2010 Chinese Super League

The 2010 Chinese Super League season (also known as Pirelli Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the seventeenth season of a professional association football league and the 49th top-tier league season in China.

Chinese Super League

Season	2010
Champions	Shandong Luneng
Relegated	Chongqing Lifan Changsha Ginde
Champions League	Shandong Luneng Tianjin TEDA Shanghai Shenhua Hangzhou Greentown
Matches played	240
Goals scored	581 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duvier Riascos (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Shaanxi 5–0 Changsha
Biggest away win	Shenzhen 0–4 Shanghai
Highest scoring	Shenzhen 4–4 Liaoning
← 2009 2011 →

The teams ranked first through fourteenth of the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2009 League One season participated in this season. Shandong Luneng won the title for third time in seven years.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009 China League One

• Liaoning Whowin
• Nanchang Hengyuan

Teams relegated to 2010 China League One

• Chengdu Blades
• Guangzhou GPC

Clubs

Teams & locations

• P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders

Club	Chinese	City	Home stadium	Capacity	Average attendance
Beijing GuoanTH	北京国安	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	62,000	33,342
Changchun Yatai	长春亚泰	Changchun	Development Area Stadium[1]	25,000	10,067
Changsha Ginde	长沙金德	Changsha	Helong Stadium	55,000	10,152
Chongqing Lifan	重庆力帆	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	11,433
Dalian Shide	大连实德	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium[2]	30,775	12,307
Hangzhou Greentown	杭州绿城	Hangzhou	Huanglong Sports Center[3]	51,139	14,550
Henan Jianye	河南建业	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,000	18,630
Jiangsu Sainty	江苏舜天	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center[citation needed]	61,443	10,667
Liaoning WhowinP	辽宁宏运	Shenyang	Tiexi New District Sports Center	24,000	10,100
Nanchang HengyuanP	南昌衡源	Nanchang	Nanchang Bayi Stadium	20,000	11,680
Qingdao Jonoon	青岛中能	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	6,247
Shaanxi Chanba	陕西浐灞	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	47,565	28,053
Shandong Luneng	山东鲁能	Jinan	Shandong Provincial Stadium[4]	43,700	15,901
Shanghai Shenhua	上海申花	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium[5]	33,060	12,963
Shenzhen Ruby	深圳红钻	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	12,439
Tianjin TEDA	天津泰达	Tianjin	TEDA Soccer Stadium	36,390	14,757
Total					14,581

Beijing Guoan

Changchun Yatai

Shandong Luneng

Henan Construction

Shanghai Shenhua

Tianjin  TEDA

Hangzhou Greentown

Dalian Shide

Chongqing Lifan

Jiangsu Sainty

Shenzhen Ruby

Shaanxi Chanba

Qingdao Jonoon

Changsha Ginde

Liaoning Whowin

Nanchang  Hengyuan

Location of teams in 2010 Chinese Super League

Personnel

Team	Manager
Beijing Guoan	Wei Kexing
Changchun Yatai	Shen Xiangfu
Changsha Ginde	Miodrag Ješić
Chongqing Lifan	Wei Xin (caretaker)
Dalian Shide	Park Sung-hwa
Hangzhou Greentown	Wu Jingui
Henan Jianye	Tang Yaodong
Jiangsu Sainty	Pei Encai
Liaoning Whowin	Ma Lin
Nanchang Hengyuan	Zhu Jiong
Qingdao Jonoon	Dragan Jovanović
Shaanxi Chanba	Milorad Kosanović
Shandong Luneng	Branko Ivanković
Shanghai Shenhua	Miroslav Blažević
Shenzhen Ruby	Siniša Gogić
Tianjin TEDA	Arie Haan

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Incoming
Tianjin TEDA	Zuo Shusheng	Sacked[6]	End of 2009 season	Arie Haan
Shanghai Shenhua	Jia Xiuquan	Sacked[7]		Miroslav Blažević
Changchun Yatai	Li Shubin	Sacked[8]		Shen Xiangfu
Shandong Luneng	Ljubiša Tumbaković	Sacked[9]		Branko Ivanković
Chongqing Lifan	Arie Haan	End of contract[10]		Li Shubin
Qingdao Jonoon	Slobodan Santrač	Sacked[11]		Dragan Jovanović
Shenzhen Ruby	Xie Feng	Sacked[12]		Siniša Gogić
Shaanxi Chanba	Zhu Guanghu	Resigned[13]	May 8, 2010	Milorad Kosanović
Dalian Shide	Xu Hong	Resigned[14]	May 15, 2010	Liu Zhongchang (caretaker)
Changsha Ginde	Hao Wei	Resigned[15]	June 16, 2010	Miodrag Ješić
Dalian Shide	Liu Zhongchang (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell[16]	June 19, 2010	Park Sung-hwa
Chongqing Lifan	Li Shubin	Sacked[17]	July 19, 2010	Wei Xin (caretaker)
Beijing Guoan	Hong Yuanshuo	Sacked[18]	September 21, 2010	Wei Kexing

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.^[19] 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	Darko Matić	Walter Martinez	Maurice Ross	Ryan Griffiths	Valdo
Changchun Yatai	Sebastián Setti	Nei	Ricardo Steer	Miloš Mihajlov	Lee Se-in	Johnny Woodly Samuel Caballero
Changsha Ginde	Sandro	Frane Čačić	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	Nenad Mladenović	Woo Joo-young	M'peti Nimba
Chongqing Lifan	José Duarte	Johnny Woodly	Bruno Šiklić	Mariko Daouda	Cho Se-kwon	Petar Bojović Dušan Đokić Andrew Mwesigwa
Dalian Shide	Márcio Senna	Martin Kamburov	Borko Veselinović	James Chamanga	Ahn Jung-hwan	José Luis López Porfirio López
Hangzhou Greentown	Emil Martínez	Jerry Palacios	Luis Ramírez	Mauricio Sabillón	Adam Griffiths
Henan Jianye	Leandro Netto	Obi Emmanuel Moneke	Emmanuel Olisadebe		Song Tae-lim	Amado Diallo Goran Gavrančić Miloš Bajalica
Jiangsu Sainty	Eleílson	Geninho	Victor Agali	Aluspah Brewah	Park Jae-hong	Éber Luís Pedro Henrique
Liaoning Whowin	Chris Coyne	Andrezinho	Gilcimar	Boubacar Diarra	Islom Inomov	Felipe Conceição
Nanchang Hengyuan	Alexsandro	Beto	Johnny		Asqar Jadigerov	Alex Adel Abdullah Kevaughn Connell
Qingdao Jonoon	Ninoslav Milenković	Stjepan Jukić	Ivan Vukomanović	Aleksandar Rodić	Lee Yoon-sub	Tomislav Mišura Lee Jae-won Lee Son-ming
Shaanxi Chanba	Ivan Brečević	Cédric Sabin	Miloš Bajalica	Mohamed Kallon	Jonas Salley	Célio Santos Lyle Martin
Shandong Luneng	Carlos	Michaël Murcy	Julio César de León	Mourtala Diakité	Roda Antar	Fred Benson Siniša Radanović
Shanghai Shenhua	Matías Villavicencio	Vicente	Jean Michel N'Lend	Duvier Riascos	Ali Diab	Adelardo Roberto Batres
Shenzhen Ruby	Vyacheslav Hleb	Chris Killen	Ivan Vicelich	Aleksandar Živković	Hussein Alaa Hussein	Tiago Yanko Valkanov
Tianjin Teda	Luciano Olguín	José Luis Villanueva	Rodolfo Rodríguez	Marko Zorić	Aleksandr Kletskov	Alfred Emuejeraye Farhod Tadjiyev

Match-fixing scandal

In China's attempts to revitalise the domestic game, which has been dogged with allegations of corruption over the last few years they questioned or arrested several high-profile members within Chinese football. The most high profile of these were the former Head of the Chinese Football Association Nan Yong, his deputy Yang Yimin and Zhang Jianqiang who used to be in charge of referee arrangements.^[20] The crackdown quickly discovered that Guangzhou GPC and Chengdu Blades had both bribed their way into the top tier. Both were relegated to the second tier and did not appeal, making their punishment the harshest dealt out to a club.^[21] In keeping the top table at 16 teams, Hangzhou Greentown and Chongqing Lifan both retained their places within the top tier despite being originally slated for relegation.^[22]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shandong Luneng (C)	30	18	9	3	59	34	+25	63	AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Tianjin TEDA	30	13	11	6	37	29	+8	50
3	Shanghai Shenhua	30	14	6	10	44	41	+3	48[a]
4	Hangzhou Greentown	30	13	9	8	38	30	+8	48[a]
5	Beijing Guoan	30	12	10	8	35	29	+6	46
6	Dalian Shide	30	10	12	8	40	37	+3	42
7	Liaoning Whowin	30	10	10	10	39	36	+3	40[b]
8	Henan Jianye	30	9	13	8	31	31	0	40[b]
9	Changchun Yatai	30	10	8	12	40	41	−1	38
10	Shaanxi Chanba	30	9	10	11	33	36	−3	37
11	Jiangsu Sainty	30	8	11	11	27	27	0	35
12	Shenzhen Ruby	30	8	8	14	34	41	−7	32[c]
13	Nanchang Hengyuan	30	8	8	14	33	35	−2	32[c]
14	Qingdao Jonoon	30	6	12	12	31	44	−13	30[d]
15	Chongqing Lifan (R)	30	7	9	14	36	48	−12	30[d]	Relegation to China League One
16	Changsha Ginde (R)	30	6	12	12	24	42	−18	30[d]

Source:
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. Shanghai: 4 pts, 3–2; Hangzhou: 1 pt, 2–3
2. Liaoning: 4 pts, 3–1; Henan: 1 pt, 1–3
3. Shenzhen: 6 pts, 2–0; Nanchang: 0 pt, 0–2
4. Qingdao: 8 pts, 7–4; Chongqing: 5 pts, 6–5; Changsha: 2 pts, 4–8

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
Shandong Luneng	1	3	1	4	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tianjin TEDA	7	9	10	13	14	15	15	12	5	10	11	7	9	11	7	6	6	5	6	7	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Shanghai Shenhua	16	8	5	3	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Hangzhou Greentown	13	14	14	16	16	16	10	13	8	6	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	3	4	6	6	5	4	4	4
Beijing Guoan	3	7	4	2	3	4	4	3	6	9	9	4	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	8	5	4	4	6	5	5	5
Dalian Shide	5	11	11	9	6	9	13	15	12	11	14	13	11	12	9	9	7	6	7	8	10	7	6	6	5	5	4	6	6	6
Liaoning Whowin	10	2	2	5	5	6	9	4	7	3	2	5	4	5	6	5	5	6	5	4	6	4	5	7	7	8	7	8	8	7
Henan Jianye	4	5	8	7	8	7	6	5	3	4	5	6	5	3	3	7	7	8	10	10	8	9	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	8
Changchun Yatai	9	1	7	11	13	10	12	10	11	5	7	10	7	7	11	13	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	9
Shaanxi Renhe	6	12	12	15	12	14	16	16	14	8	10	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	12	9	7	8	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	10
Jiangsu Sainty	12	13	13	12	15	13	14	14	16	15	8	11	13	8	12	11	12	11	8	6	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11
Shenzhen Ruby	11	6	3	1	2	3	3	6	4	7	12	12	10	10	8	8	10	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	15	14	15	12	12	12
Nanchang Hengyuan	15	16	16	14	9	8	5	8	13	13	6	9	12	13	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	13	16	16	13	13
Qingdao Jonoon	8	10	9	8	10	12	8	11	15	16	16	16	14	15	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	12	13	13	13	15	12	13	14	14
Chongqing Lifan	14	15	15	10	7	11	11	7	9	12	15	15	16	14	14	12	13	13	13	15	15	16	15	15	14	16	13	15	15	15
Changsha Ginde	2	4	6	6	11	5	7	9	10	14	13	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	14	16	16

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Relegation to League One

Source: Results by round

Results

Home \ Away	BJ	CC	CS	CQ	DL	HZ	HN	JS	LN	NC	QD	SX	SD	SH	SZ	TJ
Beijing Guoan		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	4–1	1–2	1–1
Changchun Yatai	0–1		3–0	1–2	3–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1
Changsha Ginde	1–0	2–2		2–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–0
Chongqing Lifan	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2
Dalian Shide	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–2
Hangzhou Greentown	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Henan Jianye	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0		0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
Jiangsu Sainty	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–0
Liaoning Whowin	2–2	5–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	3–3	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–3
Nanchang Hengyuan	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–5	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2
Qingdao Jonoon	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2		0–1	1–3	0–2	3–2	1–1
Shaanxi Renhe	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0		1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		5–2	3–2	1–0
Shanghai Shenhua	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–0
Shenzhen	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	4–4	1–0	3–4	1–3	0–1	0–4		1–2
Tianjin TEDA	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–4	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2010. 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 6 November 2010.^[23][24]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Duvier Riascos	Shanghai Shenhua	20
2	Han Peng	Shandong Luneng	17
3	Luis Ramírez	Hangzhou Greentown	14
4	José Duarte	Chongqing Lifan	10
	Leandro Netto	Henan Jianye
	Chen Zhizhao	Nanchang Hengyuan
	Yang Xu	Liaoning Whowin
	Ahn Jung-hwan	Dalian Shide
9	Johnny Woodly	Chongqing Lifan	9
	James Chamanga	Dalian Shide

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Branko Ivanković (Shandong Luneng)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie
• Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Nanchang Hengyuan, Jiangsu Sainty, Tianjin TEDA