2008 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season2008
ChampionsShandong Luneng
RelegatedLiaoning Whowin
AFC Champions League
Top goalscorer Éber Luís (Tianjin TEDA), 14 goals
Biggest home winChangchun Yatai 6–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (Oct 11)
Biggest away winChangsha Ginde 1–5 Qingdao Jonoon (Oct 11)
Highest scoring
Average attendance13,444
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The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their 3rd title at the end of this season.

Promotion and relegation

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shandong Luneng (C) 30 18 9 3 54 25 +29 63 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Shanghai Shenhua 30 17 10 3 58 29 +29 61
3 Beijing Guoan 30 16 10 4 44 27 +17 58
4 Tianjin TEDA 30 16 9 5 54 29 +25 57
5 Shaanxi Chanba 30 15 7 8 41 29 +12 52
6 Changchun Yatai 30 12 9 9 53 45 +8 45
7 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 30 10 10 10 41 42 −1 40
8 Qingdao Jonoon 30 10 9 11 39 36 +3 39
9 Zhejiang Greentown 30 9 12 9 38 32 +6 39
10 Henan Construction 30 9 9 12 30 31 −1 36
11 Changsha Ginde 30 7 13 10 28 36 −8 34
12 Shenzhen Xiangxue 30 8 9 13 35 34 +1 33
13 Chengdu Blades 30 7 11 12 30 37 −7 32
14 Dalian Shide 30 6 12 12 30 40 −10 30
15 Liaoning Whowin (R) 30 6 9 15 34 47 −13 27 Relegated to China League One
16 Wuhan Optics Valley 30 0 0 30 0 90 −90 0 Withdrew from the league and folded
Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2008. Source: CSL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4
  2. ^ Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded; all of their matches were scratched and counted as 3–0 wins to their opponents.

Results table

Home \ Away BJ CC CS CD DL GZ HN LN QD PD SD SH SZ TJ WH ZJ
Beijing Guoan 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0
Changchun Yatai 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–0 2–2
Changsha Ginde 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1
Chengdu Blades 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2
Dalian Shide 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–3
Henan Construction 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Liaoning Whowin 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 4–4 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1
Qingdao Jonoon 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
Shaanxi Chanba 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2
Shandong Luneng 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Shanghai Shenhua 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2
Shenzhen Xiangxue 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1
Tianjin TEDA 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0
Wuhan Optics Valley 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Zhejiang Greentown 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–0
Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Éber Luís Tianjin TEDA 14
2 Johnson Macaba Shenzhen Xiangxue 13
3 Luis Ramírez Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 12
Emmanuel Olisadebe Henan Construction
5 Valdo Zhejiang Greentown 10
Du Zhenyu Changchun Yatai
7 Cao Tianbao Changchun Yatai 9
Hámilton Ricard Shanghai Shenhua
Guillaume Dah Zadi Changchun Yatai
10 Vicente Shaanxi Chanba 8
Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua
Han Peng Shandong Luneng
Emil Martínez Shanghai Shenhua
Miljan Mrdaković Shandong Luneng

Stadiums

Map of Super League Clubs 2008
Team Stadium Capacity Average attendance
Beijing Guoan Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,000 14,641
Changchun Yatai Changchun Stadium 41,638 5,797
Changsha Ginde Helong Sports Center Stadium 55,000 6,645
Chengdu Blades Chengdu Sports Centre 42,000 12,378
Dalian Shide Jinzhou Stadium 30,000 7,900
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Yuexiushan Stadium 22,000 19,624
Henan Construction Hanghai Stadium 30,000 16,267
Liaoning Whowin Tiexi New District Sports Center 26,800 11,733
Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 30,000 6,600
Shaanxi Chanba Shaanxi Province Stadium 57,000 24,625
Shandong Luneng Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 26,501
Shanghai Shenhua Hongkou Football Stadium 35,000 11,510
Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 6,400
Tianjin TEDA TEDA Soccer Stadium 37,500 14,007
Wuhan Optics Valley Xinhua Road Sports Center 36,000 12,556
Zhejiang Greentown Huanglong Sports Center 51,000 12,188
Total 13,444

Managers

Team Manager 2nd Manager 3rd Manager
Beijing Guoan Lee Jang-soo
Changchun Yatai Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10) Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24) Li Shubin
Changsha Ginde Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9) Zhu Bo
Chengdu Blades Li Bing
Dalian Shide Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8) Milorad Kosanović
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Shen Xiangfu
Henan Construction Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8) Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16) Tang Yaodong
Liaoning Whowin Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10) Ma Lin
Qingdao Jonoon Guo Kanfeng
Shaanxi Chanba Cheng Yaodong
Shandong Luneng Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14) Jia Xiuquan
Shenzhen Xiangxue Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1) Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13) Wang Baoshan
Tianjin TEDA Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7) Zuo Shusheng
Wuhan Optics Valley Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4) Zhu Guanghu
Zhejiang Greentown Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4) Zhou Sui'an

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three foreign players on the field in each game. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
Beijing Guoan Tiago Elvis Scott Walter Martínez Ovidiu Burcă Stojan Ignatov
Changchun Yatai Samuel Caballero Guillaume Dah Zadi Gabriel Melkam Dumitru Mitu
Changsha Ginde Nevil Dede Sandro Tales Aboubakar Oumarou Milan Nikolić
Chengdu Blades Neres Demar Stewart Kim Yong-jun Igor Tkalčević
Sékou Tidiane Souaré
Dalian Shide Georgi Chilikov Dragan Vukmir James Chamanga Kaloyan Karadzhinov
Vedran Celiščak
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Diego Barcelos José Duarte Luis Ramírez Ismael Alvarado
Henan Construction Douglas Obi Emmanuel Moneke Emmanuel Olisadebe Hichem Ben Khaled
Liaoning Whowin Ryan Griffiths Raman Kirenkin Jefferson Feijão Zé Roberto
Qingdao Jonoon Jean-Paul Ndeki Mitchel Brown Dragan Stančić Lee Jae-won Luis Santamaría
Shaanxi Chanba Ronny Vicente
Shandong Luneng Luciano Ratinho Aleksandar Živković Miljan Mrdaković Alejandro Cichero
Shanghai Shenhua Hámilton Ricard Erick Scott Emil Martínez Justo Meza Matías Marchesini
Shenzhen Xiangxue Johnson Macaba Felipe Menegon Michael Valenzuela Marek Zając
Tianjin TEDA Éber Luís Darko Matić Mariko Daouda Marius Radu
Wuhan Optics Valley César La Paglia
Danilo
Gustavo Papa
Pablo Munhoz
Zhejiang Greentown Karim Benounes Valdo Yordan Varbanov Mohsen Abo Gresha Slavčo Georgievski

See also

References

  1. ^ 足协维持李玮峰处罚 武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012