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| Competition: | Chinese Super League |
| Winners: | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (8th title) |
| Relegated: | Beijing Renhe |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Beijing Sinobo Guoan Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 741 |
| League Topscorer: | Eran Zahavi (29 goals) |
| Longest Wins: | 13 matches Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 15 matches Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
| Longest Winless: | 18 matches Beijing Renhe |
| Longest Losses: | 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) |
| Average Attendance: | 24,076 |
| Attendance: | 4,405,999 |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
| Season: | 2019 |
| Dates: | 1 March – 1 December 2019 |
The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League 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]
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]
Clubs promoted from 2018 China League One
Clubs relegated to 2019 China League One
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.
| 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 | Shen Xiangfu | 15 February 2019[19] | |
| Dalian Yifang | Mutual consent | 11 February 2019 | Choi Kang-hee | 11 February 2019[20] | ||
| 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 F.C. | 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] |
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.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oscar | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| 2 | Yang Liyu | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | ||
| 3 | Renato Augusto | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 11 | |
| Cao Yunding | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | |||
| 5 | Tang Miao | Guangzhou R&F | ||
| 6 | Alex Teixeira | Jiangsu Suning | ||
| 7 |  Frank Acheampong | Tianjin TEDA | ||
| 8 |  Adrian Mierzejewski | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | ||
| 9 | 10 players | |||
See main article: List of Chinese Super League hat-tricks.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–1 (H) | [37] | |||||
| 4–1 (H) | [38] | |||||
| 3–0 (H) | [39] | |||||
| 3–4 (H) | ||||||
| 4–1 (H) | ||||||
| 0–5 (A) | ||||||
| 5–3 (H) | ||||||
| Alan Kardec4 | 1–4 (A) |
| 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 | [40] | |
| April | Roger Schmidt | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | Talisca | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Zou Dehai | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | Chen Binbin | Shanghai SIPG | [41] | |
| May | Vítor Pereira | Shanghai SIPG | Hulk | Shanghai SIPG | Gu Chao | Jiangsu Suning | Zhang Yufeng | Beijing Renhe | [42] | |
| June | Fabio Cannavaro | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Hao Junmin | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Liu Dianzuo | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Yan Dinghao | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | [43] | |
| July | Fabio Cannavaro | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Paulinho | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Liu Dianzuo | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Yan Dinghao | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | [44] | |
| August | Fabio Cannavaro | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Paulinho | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Zhang Lu | Tianjin Tianhai | Yan Dinghao | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | [45] | |
| September | Li Tie | Wuhan Zall | Liu Yun | Wuhan Zall | Dong Chunyu | Wuhan Zall | Duan Liuyu | Shandong Luneng Taishan | [46] | |
| October | Li Xiaopeng | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Cao Yunding | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Han Rongze | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Zhu Chenjie | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | [47] | |
The awards of 2019 Chinese Super League were announced on 7 December 2019.[48]
| 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) | ||||||||||
