2011 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season2011
ChampionsGuangzhou Evergrande (1st title)
Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande
Beijing Guoan
Liaoning Whowin (withdrew)
Tianjin Teda (via FA Cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored564 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Muriqui (16 goals)
Biggest home winLiaoning 6–1 Shenzhen (18 Jun)
Guangzhou 5–0 Nanchang (14 Jul)
Biggest away winChengdu 0–4 Liaoning (11 Jun)
Highest scoringLiaoning 6–1 Shenzhen (18 Jun)
Nanchang 2–5 Shandong (24 Sep)
Jiangsu 5–2 Guangzhou (22 Oct)
Longest winning run7 games
Guangzhou Evergrande
Longest unbeaten run23 games
Guangzhou Evergrande (16W 7D)
Longest losing run5 games
Shenzhen Ruby, Shanghai Shenhua
Highest attendance53,375
Beijing vs Guangzhou
Lowest attendance2,011
Qingdao vs Changchun
Average attendance17,651
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2012 →

The 2011 Chinese Super League was the eighth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the eighteenth season of a professional association football league and the 50th top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. clinched their first ever Chinese Super League title on September 28, 2011.

Promotion and relegation

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Teams promoted from 2010 China League One

Teams relegated to 2011 China League One

Clubs

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Stadia and Locations

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Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2010 season
Beijing Guoan Portugal Jaime Pacheco Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 5th
Changchun Yatai China Shen Xiangfu Changchun, Jilin Development Area Stadium 25,000 9th
Chengdu Blades P Australia Lawrie McKinna Chengdu, Sichuan Chengdu Sports Centre 39,225 CL1, 2nd
Dalian Shide Portugal Nelo Vingada Dalian, Liaoning Jinzhou Stadium 30,775 6th
Guangzhou Evergrande P South Korea Lee Jang-soo Guangzhou, Guangdong Tianhe Stadium 60,161 CL1, 1st
Hangzhou Greentown China Wu Jingui Hangzhou, Zhejiang Meihu Sports Centre (Round 1 to 14)
Jiaxing Stadium (Round 17 to 30) 		35,260
35,000 		4th
Henan Jianye Netherlands Jo Bonfrère Zhengzhou, Henan Hanghai Stadium 28,000 8th
Jiangsu Sainty Serbia Dragan Okuka Nanjing, Jiangsu Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 11th
Liaoning Whowin China Ma Lin Shenyang, Liaoning Tiexi New District Sports Center 30,000 7th
Nanchang Hengyuan China Zhu Jiong Nanchang, Jiangxi Nanchang Bayi Stadium 26,000 13th
Qingdao Jonoon South Korea Chang Woe-ryong Qingdao, Shandong Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 14th
Shaanxi Renhe China Gao Hongbo Xi'an, Shaanxi Shaanxi Province Stadium 47,565 10th
Shandong Luneng Taishan TH Portugal Manuel Barbosa Jinan, Shandong Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 1st
Shanghai Shenhua Croatia Dražen Besek Shanghai Hongkou Stadium 33,060 3rd
Shenzhen France Philippe Troussier Shenzhen, Guangdong Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 12th
Tianjin TEDA Netherlands Arie Haan Tianjin TEDA Football Stadium
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (Round 24, 26 & 28) 		36,390
60,000 		2nd
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Location of teams in 2011 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Henan Jianye China Tang Yaodong Sacked 11 November 2010[1] N/A South Korea Kim Hak-beom 27 November 2010[2]
Jiangsu Sainty China Pei Encai Sacked 30 November 2010[3] N/A Slovakia Ján Kocian 8 December 2010[4]
Shanghai Shenhua Croatia Miroslav Blažević End of contract 11 December 2010[5] N/A China Xi Zhikang 12 December 2010[6]
Beijing Guoan China Wei Kexing Sacked 21 December 2010 N/A Portugal Jaime Pacheco 4 January 2011[7]
Qingdao Jonoon China Guo Kanfeng Sacked 29 December 2010[8] N/A South Korea Chang Woe-ryong 16 January 2011[9]
Shenzhen Cyprus Siniša Gogić End of contract 31 December 2010 N/A France Philippe Troussier 22 February 2011 [10]
Chengdu Blades China Wang Baoshan Sacked 31 December 2010 N/A Australia Lawrie McKinna 19 March 2011[11]
Jiangsu Sainty Slovakia Ján Kocian Sacked 5 May 2011[12] 15th Serbia Dragan Okuka 10 May 2011[13]
Shandong Luneng Taishan Croatia Branko Ivanković Resigned 5 May 2011[14] 8th Croatia Rajko Magić 5 May 2011[14]
Henan Jianye South Korea Kim Hak-beom Sacked 5 May 2011[15] 8th China Zhao Wei (caretaker) 23 May 2011[15]
Dalian Shide South Korea Park Seong-hwa Sacked 29 May 2011[16] 12th China Li Xicai (caretaker) 29 May 2011[16]
Dalian Shide China Li Xicai (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 31 May 2011[17] 12th China Gai Zengjun (caretaker) 31 May 2011[17]
Henan Jianye China Zhao Wei (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 29 June 2011[18] 15th Netherlands Jo Bonfrère 29 June 2011[18]
Shaanxi Renhe Serbia Milorad Kosanović Sacked 19 July 2011[19] 5th Serbia Slobodan Santrač 20 July 2011[20]
Dalian Shide China Gai Zengjun (caretaker) Caretaking spell over 20 July 2011 12th Portugal Nelo Vingada 20 July 2011[21]
Shanghai Shenhua China Xi Zhikang Sacked 10 August 2011 9th Croatia Dražen Besek 10 August 2011[22]
Shandong Luneng Taishan Croatia Rajko Magić Resigned 17 September 2011 7th Portugal Manuel Barbosa 17 September 2011[23]
Shaanxi Renhe Serbia Slobodan Santrač Sacked 24 September 2011[24] 10th China Gao Hongbo 24 September 2011[24]

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[25] 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.

  • Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC player Former players*
Beijing Guoan Croatia Darko Matić Honduras Walter Martinez Senegal François Senegal Ladji Keita Australia Joel Griffiths Brazil Roberto
Changchun Yatai Brazil Dori Brazil Nei Cameroon Modeste M'bami Colombia Yovanny Arrechea Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov Serbia Radomir Koković
Chengdu Blades Colombia Javier Estupiñán Ivory Coast Jonas Salley Malta John Hutchinson Australia Brendon Santalab Australia Adam Kwasnik
Dalian Shide Brazil Adriano Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Uzbekistan Murod Kholmukhamedov Zambia James Chamanga South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan South Korea Jeon Kwang-jin
South Korea Kim Jin-kyu
Guangzhou Evergrande Argentina Darío Conca Brazil Cléo Brazil Muriqui Brazil Paulão South Korea Cho Won-hee Brazil Renato Cajá
Hangzhou Greentown Honduras Luis Ramírez Honduras Randy Diamond Uruguay Paulo Pezzolano Uruguay Sebastián Vázquez Australia Adam Griffiths Uruguay Matías Masiero
Henan Jianye Argentina Marcos Flores Brazil Fabão Brazil Leandro Netto Zambia Christopher Katongo South Korea Lee Jun-yeob Brazil Rômulo
Brazil Thiago Potiguar
Jiangsu Sainty Brazil Eleílson Peru Paolo de la Haza Romania Cristian Dănălache Serbia Aleksandar Jevtić Uzbekistan Kamoliddin Tajiev Australia Alex Wilkinson
Australia Bruce Djite
Liaoning Whowin Australia Dean Heffernan Brazil Valdo Cameroon Jean Michel N'Lend Serbia Vladimir Bogdanović South Korea Kim Yoo-jin
Nanchang Hengyuan Brazil Camilo Brazil di Carmo Brazil Johnny Brazil Paulo Roberto South Korea Ko Jae-sung Uruguay Diego Vera
Uruguay Jonathan Ramis
Qingdao Jonoon Brazil Éber Luís Brazil Léo San Nigeria Gabriel Melkam Uzbekistan Aziz Ibragimov Uzbekistan Ildar Magdeev
Shaanxi Renhe Brazil Wilson Italy Fabio Firmani Scotland Derek Riordan Serbia Miloš Bajalica Australia Dino Djulbic Slovakia Tomáš Oravec
Shandong Luneng Taishan Brazil Fabiano Brazil Obina Cape Verde Ricardo Honduras Julio César de León Lebanon Roda Antar Brazil Renato Silva
Shanghai Shenhua Argentina Facundo Pérez Castro Argentina Luis Salmerón Colombia Eisner Iván Loboa Colombia Juan Camilo Angulo Colombia Duvier Riascos
Syria Abdulkader Dakka
Shenzhen Bolivia Ronald Rivero Honduras Rony Flores New Zealand Chris Killen Slovenia Janez Zavrl Japan Takashi Rakuyama Japan Seiichiro Maki
Slovenia Ermin Rakovič
Tianjin TEDA Argentina Luciano Olguín Romania Marius Bilaşco Serbia Marko Zorić South Korea Song Chong-gug Nigeria Obiora Odita
South Korea Kwon Jip

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Beijing Guoan 30 14 11 5 49 21 +28 53
3 Liaoning Whowin 30 14 8 8 38 23 +15 50 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28 +15 47[b]
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 13 8 9 37 31 +6 47[b]
6 Qingdao Jonoon 30 12 9 9 37 33 +4 45[c]
7 Changchun Yatai 30 11 12 7 33 31 +2 45[c]
8 Hangzhou Greentown 30 10 9 11 28 32 −4 39
9 Shaanxi Renhe 30 10 8 12 34 41 −7 38
10 Tianjin TEDA 30 8 13 9 37 41 −4 37[d] 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage[e]
11 Shanghai Shenhua 30 11 4 15 31 41 −10 37[d]
12 Dalian Shide 30 7 11 12 27 43 −16 32[f]
13 Henan Jianye 30 7 11 12 29 35 −6 32[f]
14 Nanchang Hengyuan 30 8 5 17 20 41 −21 29
15 Chengdu Blades (R) 30 5 12 13 27 47 −20 27 Relegation to China League One
16 Shenzhen (R) 30 5 8 17 27 53 −26 23
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2011. Source: http://csl.sina.com.cn/statistics/
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[26]
  2. ^ a b Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1; Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2
  3. ^ a b Qingdao, 3 pts, 2–1; Changchun, 3 pts, 1–2
  4. ^ a b Tianjin, 3 pts, 2–2; Shanghai, 3 pts, 2–2
  5. ^ Tianjin Teda qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League by winning the 2011 Chinese FA Cup.
  6. ^ a b Dalian, 6 pts, 3–1; Henan, 0 pts, 1–3

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Guangzhou Evergrande455521112111111111111111111111
Beijing Guoan379633331222222222222222222222
Liaoning Whowin1694264445434433334343334333333
Jiangsu Sainty15161515151513141313111211111111118869966555544
Shandong Luneng Taishan736888897766344443434477666655
Qingdao Jonoon94811977889999101010911111110101010998766
Changchun Yatai58119101011111111101010889810755643444477
Hangzhou Greentown2113122245556778106688588887888
Shaanxi Renhe12215565967775556557679910101010109
Tianjin TEDA66347910768888996579978557799910
Shanghai Shenhua10117746563343566779101011111112121213131111
Dalian Shide131310101212121212121213131214121314131314131313131312121312
Henan Jianye111213141414151615151415141412131212121212121211111111111213
Nanchang Hengyuan141414121313141514141516161513141413141415141414141414141414
Chengdu Blades8101213111191010101311121315151616161616161616161616151515
Shenzhen121516161616161316161614151616161515151513151515151515161616
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
Relegation to League One
Source: Results by round

Results

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Home \ Away BJ CC CD DL GZ HZ HN JS LN NC QD SX SD SH SZ TJ
Beijing Guoan 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1
Changchun Yatai 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–3
Chengdu Blades 0–3 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1
Dalian Shide 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–0
Hangzhou Greentown 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2
Henan Jianye 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Jiangsu Sainty 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–2
Liaoning Whowin 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 6–1 2–0
Nanchang Hengyuan 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–5 0–0 1–0 0–0
Qingdao Jonoon 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Shaanxi Renhe 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–4 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Shanghai Shenhua 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Shenzhen 0–3 1–2 2–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–2
Tianjin TEDA 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2011. Source: Results on the official site of the Chinese Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

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Updated to games played on 2 November 2011. [27]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Brazil Muriqui Guangzhou Evergrande
16
2
 Brazil Leandro Netto Henan Jianye
14
3
 Romania Cristian Dănălache Jiangsu Sainty
13
4
 Argentina Luis Salmerón Shanghai Shenhua 12
China Yu Hanchao Liaoning Whowin
6
 Australia Joel Griffiths Beijing Guoan 11
China Gao Lin Guangzhou Evergrande
Serbia Aleksandar Jevtić Jiangsu Sainty
9
 Brazil Cléo Guangzhou Evergrande 10
Brazil Obina Shandong Luneng Taishan
Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Dalian Shide
Honduras Walter Martínez Beijing Guoan

Awards

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Attendances

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League Attendance

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 684,991 50,389 35,856 45,666 n/a†
2 Beijing Guoan 605,958 53,375 31,267 40,397 +21.2%†
3 Shaanxi Renhe 417,538 39,996 11,336 27,836 −0.8%†
4 Liaoning Whowin 294,319 25,812 11,917 19,621 +94.3%†
5 Tianjin TEDA 273,629 43,986 6,999 18,242 +23.6%†
6 Jiangsu Sainty 257,557 31,856 11,576 17,170 +61.0%†
7 Dalian Shide 257,214 25,000 3,325 17,148 +39.3%†
8 Henan Jianye 245,007 20,688 9,346 16,334 −12.3%†
9 Changchun Yatai 207,531 28,669 5,500 13,835 +37.4%†
10 Shandong Luneng Taishan 181,679 27,815 4,255 12,112 −23.8%†
11 Nanchang Hengyuan 156,932 14,562 7,649 10,462 −10.4%†
12 Shenzhen 154,154 24,500 4,118 10,277 −17.4%†
13 Shanghai Shenhua 147,416 18,232 4,325 9,828 −24.2%†
14 Hangzhou Greentown 128,787 16,786 2,681 8,586 −41.0%†
15 Qingdao Jonoon 126,963 15,286 2,011 8,464 +35.5%†
16 Chengdu Blades 96,647 20,000 2,465 6,443 n/a†
League total 4,236,322 53,375 2,011 17,651 +21.1%†

Updated to games played on Nov 2, 2011
Source: CSLdata
Notes:
† Team played previous season in CL1.

Top 10 Attendances

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Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
53,375 18 1 August 2011 Beijing Guo'an 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Workers' Stadium Monday Night
50,389 15 6 July 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Chengdu Blades Tianhe Stadium Wednesday Night
50,000 1 2 April 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Dalian Shide Tianhe Stadium Saturday Night
49,693 27 16 October 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Shanghai Shenhua Tianhe Stadium Sunday Night
48,920 9 29 May 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Changchun Yatai Tianhe Stadium Sunday Night
48,657 29 29 October 2011 Beijing Guo'an 2–3 Shaanxi Chanba Workers' Stadium Saturday Afternoon
48,500 17 14 July 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 5–0 Nanchang Hengyuan Tianhe Stadium Thursday Night
48,383 25 24 September 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Tianjin Teda Tianhe Stadium Friday Night
48,312 11 18 June 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Shaanxi Chanba Tianhe Stadium Saturday Night
48,160 19 6 August 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Qingdao Jonoon Tianhe Stadium Saturday Night

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