Football records in China

All-time top scorers

The following is a cumulative record of all time goals scored by single players in Chinese Top Level Professional League, since its inception in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League. Players with at least 50 goals are listed.

All-time top appearances

The following table lists players who have played the most games within the top tier of Chinese football. Zou Yougen is the first player to make 300 or more appearances within the Jia-A or CSL League.

Top Appearance foreigner players

This section listed the foreign players who had mostly caps in Chinese Top Level professional football leagues

League winning manager

this table listed manager of Chinese top level professional league Champions

All-time League Table

The All-Time League Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the League since its inception in 1994. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the Chinese Super League 2009 season. Teams in bold are part of the Chinese Super League 2010. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

League attendance

the attendance figures are announced by the league department of CFA. 1994–2001 Jia-A figures was corrected by Titan Sports., also on Blog.Sina.Com, the figures after 2002 was calculated from the record of the Official CFA site

Awards

China used to have three main award series, they are:

Mr. China Football Award, started from 1994, voted by fans all over the country, to award the player of the year.

Three Golden Awards,Organized by China Sports Daily, Started from 1983, the most famous Chinese football awards, to award the best performance players in all kinds of tournament, not only in the leagues, the awards includes:
Player of the year – Golden Ball awards
Best Scorer of the year – Golden Boot awards
Referee of the year – Golden Whistle awards

Official CFA League awards, Is the Official League awards, Awarded by CFA, includes:
Most Valuable players of the league awards (MVP)
League Top Scorer awards
Manager of the year awards
Referee of the year awards
in 1999 season, three other items added as regular awards
Youth Player of the year awards (MYP)
Club of the year awards
Fair play club of the year awards
The league oscar also involve some occasional awards

In the year 2002, the three series above was merged into the Official CFA Annual Awards. It now includes:
Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards, also called MVP awards or Mr. China Football awards by some media
Best Scorer Golden Boot awards
Ref'e'ree of the year Golden Whistle awards
Manager of the year awards
Youth player of the year awards

Most Valuable Player of the League

Most Valuable players of the league awards; from the 2002 edition onwards, named Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards

Mr. China Football

First awarded in the year 1994, in the year 2002 it mergend with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards

Golden Ball Awards

It first awarded in the year 1983, and in the year 2002, mergend with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards

Top Scorer of the League

It first awarded in the year 1980

Manager of the year

the award does not necessarily goes to the manager of the champions.

Team of the year

The Team of the Year is awarded by the Chinese Football Association, It first awarded in 1995, no award in 1998 & 2000, Voted by fans all-over China, Since 2004, the Best 11 was announced by Chinese Super League Official sites but no award given to the players.

Other Records

As of October 20, 2012

Individual Player

for top scorers, see statistics above

Most goals in a game : 4 goals

Hu Zhijun for Guangzhou Apollo vs Shanghai Shenhua (14 August 1994) Hao Haidong for Dalian Wanda vs Guangdong Hongyuan (10 December 1997) Zou Jie for Dalian Shide vs August 1 (8 July 2001) Li Bing for Sichuan Dahe vs Liaoning Bird (14 April 2002) Kwame Ayew for Shaanxi Baorong vs Dalian Shide (21 October 2004) Li Jinyu for Shandong Luneng vs Liaoning FC (21 May 2006) Elvis Scott for Changchun Yatai vs Shanghai Shenhua (27 May 2007) Éber Luís Cucchi for Tianjin Teda vs Dalian Shide (30 November 2008) Peter Utaka for Dalian Aerbin vs Hangzhou Greentown (30 June 2013)

Most career hat-tricks : 6 times

Hao Haidong

Fastest hat-trick : 10 minutes

Li Jinyu for Shandong Luneng vs Liaoning FC (21 May 2006)

Youngest player : 15 years 9 months and 26 days

Ma Yiming for Shanghai Zobon vs Sichuan FC (22 May 2005)

Youngest goalscorer : 16 years 9 months and 26 days

Huang Bowen for Beijing Guoan vs Shenyang Ginde (26 May 2004)

Fastest goal : 7 seconds

Ji Xiang for Jiangsu Sainty vs Guangzhou Evergrande (20 October 2012)

Most consecutive clean-sheets: 675 minutes

Sun Gang for Shenzhen Ping'an (started on June 17, 2001, 0–2 v Liaoning Hongyun, 77' of the match; ended on October 28, 2001, 0–3 v Dalian Shide, 31' of the match)

Club

Most League championships : 8 times

Dalian Shide (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)

Longest uninterrupted spell in Top Division: 15 years (1993–present)

Beijing Guoan

Dalian Shide

Shandong Luneng

Shanghai Shenhua

Most goals scored in a season : 78 goals

Guangzhou Evergrande (2013)

Fewest goals scored in a season : 10 goals

Guangzhou Songri (1996)

Most goals conceded in a season : 69 goals

Changsha Ginde (2001)

Fewest goals conceded in a season : 13 goals

Shandong Luneng (1999)

Biggest goal difference in a season : 60 goals

Guangzhou Evergrande (2013)

Most points in a season : 77 points

Guangzhou Evergrande (2013)

Fewest points in a season : 7 points

Shenyang Ginde (2001)

Longest unbeaten streak : 55 matches

Dalian Shide (1995–1997) (started on September 03 1995, 1–0 v Guangzhou Apollo; ended on December 21, 1998, 2–4 v Shanghai Shenhua)

Most wins in a season : 24 wins

Guangzhou Evergrande (2013)

Fewest wins in a season : 1 wins

Changsha Ginde (1994)

Jiangsu Shuntian (1994)

Most draws in a season : 14 draws

Shaanxi Baorong (2007)

Most losses in a season : 23 losses

Changsha Ginde (2001)

Fewest losses in a season : 0 losses

Dalian Shide (1996)

Most goals in a game  : 10 goals

Beijing Guoan 9–1 Shanghai Shenhua (20 July 1997)

Record win : 9–1

Beijing Guoan 9–1 Shanghai Shenhua (20 July 1997)

Highest scoring draw: 4–4

Sichuan FC 4–4 Shandong Luneng (26 November 2003)

Liaoning Hongyun 4–4 Shanghai Shenhua (12 November 2008)