2016 Chinese Super League

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Season 2016 Location China Matches played 240		Dates 3 Apr 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 Goals scored 640

Top goalscorer Ricardo Goulart (19 goals) Best goalkeeper Zeng Cheng (10 clean sheets) Biggest home win Shanghai SIPG 5-0 Henan Jianye(Jul 10th, 2016)(5 goals) Biggest away win Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-6 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao(Oct 15th, 2016)(6 goals) Highest scoring Chongqing Lifan 4-5 Guangzhou R&F (Aug 21st, 2016) (9 goals) Champion Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club Relegated Hangzhou Greentown F.C., Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. Similar 2015 Chinese Super Le, 2016 AFC Champions League, 2016 K League Classic, 2017 AFC Champions League, 2015 AFC Champions League

The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2016中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande won their sixth consecutive title of the league.

The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One

Yanbian Funde F.C. (Yanbian Changbaishan F.C.)

Hebei China Fortune F.C. (Hebei Zhongji F.C.)

Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One

Beijing Renhe F.C. (Guizhou Renhe F.C.)

Shanghai Shenxin F.C.

Name changes

Hebei Zhongji F.C. changed their name to Hebei China Fortune F.C. in December 2015.

Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty F.C. changed their name to Jiangsu Suning F.C. in December 2015.

Yanbian Changbaishan F.C. changed their name to Yanbian Funde F.C. in January 2016.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries, although only four (one AFC countries player at least) can be on the field at any one time.

Last updated: 16 July 2016
Source: sports.ifeng.com (Chinese)

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.

^2 Ersan Gülüm has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

^3 Jucilei has Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)

Last updated: 1 March 2016

Results

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (Chinese)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Last updated: 30 October 2016
Source: sports.sina.com.cn/csl csldata.sports.sohu.com

League attendance

Updated to games played on Feb. 11th, 2017
Source: 2016中超上座率排名:恒大场均超4万第1 富力垫底
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CL1.

Awards

The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

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: Li Xiaoming (Henan Jianye)

Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Ma Ning

Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shandong Luneng Taishan, Tianjin Teda

Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):

GK Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

DF Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F)

MF Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Suning), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)

FW Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Demba Ba (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua)

References

2016 Chinese Super League Wikipedia

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