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Competition: | Chinese Super League |
Season: | 2020 |
Dates: | 25 July – 12 November 2020 |
Winners: | Jiangsu Suning (1st title) |
Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Beijing Sinobo Guoan Shanghai SIPG |
Matches: | 160 |
Total Goals: | 451 |
League Topscorer: | Cédric Bakambu (14 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | GZE 5–0 HBC |
Biggest Away Win: | GZF 0–5 GZE |
Highest Scoring: | HN 3–4 JSS JSS 5–2 HN BJS 5–2 CQ |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches |
Longest Unbeaten: | 8 matches Shanghai SIPG Jiangsu Suning |
Longest Winless: | 14 matches Tianjin TEDA |
Longest Losses: | 8 matches Tianjin TEDA |
Highest Attendance: | 9,386 GZE 1–2 JSS |
Lowest Attendance: | 78 HN 0–0 TTD |
Average Attendance: | 1,597 |
Attendance: | 41,525 |
Prevseason: | 2019 |
Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons,[1] [2] was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[3] The season was scheduled to begin on 22 February and to end on 31 October,[4] but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 1 July 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be split into two stages. In the first stage, which began on 25 July 2020 and concluded on 29 September 2020, 16 teams were split into two groups in two locations, one in Dalian and the other in Suzhou.[6] [7] On 2 September 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the second stage would begin on 16 October 2020 and conclude on 12 November 2020.[8] Jiangsu Suning beat defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their first-ever top flight title. However, three months later, Jiangsu was dissolved. As a result, the fourth-placed Shanghai SIPG gained a place in the 2021 AFC Champions League along with Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan, while Shijiazhuang Ever Bright avoided relegation.
Clubs promoted from 2019 China League One
Clubs relegated to 2020 China League One
Dissolved entries
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright return to the division after a 3-year absence; Qingdao Huanghai compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Beijing Renhe were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League. Shenzhen were reprieved from relegation after finishing second-bottom due to the dissolution of Tianjin Tianhai.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | Jordi Cruyff | Mutual consent | 14 December 2019[12] | Pre-season | Chang Woe-ryong | 18 December 2019[13] | |
Wuhan Zall | Li Tie | Signed by China | 2 January 2020[14] | José González | 4 January 2020[15] | ||
Guangzhou R&F | Dragan Stojković | Mutual consent | 3 January 2020[16] | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 4 January 2020[17] | ||
Qingdao Huanghai | Juan Manuel Lillo | Mutual consent | 5 June 2020[18] | Wu Jingui | 4 August 2020[19] | ||
Henan Jianye | Wang Baoshan | Mutual consent | 6 July 2020[20] | Yang Ji (caretaker) | 9 July 2020 | ||
Shenzhen | Roberto Donadoni | Sacked | 11 August 2020[21] | Group A, 6th | Jordi Cruyff | 14 August 2020[22] | |
Tianjin TEDA | Uli Stielike | Sacked | 19 August 2020 | Group B, 8th | Wang Baoshan | 19 August 2020 | |
Henan Jianye | Yang Ji (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 11 September 2020 | Group A, 8th | Javier Pereira | 11 September 2020 | |
Wuhan Zall | José González | Sacked | 24 September 2020 | Group B, 6th | Pang Li (caretaker) | 24 September 2020 | |
Shandong Luneng Taishan | Li Xiaopeng | Mutual consent | 5 October 2020 | Group A, 3rd | Hao Wei | 5 October 2020 |
country | Number |
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China | 5 |
Netherlands | 2 |
Spain | 2 |
Korea Republic | 2 |
Iran | 1 |
Portugal | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
France | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 8–1 on aggregate.----Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 4–3 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won 5–4 on penalties.----Jiangsu Suning won 2–1 on aggregate.
The winners will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage.
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 3–1 on aggregate.----Jiangsu Suning won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Shandong Luneng Taishan won 8–5 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Chongqing Dangdai Lifan won 10–9 on penalties.
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 5–1 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng Taishan won 4–3 on penalties.
The winner qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.
Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 3–2 on aggregate.
Jiangsu Suning won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Tianjin TEDA won 3–1 on aggregate.----Dalian Pro won 3–2 on aggregate.----Henan Jianye won 2–1 on aggregate.----Guangzhou R&F won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Tianjin TEDA won 3–2 on aggregate.----Henan Jianye won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Shenzhen won 3–2 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Qingdao Huanghai won 5–4 on penalties.
The winner of the playoff will qualify to the relegation play-offs, whereas the loser will be directly relegated to the 2021 China League One.
Wuhan Zall won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shenzhen won 4–1 on aggregate.
Guangzhou R&F won 4–3 on aggregate.
Henan Jianye won 2–1 on aggregate.
Wuhan Zall won 3–2 on aggregate and stayed in the Chinese Super League.
Rank | Team | Qualification or relegation | |
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1 | Jiangsu Suning (C, D) | Disbanded after season | |
2 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage | |
3 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | ||
4 | Shanghai SIPG | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round | |
5 | |||
6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | ||
7 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | ||
8 | Hebei China Fortune | ||
9 | Henan Jianye | ||
10 | Tianjin TEDA | ||
11 | Guangzhou R&F | ||
12 | Dalian Pro | ||
13 | Shenzhen | ||
14 | Qingdao Huanghai | ||
15 | Wuhan Zall (O) | Qualification for relegation play-offs | |
16 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Relegation cancelled due to the dissolution of Jiangsu FC |
Source:[23]
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See main article: List of Chinese Super League hat-tricks.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
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2–3 (A) | [25] | |||||
5–2 (H) | [26] | |||||
Cédric Bakambu4 | 5–2 (H) | [27] | ||||
4–1 (A) | [28] |
The following players were named the Players of the Round.
Round | Home team | Result | Away team | Date | Location | Attendance | |
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6 | 1–2 | 1,588 | |||||
8 | 4–1 | 835 | |||||
8 | 5–2 | 742 | |||||
9 | 2–1 | 1,500 | |||||
9 | 0–1 | 762 | |||||
9 | 2–2 | 985 | |||||
10 | 1–1 | 2,000 | |||||
10 | 2–1 | 632 | |||||
10 | 3–1 | 447 | |||||
11 | 1–2 | 2,000 | |||||
11 | 1–2 | 871 | |||||
11 | 1–1 | 452 | |||||
12 | 2–1 | 600 | |||||
12 | 1–0 | 419 | |||||
13 | 1–3 | 5,894 | |||||
13 | 1–0 | 1,603 | |||||
14 | 1–0 | 1,991 | |||||
14 | 0–1 | 2,000 | |||||
14 | 3–1 | 224 |