# 2025 Chinese Super League

The 2025 Chinese Football Super League, also known as the 2025 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League (Chinese: 2025华润饮料中国足球超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, is the 22nd season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. Shanghai Port are the two-time defending champions.

## Clubs
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2024 season |
| Shanghai Port | Shanghai (Pudong) | Pudong Football Stadium | 37,000 | 1st |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shanghai (Xuhui) | Shanghai Stadium | 71,066 | 2nd |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Chengdu | Phoenix Hill Football Stadium | 50,695 | 3rd |
| Beijing Guoan | Beijing | Workers' Stadium | 68,000 | 4th |
| Shandong Taishan | Jinan | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 56,808 | 5th |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Tianjin | TEDA Soccer Stadium | 36,390 | 6th |
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou | Huanglong Sports Center Stadium | 51,971 | 7th |
| Henan | Zhengzhou | Hanghai Stadium | 29,860 | 8th |
| Changchun Yatai | Changchun | Changchun Stadium | 41,638 | 9th |
| Qingdao West Coast | Qingdao (Huangdao) | Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center | 27,000 | 10th |
| Wuhan Three Towns | Wuhan | Wuhan Sports Center | 56,201 | 11th |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Qingdao (Chengyang) | Qingdao Youth Football Stadium | 50,000 | 12th |
| Shenzhen Peng City | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | 45,000 | 14th |
| Yunnan Yukun | Yuxi | Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium | 30,300 | CL1, 1st |
| Dalian Yingbo | Dalian | Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium | 63,671 | CL1, 2nd |
| Meizhou Hakka | Wuhua | Huitang Stadium | 27,000 | 15th |

### Personnel and kits

The design for every participating CSL club's home kits were unveiled by Nike on 15 January 2025.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
| Beijing Guoan | Quique Setién | Zhang Xizhe | Nike | JD.com |
| Changchun Yatai | Xie Hui | Tan Long | Nike | Yatai Building Materials |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Seo Jung-won | Tim Chow | Nike | Chengdu Rongcheng Chengdu Construction |
| Dalian Yingbo | Li Guoxu | Yan Xiangchuang | Nike | Xiwang |
| Henan | Nam Ki-il | Wang Shangyuan | Nike | Jiuzu Dukang HuaHuaNiu Milk Industry |
| Meizhou Hakka | Milan Ristić | Liao Junjian | Nike | Guangdong Electric Power |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Li Xiaopeng | Sha Yibo | Nike | Fight for Tsingtao |
| Qingdao West Coast | Shao Jiayi | Sun Jie | Nike | Xihai'an New Area |
| Shandong Taishan | Choi Kang-hee | Wang Dalei | Nike | |
| Shanghai Port | Kevin Muscat | Wu Lei | Nike | Roewe |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Leonid Slutsky | Wu Xi | Nike | Bank of Communications |
| Shenzhen Peng City | Christian Lattanzio | Jiang Zhipeng | Nike | |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Yu Genwei | Wang Qiuming | Nike | |
| Wuhan Three Towns | Filipe Martins | Ren Hang | Nike | None |
| Yunnan Yukun | Jørn Andersen | Zhao Yuhao | Nike | Yunnan Yukun |
| Zhejiang | Raúl Caneda | Franko Andrijašević | Nike | Leapmotor |
* ↑ All CSL teams use Nike as kit manufacturer.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Beijing Guoan | Ricardo Soares | Mutual consent | 10 December 2024 | Pre-season | Quique Setién | 10 December 2024 |
| Wuhan Three Towns | Ricardo Rodríguez | Signed by Kashiwa Reysol | 11 December 2024 | Pre-season | Filipe Martins | 17 January 2025 |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Yasen Petrov | Mutual consent | 17 January 2025 | Pre-season | Li Xiaopeng | 18 January 2025 |
| Zhejiang | Jordi Vinyals | Mutual consent | 31 December 2024 | Pre-season | Raúl Caneda | 28 January 2025 |

### Foreign players

* 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.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Naturalised players | Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan players | Reserves players |
| Beijing Guoan | Fábio Abreu | Dawhan | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | Guga | Uroš Spajić | → Serginho → Arturo Cheng | | |
| Changchun Yatai | Wylan Cyprien | Ohi Omoijuanfo | Lazar Rosić | Robert Berić | Stoppila Sunzu | | | |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Felipe | Rômulo | Yahav Gurfinkel | Timo Letschert | Issa Kallon | → Pedro Delgado → Ming-yang Yang | Tim Chow | |
| Dalian Yingbo | Fernando Karanga | Mamadou Traoré | Zakaria Labyad | Isnik Alimi | Cephas Malele | | | |
| Henan | Bruno Nazário | Felippe Cardoso | Iago Maidana | Lucas Maia | Frank Acheampong | | Oliver Gerbig | |
| Meizhou Hakka | Rodrigo Henrique | Jerome Ngom Mbekeli | Michael Cheukoua | Darick Kobie Morris | Branimir Jočić | | Yue Tze Nam | |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Elvis Sarić | Filipe Augusto | Wellington Silva | Santiago Ormeño | Nikola Radmanovac | | Wong Ho Chun | |
| Qingdao West Coast | Nélson da Luz | Davidson | Matheus Índio | Riccieli | Abdul-Aziz Yakubu | → Alex Yang | Chen Po-liang | |
| Shandong Taishan | Cryzan | Guilherme Madruga | Lucas Gazal | Zeca | Valeri Qazaishvili | | Raphaël Merkies | |
| Shanghai Port | Gabrielzinho | Gustavo | Leonardo | Mateus Vital | Matheus Jussa | → Tyias Browning | Will Donkin | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | André Luis | Saulo Mineiro | Ibrahim Amadou | João Carlos Teixeira | Wilson Manafá | → Nico Yennaris → Marcel Petrov | Shinichi Chan | → Dai Wai Tsun |
| Shenzhen Peng City | Manprit Sarkaria | Tiago Leonço | Eden Kartsev | Rade Dugalić | Edu García | | Matt Orr | |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Albion Ademi | Xadas | Alberto Quiles | Cristian Salvador | Juan Antonio Ros | | Sun Ming Him | |
| Wuhan Three Towns | Darlan | Gustavo Sauer | Manuel Palacios | Alexandru Tudorie | Park Ji-soo | → Denny Wang | | |
| Yunnan Yukun | Hélder Costa | Pedro Henrique | Nené | Alexandru Ioniță | José Antonio Martínez | → Oscar Maritu → John Hou Sæter | Tsui Wang Kit | |
| Zhejiang | Lucas Possignolo | Franko Andrijašević | Aaron Boupendza | Jean Evrard Kouassi | Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere | → Alexander N'Doumbou | Leung Nok Hang | |
* ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
* ^2 Players who have already capped by China.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shanghai Port | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite group stage |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Qingdao West Coast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Shenzhen Peng City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Zhejiang | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Qingdao Hainiu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Henan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Yunnan Yukun | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Dalian Yingbo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 15 | Changchun Yatai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | Relegation to China League One |
| 16 | Wuhan Three Towns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Relegation to China League One |
* During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
* After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BJG | CCY | CDR | DLY | HEN | MZH | QDH | QWC | SDT | SHP | SHS | SPC | TJT | WTT | YNY | ZHJ |
| Beijing Guoan | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | a | – | – | – | – | – |
| Changchun Yatai | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1–2 | 1–0 | – | – |
| Dalian Yingbo | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Henan | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meizhou Hakka | – | – | – | – | 2–1 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Qingdao Hainiu | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | 2–2 | – | – | – | 0–1 | – | – | – | – |
| Qingdao West Coast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | 2–0 | – | – |
| Shandong Taishan | – | – | – | 4–1 | 0–0 | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shanghai Port | – | 2–0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | a | 3–1 | – | – | – | – |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2–2 | 2–1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | a | — | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shenzhen Peng City | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | – | – | – | – | – | 2–2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – |
| Wuhan Three Towns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – |
| Yunnan Yukun | 0–2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | 1–1 |
| Zhejiang | – | – | – | 1–1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |

## Positions by round

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.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 |
| Shanghai Port | 1 | 1 |
| Shandong Taishan | 11 | 2 |
| Beijing Guoan | 2 | 3 |
| Qingdao West Coast | 6 | 4 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 5 |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 5 | 6 |
| Meizhou Hakka | 8 | 7 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 4 | 8 |
| Shenzhen Peng City | 15 | 9 |
| Zhejiang | 9 | 10 |
| Qingdao Hainiu | 7 | 11 |
| Henan | 12 | 12 |
| Yunnan Yukun | 16 | 13 |
| Dalian Yingbo | 10 | 14 |
| Changchun Yatai | 13 | 15 |
| Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | 16 |
* Leader and qualification for AFC Champions League Elite group stage
* Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
* Relegation to China League One

## Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 |
| Beijing Guoan | W | D |
| Changchun Yatai | L | L |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | W | L |
| Dalian Yingbo | D | L |
| Henan | D | L |
| Meizhou Hakka | D | W |
| Qingdao Hainiu | D | L |
| Qingdao West Coast | D | W |
| Shandong Taishan | D | W |
| Shanghai Port | W | W |
| Shanghai Shenhua | W | D |
| Shenzhen Peng City | L | W |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | D | W |
| Wuhan Three Towns | L | L |
| Yunnan Yukun | L | D |
| Zhejiang | D | D |