2009 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

Season	2009
Champions	Beijing Guoan
Relegated	Chengdu Blades Guangzhou GPC
Champions League	Beijing Guoan Henan Construction Changchun Yatai Shandong Luneng
Matches played	240
Goals scored	536 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ramírez, Barcos (17)
Biggest home win	Guangzhou 6–1 Shenzhen (8 Aug) Qingdao 6–1 Chongqing (8 Aug)
Biggest away win	Chongqing 0–6 Tianjin (22 Aug)
Highest scoring	Changchun 2–6 Beijing (10 May)
Longest winning run	4 games Beijing (10 May–13 Jun)
Longest unbeaten run	11 games (5w & 6d) Shandong (12 Apr–2 Jul)
Longest losing run	5 games Dalian (5 Oct–31 Oct)
Highest attendance	60,000 (Beijing v Hangzhou)[1]
Lowest attendance	4,100 (Changsha v Qingdao)
Average attendance	16,059
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first ever Chinese Super League title.

The events during the 2008 season saw Liaoning relegated and Wuhan withdrawn. They were replaced by the promoted teams Jiangsu Sainty and Chongqing Lifan. Zhejiang Greentown which is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang were renamed to Hangzhou Greentown.

Each team is allowed to register a maximum of five foreign players and field four of them in starting line-up this season, one of whom must be from an AFC country.^[2]

The league title sponsor is Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli. A three-year deal was announced on March 20, 2009.^[3] Nike have renewed sponsorship deal with Super League before season starts. CCTV, SMG and Sina became league partners and will broadcast live matches on TV and online across the country.

Clubs, stadiums & attendance

• P - Promoted, TH - Title Holders

Club	Chinese	City	Home stadium	Capacity	Average attendance
Beijing Guoan	北京国安	Beijing	Workers Stadium	62,000	36,805
Changchun Yatai	长春亚泰	Changchun	Development Area Stadium[4]	25,000	12,179
Changsha Ginde	长沙金德	Changsha	Helong Stadium	55,000	8,498
Chengdu Blades	成都谢菲联	Chengdu	Chengdu Sports Center	42,000	11,873
Chongqing Lifan P	重庆力帆	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	11,440
Dalian Shide	大连实德	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium[5]	30,775	16,613
Guangzhou GPC	广州医药	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	30,000	20,057
Hangzhou Greentown	杭州绿城	Hangzhou	Yellow Dragon Stadium[6]	51,139	14,790
Henan Construction	河南建业	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,000	19,255
Jiangsu Sainty P	江苏舜天	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Stadium[7]	61,443	15,976
Qingdao Jonoon	青岛中能	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	8,774
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	陕西浐灞	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	47,565	23,026
Shandong Luneng TH	山东鲁能	Jinan	Shandong Provincial Stadium[8]	43,700	17,015
Shanghai Shenhua	上海申花	Shanghai	Hongkou Stadium[9]	33,060	12,627
Shenzhen Asia Travel	深圳亚旅	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	13,460
Tianjin Teda	天津泰达	Tianjin	TEDA Football Stadium	36,390	14,554
Total					16,059

H1N1 flu pandemic

Chongqing Lifan reported a 8-player and 3-crew infection of H1N1 flu virus on 10 September. Its matches in Round 22, 23 and 24 were postponed by Chinese FA. ^[10]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Beijing Guoan (C) (Q)	30	13	12	5	48	28	+20	51	AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage
2	Changchun Yatai (Q)	30	14	8	8	38	31	+7	50
3	Henan Construction (Q)	30	13	9	8	35	26	+9	48
4	Shandong Luneng (Q)	30	11	12	7	35	30	+5	45		Shandong: 9 pts, 7-4 Shanghai: 7 pts, 9-3 Tianjin: 1 pt, 1-10
5	Shanghai Shenhua	30	12	9	9	39	29	+10	45
6	Tianjin Teda	30	12	9	9	36	29	+7	45
7	Chengdu Blades (R)	30	11	6	13	32	39	−7	0392	Relegation to the China League One
8	Dalian Shide	30	10	8	12	27	31	−4	38
9	Guangzhou GPC (R)	30	9	10	11	38	38	0	0372	Relegation to the China League One	Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12-10 Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6-7 Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8-10 Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9-8
10	Jiangsu Sainty	30	9	10	11	30	30	0	37
11	Shenzhen Ruby	30	10	10	10	36	40	−4	0371
12	Shaanxi Renhe	30	9	10	11	26	24	+2	37
13	Qingdao Jonoon	30	8	12	10	36	36	0	36
14	Changsha Ginde	30	6	15	9	23	31	−8	33
15	Hangzhou Greentown	30	8	8	14	30	43	−13	32
16	Chongqing Lifan	30	7	8	15	27	51	−24	29

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.
Source: 2009 league table on the official site of the Chinese Super League
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^[11].
¹ Shenzhen were deducted 3 points for wearing the wrong kits for a home match against Shanghai and causing a one-hour delay of the match on 30 Aug 2009.^[12]
2 Both clubs were relegated after being found gulity of match fixing on February 23, 2010.^[13]
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
Beijing Guoan	2	2	6	3	5	8	8	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	1	1
Changchun Yatai	10	4	2	6	8	4	3	4	7	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	5	2	2	5	2	4	3	3	2
Henan Construction	6	7	3	2	1	1	2	3	5	7	3	5	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Shandong Luneng	8	3	8	5	7	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Shanghai Shenhua	5	11	4	4	2	5	7	7	8	5	7	4	7	5	7	8	6	9	9	7	7	8	9	7	9	6	5	6	5	5
Tianjin Teda	1	1	1	1	3	2	5	2	3	4	8	8	4	6	9	10	9	6	7	5	3	4	5	9	6	7	6	5	6	6
Chengdu Blades	15	8	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	7
Dalian Shide	16	6	12	10	6	7	6	8	4	6	6	9	6	7	5	5	7	8	8	9	8	9	6	6	3	5	7	7	7	8
Guangzhou Evergrande	11	10	5	7	4	6	4	6	6	8	4	6	9	9	11	7	5	4	4	6	6	6	7	8	8	10	9	10	8	9
Jiangsu Sainty	13	16	15	12	9	10	10	9	12	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	5	6	8	9	7	8	5	7	8	8	9	9	10
Shenzhen Ruby	7	15	7	11	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	12	11
Shaanxi Renhe	3	5	9	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	12
Qingdao Jonoon	12	13	14	15	13	13	11	12	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Changsha Ginde	9	12	10	9	10	12	13	10	11	13	9	7	8	8	6	6	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14
Hangzhou Greentown	4	9	11	8	11	9	9	11	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	15
Chongqing Lifan	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Winner; Champions League

2nd place; Champions League

3rd place; Champions League

4th place; Champions League

Relegation to League One

Correct as of 31 Oct 2009.
Source: Results by round

Results

Home \ Away1

BJ

CC

CS

CD

CQ

DL

GZ

HZ

HN

JS

QD

SX

SD

SH

SZ

TJ

Beijing Guoan

0–2

3–0

2–2

3–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–1

1–0

Changchun Yatai

2–6

1–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

3–2

1–0

3–1

1–0

Changsha Ginde

0–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–3

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

Chengdu Blades

0–2

2–1

1–2

2–3

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

0–3

0–1

Chongqing Lifan

3–2

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–6

Dalian Shide

1–2

3–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

3–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

0–0

1–1

Guangzhou GPC

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

3–1

3–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

6–1

1–1

Hangzhou Greentown

2–1

1–3

1–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–2

0–0

4–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–2

0–2

Henan Construction

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

2–0

2–0

2–1

Jiangsu Sainty

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

4–0

2–1

3–1

4–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

2–2

0–3

0–1

Qingdao Jonoon

0–1

2–1

2–1

2–1

6–1

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–2

1–1

Shaanxi Renhe

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

2–0

4–1

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

Shandong Luneng

2–2

3–2

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

4–0

Shanghai Shenhua

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

3–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–2

4–1

4–1

4–0

Shenzhen Ruby

2–2

4–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–2

1–2

0–1

3–1

0–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

Tianjin Teda

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

4–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

3–2

0–1

0–1

1–1

3–0

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.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Ramírez	Guangzhou GPC	17
	Hernán Barcos	Shenzhen Asia Travel	17
3	Valdo	Hangzhou Greentown	13
4	Qu Bo	Qingdao Jonoon	12
5	Han Peng	Shandong Luneng	11
6	Xu Liang	Guangzhou GPC	10
	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Henan Construction	10
	Johnny Lambert	Chongqing Lifan	10

Hat-tricks

• Xu Liang of Guangzhou GPC scored the first hat-trick of the season against Dalian Shide at Yuexiushan Stadium on 6 April 2009.

• Qu Bo of Qingdao Jonoon scored a hat-trick against Chongqing Lifan at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium on 8 August 2009.

• Hernán Barcos of Shenzhen Asia Travel scored a hat-trick against Changchun Yatai at Shenzhen Stadium on 12 September 2009.

• Emil Martínez of Beijing Guoan scored a hat-trick against Hangzhou Greentown at Workers Stadium on 31 October 2009.

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing	Manner	When	Incoming
Chengdu Blades	Li Bing	Resigned[15]	After Round 6	Wang Baoshan
Qingdao Jonoon	Guo Kanfeng	Sacked	After Round 6	Slobodan Santrač
Chongqing Lifan	Wei Xin	Resigned	After Round 10	Arie Haan
Shenzhen Asia Travel	Fan Yuhong	Sacked	After Round 17	Xie Feng
Shaanxi Chan-Ba	Cheng Yaodong	Resigned	After Round 20	Zhu Guanghu
Beijing Guoan	Lee Jang-Soo	Sacked[16]	After Round 23	Hong Yuanshuo
Hangzhou Greentown	Zhou Suian	Sacked	After Round 24	Wu Jingui
Changsha Ginde	Zhu Bo	Sacked	After Round 27	Hao Wei

References

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11. ^ 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
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See also

• 2009 in Chinese football

External links

• Chinese Super League official site (Chinese)
• Match Centre on FIFA official site (English)
• China 2009 on RSSSF (English)