2012 Chinese Super League

The 2012 Chinese Super League was the ninth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the nineteenth season of a professional football league and the 51st top-tier league season in China. It began on March 10, 2012 and ended on November 3, 2012.[1]

Chinese Super League
Season2012
ChampionsGuangzhou Evergrande
RelegatedHenan Jianye
Dalian Shide (disbanded)
Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande
Jiangsu Sainty
Beijing Guoan
Guizhou Maotai
Matches played240
Goals scored630 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerCristian Dănălache (23 goals)
Biggest home winJiangsu Sainty 5–0 Dalian Shide
(Apr. 1st, 2012)
Guizhou Moutai 5–0 Hangzhou Greentown
(Jun. 17th, 2012)
(5 goals)
Biggest away winHenan Construction 0–4 Shanghai Shenxin
(Mar. 17th, 2012)
Beijing Guoan 0–4 Changchun Yatai
(Sept. 29th, 2012)
(4 goals)
Highest scoringLiaoning Whowin 5–3 Dalian Aerbin
(Jul. 28th, 2012)
(8 goals)
Longest winning runGuangzhou Evergrande
Hangzhou Greentown
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runJiangsu Sainty
(13 matches)
Longest winless runDalian Shide
Qingdao Jonoon
Shandong Luneng
Shanghai Shenxin
(7 matches)
Longest losing runGuangzhou R&F
(4 matches)
Highest attendance65,769
Jiangsu Sainty 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande
(Oct. 20th, 2012)
Lowest attendance0
Liaoning Whowin 4–0 Hangzhou Greentown
(Sept. 23rd, 2012)
Average attendance18,740
← 2011
2013 →

The matches that were intended to be held on September 15 and 16, 2012 were suspended for a later date due to an international dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands.[2] With Hangzhou Greentown F.C. having a Japanese manager and several Chinese demonstrations arising throughout China it was decided that the September 23, 2012 match against Liaoning Whowin F.C. should be played behind closed doors with the Xianghe National Football Training Base used as a neutral venue.[3]

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2011 China League One

Teams relegated to 2012 China League One

Clubs

Clubs and locations
Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2011 season Jersey Sponsor
Beijing Guoan Jaime Pacheco Beijing Workers Stadium 66,161 2nd CITIC Bank
Changchun Yatai Svetozar Šapurić Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 7th Bank of Jilin
Dalian Aerbin P Aleksandar Stanojević Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,775 CL1, 1st Shangpintang
Dalian Shide Nelo Vingada Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,775 12th Bank of Dalian
Guangzhou Evergrande TH Marcello Lippi Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 60,151 1st Evergrande Real Estate Group
Guangzhou R&F P Sérgio Farias Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 30,000 CL1, 2nd R&F Properties
Guizhou Moutai Gao Hongbo Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 9th Maotai Liquor
Hangzhou Greentown Takeshi Okada Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 8th Daikin Air Conditioning
Henan Jianye Shen Xiangfu Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 13th Central China Real Estate Limited
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Dragan Okuka Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 4th Guoxin Properties
Liaoning Whowin Ma Lin Shenyang Tiexi New District Sports Center 30,000 3rd Whowin Group
Qingdao Jonoon Chang Woe-Ryong Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 6th Hisense Real Estate
Shandong Luneng Taishan Wu Jingui (caretaker) Jinan Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 5th Yingda Stock
Shanghai Shenhua Sergio Batista Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 11th Firefall
Shanghai Shenxin Zhu Jiong Shanghai Jinshan Football Stadium 30,000 14th Bank of Shanghai
Tianjin Teda Alexandre Guimarães Tianjin TEDA Football Stadium 37,450 10th Master Kong
Location of teams in 2012 Chinese Super League

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Guangzhou R&F Li Shubin Sacked Pre-season[4] N/A Sérgio Farias Pre-season[4]
Changchun Yatai Shen Xiangfu Resigned Pre-season N/A Svetozar Šapurić Pre-season[5]
Dalian Aerbin Aleksandar Stankov Sacked Pre-season N/A Chang Woe-Ryong Pre-season[6]
Henan Jianye Jo Bonfrere Mutual consent Pre-season N/A Jan Versleijen Pre-season[7]
Hangzhou Greentown Wu Jingui Resigned Pre-season N/A Takeshi Okada Pre-season[8]
Shandong Luneng Taishan Manuel Barbosa End of contract Pre-season N/A Henk ten Cate Pre-season[9]
Shanghai Shenhua Dražen Besek End of contract Pre-season N/A Jean Tigana Pre-season[10]
Tianjin Teda Arie Haan End of contract Pre-season N/A Josip Kuže Pre-season[11]
Qingdao Jonoon Chang Woe-Ryong End of contract Pre-season N/A Blaž Slišković Pre-season[12]
Qingdao Jonoon Blaž Slišković FIFA Arbitration 13 March 2012[13] 10th Yang Weijian (caretaker) 13 March 2012[13]
Dalian Aerbin Chang Woe-Ryong Resigned 3 April 2012[14] 15th Aleksandar Stanojević 4 April 2012[15]
Shanghai Shenhua Jean Tigana Resigned 26 April 2012[16] 10th Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge (caretaker) 26 April 2012[16]
Guangzhou Evergrande Lee Jang-Soo Sacked 17 May 2012[17] 1st Marcello Lippi 17 May 2012[17]
Qingdao Jonoon Yang Weijian (caretaker) – 24 May 2012 16th Chang Woe-Ryong 24 May 2012[18]
Tianjin Teda Josip Kuže Sacked 28 May 2012[19] 11th Alexandre Guimarães 1 June 2012[20]
Shanghai Shenhua Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge (caretaker) – 30 May 2012 9th Sergio Batista 30 May 2012[21]
Henan Jianye Jan Versleijen Sacked 15 July 2012 16th Shen Xiangfu 15 July 2012[22]
Shandong Luneng Taishan Henk ten Cate Resigned 6 September 2012 12th Wu Jingui (caretaker) 6 September 2012[23]

International players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[24] A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian Player Additive Players1 Former Players2
Beijing Guoan Darko Matić Joffre Guerrón Frédéric Kanouté Reinaldo Manú
François
Andrija Kaluđerović
Changchun Yatai Cássio Weldon Marquinhos Edixon Perea Anzur Ismailov Marko Ljubinković
Dalian Aerbin Fábio Rochemback Lee Addy Seydou Keita Peter Utaka Daniel Mullen Mile Sterjovski
Gustavo Canales
Dalian Shide Carlos Adriano Martin Kamburov Ricardo Esteves James Chamanga Park Dong-Hyuk
Guangzhou Evergrande Darío Conca Cléo Muriqui Paulão Cho Won-Hee Lucas Barrios
Kim Young-Gwon
Guangzhou R&F Rafael Coelho Davi Jumar Yakubu Rostyn Griffiths Leonardo
Guizhou Moutai Zlatan Muslimović Rafa Jordà Nano Rubén Suárez Dino Djulbic Gustavo Rodas
Hangzhou Greentown Fabrício Mazola Renatinho Jeong Dong-Ho Kim Dong-Jin
Henan Jianye Adaílton Leandro Netto Isaac Chansa Christopher Katongo Son Seung-Joon Marcos Flores
Enis Hajri
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Sergey Krivets Eleílson Cristian Dănălache Aleksandar Jevtić Kamoliddin Tajiev Miljan Mrdaković
Liaoning Whowin Pablo Brandán Vlatko Grozdanoski Miloš Trifunović Kim You-Jin
Qingdao Jonoon Bruno Meneghel Léo San Gabriel Melkam Aziz Ibrahimov Krunoslav Lovrek
Shandong Luneng Taishan Leonardo Pisculichi Gilberto Macena Simão Mate Junior José Ortigoza Roda Antar Fabiano
Obina
Shanghai Shenhua Moisés Giovanni Moreno Didier Drogba Nicolas Anelka Joel Griffiths Mario Božić
Mathieu Manset
Shanghai Shenxin Antônio Flávio Johnny Jaílton Paraíba Anselmo Tadeu Jonas Salley
Tianjin Teda Vladimir Jovančić Veliče Šumulikoski Sjoerd Ars Lucian Goian Milan Susak Akpo Sodje

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 17 7 6 51 30 +21 58 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty 30 14 12 4 49 29 +20 54
3 Beijing Guoan 30 14 6 10 34 35 −1 48
4 Guizhou Moutai 30 12 9 9 44 33 +11 45
5 Dalian Aerbin 30 11 11 8 51 46 +5 44[lower-alpha 2]
6 Changchun Yatai 30 12 8 10 37 40 −3 44[lower-alpha 2]
7 Guangzhou R&F 30 13 3 14 47 49 −2 42
8 Tianjin TEDA 30 10 10 10 29 30 −1 40
9 Shanghai Shenhua 30 8 14 8 39 34 +5 38
10 Liaoning Whowin 30 8 12 10 40 41 −1 36[lower-alpha 3]
11 Hangzhou Greentown 30 9 9 12 34 46 −12 36[lower-alpha 3]
12 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 8 12 10 46 43 +3 36[lower-alpha 3]
13 Qingdao Jonoon 30 10 6 14 26 34 −8 36[lower-alpha 3]
14 Dalian Shide 30 8 10 12 39 49 −10 34 Disbanded after season[lower-alpha 4]
15 Shanghai Shenxin 30 6 12 12 36 35 +1 30
16 Henan Jianye (R) 30 7 5 18 28 56 −28 26 Relegation to China League One
Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
  2. Dalian 1–2 Changchun; Changchun 1–2 Dalian
  3. Liaoning, 10pts; Hangzhou, 9pts; Shandong, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5; Qingdao, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5
  4. On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquisited by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C..[26]

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Guangzhou Evergrande3102222111111111111111111121111
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty723333222344422222222222212222
Beijing Guoan16913674444423234335544555444333
Guizhou Moutai545788955657663443333334555444
Dalian Aerbin141214151611131316131314111110121410131312977698775
Changchun Yatai4774661166566555566665788877666
Guangzhou R&F111111333232346654456443333557
Tianjin Teda681112149681071011999910131078666766888
Shanghai Shenhua8139101114101091214912121213121212910101099899119
Liaoning Whowin234545577118877778981011111313121311101310
Hangzhou Greentown91412131215161614975888811891113141111131412121011
Shandong Luneng Taishan1215159101389121515151513151191111129121212111013131412
Qingdao Jonoon105101115914141516161616161314151515141513141516121011913
Dalian Shide13118141316151513891010101110777878910101114141214
Shanghai Shenxin116685712128101213131514151314141514151514141515151515
Henan Jianye1516161691271111141112141416161616161616161616151616161616
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Relegation to League One
Disbanded after season
Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Results
Home \ Away BJ CC DLA DL GZ GZR GZM HZ HN JS LN QD SD SH SSX TJ
Beijing Guoan 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–1
Changchun Yatai 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Dalian Aerbin 3–1 1–2 3–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Dalian Shide 0–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 4–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 4–1
Guangzhou Evergrande 3–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–0
Guangzhou R&F 3–1 5–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–2
Guizhou Moutai 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–1
Hangzhou Greentown 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2
Henan Jianye 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–2
Jiangsu Sainty 0–0 1–2 3–2 5–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 3–2
Liaoning Whowin 0–0 3–3 5–3 3–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1
Qingdao Jonoon 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Shandong Luneng Taishan 4–0 3–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–0
Shanghai Shenhua 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Shanghai Shenxin 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Tianjin TEDA 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2012. Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Cristian Dănălache Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty
23
2
 Peter Utaka Dalian Aerbin
20
3
 Rafael Coelho Guangzhou R&F
14
4
 Anselmo Shanghai Shenxin
13
Sjoerd Ars Tianjin Teda
6
 Muriqui Guangzhou Evergrande
12
Zlatan Muslimović Guizhou Moutai
8
 James Chamanga Dalian Shide
10
Darío Conca Guangzhou Evergrande
Martin Kamburov Dalian Shide
Gilberto Macena Shandong Luneng Taishan
Wang Yongpo Shandong Luneng Taishan

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Cristian DănălacheJiangsu SaintyHenan Jianye5–1[27]28 April 2012
James ChamangaDalian ShideTianjin Teda4–1[28]6 May 2012
Rafael CoelhoGuangzhou R&FChangchun Yatai5–1[29]27 May 2012
Muriqui Guangzhou EvergrandeJiangsu Sainty5–1[30]17 June 2012
Peter UtakaDalian AerbinShandong Luneng5–2[31]21 July 2012
Cristian DănălacheJiangsu SaintyShandong Luneng3–3[32]5 August 2012
Miloš TrifunovićLiaoning WhowinHangzhou Greentown4–0[33]23 September 2012

Awards

Attendance

League Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 558,743 39,997 31,295 37,250 −18.4%†
2 Beijing Guoan 553,179 51,795 21,909 36,879 −8.7%†
3 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty 467,446 65,769 20,953 31,163 +81.5%†
4 Guizhou Moutai 443,615 52,888 20,012 29,574 +6.2%†
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 302,224 33,453 10,783 20,148 +66.3%†
6 Liaoning Whowin 279,577 27,823 0 18,638 −5.0%†
7 Henan Jianye 262,884 24,086 11,557 17,526 +7.3%†
8 Dalian Aerbin 236,603 25,791 7,954 15,774 n/a†
9 Shanghai Shenhua 221,419 24,635 8,236 14,761 +50.2%†
10 Tianjin Teda 212,622 35,868 6,485 14,175 −22.3%†
11 Changchun Yatai 190,516 21,365 10,125 12,701 −8.2%†
12 Shanghai Shenxin 173,958 18,060 3,950 11,597 +10.8%†
13 Dalian Shide 166,388 28,921 5,219 11,093 −35.3%†
14 Hangzhou Greentown 158,443 20,073 4,396 10,563 +23.0%†
15 Qingdao Jonoon 143,068 15,195 6,098 9,538 +12.7%†
16 Guangzhou R&F 126,893 19,217 4,344 8,460 n/a†
League total 4,497,578 65,769 0 18,740 +6.2%†

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012
Source: CSL data (in Chinese)
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CL1.

Top 10 Attendances
AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
65,7692820 October 2012Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty1–1Guangzhou EvergrandeNanjing Olympic Sports CenterSaturdayNight
52,888204 August 2012Guizhou Maotai2–1Guangzhou EvergrandeGuiyang Olympic Sports CenterSaturdayNight
52,8362927 October 2012Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty0–0Beijing GuoanNanjing Olympic Sports CenterSaturdayAfternoon
51,983110 March 2012Guizhou Maotai2–1Shandong LunengGuiyang Olympic Sports CenterSaturdayNight
51,795216 March 2012Beijing Guoan3–2Shanghai ShenhuaWorkers StadiumFridayNight
42,668167 July 2012Beijing Guoan1–0Guangzhou R&FWorkers StadiumSaturdayNight
42,24142 April 2012Guizhou Maotai1–2Henan JianyeGuiyang Olympic Sports CenterMondayAfternoon
41,287613 April 2012Beijing Guoan2–1Shandong LunengWorkers StadiumFridayNight
39,9971928 July 2012Guangzhou Evergrande2–2Shanghai ShenhuaTianhe StadiumSaturdayNight
39,9911715 July 2012Guangzhou Evergrande0–1Guangzhou R&FTianhe StadiumSundayNight

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