2011 Chinese Super League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2010 China League One

Teams relegated to 2011 China League One

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.

League Table

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
Source: http://csl.sina.com.cn/statistics/
Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points.
¹ Tianjin Teda qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League by winning the 2011 Chinese FA Cup.
² Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (Q) = Qualified for AFC Champions League; (R) = Relegated to CL1.
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.

Positions by round

Last updated: 2 November 2011
Source: Results by round

Results

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
Source: Results on the official site of the Chinese Super League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.

Other scorers

Awards

League Attendance

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