang Longmen Javier Pereira Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 9th
Tianjin Tigers Wang Baoshan Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center 54,696 10th
Guangzhou City Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 11th
Dalian Pro Dalian Dalian Sports Center Stadium 60,832 12th
Shenzhen Jordi Cruyff Shenzhen Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 60,334 13th
Qingdao Wu Jingui Qingdao Conson Stadium 45,000 14th
Wuhan Zall Li Xiaopeng Wuhan Dongxihu Sports Centre 30,000 15th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Changchun Yatai P Chen Yang Changchun Changchun City Stadium 38,500 CL1, 1st

Clubs Locations
Location of teams in 2021 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Guangzhou City Giovanni van Bronckhorst Mutual consent 3 December 2020[14] Pre-season
Wuhan Zall Pang Li (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 27 December 2020 Li Xiaopeng 27 December 2020[15]
Shanghai Port Vítor Pereira Mutual consent 31 December 2020[16] Ivan Leko 1 January 2021[17]
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Bruno Génésio Mutual consent 6 January 2021[18] Slaven Bilić 6 January 2021[19]
Dalian Pro Rafael Benítez Mutual consent 23 January 2021[20]

Neutral Grounds for 2021 Chinese Super League

Guangzhou stadia

Suzhou stadia

Foreign players
  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Naturalized Players Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1		 Reserves players Former players
Beijing Guoan Fernando Renato Augusto Cédric Bakambu Jonathan Viera Kim Min-jae
→ Nico Yennaris
→ John Hou Sæter
Changchun Yatai Erik Serginho Lucas Souza Richairo Zivkovic Aaron Samuel Chen Po-liang
Chongqing Lifan Marcelo Cirino Fernandinho Alan Kardec Marcinho Adrian Mierzejewski
Dalian Pro Jailson Emmanuel Boateng Marcus Danielson Sam Larsson Salomón Rondón Marek Hamsik
Guangzhou Paulinho Talisca → Alan Carvalho
→ Aloísio
→ Elkeson
→ Fernando Henrique
→ Ricardo Goulart
→ Tyias Browning
Guangzhou City Mousa Dembélé Tan Chun Lok
Hebei China Fortune Samir Memišević Marcão Paulinho Buya Turay
Jiangsu Miranda Ivan Santini Mubarak Wakaso Éder
Luoyang Longmen Toni Šunjić Henrique Dourado Ivo Fernando Karanga Christian Bassogog Tim Chow
Qingdao Dejan Radonjić Romain Alessandrini Fredrik Ulvestad Jagoš Vuković Denis Popović
Shandong Taishan Marouane Fellaini Moisés Róger Guedes Tamás Kádár Son Jun-ho
Shanghai Port Aaron Mooy Marko Arnautović Ricardo Lopes Oscar Ante Majstorović
Shanghai Shenhua Giovanni Moreno Miller Bolaños Kim Shin-wook Obafemi Martins → Alexander N'Doumbou
Shenzhen John Mary Harold Preciado Morteza Pouraliganji Ole Selnæs Juan Fernando Quintero Dai Wai Tsun
Tianjin Tigers Sandro Lima Francisco Soares Frank Acheampong Odil Ahmedov
Wuhan Zall Léo Baptistão Rafael Silva Jean Evrard Kouassi Daniel Carriço
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Changchun Yatai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Dalian Pro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guangzhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Guangzhou City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hebei China Fortune 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jiangsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Luoyang Longmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Qingdao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Shandong Taishan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Shanghai Port 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Shanghai Shenhua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Shenzhen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tianjin Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Promotion/Relegation Play-off
16 Wuhan Zall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.

Results
Home \ Away BJS CC CQ DLP GZ GZC HBC JS LYL QD SD SHP SHS SZ TJT WH
Beijing Sinobo Guoan —
Changchun Yatai —
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan —
Dalian Pro —
Guangzhou —
Guangzhou City —
Hebei China Fortune —
Jiangsu —
Luoyang Longmen —
Qingdao —
Shandong Taishan —
Shanghai Port —
Shanghai Shenhua —
Shenzhen —
Tianjin Tigers —
Wuhan Zall —
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
Qualification for Promotion/Relegation Play-off
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: CSL

Results by match played
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: CSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
4th CL1 agg. 15th CSL 1st leg 2nd leg
3rd CL1 agg. 16th CSL 1st leg 2nd leg

First leg
4th place team of 2021 China League Onev15th place team of 2021 Chinese Super League
3rd place team of 2021 China League Onev16th place team of 2021 Chinese Super League

Second leg
15th place team of 2021 Chinese Super Leaguev4th place team of 2021 China League One
16th place team of 2021 Chinese Super Leaguev3rd place team of 2021 China League One

Goalscorers

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