2009 Chinese Super League

The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first ever Chinese Super League title.

Chinese Super League

Season	2009
Champions	Beijing Guoan
Relegated	Chengdu Blades Guangzhou GPC
Champions League	Beijing Guoan Henan Construction Changchun Yatai Shandong Luneng
Matches played	240
Goals scored	536 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hernán Barcos Luis Ramírez (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Guangzhou 6–1 Shenzhen (8 Aug) Qingdao 6–1 Chongqing (8 Aug)
Biggest away win	Chongqing 0–6 Tianjin (22 Aug)
Highest scoring	Changchun 2–6 Beijing (10 May)
Longest winning run	4 games Beijing Guoan (10 May–13 Jun)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games (5w & 6d) Shandong Luneng (12 Apr–2 Jul)
Longest losing run	5 games Dalian Shide (5 Oct–31 Oct)
Highest attendance	60,000 (Beijing v Hangzhou)[1]
Lowest attendance	4,100 (Changsha v Qingdao)
Average attendance	16,059
← 2008 2010 →

The events during the 2008 season saw Liaoning Hongyun relegated and Wuhan Optics Valley withdrawn. They were replaced by the promoted teams Jiangsu Sainty and Chongqing Lifan. Zhejiang Greentown which is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang were renamed to Hangzhou Greentown.

Each team is allowed to register a maximum of five foreign players and field four of them in starting line-up this season, one of whom must be from an AFC country.^[2]

The league title sponsor is Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli. A three-year deal was announced on March 20, 2009.^[3] Nike have renewed sponsorship deal with Super League before season starts. CCTV, SMG and Sina became league partners and will broadcast live matches on TV and online across the country.

Clubs

• P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders

Club	Chinese	City	Home stadium	Capacity	Average attendance
Beijing Guoan	北京国安	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	62,000	36,805
Changchun Yatai	长春亚泰	Changchun	Development Area Stadium[4]	25,000	12,179
Changsha Ginde	长沙金德	Changsha	Helong Sports Center Stadium	55,000	8,498
Chengdu Blades	成都谢菲联	Chengdu	Chengdu Sports Centre	42,000	11,873
Chongqing Lifan P	重庆力帆	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	11,440
Dalian Shide	大连实德	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium[5]	30,775	16,613
Guangzhou GPC	广州医药	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	30,000	20,057
Hangzhou Greentown	杭州绿城	Hangzhou	Huanglong Sports Center[6]	51,139	14,790
Henan Construction	河南建业	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,000	19,255
Jiangsu Sainty P	江苏舜天	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre[citation needed]	61,443	15,976
Qingdao Jonoon	青岛中能	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	8,774
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	陕西浐灞	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	47,565	23,026
Shandong Luneng TH	山东鲁能	Jinan	Shandong Provincial Stadium[7]	43,700	17,015
Shanghai Shenhua	上海申花	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium[8]	33,060	12,627
Shenzhen Asia Travel	深圳亚旅	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	13,460
Tianjin TEDA	天津泰达	Tianjin	TEDA Soccer Stadium	36,390	14,757
Total					16,059

Personnel

Team	Manager
Beijing Guoan	Hong Yuanshuo
Changchun Yatai	Li Shubin
Changsha Ginde	Hao Wei
Chengdu Blades	Wang Baoshan
Chongqing Lifan	Arie Haan
Dalian Shide	Xu Hong
Guangzhou GPC	Shen Xiangfu
Hangzhou Greentown	Wu Jingui
Henan Construction	Tang Yaodong
Jiangsu Sainty	Pei Encai
Qingdao Jonoon	Slobodan Santrač
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	Zhu Guanghu
Shandong Luneng	Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua	Jia Xiuquan
Shenzhen Asia Travel	Xie Feng
Tianjin TEDA	Zuo Shusheng

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing	Manner	When	Incoming
Chengdu Blades	Li Bing	Resigned[9]	After Round 6	Wang Baoshan
Qingdao Jonoon	Guo Kanfeng	Sacked	After Round 6	Slobodan Santrač
Chongqing Lifan	Wei Xin	Resigned	After Round 10	Arie Haan
Shenzhen Asia Travel	Fan Yuhong	Sacked	After Round 17	Xie Feng
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	Cheng Yaodong	Resigned	After Round 20	Zhu Guanghu
Beijing Guoan	Lee Jang-soo	Sacked[10]	After Round 23	Hong Yuanshuo
Hangzhou Greentown	Zhou Sui'an	Sacked	After Round 24	Wu Jingui
Changsha Ginde	Zhu Bo	Sacked	After Round 27	Hao Wei

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.^[11] 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.

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	AFC player	Former players
Beijing Guoan	Joel Griffiths	William Modibo	Darko Matić	Emil Martínez	Ryan Griffiths
Changchun Yatai	Branimir Subašić	Ricardo Steer	Samuel Caballero	Gabriel Melkam	Sadriddin Abdullaev	Matt McKay Elvis Scott
Changsha Ginde	Jéfferson Feijão	Kim Eun-jung	Lee Sang-il	Billy Mwanza	Sim Jae-won
Chengdu Blades	Agnaldo	Neres	Demar Stewart	Oumar Kondé	Brendon Santalab	Roen Nelson Ryang Myong-il
Chongqing Lifan	Aílton	José Duarte	Johnny Woodly	Liron Zarko		Edgar Martínez
Dalian Shide	Adán Vergara	Alain Masudi	Ahn Jung-hwan	James Chamanga	Jeon Woo-keun
Guangzhou GPC	Diego Barcelos	Diogo Barcelos	Luis Ramírez	Ismael Alvarado
Hangzhou Greentown	Valdo	Yordan Varbanov	Ernest Jeremiah			Andrezinho Moses Sakyi
Henan Construction	Leandro Netto	Obi Moneke	Emmanuel Olisadebe		Song Tae-lim
Jiangsu Sainty	Alemão	Eleílson	Geninho	Carlos Ceballos	Aleksandr Kletskov	Léiner Gómez
Qingdao Jonoon	Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema	Hugo Carreira	Dragan Stančić	Marko Sočanac	Hussein Alaa Hussein	Pascal Kondaponi Lee Jae-won Lee Tae-young
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	Estevão Toniato	Ronny	Vicente	Edison Joseph	Jonas Salley	Marvin Ávila
Shandong Luneng	Alfredo Cano	Sandro	Aleksandar Živković	Alejandro Cichero	Roda Antar	Miljan Mrdaković
Shanghai Shenhua	Vyacheslav Hleb	Yanko Valkanov	Andres Oper	Aleksandar Rodić	Mark Milligan	Hernán Barcos
Shenzhen Ruby	Hernán Barcos	Mouchid Iyane Ly	Marko Zorić	Massamasso Tchangai	Aleksey Nikolaev	Adonis Renan Marques
Tianjin TEDA	Éber Luís	Jean-Philippe Caillet	Damiano Tommasi	Alin Chița	Zayniddin Tadjiyev	Mark Bridge

H1N1 flu pandemic

Chongqing Lifan reported an 8-player and 3-crew infection of H1N1 flu virus on 10 September. Its matches in Round 22, 23 and 24 were postponed by Chinese FA.^[12]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beijing Guoan (C)	30	13	12	5	48	28	+20	51	AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage
2	Changchun Yatai	30	14	8	8	38	31	+7	50
3	Henan Construction	30	13	9	8	35	26	+9	48
4	Shandong Luneng	30	11	12	7	35	30	+5	45[a]
5	Shanghai Shenhua	30	12	9	9	39	29	+10	45[a]
6	Tianjin TEDA	30	12	9	9	36	29	+7	45[a]
7	Chengdu Blades (R)	30	11	6	13	32	39	−7	39[b]	Relegation to China League One
8	Dalian Shide	30	10	8	12	27	31	−4	38
9	Guangzhou GPC (R)	30	9	10	11	38	38	0	37[c]	Relegation to China League One
10	Jiangsu Sainty	30	9	10	11	30	30	0	37[d]
11	Shenzhen Asia Travel	30	10	10	10	36	40	−4	37[e]
12	Shaanxi Chan-Ba	30	9	10	11	26	24	+2	37[d]
13	Qingdao Jonoon	30	8	12	10	36	36	0	36
14	Changsha Ginde	30	6	15	9	23	31	−8	33
15	Hangzhou Greentown	30	8	8	14	30	43	−13	32
16	Chongqing Lifan	30	7	8	15	27	51	−24	29

Source: 2009 league table on the official site of the Chinese Super League
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. Shandong: 9 pts, 7–4; Shanghai: 7 pts, 9–3; Tianjin: 1 pt, 1–10
2. Relegated after being found guilty of match-fixing on February 23, 2010.^[13]
3. Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8. Both clubs were relegated after being found guilty of match-fixing on February 23, 2010.^[14]
4. Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8
5. Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8. Shenzhen were docked 3 points for wearing the wrong kits for a home match against Shanghai and causing a one-hour delay of the match on 30 Aug 2009.^[15]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Beijing Guoan	2	2	6	3	5	8	8	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	1	1
Changchun Yatai	10	4	2	6	8	4	3	4	7	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	5	2	2	5	2	4	3	3	2
Henan Construction	6	7	3	2	1	1	2	3	5	7	3	5	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Shandong Luneng	8	3	8	5	7	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Shanghai Shenhua	5	11	4	4	2	5	7	7	8	5	7	4	7	5	7	8	6	9	9	7	7	8	9	7	9	6	5	6	5	5
Tianjin TEDA	1	1	1	1	3	2	5	2	3	4	8	8	4	6	9	10	9	6	7	5	3	4	5	9	6	7	6	5	6	6
Chengdu Blades	15	8	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	7
Dalian Shide	16	6	12	10	6	7	6	8	4	6	6	9	6	7	5	5	7	8	8	9	8	9	6	6	3	5	7	7	7	8
Guangzhou GPC	11	10	5	7	4	6	4	6	6	8	4	6	9	9	11	7	5	4	4	6	6	6	7	8	8	10	9	10	8	9
Jiangsu Sainty	13	16	15	12	9	10	10	9	12	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	5	6	8	9	7	8	5	7	8	8	9	9	10
Shenzhen Asia Travel	7	15	7	11	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	12	11
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	3	5	9	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	12
Qingdao Jonoon	12	13	14	15	13	13	11	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Changsha Ginde	9	12	10	9	10	12	13	10	11	13	9	7	8	8	6	6	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14
Hangzhou Greentown	4	9	11	8	11	9	9	11	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	15
Chongqing Lifan	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	AFC Champions League Group stage
	Relegation to League One

Source: Results by round

Results

Home \ Away	BJ	CC	CS	CD	CQ	DL	GZ	HZ	HN	JS	QD	SX	SD	SH	SZ	TJ
Beijing Guoan		0–2	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0
Changchun Yatai	2–6		1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–0
Changsha Ginde	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chengdu Blades	0–2	2–1	1–2		2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–1
Chongqing Lifan	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–6
Dalian Shide	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1
Guangzhou GPC	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	3–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	1–1
Hangzhou Greentown	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–2		0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–2
Henan Construction	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–1
Jiangsu Sainty	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–0		2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–1
Qingdao Jonoon	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	6–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0		1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1
Shandong Luneng	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	4–0
Shanghai Shenhua	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	4–1		4–1	4–0
Shenzhen Asia Travel	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2		1–1
Tianjin TEDA	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0

Source: Results on the official site of the Chinese Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.^[16]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hernán Barcos	Shanghai Shenhua & Shenzhen Asia Travel	17
	Luis Ramírez	Guangzhou GPC
3	Valdo	Hangzhou Greentown	13
4	Qu Bo	Qingdao Jonoon	12
5	Han Peng	Shandong Luneng	11
6	Xu Liang	Guangzhou GPC	10
	Johnny Woodly	Chongqing Lifan
	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Henan Construction

Hattricks

• Xu Liang of Guangzhou GPC scored the first hat-trick of the season against Dalian Shide at Yuexiushan Stadium on 6 April 2009.
• Qu Bo of Qingdao Jonoon scored a hat-trick against Chongqing Lifan at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium on 8 August 2009.
• Hernán Barcos of Shenzhen Asia Travel scored a hat-trick against Changchun Yatai at Shenzhen Stadium on 12 September 2009.
• Emil Martínez of Beijing Guoan scored a hat-trick against Hangzhou Greentown at Workers' Stadium on 31 October 2009.

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Samuel Caballero (Changchun Yatai)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Hernán Barcos (Shanghai Shenhua & Shenzhen Asia Travel) & Luis Ramírez (Guangzhou GPC)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Deng Zhuoxiang (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Tang Yaodong (Henan Construction)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie

See also

• 2009 in Chinese football