2019 Chinese Super League

The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2019中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 16th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.^[1] The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.^[2][3] The season began on 1 March and ended on 1 December.^[4] Shanghai SIPG were the defending champions.^[5]

Chinese Super League

Season	2019
Dates	1 March – 1 December 2019
Champions	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (8th title)
Relegated	Beijing Renhe
AFC Champions League	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Beijing Sinobo Guoan Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Matches played	240
Goals scored	741 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eran Zahavi (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5–1 Beijing Renhe (7 April 2019) Jiangsu Suning 5–1 Guangzhou R&F (21 April 2019) Shanghai SIPG 5–1 Tianjin TEDA (14 August 2019)
Biggest away win	Guangzhou R&F 0–5 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (20 July 2019)
Highest scoring	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5–3 Guangzhou R&F (27 July 2019) Shenzhen 4–4 Wuhan Zall (26 October 2019)
Longest winning run	13 matches Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Longest winless run	18 matches Beijing Renhe
Longest losing run	8 matches Beijing Renhe
Highest attendance	57,056 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 1–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (11 August 2019)
Lowest attendance	2,634 Beijing Renhe 2–3 Jiangsu Suning (23 November 2019)
Total attendance	4,405,999
Average attendance	24,076
← 2018 2020 →

The policy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players was modified for this season. The same as the previous two seasons, 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. However, the total number of foreign players appearing in a match is no longer related to the total number of U-23 domestic players. A club can register four foreign players at most in the same time and use three foreign players at most in a match. On the other hand, at least three U-23 domestic players must be used in a match. In addition, if there are U-23 players who have been called up by the national teams at all levels, the number of U-23 domestic players fielded will be reduced accordingly.^[6] The policy was modified again during the season. From Round 16 and beyond, maximum of three foreign players can be used at the same time in one match and there must be at least one U-23 domestic player playing in one match. In addition, if there are U-23 players who have been called up by the national teams at all levels, the team is not required to field any U-23 players.^[7]

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2018 China League One

• Wuhan Zall^[8]
• Shenzhen^[9]

Clubs relegated to 2019 China League One

• Changchun Yatai^[10]
• Guizhou Hengfeng^[11]

Wuhan Zall and Shenzhen return to the division after a 5-year absence and a 7-year absence respectively. Changchun Yatai were relegated after a 13-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Guizhou Hengfeng were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.

Name changes

• Tianjin Quanjian changed their name to Tianjin Tianhai in January 2019.^[12]

Clubs

Personnel and stadiums

Team[13][14]	Head coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2018 season
Shanghai SIPG	Vítor Pereira	Shanghai	Shanghai Stadium	56,842	1st
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	54,856	2nd
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Li Xiaopeng	Jinan	Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium	56,808	3rd
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Bruno Génésio	Beijing	Workers' Stadium	66,161	4th
Jiangsu Suning	Cosmin Olăroiu	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre	61,443	5th
Hebei China Fortune	Xie Feng (caretaker)	Langfang	Langfang Stadium	30,040	6th
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Choi Kang-hee	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33,060	7th
Beijing Renhe	Wang Bo	Beijing	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,043	8th
Tianjin Tianhai	Li Weifeng	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Centre	54,696	9th
Guangzhou R&F	Dragan Stojković	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	10th
Dalian Yifang	Rafael Benítez	Dalian	Dalian Sports Centre Stadium	61,000	11th
Henan Jianye	Wang Baoshan	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,860	12th
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Jordi Cruyff	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	13th
Tianjin TEDA	Uli Stielike	Tianjin	Tianjin Olympic Centre	54,696	14th
Wuhan Zall P	Li Tie	Wuhan	Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center	30,000	CL1, 1st
Shenzhen P	Roberto Donadoni	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre	60,334	CL1, 2nd

Locations

Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Beijing Renhe

Chongqing Dangdai Lifan

Dalian Yifang

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Guangzhou R&F

Hebei China Fortune

Henan Jianye

Jiangsu Suning

Shandong Luneng Taishan

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Shanghai SIPG

Shenzhen

Wuhan Zall

Tianjin Tianhai
Tianjin TEDA

Location of teams in 2019 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tianjin Tianhai	Park Choong-kyun	Appointed as assistant coach	12 November 2018	Pre-season	Choi Kang-hee	3 December 2018[15]
Beijing Renhe	Luis García	Signed by Villarreal	10 December 2018[16]		Aleksandar Stanojević	18 December 2018[17]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Wu Jingui	Appointed as sporting director	25 December 2018		Quique Sánchez Flores	25 December 2018[18]
Tianjin Tianhai	Choi Kang-hee	Signed by Dalian Yifang	11 February 2019[19]		Shen Xiangfu	15 February 2019[20]
Dalian Yifang	Bernd Schuster	Mutual consent	11 February 2019		Choi Kang-hee	11 February 2019[19]
Hebei China Fortune	Chris Coleman	Sacked	15 May 2019	15th	Xie Feng (caretaker)	15 May 2019[21]
Tianjin Tianhai	Shen Xiangfu	Sacked	28 May 2019	16th	Park Choong-kyun	28 May 2019[22]
Dalian Yifang	Choi Kang-hee	Mutual consent	1 July 2019[23]	10th	Rafael Benítez	2 July 2019[24]
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Quique Sánchez Flores	Mutual consent	3 July 2019[25]	12th	Choi Kang-hee	5 July 2019[26]
Beijing Renhe	Aleksandar Stanojević	Mutual consent	9 July 2019[27]	15th	Luis García	9 July 2019[28]
Shenzhen	Juan Ramón López Caro	Sacked	30 July 2019[29]	15th	Roberto Donadoni	30 July 2019[30]
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Roger Schmidt	Sacked	31 July 2019[31]	3rd	Bruno Génésio	31 July 2019[32]
Tianjin Tianhai	Park Choong-kyun	Sacked	8 October 2019	15th	Li Weifeng	8 October 2019[33]
Beijing Renhe	Luis García	Sacked	12 November 2019	16th	Wang Bo	12 November 2019[34]

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players remained unchanged. 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. 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.

• Players name 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	Ayub Masika	Elvis Manu	Makhete Diop		Sone Aluko
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Fernando	Renato Augusto	Cédric Bakambu	Kim Min-jae		Jonathan Viera
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Alan Kardec	Luiz Fernandinho	Marcinho	Adrian Mierzejewski		Fernandinho
Dalian Yifang	Yannick Carrasco	Emmanuel Boateng	Marek Hamšík	Salomón Rondón		Alex Tayo Akande Nyasha Mushekwi
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Paulinho	Talisca	Park Ji-soo			Elkeson Tyias Browning
Guangzhou R&F	Mousa Dembélé	Dia Saba	Eran Zahavi	Duško Tošić	Tan Chun Lok
Hebei China Fortune	Ezequiel Lavezzi	Javier Mascherano	Fernandinho	Marcão	Andy Russell	Ayoub El Kaabi
Henan Jianye	Fernando Karanga	Ivo	Christian Bassogog	Franck Ohandza	Tim Chow	Henrique Dourado
Jiangsu Suning	Alex Teixeira	Miranda	Ivan Santini	Éder		Ramires Gabriel Paletta
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Marouane Fellaini	Moisés	Róger Guedes	Graziano Pellè		Gil
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Giovanni Moreno	Stephan El Shaarawy	Odion Ighalo	Kim Shin-wook		Fredy Guarín Óscar Romero
Shanghai SIPG	Marko Arnautović	Hulk	Oscar	Odil Ahmedov		Elkeson
Shenzhen	John Mary	Harold Preciado	Ole Selnæs	Dyego Sousa		Ola Kamara Cheikh M'Bengue
Tianjin TEDA	Johnathan Goiano	Felix Bastians	Sandro Wagner	Frank Acheampong
Tianjin Tianhai	Alan	Leonardo	Renatinho	Song Ju-hun		Alexandre Pato Kwon Kyung-won
Wuhan Zall	Léo Baptistão	Rafael Silva	Stéphane Mbia	Jean Evrard Kouassi

• ^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.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C)	30	23	3	4	68	24	+44	72	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	30	23	1	6	60	26	+34	70
3	Shanghai SIPG	30	20	6	4	62	26	+36	66	Qualification for Champions League play-off round
4	Jiangsu Suning	30	15	8	7	60	41	+19	53
5	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	15	6	9	55	35	+20	51
6	Wuhan Zall	30	12	8	10	41	41	0	44
7	Tianjin TEDA	30	12	5	13	43	45	−2	41[a]
8	Henan Jianye	30	11	8	11	41	46	−5	41[a]
9	Dalian Yifang	30	10	8	12	44	51	−7	38
10	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	30	9	9	12	36	47	−11	36
11	Hebei China Fortune	30	9	6	15	37	55	−18	33
12	Guangzhou R&F	30	9	5	16	54	72	−18	32
13	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	30	8	6	16	43	57	−14	30	Qualification for Champions League group stage[b]
14	Tianjin Tianhai[c] (R, D)	30	4	13	13	40	53	−13	25	Disbanded after season
15	Shenzhen[d]	30	4	9	17	31	57	−26	21
16	Beijing Renhe (R)	30	3	5	22	26	65	−39	14	Relegation to China League One

Source: CSL
Rules for classification:

• During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
• After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.^[36]
  (C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
  Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Henan Jianye 2–3 Tianjin TEDA, Tianjin TEDA 2–0 Henan Jianye.
2. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Chinese FA Cup winners.
3. Tianjin Tianhai was dissolved after 2019 season.^[35]
4. Despite finishing 15th, Shenzhen avoided relegation because Tianjin Tianhai dissolved due to its financial troubles.

Results

Home \ Away	BJR	BJS	CQ	DLY	GZE	GZF	HBC	HN	JSS	SD	SGS	SSI	SZ	TTD	TTH	WH
Beijing Renhe	—	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–1	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–4	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–2
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	2–1	—	4–1	4–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	2–0	0–4	—	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Dalian Yifang	2–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–1	3–2	3–3	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1
Guangzhou R&F	3–1	1–4	4–2	3–3	0–5	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–4
Hebei China Fortune	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2
Henan Jianye	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–5	1–0	4–1	—	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–0
Jiangsu Suning	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	5–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	5–3	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–3	—	0–4	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–2
Shanghai SIPG	3–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	—	6–0	5–1	0–0	2–1
Shenzhen	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	4–4
Tianjin TEDA	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	0–3	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	—	1–1	2–1
Tianjin Tianhai	2–2	0–3	3–3	5–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	—	3–1
Wuhan Zall	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	—

Source: CSL
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
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Shanghai SIPG	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Jiangsu Suning	4	6	6	9	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Shandong Luneng Taishan	6	5	4	4	6	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wuhan Zall	13	7	8	11	13	12	16	14	12	13	11	8	6	8	7	9	5	6	7	7	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Tianjin TEDA	11	13	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	9	10	10	11	9	7	9	7	9	7	8	7	7	7
Henan Jianye	10	11	14	12	15	16	13	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8
Dalian Yifang	9	10	13	13	10	10	11	12	13	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	7	9	8	8	6	6	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	9
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	8	12	7	6	4	5	6	6	4	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	8	8	8	10	8	9	7	9	9	10
Hebei China Fortune	14	8	10	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11
Guangzhou R&F	7	9	12	14	11	11	9	10	10	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	10	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	16	16	11	7	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13
Tianjin Tianhai	15	15	16	15	16	15	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Shenzhen	3	4	5	5	8	8	8	8	9	10	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Beijing Renhe	12	14	15	16	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	12	14	15	15	15	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 China League One
	Disbanded after season

Source: CSL

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	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Dalian Yifang	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
Guangzhou R&F	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L
Hebei China Fortune	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W
Henan Jianye	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W
Jiangsu Suning	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Shandong Luneng Taishan	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L
Shanghai SIPG	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Shenzhen	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L
Tianjin TEDA	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
Tianjin Tianhai	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L
Wuhan Zall	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L

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

Player statistics

Top scorers As of 1 December 2019 Source:[37] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F 29 2 Paulinho Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 19 3 Alex Teixeira Jiangsu Suning 18 Elkeson Shanghai SIPG Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5 Yannick Carrasco Dalian Yifang 17 Graziano Pellè Shandong Luneng Taishan 7 Renato Augusto Beijing Sinobo Guoan 15 8 Alan Kardec Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 14 9 Johnathan Goiano Tianjin TEDA 13 Dia Saba Guangzhou R&F

Top assists As of 1 December 2019 Source:[38] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Oscar Shanghai SIPG 13 2 Yang Liyu Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 12 3 Renato Augusto Beijing Sinobo Guoan 11 Cao Yunding Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5 Tang Miao Guangzhou R&F 10 6 Alex Teixeira Jiangsu Suning 9 7 Frank Acheampong Tianjin TEDA 8 8 Adrian Mierzejewski Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 7 9 10 players 6

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Chinese Super League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F	Shenzhen	3–1 (H)	26 April 2019	[39]
Jonathan Viera	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Dalian Yifang	4–1 (H)	28 April 2019	[40]
Graziano Pellè	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Wuhan Zall	3–0 (H)	28 April 2019	[41]
Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F	Wuhan Zall	3–4 (H)	15 June 2019
Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Dalian Yifang	4–1 (H)	16 July 2019
Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guangzhou R&F	0–5 (A)	20 July 2019
Kim Shin-wook	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Guangzhou R&F	5–3 (H)	27 July 2019
Alan Kardec4	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	Beijing Renhe	1–4 (A)	13 October 2019

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		U-21 Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March	Roger Schmidt	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Jonathan Viera	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Zou Dehai	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Zhang Yufeng	Beijing Renhe	[42]
April	Roger Schmidt	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Talisca	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Zou Dehai	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Chen Binbin	Shanghai SIPG	[43]
May	Vítor Pereira	Shanghai SIPG	Hulk	Shanghai SIPG	Gu Chao	Jiangsu Suning	Zhang Yufeng	Beijing Renhe	[44]
June	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Hao Junmin	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Liu Dianzuo	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Yan Dinghao	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	[45]
July	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Liu Dianzuo	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Yan Dinghao	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	[46]
August	Fabio Cannavaro	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Zhang Lu	Tianjin Tianhai	Yan Dinghao	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	[47]
September	Li Tie	Wuhan Zall	Liu Yun	Wuhan Zall	Dong Chunyu	Wuhan Zall	Duan Liuyu	Shandong Luneng Taishan	[48]
October	Li Xiaopeng	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Cao Yunding	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Han Rongze	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Zhu Chenjie	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	[49]

Annual awards

The awards of 2019 Chinese Super League were announced on 7 December 2019.^[50]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Golden Boot	Eran Zahavi	Guangzhou R&F
Goalkeeper of the Season	Yan Junling	Shanghai SIPG
Young Player of the Season	Zhu Chenjie	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Manager of the Season	Li Xiaopeng	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Best Referee	Milorad Mažić	–
Best Assistant Referee	Zhang Cheng	–
Most Popular Player	Wu Xi	Jiangsu Suning

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG)
Defender	Tang Miao (Guangzhou R&F)			Zhu Chenjie (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua)			Li Ang (Jiangsu Suning)			Li Lei (Beijing Sinobo Guoan)
Midfielder	Wu Xi (Jiangsu Suning)				Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)				Hao Junmin (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Forward	Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou R&F)				Graziano Pellè (Shandong Luneng Taishan)				Yang Liyu (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

League attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	686,930	49,973	28,973	45,795	−2.6%†
2	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	627,012	57,056	32,795	41,801	+0.1%†
3	Dalian Yifang	492,790	52,109	20,149	32,853	−0.9%†
4	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	463,510	43,858	19,836	30,901	−4.7%†
5	Jiangsu Suning	412,617	47,827	18,336	27,508	−15.4%†
6	Shandong Luneng Taishan	332,709	40,117	12,158	22,181	−10.5%†
7	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	327,513	24,123	20,010	21,834	+1.6%†
8	Shanghai SIPG	319,070	25,639	12,635	21,271	−1.7%†
9	Wuhan Zall	307,258	25,007	15,189	20,484	+197.6%†
10	Henan Jianye	305,407	21,999	17,635	20,360	+10.6%†
11	Tianjin TEDA	285,576	31,243	11,221	19,038	+3.0%†
12	Hebei China Fortune	266,981	24,283	13,563	17,799	+11.0%†
13	Tianjin Tianhai	253,611	31,317	5,073	16,907	−14.2%†
14	Shenzhen	244,180	34,986	10,403	16,279	+116.9%†
15	Guangzhou R&F	157,022	13,516	8,938	10,468	+1.4%†
16	Beijing Renhe	113,182	22,376	1,253	7,545	−39.8%†
	League total	5,595,368	57,056	1,253	23,314	−3.1%†

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: League attendance
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CL1.