season           winners            runners - up     third - place     fourth - placed  number of clubs
0    1994      dalian wanda        guangzhou apollo  shanghai shenhua   liaoning yuandong               12
1    1995  shanghai shenhua           beijing guoan      dalian wanda  guangdong hongyuan               12
2    1996      dalian wanda        shanghai shenhua        august 1st       beijing guoan               12
3    1997      dalian wanda        shanghai shenhua     beijing guoan      yanbian aodong               12
4    1998      dalian wanda        shanghai shenhua     beijing guoan    guangzhou songri               14
5    1999   shandong luneng         liaoning fushun  sichuan quanxing   chongqing longxin               14
6    2000      dalian shide        shanghai shenhua  sichuan quanxing   chongqing longxin               14
7    2001      dalian shide        shanghai shenhua   liaoning fushun    sichuan quanxing               14
8    2002      dalian shide        shenzhen ping'an     beijing guoan     shandong luneng               15
9    2003  shanghai shenhua  shanghai international      dalian shide  shenzhen jianlibao               15

Table as JSON:
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