2011 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

Season	2011
Champions	Guangzhou Evergrande
Champions League	Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Liaoning Whowin
Matches played	240
Goals scored	564 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Muriqui (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Liaoning 6–1 Shenzhen (18 Jun) Guangzhou 5–0 Nanchang (14 Jul)
Biggest away win	Chengdu 0–4 Liaoning (11 Jun)
Highest scoring	Liaoning 6–1 Shenzhen (18 Jun) Nanchang 2–5 Shandong (24 Sep) Jiangsu 5–2 Guangzhou (22 Oct)
Longest winning run	7 games Guangzhou Evergrande
Longest unbeaten run	23 games Guangzhou Evergrande (16W 7D)
Longest losing run	5 games Shenzhen Ruby, Shanghai Shenhua
Highest attendance	53,375 Beijing vs Guangzhou
Lowest attendance	2,011 Qingdao vs Changchun
Average attendance	17,947
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Chinese Super League was the eighth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the eighteenth season of a professional association football league and the 50th top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. clinched their first ever Chinese Super League title on September 28, 2011.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2010 China League One

• Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.
• Chengdu Blades F.C.

Teams relegated to 2011 China League One

• Chongqing Lifan F.C.
• Changsha Ginde F.C. (Change name to Shenzhen Phoenix F.C. and Now named Guangzhou R&F F.C.)

Clubs

Stadiams and Locations

Beijing Guoan

Changchun Yatai

Shandong Luneng

Henan Construction

Shanghai Shenhua

Tianjin Teda

Hangzhou Greentown

Dalian Shide

Jiangsu Sainty

Shenzhen Ruby

Shaanxi CSCE

Qingdao Jonoon

Liaoning Whowin

Nanchang Hengyuan

Chengdu Blades

Guangzhou Evergrande

Location of teams in 2011 Chinese Super League

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2010 season
Beijing Guoan	Jaime Pacheco	Beijing	Workers Stadium	66,161	5th
Changchun Yatai	Shen Xiangfu	Changchun, Jilin	Development Area Stadium	25,000	9th
Chengdu Blades P	Lawrie McKinna	Chengdu, Sichuan	Chengdu Sports Centre	39,225	CL1, 2nd
Dalian Shide	Nelo Vingada	Dalian, Liaoning	Jinzhou Stadium	30,775	6th
Guangzhou Evergrande P	Lee Jang-Soo	Guangzhou, Guangdong	Tianhe Stadium	60,161	CL1, 1st
Hangzhou Greentown	Wu Jingui	Hangzhou, Zhejiang	Meihu Sports Centre (Round 1 to 14) Jiaxing Stadium (Round 17 to 30)	35,260 35,000	4th
Henan Construction	Jo Bonfrere	Zhengzhou, Henan	Hanghai Stadium	28,000	8th
Jiangsu Sainty	Dragan Okuka	Nanjing, Jiangsu	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	61,443	11th
Liaoning Whowin	Ma Lin	Shenyang, Liaoning	Tiexi New District Sports Center	30,000	7th
Nanchang Hengyuan	Zhu Jiong	Nanchang, Jiangxi	Nanchang Bayi Stadium	26,000	13th
Qingdao Jonoon	Chang Woe-Ryong	Qingdao, Shandong	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	14th
Shaanxi Renhe	Gao Hongbo	Xi'an, Shaanxi	Shaanxi Province Stadium	47,565	10th
Shandong Luneng TH	Manuel Barbosa	Jinan, Shandong	Shandong Provincial Stadium	43,700	1st
Shanghai Shenhua	Xi Zhikang	Shanghai	Hongkou Stadium	33,060	3rd
Shenzhen Ruby	Philippe Troussier	Shenzhen, Guangdong	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	12th
Tianjin Teda	Arie Haan	Tianjin	TEDA Football Stadium Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (Round 24, 26 & 28)	36,390 60,000	2nd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Henan Construction	Tang Yaodong	Sacked	11 November 2010[1]	N/A	Kim Hak-Beom	27 November 2010[2]
Jiangsu Sainty	Pei Encai	Sacked	30 November 2010[3]	N/A	Ján Kocian	8 December 2010[4]
Shanghai Shenhua	Miroslav Blažević	End of contract	11 December 2010[5]	N/A	Xi Zhikang	12 December 2010[6]
Beijing Guoan	Wei Kexing	Sacked	21 December 2010	N/A	Jaime Pacheco	4 January 2011[7]
Qingdao Jonoon	Guo Kanfeng	Sacked	29 December 2010[8]	N/A	Chang Woe-Ryong	16 January 2011[9]
Shenzhen Ruby	Siniša Gogić	End of contract	31 December 2010	N/A	Philippe Troussier	22 February 2011 [10]
Chengdu Blades	Wang Baoshan	Sacked	31 December 2010	N/A	Lawrie McKinna	19 March 2011[11]
Jiangsu Sainty	Ján Kocian	Sacked	5 May 2011[12]	15th	Dragan Okuka	10 May 2011[13]
Shandong Luneng	Branko Ivanković	Resigned	5 May 2011[14]	8th	Rajko Magić	5 May 2011[14]
Henan Construction	Kim Hak-Beom	Sacked	5 May 2011[15]	8th	Zhao Wei (Caretaker)	23 May 2011[15]
Dalian Shide	Park Seong-Hwa	Sacked	29 May 2011[16]	12th	Li Xicai (Caretaker)	29 May 2011[16]
Dalian Shide	Li Xicai (Caretaker)	Sacked	31 May 2011[17]	12th	Gai Zengjun(Caretaker)	31 May 2011[17]
Henan Construction	Zhao Wei (Caretaker)	Sacked	29 June 2011[18]	15th	Jo Bonfrere	29 June 2011[18]
Shaanxi Renhe	Milorad Kosanović	Sacked	19 July 2011[19]	5th	Slobodan Santrač	20 July 2011[20]
Dalian Shide	Gai Zengjun (Caretaker)	Sacked	20 July 2011	12th	Nelo Vingada	20 July 2011[21]
Shanghai Shenhua	Xi Zhikang	Sacked	10 August 2011	9th	Dražen Besek	10 August 2011[22]
Shandong Luneng	Rajko Magić	Resigned	17 September 2011	7th	Manuel Barbosa	17 September 2011[23]
Shaanxi Renhe	Slobodan Santrač	Sacked	24 September 2011[24]	10th	Gao Hongbo	24 September 2011[24]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C) (Q)	30	20	8	2	67	23	+44	68	2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Beijing Guoan (Q)	30	14	11	5	49	21	+28	53
3	Liaoning Whowin (Q)	30	14	8	8	38	23	+15	50
4	Jiangsu Sainty	30	14	5	11	43	28	+15	47		Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1 Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2
5	Shandong Luneng	30	13	8	9	37	31	+6	47
6	Qingdao Jonoon	30	12	9	9	37	33	+4	45		Qingdao, 3 pts, 2–1 Changchun, 3 pts, 1–2
7	Changchun Yatai	30	11	12	7	33	31	+2	45
8	Hangzhou Greentown	30	10	9	11	28	32	−4	39
9	Shaanxi Renhe	30	10	8	12	34	41	−7	38
10	Tianjin Teda	30	8	13	9	37	41	−4	37		Tianjin, 3 pts, 2–2 Shanghai, 3 pts, 2–2
11	Shanghai Shenhua	30	11	4	15	31	41	−10	37
12	Dalian Shide	30	7	11	12	27	43	−16	32		Dalian, 6 pts, 3–1 Henan, 0 pt, 1–3
13	Henan Construction	30	7	11	12	29	35	−6	32
14	Nanchang Hengyuan	30	8	5	17	20	41	−21	29
15	Chengdu Blades (R)	30	5	12	13	27	47	−20	27	Relegation to the China League One
16	Shenzhen Ruby (R)	30	5	8	17	27	53	−26	23

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
Source: http://csl.sina.com.cn/
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[25].
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champions; (Q) = Qualified for Champions League; (R) = Relegated.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Guangzhou Evergrande	4	5	5	5	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Beijing Guoan	3	7	9	6	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Liaoning Whowin	16	9	4	2	6	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Jiangsu Sainty	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	6	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4
Shandong Luneng	7	3	6	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Qingdao Jonoon	9	4	8	11	9	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	6
Changchun Yatai	5	8	11	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	7	5	5	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	7	7
Hangzhou Greentown	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	10	6	6	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Shaanxi Renhe	1	2	2	1	5	5	6	5	9	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	6	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Tianjin Teda	6	6	3	4	7	9	10	7	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	5	7	9	9	7	8	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	10
Shanghai Shenhua	10	11	7	7	4	6	5	6	3	3	4	3	5	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	11
Dalian Shide	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Henan Construction	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13
Nanchang Hengyuan	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	13	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chengdu Blades	8	10	12	13	11	11	9	10	10	10	13	11	12	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Shenzhen Ruby	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

Winner; Champions League

2nd place; Champions League

3rd place; Champions League

Relegation to League One

Correct as of 2 October 2011.
Source: Results by round

Results

Home \ Away1

BJ

CC

CD

DL

GZ

HZ

HN

JS

LN

NC

QD

SX

SD

SH

SZ

TJ

Beijing Guoan

4–1

3–1

3–0

1–1

1–3

3–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–3

1–1

3–0

4–0

1–1

Changchun Yatai

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–2

0–2

3–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–3

Chengdu Blades

0–3

2–2

0–0

2–2

2–0

0–2

0–0

0–4

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–2

2–0

2–2

1–1

Dalian Shide

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–3

1–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

2–1

3–2

1–0

0–3

1–2

0–0

1–1

Guangzhou Evergrande

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

5–0

4–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

4–1

4–0

Hangzhou Greentown

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–2

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

Henan Construction

1–1

0–1

2–3

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

4–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

Jiangsu Sainty

0–2

1–0

1–0

4–0

5–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

3–1

1–0

2–0

3–2

3–0

2–2

Liaoning Whowin

0–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–4

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

6–1

2–0

Nanchang Hengyuan

0–3

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

0–0

2–3

2–5

0–0

1–0

0–0

Qingdao Jonoon

1–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

0–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

4–1

0–1

2–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

Shaanxi Renhe

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–3

1–4

2–1

3–2

0–0

2–0

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

Shandong Luneng

1–1

1–0

3–3

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–1

Shanghai Shenhua

1–0

0–2

4–1

1–0

0–2

3–2

1–2

3–2

1–1

0–1

3–3

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

Shenzhen Ruby

0–3

1–2

2–2

4–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–3

2–0

1–2

Tianjin Teda

0–1

1–2

0–1

2–2

0–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–3

3–0

1–1

2–2

3–1

1–0

1–0

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011
Source: Results on the official site of the Chinese Super League
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Updated to games played on 29 October 2011. ^[26]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Muriqui	Guangzhou Evergrande	16 (1)
2	Leandro Netto	Henan Construction	14 (2)
3	Cristian Dănălache	Jiangsu Sainty	13 (3)
4	Luis Salmerón	Shanghai Shenhua	12 (2)
5	Joel Griffiths	Beijing Guoan	11
	Gao Lin	Guangzhou Evergrande	11 (1)
	Yu Hanchao	Liaoning Whowin	11
8	Walter Martínez	Beijing Guoan	10
	Martin Kamburov	Dalian Shide	10 (1)
	Cléo	Guangzhou Evergrande	10 (3)
	Aleksandar Jevtić	Jiangsu Sainty	10
	Obina	Shandong Luneng	10 (2)
13	Darío Conca	Guangzhou Evergrande	9 (2)
	Qu Bo	Shaanxi Renhe	9 (2)
	Roda Antar	Shandong Luneng	9 (0)
	Luciano Olguín	Tianjin Teda	9 (2)

Other scorers

8 goals Xu Liang (Beijing Guoan) Yang Xu (Liaoning Whowin)

Han Peng (Shandong Luneng) Chris Killen (Shenzhen Ruby)

7 goals Luis Ramírez (Hangzhou Greentown)

6 goals Wang Xiaolong (Beijing Guoan) Yovanny Arrechea (Changchun Yatai) Xu Yang (Henan Construction)

Song Wenjie (Qingdao Jonoon) Huang Fengtao (Shenzhen Ruby) Yu Dabao (Tianjin Teda)

5 goals Dori (Changchun Yatai) Brendon Šantalab (Chengdu Blades) Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande) Paulo Pezzolano (Hangzhou Greentown) Kim Yoo-Jin (Liaoning Whowin) Valdo (Liaoning Whowin)

Zhao Junzhe (Liaoning Whowin) Éber (Qingdao Jonoon) Zheng Long (Qingdao Jonoon) Zhu Jianrong (Qingdao Jonoon) Dong Xuesheng (Shenzhen Ruby) Chen Tao (Tianjin Teda)

4 goals Wang Changqing (Beijing Guoan) Nei (Changchun Yatai) Zhang Wenzhao (Changchun Yatai) Adriano (Dalian Shide) Jiang Ning (Guangzhou Evergrande) Wu Pingfeng (Guangzhou Evergrande) Bruce Djite (Jiangsu Sainty)

Ko Jae-Sung (Nanchang Hengyuan) Liu Jian (Qingdao Jonoon) Dino Đulbić (Shaanxi Renhe) Wan Houliang (Shaanxi Renhe) Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua) Marko Zorić (Tianjin Teda)

3 goals Roberto (Beijing Guoan) Du Zhenyu (Changchun Yatai) Wang Wanpeng (Changchun Yatai) Javier Estupiñán (Chengdu Blades) John Hutchinson (Chengdu Blades) Adam Kwasnik (Chengdu Blades) Gao Zhilin (Guangzhou Evergrande) Bari Mamatil (Hangzhou Greentown) Eleílson (Jiangsu Sainty)

Sun Ke (Jiangsu Sainty) Camilo (Nanchang Hengyuan) Diego Vera (Nanchang Hengyuan) Zou Zheng (Qingdao Jonoon) Tomáš Oravec (Shaanxi Renhe) Wilson (Shaanxi Renhe) Yu Hai (Shaanxi Renhe) Wu Xi (Shanghai Shenhua) Marius Bilaşco (Tianjin Teda)

2 goals Zhou Ting (Beijing Guoan) Modeste M'bami (Changchun Yatai) Wang Dong (Changchun Yatai) Peng Xinli (Chengdu Blades) Ahn Jung-Hwan (Dalian Shide) James Chamanga (Dalian Shide) Yan Xiangchuang (Dalian Shide) Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande) Gao Zhilin (Guangzhou Evergrande) Du Wei (Hangzhou Greentown) Mao Jianqing (Hangzhou Greentown) Sebastián Vázquez (Hangzhou Greentown) Xie Zhiyu (Hangzhou Greentown) Christopher Katongo (Henan Construction)

Huang Xiyang (Henan Construction) Xiao Zhi (Henan Construction) Ji Xiang (Jiangsu Sainty) Lu Bofei (Jiangsu Sainty) Kamoliddin Tadjiev (Jiangsu Sainty) Li Peng (Qingdao Jonoon) Miloš Bajalica (Shaanxi Renhe) Deng Zhuoxiang (Shandong Luneng) Lü Zheng (Shandong Luneng) Wang Yongpo (Shandong Luneng) Rony Flores (Shenzhen Ruby) Hu Rentian (Tianjin Teda) Wu Wei'an (Tianjin Teda)

1 goal Ladji Keita (Beijing Guoan) Lei Tenglong (Beijing Guoan) Yu Yang (Beijing Guoan) Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan) Anzur Ismailov (Changchun Yatai) Fan Peipei (Chengdu Blades) Hui Jiakang (Chengdu Blades) Li Gang (Chengdu Blades) Li Hongyang (Chengdu Blades) Li Jianbin (Chengdu Blades) Wang Kai (Chengdu Blades) Wang Yongxin (Chengdu Blades) Yang Zezhi (Chengdu Blades) Zhang Yuan (Chengdu Blades) Li Zhichao (Dalian Shide) Quan Lei (Dalian Shide) Wang Xuanhong (Dalian Shide) Yang Boyu (Dalian Shide) Zhang Yaokun (Dalian Shide) Zhao Xuebin (Dalian Shide) Zhu Ting (Dalian Shide) Sun Xiang (Guangzhou Evergrande) Ye Weichao (Guangzhou Evergrande) Fan Xiaodong (Hangzhou Greentown) Shen Longyuan (Hangzhou Greentown) Wang Song (Hangzhou Greentown) Fabão (Henan Construction) Marcos Flores (Henan Construction) Lu Feng (Henan Construction) Zhao Peng (Henan Construction) Paolo de la Haza (Jiangsu Sainty) Ren Hang (Jiangsu Sainty) Tan Si (Jiangsu Sainty) Vladimir Bogdanović (Liaoning Whowin) Chen Xing (Liaoning Whowin) Zhang Ye (Liaoning Whowin) Gao Zaicheng (Nanchang Hengyuan)

Johnny (Nanchang Hengyuan) Lang Zheng (Nanchang Hengyuan) Li Lei (Nanchang Hengyuan) Paulão (Nanchang Hengyuan) Paulo Roberto (Nanchang Hengyuan) Jonathan Ramis (Nanchang Hengyuan) Teng Bin (Nanchang Hengyuan) Xu Wen (Nanchang Hengyuan) Yang Chen (Nanchang Hengyuan) Ye Chongqiu (Nanchang Hengyuan) Zhu Baojie (Nanchang Hengyuan) Aziz Ibrahimov (Qingdao Jonoon) Léo San (Qingdao Jonoon) Yao Jiangshan (Qingdao Jonoon) Fabio Firmani (Shaanxi Renhe) Li Kai (Shaanxi Renhe) Derek Riordan (Shaanxi Renhe) Zhang Chenglin (Shaanxi Renhe) Fabiano (Shandong Luneng) Julio de León (Shandong Luneng) Juan Angulo (Shanghai Shenhua) Cao Yunding (Shanghai Shenhua) Dai Lin (Shanghai Shenhua) Feng Renliang (Shanghai Shenhua) Jiang Jiajun (Shanghai Shenhua) Jiang Kun (Shanghai Shenhua) Eisner Iván Loboa (Shanghai Shenhua) Li Yang (Shenzhen Ruby) Liu Chao (Shenzhen Ruby) Takashi Rakuyama (Shenzhen Ruby) Yahia (Shenzhen Ruby) Cao Yang (Tianjin Teda) Han Yanming (Tianjin Teda) Li Benjian (Tianjin Teda) Li Weifeng (Tianjin Teda) Obiora Odita (Tianjin Teda) Song Chong-Gug (Tianjin Teda)

Own goals

• Scored for Beijing Guoan (1): Jiang Pengxiang (Changchun Yatai)
• Scored for Changchun Yatai (1): Sun Yifan (Nanchang Hengyuan)
• Scored for Hangzhou Greentown (1): Fabão (Henan Construction)
• Scored for Qingdao Jonoon (1): Nei (Changchun Yatai)
• Scored for Qingdao Jonoon (1): Ai Zhibo (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Scored for Shaanxi Renhe (1): Ricardo (Shandong Luneng)
• Scored for Shanghai Shenhua (1): Peng Xinli (Chengdu Blades)
• Scored for Shanghai Shenhua (1): Dino Đulbić (Shaanxi Renhe)
• Scored for Shanghai Shenhua (1): Li Yang (Shenzhen Ruby)
• Scored for Shanghai Shenhua (1): Marko Zorić (Tianjin Teda)
• Scored for Shenzhen Ruby (1): Kim Yoo-Jin (Liaoning Whowin)

Attendances

League Attendance

Rank	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	684,991	50,389	35,856	45,666	n/a†
2	Beijing Guoan	605,958	53,375	31,267	40,397	0.21159498530382+21.1%†
3	Shaanxi Renhe	417,538	39,996	11,336	27,836	-0.99226464192778−0.7%†
4	Liaoning Whowin	294,319	25,812	11,917	19,621	0.94267326732673+94.2%†
5	Tianjin Teda	273,629	43,986	6,999	18,242	0.23615911093041+23.6%†
6	Jiangsu Sainty	257,557	31,856	11,576	17,170	0.60963719883754+60.9%†
7	Dalian Shide	257,214	25,000	3,325	17,148	0.39335337612741+39.3%†
8	Henan Construction	245,007	20,688	9,346	16,334	-0.87675791733763−12.3%†
9	Changchun Yatai	207,531	28,669	5,500	13,835	0.37429224197874+37.4%†
10	Shandong Luneng	181,679	27,815	4,255	12,112	-0.76171309980504−23.8%†
11	Nanchang Hengyuan	156,932	14,562	7,649	10,462	-0.89571917808219−10.4%†
12	Shenzhen Ruby	154,154	24,500	4,118	10,277	-0.82619181606238−17.3%†
13	Shanghai Shenhua	147,416	18,232	4,325	9,828	-0.75815783383476−24.1%†
14	Hangzhou Greentown	128,787	16,786	2,681	8,586	-0.59010309278351−40.9%†
15	Qingdao Jonoon	126,963	15,286	2,011	8,464	0.35489034736674+35.4%†
16	Chengdu Blades	96,647	20,000	2,465	6,443	n/a†
	League total	4,326,322	53,375	2,011	17,651	+21.0%†

Updated to games played on Nov 2, 2011
Source: CSLdata
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in CL1.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
53,375	18	1 August 2011	Beijing Guo'an	1 – 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Workers' Stadium	Monday	Night
50,389	15	6 July 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	4 – 0	Chengdu Blades	Tianhe Stadium	Wednesday	Night
50,000	1	2 April 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 – 0	Dalian Shide	Tianhe Stadium	Saturday	Night
49,693	27	16 October 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Tianhe Stadium	Sunday	Night
48,920	9	29 May 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 – 1	Changchun Yatai	Tianhe Stadium	Sunday	Night
48,657	29	29 October 2011	Beijing Guo'an	2 – 3	Shaanxi Chanba	Workers' Stadium	Saturday	Afternoon
48,500	17	14 July 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	5 – 0	Nanchang Hengyuan	Tianhe Stadium	Thursday	Night
48,383	25	24 September 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	4 – 0	Tianjin Teda	Tianhe Stadium	Friday	Night
48,312	11	18 June 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 – 0	Shaanxi Chanba	Tianhe Stadium	Saturday	Night
48,160	19	6 August 2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	4 – 0	Qingdao Jonoon	Tianhe Stadium	Saturday	Night

References

1. ^ 建业与唐尧东和平分手 俱乐部明年或将由洋帅执教 (Chinese)
2. ^ 河南建业新任主帅金学范抵达郑州并与球队会面 (Chinese)
3. ^ 裴恩才与舜天分手：好聚好散 尊重俱乐部的选择 (Chinese)
4. ^ 江苏正式宣布签约新洋帅 科西安:我来执教不是为钱 (Chinese)
5. ^ 布拉泽维奇正式出任国奥主帅 黎兵入教练组任助教 (Chinese)
6. ^ 朱骏确认奚志康任申花新主帅 成亮携两洋帅任助手 (Chinese)
7. ^ 国安新帅抵达盼“尽快”开工 帕切科豪言目标冠军 (Chinese)
8. ^ 关于对郭侃峰等同志的任命公告 (Chinese)
9. ^ 张外龙出任青岛中能职业队主教练，福卡任助理教练 (Chinese)
10. ^ 茅台红钻队 给力新赛季 (Chinese)
11. ^ 成足新外教诺维闪电上任　中超洋帅人数已创纪录 (Chinese)
12. ^ 舜天主帅科西安昨“下课” (Chinese)
13. ^ 舜天宣布新任代理主教练 前塞尔维亚国青主帅上任 (Chinese)
14. ^ ^{a b} 山东鲁能主帅伊万下课 助理教练马季奇接过教鞭 (Chinese)
15. ^ ^{a b} 建业主帅金鹤范下课 中超8轮后已有3名外教下课 (Chinese)
16. ^ ^{a b} 朴成华连夜下课 (Chinese)
17. ^ ^{a b} 实德两天内再换教练 大连名宿盖增君任代理主帅 (Chinese)
18. ^ ^{a b} 又一位名帅来到中超：邦弗雷雷执教河南建业 (Chinese)
19. ^ 浐灞官方宣布科萨下课 球迷倒戈高层无奈提前解约 (Chinese)
20. ^ 桑特拉奇确认签约浐灞 鲁能两冠功勋:咱比布帅适合 (Chinese)
21. ^ 实德正式宣布葡籍名帅上任 文加达：率队重回巅峰 (Chinese)
22. ^ 申花快讯：克罗地亚人拜塞克出任申花新主帅 (Chinese)
23. ^ 鲁能宣布主帅马季奇下课 聘巴博萨为教练组组长 (Chinese)
24. ^ ^{a b} 高洪波接替桑特拉奇入主陕西 传执教年薪超百万 (Chinese)
25. ^ 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
26. ^ http://data.sports.sina.com.cn/csl/scorers/

External links

• Chinese Super League official site (Chinese)