2019 Chinese FA Super Cup

2019 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 2019中国足球协会超级杯) was the 17th Chinese FA Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Chinese Super League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played between Shanghai SIPG, champions of the 2018 Chinese Super League, and Beijing Sinobo Guoan, the winner of the 2018 Chinese FA Cup.^[2][3][4][5] Policy of foreign players and U-23 domestic players was executed in the tournament. At most three foreign players could play in the match while at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1996) must be in the starting eleven and at least three U-23 players must play in this match.^[6]

2019 Chinese FA Super Cup

Shanghai SIPG Beijing Sinobo Guoan 2 0
Date	23 February 2019
Venue	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou
Man of the Match	Yan Junling[1]
Referee	Zhang Lei
Attendance	25,132
Weather	Cloudy / 6°C / 87% humidity
← 2018 2023 →

Shanghai SIPG won the title for the first time after a 2–0 win over Beijing Sinobo Guoan with goals from Wang Shenchao and Lü Wenjun.^[7] Beijing Sinobo Guoan's Hou Yongyong was substituted on in the 71st minute of the match as a U-23 domestic player, which made him the first naturalized player to appear for a Chinese club.^[8]

Match

Details

Shanghai SIPG	2–0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Wang Shenchao 62' Lü Wenjun 66'	Report (Sina Sport) Report (Soccerway)

23 February 2019

19:35

Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou

Attendance: 25,132

Referee: Zhang Lei (Dalian FA)

Shanghai

Beijing

GK 1 Yan Junling CB 28 He Guan  24' CB 13 Wei Zhen (U23)  72' CB 5 Shi Ke RM 23 Fu Huan  90' CM 8 Oscar  90+2' CM 6 Cai Huikang LM 4 Wang Shenchao RF 10 Hulk (c)  90+2' CF 9 Elkeson LF 11 Lü Wenjun Substitutes: GK 34 Chen Wei DF 21 Yu Hai  72' DF 36 Yu Hao (U23) MF 15 Lin Chuangyi MF 24 Lei Wenjie (U23)  90' FW 14 Li Shenglong FW 33 Huang Zhenfei (U23)  90+2' Manager: Vítor Pereira

GK 25 Guo Quanbo (U23) RB 28 Jiang Tao CB 26 Lü Peng CB 19 Yu Dabao (c)  68' LB 4 Li Lei CM 5 Renato Augusto CM 6 Chi Zhongguo  71' CM 8 Piao Cheng AM 23 Jonathan Viera AM 10 Zhang Xizhe  87' CF 17 Cédric Bakambu Substitutes: GK 14 Zou Dehai DF 15 Liu Huan DF 18 Jin Taiyan DF 24 Zhang Yu MF 7 Hou Yongyong (U23)  71' FW 20 Wang Ziming (U23)  87' FW 29 Ba Dun Manager: Roger Schmidt

Man of the Match: Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG) Assistant referees: Song Xiangyun (Dalian FA) Shi Xiang (Jiangsu FA) Fourth official: Li Haixin (Guangzhou FA) Video assistant referee: Gu Chunhan (Wuhan FA) Assistant video assistant referees: Liang Songshang (Guangdong FA)

Match rules[6] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time. Maximum of three foreign players on the pitch. At least one domestic U-23 player in the starting eleven. At least three domestic U-23 players appear.

Chinese FA Super Cup 2019 winners
Shanghai SIPG First title

See also

• 2018 Chinese Super League
• 2018 Chinese FA Cup