2009 Chinese Super League Explained

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Competition:	Chinese Super League
Season:	2009
Winners:	Beijing Guoan
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Beijing Guoan Henan Construction Changchun Yatai Shandong Luneng
Relegated:	Chengdu Blades Guangzhou GPC
League Topscorer:	Luis Ramírez Hernán 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)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	536
Longest Unbeaten:	11 games (5w & 6d) Shandong (12 Apr–2 Jul)
Longest Losses:	5 games Dalian (5 Oct–31 Oct)
Highest Attendance:	60,000 ^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	4,100
Average Attendance:	16,059
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	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The events during the 2008 season saw Liaoning relegated and Wuhan withdrawn.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
align=center colspan="5"	Total	16,059

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	AFC player	Former players*
Beijing Guoan	William Paul	Darko Matić	Joel Griffiths	Emil Martínez	Ryan Griffiths
Changchun Yatai	Samuel Caballero	Branimir Subašić	Gabriel Melkam	Ricardo Steer	Sadriddin Abdullaev	Elvis Scott Matt McKay
Changsha Ginde	Billy Mwanza	Jéfferson Feijão	Sim Jae-Won	Kim Eun-Jung	Lee Sang-Il
Chongqing Lifan	Johnny Woodly	José Duarte	Liron Zarko	Aílton		Edgar Leonardo Martínez
Dalian Shide	James Chamanga	Adán Vergara	Alain Masudi	Jeon Woo-Keun	Ahn Jung-hwan
Hangzhou Greentown	Valdo	Yordan Varbanov	Ernest Jeremiah			Moses Sakyi Andrezinho
Henan Construction	Emmanuel Olisadebe	Netto	Obi Moneke		Song Tae-Lim
Jiangsu Sainty	Carlos Ceballos	Eleílson	Geninho	Alemão	Alexander Kletskov	Léiner Gómez
Chengdu Blades	Rodrigues	Oumar Kondé	Agnaldo	Demar Stewart	Brendon Šantalab	Roen Nelson Ryang Myong-il
Guangzhou GPC	Diego	Luis Ramírez	Diogo	Ismael Enrique Alvarado
Qingdao Jonoon	Hugo Carreira	Marko Sočanac	Abdoul Aziz Nikiema	Dragan Stančić	Hussein Alaa Hussein	Pascal Naftali Kondaponi Lee Tae-Young
Shaanxi Chan-ba	Estevão Toniato	Edison Joseph	Vicente	Ronny	Jonas Salley	Marvin Ávila
Shandong Luneng	Sandro	Alejandro Cichero	Alfredo Cano		Roda Antar
Shanghai Shenhua	Andres Oper	Aleksander Rodić	Yanko Vâlkanov	Vyacheslav Hleb	Mark Milligan	Hernán Barcos
Shenzhen Ruby	Hernán Barcos	Mouchid Iyane Ly	Massamasso Tchangai	Marko Zorić	Aleksey Nikolaev	Augusto Adonis
Tianjin Teda				Alin Chiţa

H1N1 flu pandemic

Chongqing Lifan reported an 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]

League table

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.^[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Ramírez	Guangzhou GPC	17
Hernán Barcos	Shenzhen Asia Travel/Shanghai Shenhua
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
Johnny Woodly	Chongqing Lifan

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^[12]	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^[13]	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

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Samuel Caballero (Changchun Yatai)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Luis Ramírez (Guangzhou GPC), Hernán Barcos (Shenzhen)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Deng Zhuoxiang (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Tang Yaodong (Henan Jianye)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie

See also

• 2009 in Chinese football

External links

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

Notes and References

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