# 2010 Chinese Super League

The 2010 Chinese Super League season (also known as Pirelli Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the seventeenth season of a professional association football league and the 49th top-tier league season in China.
The teams ranked first through fourteenth of the previous season and two promoted teams from the 2009 League One season participated in this season. Shandong Luneng won the title for third time in seven years.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009 China League One
* Liaoning Whowin
* Nanchang Hengyuan
Teams relegated to 2010 China League One
* Chengdu Blades
* Guangzhou GPC

## Clubs
### Teams & locations

* P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders
| Club | Chinese | City | Home stadium | Capacity | Average attendance |
| Beijing Guoan | 北京国安 | Beijing | Workers' Stadium | 62,000 | 33,342 |
| Changchun Yatai | 长春亚泰 | Changchun | Development Area Stadium | 25,000 | 10,067 |
| Changsha Ginde | 长沙金德 | Changsha | Helong Stadium | 55,000 | 10,152 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 重庆力帆 | Chongqing | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | 58,680 | 11,433 |
| Dalian Shide | 大连实德 | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | 30,775 | 12,307 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 杭州绿城 | Hangzhou | Huanglong Sports Center | 51,139 | 14,550 |
| Henan Jianye | 河南建业 | Zhengzhou | Hanghai Stadium | 29,000 | 18,630 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 江苏舜天 | Nanjing | Nanjing Olympic Sports Center | 61,443 | 10,667 |
| Liaoning Whowin | 辽宁宏运 | Shenyang | Tiexi New District Sports Center | 24,000 | 10,100 |
| Nanchang Hengyuan | 南昌衡源 | Nanchang | Nanchang Bayi Stadium | 20,000 | 11,680 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 青岛中能 | Qingdao | Qingdao Tiantai Stadium | 20,525 | 6,247 |
| Shaanxi Chanba | 陕西浐灞 | Xi'an | Shaanxi Province Stadium | 47,565 | 28,053 |
| Shandong Luneng | 山东鲁能 | Jinan | Shandong Provincial Stadium | 43,700 | 15,901 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 上海申花 | Shanghai | Hongkou Football Stadium | 33,060 | 12,963 |
| Shenzhen Ruby | 深圳红钻 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | 32,500 | 12,439 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 天津泰达 | Tianjin | TEDA Soccer Stadium | 36,390 | 14,757 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14,581 |

### Personnel

| Team | Manager |
| Beijing Guoan | Wei Kexing |
| Changchun Yatai | Shen Xiangfu |
| Changsha Ginde | Miodrag Ješić |
| Chongqing Lifan | Wei Xin (caretaker) |
| Dalian Shide | Park Sung-hwa |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Wu Jingui |
| Henan Jianye | Tang Yaodong |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Pei Encai |
| Liaoning Whowin | Ma Lin |
| Nanchang Hengyuan | Zhu Jiong |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Dragan Jovanović |
| Shaanxi Chanba | Milorad Kosanović |
| Shandong Luneng | Branko Ivanković |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Miroslav Blažević |
| Shenzhen Ruby | Siniša Gogić |
| Tianjin TEDA | Arie Haan |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Incoming |
| Tianjin TEDA | Zuo Shusheng | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Arie Haan |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Jia Xiuquan | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Miroslav Blažević |
| Changchun Yatai | Li Shubin | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Shen Xiangfu |
| Shandong Luneng | Ljubiša Tumbaković | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Branko Ivanković |
| Chongqing Lifan | Arie Haan | End of contract | End of 2009 season | Li Shubin |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Slobodan Santrač | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Dragan Jovanović |
| Shenzhen Ruby | Xie Feng | Sacked | End of 2009 season | Siniša Gogić |
| Shaanxi Chanba | Zhu Guanghu | Resigned | May 8, 2010 | Milorad Kosanović |
| Dalian Shide | Xu Hong | Resigned | May 15, 2010 | Liu Zhongchang (caretaker) |
| Changsha Ginde | Hao Wei | Resigned | June 16, 2010 | Miodrag Ješić |
| Dalian Shide | Liu Zhongchang (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | June 19, 2010 | Park Sung-hwa |
| Chongqing Lifan | Li Shubin | Sacked | July 19, 2010 | Wei Xin (caretaker) |
| Beijing Guoan | Hong Yuanshuo | Sacked | September 21, 2010 | Wei Kexing |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. 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.
* 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 | AFC player | Former players |
| Beijing Guoan | Joel Griffiths | Darko Matić | Walter Martinez | Maurice Ross | Ryan Griffiths | Valdo |
| Changchun Yatai | Sebastián Setti | Nei | Ricardo Steer | Miloš Mihajlov | Lee Se-in | Johnny Woodly Samuel Caballero |
| Changsha Ginde | Sandro | Frane Čačić | Akanni-Sunday Wasiu | Nenad Mladenović | Woo Joo-young | M'peti Nimba |
| Chongqing Lifan | José Duarte | Johnny Woodly | Bruno Šiklić | Mariko Daouda | Cho Se-kwon | Petar Bojović Dušan Đokić Andrew Mwesigwa |
| Dalian Shide | Márcio Senna | Martin Kamburov | Borko Veselinović | James Chamanga | Ahn Jung-hwan | José Luis López Porfirio López |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Emil Martínez | Jerry Palacios | Luis Ramírez | Mauricio Sabillón | Adam Griffiths | |
| Henan Jianye | Leandro Netto | Obi Emmanuel Moneke | Emmanuel Olisadebe | | Song Tae-lim | Amado Diallo Goran Gavrančić Miloš Bajalica |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Eleílson | Geninho | Victor Agali | Aluspah Brewah | Park Jae-hong | Éber Luís Pedro Henrique |
| Liaoning Whowin | Chris Coyne | Andrezinho | Gilcimar | Boubacar Diarra | Islom Inomov | Felipe Conceição |
| Nanchang Hengyuan | Alexsandro | Beto | Johnny | | Asqar Jadigerov | Alex Adel Abdullah Kevaughn Connell |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Ninoslav Milenković | Stjepan Jukić | Ivan Vukomanović | Aleksandar Rodić | Lee Yoon-sub | Tomislav Mišura Lee Jae-won Lee Son-ming |
| Shaanxi Chanba | Ivan Brečević | Cédric Sabin | Miloš Bajalica | Mohamed Kallon | Jonas Salley | Célio Santos Lyle Martin |
| Shandong Luneng | Carlos | Michaël Murcy | Julio César de León | Mourtala Diakité | Roda Antar | Fred Benson Siniša Radanović |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Matías Villavicencio | Vicente | Jean Michel N'Lend | Duvier Riascos | Ali Diab | Adelardo |
| Shenzhen Ruby | Vyacheslav Hleb | Chris Killen | Ivan Vicelich | Aleksandar Živković | Hussein Alaa Hussein | Tiago Yanko Valkanov |
| Tianjin Teda | Luciano Olguín | José Luis Villanueva | Rodolfo Rodríguez | Marko Zorić | Aleksandr Kletskov | Alfred Emuejeraye Farhod Tadjiyev |

## Match-fixing scandal

In China's attempts to revitalise the domestic game, which has been dogged with allegations of corruption over the last few years they questioned or arrested several high-profile members within Chinese football. The most high profile of these were the former Head of the Chinese Football Association Nan Yong, his deputy Yang Yimin and Zhang Jianqiang who used to be in charge of referee arrangements. The crackdown quickly discovered that Guangzhou GPC and Chengdu Blades had both bribed their way into the top tier. Both were relegated to the second tier and did not appeal, making their punishment the harshest dealt out to a club. In keeping the top table at 16 teams, Hangzhou Greentown and Chongqing Lifan both retained their places within the top tier despite being originally slated for relegation.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 63 | AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 50 | AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 48 | AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Hangzhou Greentown | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 48 | AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Dalian Shide | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 42 | |
| 7 | Liaoning Whowin | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 40 | |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Shaanxi Chanba | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Jiangsu Sainty | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 35 | |
| 12 | Shenzhen Ruby | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 32 | |
| 13 | Nanchang Hengyuan | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 32 | |
| 14 | Qingdao Jonoon | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | Chongqing Lifan (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to China League One |
| 16 | Changsha Ginde (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 30 | Relegation to China League One |
* 1 2 Shanghai: 4 pts, 3–2; Hangzhou: 1 pt, 2–3
* 1 2 Liaoning: 4 pts, 3–1; Henan: 1 pt, 1–3
* 1 2 Shenzhen: 6 pts, 2–0; Nanchang: 0 pt, 0–2
* 1 2 3 Qingdao: 8 pts, 7–4; Chongqing: 5 pts, 6–5; Changsha: 2 pts, 4–8

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Shandong Luneng | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Beijing Guoan | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Dalian Shide | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Liaoning Whowin | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Henan Jianye | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Changchun Yatai | 9 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Shaanxi Renhe | 6 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Shenzhen Ruby | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Nanchang Hengyuan | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Changsha Ginde | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
* Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
* Relegation to League One

## Results

| Home \ Away | BJ | CC | CS | CQ | DL | HZ | HN | JS | LN | NC | QD | SX | SD | SH | SZ | TJ |
| Beijing Guoan | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Changchun Yatai | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Changsha Ginde | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Dalian Shide | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Henan Jianye | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Liaoning Whowin | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Nanchang Hengyuan | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Shaanxi Renhe | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shenzhen | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 1–2 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

Updated to games played on 6 November 2010.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Duvier Riascos | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 |
| 2 | Han Peng | Shandong Luneng | 17 |
| 3 | Luis Ramírez | Hangzhou Greentown | 14 |
| 4 | José Duarte | Chongqing Lifan | 10 |
| 4 | Leandro Netto | Henan Jianye | 10 |
| 4 | Chen Zhizhao | Nanchang Hengyuan | 10 |
| 4 | Yang Xu | Liaoning Whowin | 10 |
| 4 | Ahn Jung-hwan | Dalian Shide | 10 |
| 9 | Johnny Woodly | Chongqing Lifan | 9 |
| 9 | James Chamanga | Dalian Shide | 9 |

## Awards

* Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
* Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
* Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng)
* Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Branko Ivanković (Shandong Luneng)
* Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie
* Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Nanchang Hengyuan, Jiangsu Sainty, Tianjin TEDA