2015 Chinese Super League

2015 Chinese Super League
The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league.
Team changes
Teams promoted from 2014 China League One
Chongqing Lifan
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Teams relegated to 2015 China League One
Dalian Aerbin
Harbin Yiteng
Chongqing Lifan return to the division after a 4-year absence; Shijiazhuang Ever Bright compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Dalian Aerbin were relegated after three years in the Chinese top-flight, while Harbin Yiteng were relegated to China League One after spending a season in the Chinese Super League.
Name changes
Shanghai Dongya F.C. changed their name to Shanghai SIPG F.C. in December 2014.
Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. changed their name to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. in December 2014.
Jiangsu Sainty F.C. changed their name to Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. in January 2015.
Clubs
Clubs and locations
Managerial changes
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. However, those players will be treated as foreign Asia players if they participate in any AFC competitions.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.
Jucilei owns Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
Avraam Papadopoulos owns Australian citizenship and could play as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)
League table
Results
Positions by round
Goalscorers
Top scorers
{| class="wikitable"
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!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Total
|-
!rowspan=1|
| Aloísio
|Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
|-
!rowspan=1|
| Ricardo Goulart
|Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
|
|-
!rowspan=1|
| Dejan Damjanović
|Beijing Guoan
|
|-
!rowspan=2|
| Hernán Barcos
| Tianjin Teda
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 15
|-
| Emanuel Gigliotti
|Chongqing Lifan
|-
!rowspan=1|
| Wu Lei
|Shanghai SIPG
|rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" | 14
|-
!rowspan=2|
| Gao Lin
|Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 13
|-
| Jacob Mulenga
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
|-
!rowspan=2|
| Tobias Hysén
|Shanghai SIPG
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 12
|-
| Anselmo Ramon
|Hangzhou Greentown
|-
Hat-tricks
League attendance
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Awards
The awards of 2015 Chinese Super League were announced on 10 November 2015.
Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Aloísio (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Vacant
Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai
Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hangzhou Greentown, Chongqing Lifan
Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
GK Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
DF Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan)
MF Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Huang Bowen (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty), Darío Conca (Shanghai SIPG)
FW Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
References
External links
Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway
Chinese Super League table at FIFA
Chinese Super League official site
Chinese Super League seasons
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