# 2009 Chinese Super League

The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first ever Chinese Super League title.
The events during the 2008 season saw Liaoning Hongyun relegated and Wuhan Optics Valley withdrawn. They were replaced by the promoted teams Jiangsu Sainty and Chongqing Lifan. Zhejiang Greentown which is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang were renamed to Hangzhou Greentown.
Each team is allowed to register a maximum of five foreign players and field four of them in starting line-up this season, one of whom must be from an AFC country.
The league title sponsor is Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli. A three-year deal was announced on March 20, 2009. Nike have renewed sponsorship deal with Super League before season starts. CCTV, SMG and Sina became league partners and will broadcast live matches on TV and online across the country.

## Clubs

* P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders
| Club | Chinese | City | Home stadium | Capacity | Average attendance |
| Beijing Guoan | 北京国安 | Beijing | Workers' Stadium | 62,000 | 36,805 |
| Changchun Yatai | 长春亚泰 | Changchun | Development Area Stadium | 25,000 | 12,179 |
| Changsha Ginde | 长沙金德 | Changsha | Helong Sports Center Stadium | 55,000 | 8,498 |
| Chengdu Blades | 成都谢菲联 | Chengdu | Chengdu Sports Centre | 42,000 | 11,873 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 重庆力帆 | Chongqing | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | 58,680 | 11,440 |
| Dalian Shide | 大连实德 | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | 30,775 | 16,613 |
| Guangzhou GPC | 广州医药 | Guangzhou | Yuexiushan Stadium | 30,000 | 20,057 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 杭州绿城 | Hangzhou | Huanglong Sports Center | 51,139 | 14,790 |
| Henan Construction | 河南建业 | Zhengzhou | Hanghai Stadium | 29,000 | 19,255 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 江苏舜天 | Nanjing | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre | 61,443 | 15,976 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 青岛中能 | Qingdao | Qingdao Tiantai Stadium | 20,525 | 8,774 |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | 陕西浐灞 | Xi'an | Shaanxi Province Stadium | 47,565 | 23,026 |
| Shandong Luneng | 山东鲁能 | Jinan | Shandong Provincial Stadium | 43,700 | 17,015 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 上海申花 | Shanghai | Hongkou Football Stadium | 33,060 | 12,627 |
| Shenzhen Asia Travel | 深圳亚旅 | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | 32,500 | 13,460 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 天津泰达 | Tianjin | TEDA Soccer Stadium | 36,390 | 14,757 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16,059 |

### Personnel

| Team | Manager |
| Beijing Guoan | Hong Yuanshuo |
| Changchun Yatai | Li Shubin |
| Changsha Ginde | Hao Wei |
| Chengdu Blades | Wang Baoshan |
| Chongqing Lifan | Arie Haan |
| Dalian Shide | Xu Hong |
| Guangzhou GPC | Shen Xiangfu |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Wu Jingui |
| Henan Construction | Tang Yaodong |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Pei Encai |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Slobodan Santrač |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | Zhu Guanghu |
| Shandong Luneng | Ljubiša Tumbaković |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Jia Xiuquan |
| Shenzhen Asia Travel | Xie Feng |
| Tianjin TEDA | Zuo Shusheng |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing | Manner | When | Incoming |
| Chengdu Blades | Li Bing | Resigned | After Round 6 | Wang Baoshan |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Guo Kanfeng | Sacked | After Round 6 | Slobodan Santrač |
| Chongqing Lifan | Wei Xin | Resigned | After Round 10 | Arie Haan |
| Shenzhen Asia Travel | Fan Yuhong | Sacked | After Round 17 | Xie Feng |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | Cheng Yaodong | Resigned | After Round 20 | Zhu Guanghu |
| Beijing Guoan | Lee Jang-soo | Sacked | After Round 23 | Hong Yuanshuo |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Zhou Sui'an | Sacked | After Round 24 | Wu Jingui |
| Changsha Ginde | Zhu Bo | Sacked | After Round 27 | Hao Wei |

### 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 | William Modibo | Darko Matić | Emil Martínez | Ryan Griffiths | |
| Changchun Yatai | Branimir Subašić | Ricardo Steer | Samuel Caballero | Gabriel Melkam | Sadriddin Abdullaev | Matt McKay Elvis Scott |
| Changsha Ginde | Jéfferson Feijão | Kim Eun-jung | Lee Sang-il | Billy Mwanza | Sim Jae-won | |
| Chengdu Blades | Agnaldo | Neres | Demar Stewart | Oumar Kondé | Brendon Santalab | Roen Nelson Ryang Myong-il |
| Chongqing Lifan | Aílton | José Duarte | Johnny Woodly | Liron Zarko | | Edgar Martínez |
| Dalian Shide | Adán Vergara | Alain Masudi | Ahn Jung-hwan | James Chamanga | Jeon Woo-keun | |
| Guangzhou GPC | Diego Barcelos | Diogo Barcelos | Luis Ramírez | Ismael Alvarado | | |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Valdo | Yordan Varbanov | Ernest Jeremiah | | | Andrezinho Moses Sakyi |
| Henan Construction | Leandro Netto | Obi Moneke | Emmanuel Olisadebe | | Song Tae-lim | |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Alemão | Eleílson | Geninho | Carlos Ceballos | Aleksandr Kletskov | Léiner Gómez |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema | Hugo Carreira | Dragan Stančić | Marko Sočanac | Hussein Alaa Hussein | Pascal Kondaponi Lee Jae-won Lee Tae-young |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | Estevão Toniato | Ronny | Vicente | Edison Joseph | Jonas Salley | Marvin Ávila |
| Shandong Luneng | Alfredo Cano | Sandro | Aleksandar Živković | Alejandro Cichero | Roda Antar | Miljan Mrdaković |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Vyacheslav Hleb | Yanko Valkanov | Andres Oper | Aleksandar Rodić | Mark Milligan | Hernán Barcos |
| Shenzhen Ruby | Hernán Barcos | Mouchid Iyane Ly | Marko Zorić | Massamasso Tchangai | Aleksey Nikolaev | Adonis Renan Marques |
| Tianjin TEDA | Éber Luís | Jean-Philippe Caillet | Damiano Tommasi | Alin Chiţa | Zayniddin Tadjiyev | Mark Bridge |

## H1N1 flu pandemic

Chongqing Lifan reported an 8-player and 3-crew infection of H1N1 flu virus on 10 September. Its matches in Round 22, 23 and 24 were postponed by Chinese FA.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Beijing Guoan (C) | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 51 | AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 50 | AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage |
| 3 | Henan Construction | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 48 | AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 45 | AFC Champions League 2010 Group stage |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 45 | |
| 6 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 45 | |
| 7 | Chengdu Blades (R) | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 39 | Relegation to China League One |
| 8 | Dalian Shide | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Guangzhou GPC (R) | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 37 | Relegation to China League One |
| 10 | Jiangsu Sainty | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 37 | |
| 11 | Shenzhen Asia Travel | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 37 | |
| 12 | Shaanxi Chan-Ba | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 37 | |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |
| 14 | Changsha Ginde | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 33 | |
| 15 | Hangzhou Greentown | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 32 | |
| 16 | Chongqing Lifan | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 29 | |
* 1 2 3 Shandong: 9 pts, 7–4; Shanghai: 7 pts, 9–3; Tianjin: 1 pt, 1–10
* ↑ Relegated after being found guilty of match-fixing on February 23, 2010.
* ↑ Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8. Both clubs were relegated after being found guilty of match-fixing on February 23, 2010.
* 1 2 Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8
* ↑ Guangzhou: 10 pts, 12–10; Jiangsu: 8 pts, 6–7; Shenzhen: 8 pts, 8–10; Shaanxi: 6 pts, 9–8. Shenzhen were docked 3 points for wearing the wrong kits for a home match against Shanghai and causing a one-hour delay of the match on 30 Aug 2009.

## 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 |
| Beijing Guoan | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Changchun Yatai | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Henan Construction | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Shandong Luneng | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Chengdu Blades | 15 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Dalian Shide | 16 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Guangzhou GPC | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Shenzhen Asia Travel | 7 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Changsha Ginde | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader
* AFC Champions League Group stage
* Relegation to League One

## Results

| Home \ Away | BJ | CC | CS | CD | CQ | DL | GZ | HZ | HN | JS | QD | SX | SD | SH | SZ | TJ |
| Beijing Guoan | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Changchun Yatai | 2–6 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Changsha Ginde | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chengdu Blades | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Chongqing Lifan | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 |
| Dalian Shide | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Guangzhou GPC | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| Hangzhou Greentown | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Henan Construction | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Jiangsu Sainty | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Shaanxi Chan-Ba | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Shandong Luneng | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Shenzhen Asia Travel | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |

## Top scorers

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hernán Barcos | Shanghai Shenhua & Shenzhen Asia Travel | 17 |
| 1 | Luis Ramírez | Guangzhou GPC | 17 |
| 3 | Valdo | Hangzhou Greentown | 13 |
| 4 | Qu Bo | Qingdao Jonoon | 12 |
| 5 | Han Peng | Shandong Luneng | 11 |
| 6 | Xu Liang | Guangzhou GPC | 10 |
| 6 | Johnny Woodly | Chongqing Lifan | 10 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Olisadebe | Henan Construction | 10 |

### Hattricks

* Xu Liang of Guangzhou GPC scored the first hat-trick of the season against Dalian Shide at Yuexiushan Stadium on 6 April 2009.
* Qu Bo of Qingdao Jonoon scored a hat-trick against Chongqing Lifan at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium on 8 August 2009.
* Hernán Barcos of Shenzhen Asia Travel scored a hat-trick against Changchun Yatai at Shenzhen Stadium on 12 September 2009.
* Emil Martínez of Beijing Guoan scored a hat-trick against Hangzhou Greentown at Workers' Stadium on 31 October 2009.

## Awards

* Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Samuel Caballero (Changchun Yatai)
* Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Hernán Barcos (Shanghai Shenhua & Shenzhen Asia Travel) & Luis Ramírez (Guangzhou GPC)
* Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Deng Zhuoxiang (Jiangsu Sainty)
* Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Tang Yaodong (Henan Construction)
* Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie