2018 Chinese Super League

The 2018 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2018中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 15th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.^[1] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.^[2][3] Shanghai SIPG won their first top-tier league titles on 7 November 2018 after the 2–1 victory against Beijing Renhe, ending a historic run for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2011 season.^[4]

Chinese Super League

Season	2018
Dates	2 March – 11 November 2018
Champions	Shanghai SIPG (1st title)
Relegated	Changchun Yatai Guizhou Hengfeng
AFC Champions League	Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Beijing Sinobo Guoan Shandong Luneng Taishan
Matches played	240
Goals scored	768 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wu Lei (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Shanghai SIPG 8–0 Dalian Yifang (3 March 2018)
Biggest away win	Henan Jianye 0–5 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (15 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 4–5 Guangzhou R&F (2 March 2018) Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6–3 Hebei China Fortune (2 August 2018) Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 4–5 Shanghai SIPG (3 November 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches Shanghai SIPG
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Longest winless run	11 matches Tianjin TEDA
Longest losing run	5 matches Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Guizhou Hengfeng
Highest attendance	56,544 Beijing Sinobo Guoan vs Shandong Luneng Taishan (5 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	5,651 Beijing Renhe vs Guizhou Hengfeng (14 April 2018)
Average attendance	24,053
← 2017 2019 →

Policy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players continued to change in this season. At least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven, the same as in the 2017 season.^[5] However, two foreign-player policies have changed: (1) the number of foreign players on a club's roster has been reduced from five to four and (2) the total number of foreign players under contract with a club in a season has been reduced from seven to six.^[5] In addition, a new policy affecting both foreign players and U-23 domestic players has been introduced: The total number of foreign players appearing in matches must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players.^[5] Players from AFC countries no longer hold a special slot. But clubs can register one non-naturalized player from the Hong Kong Football Association, Macau Football Association or Chinese Taipei Football Association (except goalkeepers) as a native player.^[6] According to the Chinese FA, a non-naturalized player is a player who was first registered as a professional footballer in one of the three aforementioned football associations. For still more complexity concerning non-naturalized players, players from Hong Kong and Macau must be passport holders of the Hong Kong SAR or the Macau SAR, and players from Taiwan must be citizens of Taiwan.^[7] Policy of U-23 domestic players was relaxed in August for the 2018 Asian Games.^[8] It existed in name only from October when China U-25 training team was organized.^[9]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2017 China League One

• Dalian Yifang
• Beijing Renhe

Clubs relegated to 2018 China League One

• Yanbian Funde
• Liaoning Whowin

Beijing Renhe and Dalian Yifang return to the division after a 2-year absence and a 3-year absence respectively. Liaoning Whowin were relegated after an 8-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Yanbian Funde were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

• Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng changed their name to Guizhou Hengfeng in December 2017.^[10]

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Team[11]	Head coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2017 season
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	58,500	1st
Shanghai SIPG	Vítor Pereira	Shanghai	Shanghai Stadium	56,842	2nd
Tianjin Quanjian	Park Choong-kyun	Tianjin	Haihe Educational Football Stadium	28,046	3rd
Hebei China Fortune	Chris Coleman	Langfang	Langfang Stadium	30,040	4th
Guangzhou R&F	Dragan Stojković	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	5th
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Li Xiaopeng	Jinan	Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium	56,808	6th
Changchun Yatai	Chen Jingang	Changchun	Changchun Stadium	41,638	7th
Guizhou Hengfeng	Dan Petrescu	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	51,636	8th
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Roger Schmidt	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	66,161	9th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Jordi Cruyff	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	10th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Wu Jingui	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33,060	11th
Jiangsu Suning	Cosmin Olăroiu	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre	61,443	12th
Tianjin TEDA	Uli Stielike	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Centre	54,696	13th
Henan Jianye	Wang Baoshan	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,860	14th
Dalian Yifang P	Bernd Schuster	Dalian	Dalian Sports Centre Stadium	61,000	CL1, 1st
Beijing Renhe P	Luis García Plaza	Beijing	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,043	CL1, 2nd

Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Beijing Renhe

Changchun Yatai

Chongqing Dangdai Lifan

Dalian Yifang

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Guangzhou R&F

Guizhou Hengfeng

Hebei China Fortune

Henan Jianye

Jiangsu Suning

Shandong Luneng Taishan

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Shanghai SIPG

Tianjin Quanjian
Tianjin TEDA

Location of teams in 2018 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tianjin Quanjian	Fabio Cannavaro	Resigned	6 November 2017[12]	Pre-season	Paulo Sousa	6 November 2017[13]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Luiz Felipe Scolari	End of contract	9 November 2017		Fabio Cannavaro	9 November 2017[14]
Shanghai SIPG	André Villas-Boas	End of contract	30 November 2017[15]		Vítor Pereira	12 December 2017[16]
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Felix Magath	End of contract	1 December 2017[17]		Li Xiaopeng	1 December 2017[17]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Chang Woe-ryong	Mutual consent	10 December 2017[18]		Paulo Bento	11 December 2017[19]
Henan Jianye	Guo Guangqi (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	18 December 2017		Dragan Talajić	18 December 2017[20]
Dalian Yifang	Juan Ramón López Caro	End of contract	26 December 2017		Ma Lin	26 December 2017[21]
Dalian Yifang	Ma Lin	Sacked	19 March 2018	16th	Bernd Schuster	19 March 2018[22]
Jiangsu Suning	Fabio Capello	Mutual consent	28 March 2018[23]	12th	Cosmin Olăroiu	28 March 2018[24]
Henan Jianye	Dragan Talajić	Sacked	21 April 2018[25]	14th	Chang Woe-ryong	26 April 2018[26]
Hebei China Fortune	Manuel Pellegrini	Mutual consent	19 May 2018[27]	8th	Chris Coleman	10 June 2018[28]
Guizhou Hengfeng	Gregorio Manzano	Sacked	7 June 2018	16th	Dan Petrescu	7 June 2018[29]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Paulo Bento	Resigned	22 July 2018	13th	Hao Haitao (caretaker)	22 July 2018[30]
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Hao Haitao (caretaker)	Sacked	8 August 2018	14th	Jordi Cruyff	8 August 2018[31]
Henan Jianye	Chang Woe-ryong	Mutual consent	27 September 2018	15th	Wang Baoshan	27 September 2018[32]
Tianjin Quanjian	Paulo Sousa	Resigned	4 October 2018	13th	Shen Xiangfu (caretaker)	4 October 2018[33]
Tianjin Quanjian	Shen Xiangfu (caretaker)	Joined China U-25 training team	5 October 2018[34]	13th	Park Choong-kyun	18 October 2018[35]

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match.^[5] In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.^[6]

• Players named in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players named in ITALICS have left the club, or are off the roster due to being injured or sent to the reserves.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan Players1	Former players
Beijing Renhe	Augusto Fernández	Benjamin Moukandjo	Ayub Masika	Makhete Diop		Ivo Jaime Ayoví
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Renato Augusto	Cédric Bakambu	Jonathan Soriano	Jonathan Viera
Changchun Yatai	Lasse Vibe	Odion Ighalo	Adrian Mierzejewski	Nemanja Pejčinović		Marinho Anzur Ismailov
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Alan Kardec	Fernandinho	Luiz Fernandinho	Sebá		Nicolás Aguirre
Dalian Yifang	Nicolás Gaitán	Yannick Carrasco	Duvier Riascos	Nyasha Mushekwi		José Fonte
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Alan	Paulinho	Ricardo Goulart	Talisca		Nemanja Gudelj Kim Young-gwon
Guangzhou R&F	Júnior Urso	Renatinho	Eran Zahavi	Duško Tošić		Tan Chun Lok Marko Perović
Guizhou Hengfeng	Nikica Jelavić	Bubacarr Trawally	Kevin Boli	Mario Suárez	Festus Baise 2	Tjaronn Chery
Hebei China Fortune	Ezequiel Lavezzi	Javier Mascherano	Hernanes	Ayoub El Kaabi		Gervinho
Henan Jianye	Fernando Karanga	Ivo	Christian Bassogog	Ricardo Vaz Tê		Orlando Sá Cala
Jiangsu Suning	Alex Teixeira	Éder	Gabriel Paletta			Ramires Richmond Boakye
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Diego Tardelli	Gil	Róger Guedes	Graziano Pellè		Papiss Cissé
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Fredy Guarín	Giovanni Moreno	Óscar Romero	Demba Ba		Obafemi Martins
Shanghai SIPG	Elkeson	Hulk	Oscar	Odil Ahmedov
Tianjin Quanjian	Alexandre Pato	Anthony Modeste	Kwon Kyung-won			Axel Witsel
Tianjin TEDA	Johnathan Goiano	Felix Bastians	Frank Acheampong	Mikel John Obi

• ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.
• ^2 Festus Baise is a naturalized citizen of Hong Kong SAR; however, since his first registered football association was Hong Kong and is the passport holder of Hong Kong SAR, he would be considered as a native player.
• ^3 Player that has returned from a loan spell. It is unsure whether they will be registered for the season or sent out on loan again, but they are now on the wage bills of their respective clubs.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shanghai SIPG (C)	30	21	5	4	77	33	+44	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	30	20	3	7	82	36	+46	63
3	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	17	7	6	57	39	+18	58	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Beijing Sinobo Guoan[a]	30	15	8	7	64	45	+19	53	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	Jiangsu Suning	30	13	9	8	48	33	+15	48
6	Hebei China Fortune	30	10	9	11	46	50	−4	39
7	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	30	10	8	12	44	53	−9	38
8	Beijing Renhe	30	9	10	11	33	46	−13	37
9	Tianjin Quanjian	30	9	9	12	41	48	−7	36[b]
10	Guangzhou R&F	30	10	6	14	49	61	−12	36[b]
11	Dalian Yifang	30	10	5	15	37	57	−20	35
12	Henan Jianye	30	10	4	16	30	45	−15	34
13	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	30	8	8	14	40	46	−6	32[c]
14	Tianjin TEDA	30	8	8	14	41	54	−13	32[c]
15	Changchun Yatai (R)	30	8	8	14	45	56	−11	32[c]	Relegation to League One
16	Guizhou Hengfeng (R)	30	7	3	20	34	66	−32	24

Source: League table
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) U19 Elite league points; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 10) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners.
2. Tianjin Quanjian is ahead of Guangzhou R&F on head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 2–1 Guangzhou R&F, Guangzhou R&F 2–6 Tianjin Quanjian.
3. Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, Tianjin TEDA and Changchun Yatai were ranked by head-to-head points: Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 7 pts, Tianjin Teda 5 pts, Changchun Yatai 4 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	BJR	BJS	CC	CQ	DLY	GZE	GZF	GZZ	HBC	HN	JSS	SD	SGS	SSI	TJQ	TJT
Beijing Renhe	—	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	3–3	1–0
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	4–0	—	1–1	2–1	5–2	2–2	2–2	4–3	6–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–1
Changchun Yatai	1–1	0–2	—	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–5	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	1–0	3–3	1–2	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–4	4–4	1–0	4–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1
Dalian Yifang	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	—	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	6–1	1–0	5–0	5–0	3–0	—	4–5	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–5	5–0	5–1
Guangzhou R&F	4–1	0–3	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–4	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–4	4–2	2–5	2–6	2–0
Guizhou Hengfeng	1–1	3–2	2–5	1–0	3–0	0–3	0–2	—	2–3	1–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Hebei China Fortune	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–3	2–2	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–2
Henan Jianye	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–0	4–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–0
Jiangsu Suning	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	—	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	—	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	0–2	1–1	1–0
Shanghai SIPG	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	8–0	2–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	—	4–1	1–1
Tianjin Quanjian	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	—	0–0
Tianjin TEDA	2–2	2–5	3–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–4	2–5	3–2	—

Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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.

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
Shanghai SIPG	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	11	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	2	2	4	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	14	10	5	3	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Jiangsu Suning	4	7	12	8	6	6	4	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hebei China Fortune	7	4	8	10	9	11	11	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	11	9	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	6
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	7	13	10	6	4	4	6	5	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	9	10	11	13	7	6	6	6	6	6	7
Beijing Renhe	12	9	9	11	13	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	7	8	9	10	11	12	11	6	7	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8
Tianjin Quanjian	2	6	11	13	10	12	13	13	11	11	11	7	8	7	8	9	8	9	12	8	8	10	11	13	13	13	10	9	11	9
Guangzhou R&F	5	3	6	5	7	7	9	7	6	7	6	8	9	9	6	7	9	10	8	10	6	8	7	9	11	11	12	11	9	10
Dalian Yifang	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	11	9	9	9	10	15	11
Henan Jianye	15	11	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	10	12
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	6	8	4	7	8	9	7	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Tianjin TEDA	7	12	7	9	11	8	8	12	9	8	10	11	11	11	11	8	6	7	7	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	14
Changchun Yatai	7	14	14	15	15	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	8	9	12	12	7	8	10	10	10	11	12	14	15
Guizhou Hengfeng	13	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to AFC Champions League Play-off round
	Relegation to League One

Source: Results

Results by match played

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 Renhe	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L
Changchun Yatai	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L
Dalian Yifang	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W
Guangzhou R&F	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D
Guizhou Hengfeng	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Hebei China Fortune	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W
Henan Jianye	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L
Jiangsu Suning	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W
Shandong Luneng Taishan	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	D
Shanghai SIPG	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Tianjin Quanjian	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W
Tianjin TEDA	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L

Source: Results
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Player statistics

Top scorers Source:[36] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG 27 2 Odion Ighalo Changchun Yatai 21 3 Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F 20 4 Cédric Bakambu Beijing Sinobo Guoan 19 5 Diego Tardelli Shandong Luneng Taishan 17 Frank Acheampong Tianjin TEDA 7 Alan Kardec Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 16 Talisca Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Graziano Pellè Shandong Luneng Taishan 10 Alexandre Pato Tianjin Quanjian 15 Nyasha Mushekwi Dalian Yifang

Top assists Source:[37] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Oscar Shanghai SIPG 19 2 Renato Augusto Beijing Sinobo Guoan 13 3 Hulk Shanghai SIPG 12 4 Yu Hanchao Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 11 5 Jonathan Viera Beijing Sinobo Guoan 10 6 Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG 8 Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F Graziano Pellè Shandong Luneng Taishan 9 Ezequiel Lavezzi Hebei China Fortune 7 Nicolás Gaitán Dalian Yifang Fan Yunlong Guizhou Hengfeng Jiang Zhipeng Hebei China Fortune Jin Jingdao Shandong Luneng Taishan Peng Xinli Chongqing Dangdai Lifan Zhang Chengdong Hebei China Fortune Éder Jiangsu Suning

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Chinese Super League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Alan	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guangzhou R&F	4–5	2 March 2018	[38]
Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	5–4	2 March 2018	[38]
Oscar	Shanghai SIPG	Dalian Yifang	8–0	3 March 2018	[39]
Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG	Dalian Yifang	8–0	3 March 2018	[39]
Wu Lei4	Shanghai SIPG	Guangzhou R&F	5–2	18 March 2018	[40]
Frank Acheampong	Tianjin TEDA	Tianjin Quanjian	3–2	18 March 2018	[41]
Obafemi Martins	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Hebei China Fortune	4–2	31 March 2018	[42]
Odion Ighalo4	Changchun Yatai	Guizhou Hengfeng	5–2	21 April 2018	[43]
Bubacarr Trawally	Guizhou Hengfeng	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	3–4	29 April 2018	[44]
Talisca	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guizhou Hengfeng	4–0	18 July 2018	[45]
Alan Kardec	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Guizhou Hengfeng	3–4	1 August 2018	[46]
Jonathan Soriano	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Hebei China Fortune	6–3	2 August 2018	[47]
Nyasha Mushekwi	Dalian Yifang	Guangzhou R&F	3–0	10 August 2018	[48]
Renato Augusto	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Tianjin TEDA	5–2	25 August 2018	[49]
Dong Xuesheng	Hebei China Fortune	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	4–4	20 October 2018	[50]
Alexandre Pato	Tianjin Quanjian	Guangzhou R&F	6–2	27 October 2018	[51]

Awards

The awards of 2018 Chinese Super League were announced on 21 November 2018.

Award	Winner	Club	Ref
Player of the Season	Wu Lei	Shanghai SIPG	[52]
Golden Boot			[53]
Goalkeeper of the Season	Yan Junling	Shanghai SIPG	[54]
Young Player of the Season	Huang Zichang	Jiangsu Suning	[55]
Manager of the Season	Li Xiaopeng	Shandong Luneng Taishan	[56]
Best Referee	Zhang Lei	–	[57]
Best Assistant Referee	Huo Weiming	–	[58]
Most Popular Player	Jin Jingdao	Shandong Luneng Taishan	[59]

Team of the Year[60]
Goalkeeper	Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG)
Defender	Wang Tong (Shandong Luneng Taishan)			Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)			Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)			Li Xuepeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Midfielder	Huang Zichang (Jiangsu Suning)			Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)			Oscar (Shanghai SIPG)			Jin Jingdao (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Forward	Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)						Hulk (Shanghai SIPG)

League attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	705,025	49,967	32,796	47,002	+3.1%†
2	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	626,152	56,544	30,699	41,743	+20.4%†
3	Dalian Yifang	497,171	51,666	20,197	33,145	+60.9%†
4	Jiangsu Suning	487,617	50,973	21,428	32,508	−0.6%†
5	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	486,516	42,856	23,658	32,434	−5.8%†
6	Shandong Luneng Taishan	371,768	42,035	14,019	24,785	−18.2%†
7	Shanghai SIPG	324,470	25,378	18,998	21,631	−25.9%†
8	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	322,155	23,928	20,012	21,477	+12.9%†
9	Tianjin Quanjian	294,984	25,815	6,178	19,666	−20.9%†
10	Changchun Yatai	282,286	27,682	10,127	18,819	+14.2%†
11	Henan Jianye	276,021	21,899	13,966	18,401	−2.8%†
12	Tianjin TEDA	265,745	31,607	8,566	17,716	+21.9%†
13	Guizhou Hengfeng	250,552	28,573	9,117	16,703	−20.8%†
14	Hebei China Fortune	240,429	25,866	10,113	16,029	−11.2%†
15	Beijing Renhe	188,004	27,289	5,651	12,534	+93.0%†
16	Guangzhou R&F	153,820	12,996	7,311	10,255	+3.5%†
	League total	5,772,715	56,544	5,651	24,053	+1.2%†

Updated to games played on 11 November 2018
Source: League attendance
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CL1.