2015_Chinese_Super_League

2015 Chinese Super League

2015 Chinese Super League

Football league season


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. [citation needed] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[2] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league.

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Team changes

Teams promoted from 2014 China League One

Teams relegated to 2015 China League One

Chongqing Lifan return to the division after a 4-year absence; Shijiazhuang Ever Bright compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Dalian Aerbin were relegated after three years in the Chinese top-flight, while Harbin Yiteng were relegated to China League One after spending a season in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

[citation needed]

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Managerial changes

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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.
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  • ^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]

League table

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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) Champions; (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

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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

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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

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

Hat-tricks

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League attendance

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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: Brazil Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Brazil Aloísio (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
  • Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: China Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
  • Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: China Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Vacant
  • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: China Tan Hai
  • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hangzhou Greentown, Chongqing Lifan
  • Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):

References

  1. "Dan Petrescu: Ex-Chelsea player quits Targu Mures after one game". BBC Sport Football. BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. (in Chinese)

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