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The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2017中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛)[2] was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[3][4] The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance.[5][6] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title of the league.
This season witnessed a huge change in the regulation to the players. Only three foreign players can play at one game and at least two domestic players who are under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1994) must be in the 18-man list, including at least one must be in the starting list.[7]
Clubs promoted from 2016 China League One
Clubs relegated to 2017 China League One
Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng both compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their respective histories. Hangzhou Greentown were relegated after a 10-year spell in the Chinese top-flight, while Shijiazhuang Ever Bright were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League.
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Shanghai SIPG | ![]() |
4 November 2016[15] | ![]() |
4 November 2016[16] |
Shanghai Shenhua | ![]() |
9 November 2016[17] | ![]() |
29 November 2016[18] |
Beijing Sinobo Guoan | ![]() |
23 November 2016 | ![]() |
23 November 2016[19] |
Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
4 May 2017 | ![]() |
4 May 2017[20] |
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | ![]() |
8 May 2017 | ![]() |
8 May 2017[21] |
Tianjin TEDA | ![]() |
30 May 2017 | ![]() |
30 May 2017[22] |
Jiangsu Suning | ![]() |
1 June 2017 | ![]() |
1 June 2017[23] |
Beijing Guoan | ![]() |
2 June 2017 | ![]() |
2 June 2017[24] |
Henan Jianye | ![]() |
3 June 2017[25] | ![]() |
13 June 2017[26] |
Jiangsu Suning | ![]() |
11 June 2017 | ![]() |
11 June 2017[27] |
Beijing Guoan | ![]() |
1 July 2017 | ![]() |
1 July 2017[28] |
Tianjin TEDA | ![]() |
7 July 2017 | ![]() |
7 July 2017[29] |
Liaoning Whowin | ![]() |
1 August 2017[30] | ![]() |
1 August 2017[31] |
Tianjin TEDA | ![]() |
14 August 2017[32] | ![]() |
14 August 2017 |
Tianjin TEDA | ![]() |
9 September 2017 | ![]() |
9 September 2017[33] |
Shanghai Shenhua | ![]() |
11 September 2017 | ![]() |
11 September 2017[34] |
Liaoning Whowin | ![]() |
29 September 2017 | ![]() |
29 September 2017[35] |
Henan Jianye | ![]() |
30 September 2017 | ![]() |
30 September 2017[36] |
A club may register seven foreign players per season. However, only five foreign players could be registered at any given time. And to curtail their influence, only three foreign players may play per match.[37]
Last updated: 19 June 2017.
Source: sports.ifeng.com (in Chinese)
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count towards foreign or Asian player slots.)[82]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
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Changchun Yatai | ![]() |
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Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | ![]() |
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Tianjin Quanjian | ![]() |
Last updated: 1 November 2016
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
3 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 54 | |
4 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 52 | |
5 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 52 | |
6 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 49 | |
7 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 44 | |
8 | Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 42 | |
9 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 | |
10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 36 | |
11 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua[a] | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
12 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 32 | |
13 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 31 | |
14 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 30 | |
15 | Yanbian Funde (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to League One |
16 | Liaoning Whowin (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 18 |
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round | |
Relegation to League One |
Top scorersSource:[83] |
Top assistsSource:[83]
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Shanghai SIPG | Changchun Yatai | 5–1 | 4 March 2017 | [84] |
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Henan Jianye | 4–2 | 29 April 2017 | [85] |
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Guangzhou R&F | Yanbian Funde | 6–2 | 23 July 2017 | [86] |
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Yanbian Funde | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 4–4 | 10 September 2017 | [87] |
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 3–4 | 13 October 2017 | [88] | ||
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Hebei China Fortune | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 4–5 | 4 November 2017 | [89] |
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Shandong Luneng Taishan | Hebei China Fortune | 5–4 | [89] |
The awards of 2017 Chinese Super League were announced on 11 November 2017.[90]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 683,841 | 49,736 | 35,693 | 45,589 | +1.6% |
2 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 520,266 | 54,018 | 23,609 | 34,684 | −9.0% |
3 | Chongqing Lifan | 516,582 | 43,857 | 26,187 | 34,439 | −4.8% |
4 | Jiangsu Suning | 490,454 | 49,817 | 27,973 | 32,697 | −16.1% |
5 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 454,275 | 43,658 | 21,005 | 30,285 | +60.0% |
6 | Shanghai SIPG | 437,614 | 46,717 | 25,387 | 29,174 | +4.0% |
7 | Tianjin Quanjian | 373,162 | 26,021 | 22,367 | 24,877 | +104.5%
† |
8 | Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | 316,525 | 41,783 | 0 | 21,102 | +90.3%
† |
9 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 285,322 | 23,998 | 15,269 | 19,021 | −16.2% |
10 | Henan Jianye | 283,998 | 21,788 | 13,169 | 18,933 | +9.6% |
11 | Yanbian Funde | 270,875 | 27,523 | 7,110 | 18,058 | −6.5% |
12 | Hebei China Fortune | 270,810 | 25,223 | 13,113 | 18,054 | −2.2% |
13 | Changchun Yatai | 247,158 | 23,617 | 11,396 | 16,477 | +7.4% |
14 | Tianjin TEDA | 217,964 | 39,965 | 10,018 | 14,531 | −33.2% |
15 | Liaoning Whowin | 186,441 | 21,036 | 7,015 | 12,429 | −44.8% |
16 | Guangzhou R&F | 148,567 | 12,823 | 5,373 | 9,904 | +0.7% |
League total | 5,703,854 | 54,018 | 0 | 23,766 | −1.6% |
Updated to games played on Feb. 28, 2018
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