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2016 Chinese Super League
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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)[1] was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[2][3] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.[4][5] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their sixth consecutive title of the league.

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The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.[6]

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Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One

Yanbian Changbaishan and Hebei Zhongji both competed in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their respective histories. Guizhou Renhe were relegated after a 14-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Shanghai Shenxin were relegated to China League One after spending 6 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

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Clubs

Clubs and locations

Managerial changes

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Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to five 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.[34]

  • Players name in bold indicates the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players name in italics indicates the players that were out of squads or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
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Last updated: 16 July 2016.
Source: sports.ifeng.com (in Chinese)

  • ^1 Ersan Gülüm has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
  • ^2 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)[39]

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League table

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Source: Sina Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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Results

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Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Goalscorers

Top scorers

Source:[40][41]

Hat-tricks

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League attendance

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Updated to games played on Feb. 11th, 2017
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Teams played previous season in CL1.

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Awards

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The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.[48]

  • Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Brazil Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Brazil Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: China Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
  • Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: China Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: China Li Xiaoming (Henan Jianye)
  • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: China Ma Ning
  • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shandong Luneng Taishan, Tianjin TEDA
  • Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
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