2003 Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League 2003 Shanghai Shenhua Chongqing Lifan August 1st Shaanxi Guoli AFC Champions League Shanghai Shenhua Dalian Shide A3 Champions Cup Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai International Li YiKwame AyewSaúl Martínez(14 goals each) 210 546 17,710 2002 2004 Chinese Super League The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season was the tenth season of professional association football and the 42nd top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 15 and ended on November 30, while in preparation for the rebranded Chinese Super League three teams were relegated at the end of the season. Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing.http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/punish/2013-02-18/392010.html zh:中国足协纪律委员会处罚决定（001-038号） Chinese Chinese Football Association 2013-02-18 2013-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20130426092713/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/punish/2013-02-18/392010.html 2013-04-26 dead Runners-up Shanghai International were also surrounded in their own match-fixing controversy, which saw several of their players taking bribes.http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Sports/2012/06/14/Matchfixing%2Bled%2Bto%2Bstars%2Bdownfall/ Match-fixing led to stars' downfall shanghaidaily.com 2012-06-14 2013-05-13 Despite the club itself not being implicated in these crimes the season's title was not awarded to any club. Overview The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season was the last season before it was rebranded as the Chinese Super League by the Chinese Football Association and had 15 teams, with one team provided a bye for each round. Three teams were relegated at the end of the season. However, relegation was based on an averaging system using the last seasons and this season's final position. 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals At the end of the season, Shanghai Shenhua narrowly won the championship against their local neighbours Shanghai International. Critics would dispute the legitimacy of the title win after it was discovered in 2011 that the Shenhua general manager Lou Shifang bribed the head of the Chinese Football Association referee arrangements Zhang Jianqiang and referee Lu Jun 350,000 yuan each to be bias towards Shenhua in a vital match against Shanghai International in a game that Shenhua won 4–1.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-03/31/content_12300071.htm Details of soccer referee investigation released to public chinadaily.com.cn 2011-03-31 December 19, 2012 While all three men were officially charged with match-fixing, the club was spared any disciplinary action and were allowed to keep the title with the reason provided by the Chinese football association for the leniency being that they would be punishing the individuals who put the game in disrepute and not the club, because Lou Shifang was Shenhua's offending participant and had left the club several years before the allegations were confirmed it would have been harsh to punish the club retrospectively.http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2012-01-31/12585924836.shtml zh:足坛反赌涉案队或明年降级 足协：倾向取消当年成绩 Chinese sports.sina.com.cn 2012-01-31 December 19, 2012 On 18 February 2013, The CFA decided to change its mind on Shenhua and retrospectively decided to punish the club by revoking its 2003 league title, fining the club 1 million yuan and giving a 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season after it was discovered that they also fixed another game against Shaanxi Guoli en route to winning the 2003 league title.http://wildeastfootball.net/2013/02/breaking-news-shenhua-and-tianjin-face-6-point-deduction-xu-hong-barred-from-football-for-5-years/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130305205121/http://wildeastfootball.net/2013/02/breaking-news-shenhua-and-tianjin-face-6-point-deduction-xu-hong-barred-from-football-for-5-years/ usurped March 5, 2013 Breaking News: Shenhua and Tianjin face 6 point deduction; Xu Hong barred from football for 5 years wildeastfootball.net 18 February 2013 2013-02-20http://english.cri.cn/8046/2013/02/18/189s748945.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130220235512/http://english.cri.cn/8046/2013/02/18/189s748945.htm dead February 20, 2013 China Strips Shenhua of 2003 League Title, Bans 33 People for Life english.cri.cn 18 February 2013 2013-03-18 Shanghai International, however, were not retrospectively awarded the title after it was officially confirmed on June 13, 2012, that the Shanghai International players Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming took a bribe from former Tianjin TEDA general manager Yang Yifeng to lose their November 30, 2003 game, which saw all offending participants fined and jailed for their crimes as well as the Chinese FA deciding that Tianjin should also face a 1 million Yuan and 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season.http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Sports/2012/06/14/Matchfixing%2Bled%2Bto%2Bstars%2Bdownfall/ Match-fixing led to stars' downfall shanghaidaily.com 2012-06-14 2012-06-24 Also within the season, Chongqing Lifan were relegated at the end of the campaign. However, they were allowed to remain within the division for next season when they bought Yunnan Hongta's registration and merged the two clubs together.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china04.html China 2004 7 Apr 2005 RSSSF December 19, 2012 This season also saw the loss of August 1st football club who were relegated and decided to disband at the end of the season. The club who were the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army had been in existence for over fifty years and were one of the most successful clubs in Chinese history during the amateur era. However, because all the players had to be active military members and paid accordingly made it impossible for them to compete with the other clubs who were now also paying professional wages to their players, which also saw the club struggle within the professional era and lead to the clubs disbandment.http://english.people.com.cn/200312/29/eng20031229_131438.shtml Chinese military football team disbanded english.people.com.cn December 29, 2003 December 19, 2012 Personnel TeamManager August 1st China Pei Encai Beijing Hyundai Cars Serbia and Montenegro Ljupko Petrović Chongqing Lifan Croatia Miloš Hrstić Dalian Shide Serbia and Montenegro Milorad Kosanović Liaoning Zhongshun China Ma Lin Qingdao Beilaite South Korea Lee Jang-soo Shaanxi Guoli Brazil Artur Neto Shandong Luneng Russia Valery Nepomnyashchy Shanghai International China Cheng Yaodong Shanghai Shenhua China Wu Jingui Shenyang Ginde Serbia and Montenegro Dragoslav Stepanović Shenzhen Jianlibao China Zhu Guanghu Sichuan Guangdong China Xu Hong Tianjin Kangshifu Italy Giuseppe Materazzi Yunnan Hongta China Qi Wusheng Foreign players As a military-owned team, August 1st were not allowed to sign any foreign players. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players Beijing Hyundai Cars Brazil Henrique Brazil Reginaldo Cachorrão Hungary Krisztián Kenesei Paraguay Casiano Delvalle Chongqing Lifan Argentina Sebastián Cobelli Democratic Republic of the Congo Zola Kiniambi Morocco Rachid Azzouzi Romania Constantin Schumacher Brazil ElizeuMorocco Abdeljalil El Hajji Dalian Shide Brazil Adilson Bulgaria Zoran Janković Netherlands Dave de Jong Serbia and Montenegro Srđan Bajčetić Serbia and Montenegro Perica Ognjenović Liaoning Zhongshun Bulgaria Georgi Petrov Bulgaria Stefan Yurukov Cameroon Clément Lebe Romania Augustin Călin Bulgaria Metodi StoynevFinland Marko Tuomela Qingdao Beilaite Brazil André Gaspar Croatia Dragan Vukoja Croatia Vladimir Petrović Uruguay Fernando Carreño Brazil Lula Shaanxi Guoli Bulgaria Ivo Trenchev Shandong Luneng France Nicolas Ouédec Russia Sergei Kiriakov Slovenia Marinko Galič Ukraine Serhiy Nahornyak Argentina Hernán PagésSerbia and Montenegro Zoran Čampara Shanghai International Brazil Zé Alcino Bulgaria Metodi Stoynev Croatia Ivan Bulat Paraguay Nelson Cuevas France Régis DornFrance Samuel Boutal Shanghai Shenhua Germany Jörg Albertz Germany Thomas Vasov Honduras Saúl Martínez Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Petković Shenyang Ginde Brazil Ratinho Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Ghana Kwame Ayew Nigeria Prince Ikpe Ekong Cameroon Alphonse Tchami Shenzhen Jianlibao Brazil Auricélio Neres Brazil Nelson Simões Brazil Tiago Togo Djima Oyawolé Brazil CafúSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Rađenović Sichuan Guancheng Brazil Marcelo Marmelo Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Pantelić Sweden Daniel Nannskog Tianjin Kangshifu Brazil Émerson Brazil Jorjão Denmark Stig Tøfting Romania Bogdan Mara Serbia and Montenegro Nenad VanićSerbia and Montenegro Zsombor Kerekes Yunnan Hongta Brazil Nei Bala Romania Victor Naicu Uruguay Osvaldo Canobbio Romania Viorel Domocoş League standings main WDL PR y SH Shanghai Shenhua SI Shanghai International DL Dalian Shide SZ Shenzhen Jianlibao SY Shenyang Ginde LN Liaoning Zhongshun YN Yunnan Hongta SC Sichuan Guancheng BJ Beijing Hyundai Cars TJ Tianjin Kangshifu QD Qingdao Beilaite SD Shandong Luneng CQ Chongqing Lifan A1 August 1st SX Shaanxi Guoli Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in this season. Dalian Shide won entry to the 2004 AFC Champions League after winning the 2002 Chinese Jia-A League, but because the AFC Champions League rescheduled the tournament, they had their entry moved until 2004. Chongqing Lifan remained in the league for the following season after merging with Yunnan Hongta. 17 4 7 56 33 16 6 6 39 26 15 8 5 44 22 12 11 5 42 21 11 10 7 35 31 11 8 9 39 34 11 7 10 30 27 9 10 9 41 42 9 9 10 34 26 8 12 8 32 33 10 5 13 40 50 8 9 11 42 46 6 8 14 21 34 6 4 18 23 59 3 5 20 28 62 green1 2004 AFC Champions League qualification C C green3 2004 A3 Champions Cup qualification P red1 Relegated to Jia League R R R complete rsssf.com Relegation Chinese Super League qualification was based on the average positioning of the teams from the 2002 and 2003 league standings. (Based on Positions in 2002 (x 0.5) and 2003 (x 1)) Pos PositionTeam2002Position Total 2002 position2003Position Total 2003 positionTotalPosition Total position over the past two seasonsQualification1Dalian Shide0.53.03.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League2Shenzhen Jianlibao1.04.05.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League3Shanghai International4.52.06.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League4Shanghai Shenhua6.01.07.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League5Liaoning Zhongshun2.56.08.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League6Beijing Hyundai Cars1.59.010.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League7Shenyang Ginde5.55.010.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League8Yunnan Hongta3.57.010.5Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League9Shandong Luneng2.012.014.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League10Qingdao Beilaite4.011.015.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League11Sichuan Guancheng7.08.015.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League12Tianjin Kangshifu5.010.015.0Entry to the 2004 Chinese Super League13Chongqing Lifan3.013.016.0Relegated to the Jia League14August 1st6.514.020.5Relegated to the Jia League15Shaanxi Guoli7.515.022.5Relegated to the Jia LeagueSource:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html 2003 Chinese league tables 18 Apr 2004 RSSSF March 14, 2012 Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1China Li YiShenzhen Jianlibao 14Ghana Kwame AyewShenyang GindeHonduras Saúl MartínezShanghai Shenhua 4Brazil TiagoShenzhen Jianlibao 13China Hao HaidongDalian ShideChina Zhang YuningShanghai Shenhua 7Brazil Zé AlcinoShanghai International 10Bulgaria Zoran JankovićDalian Shide 9China Gao MingQingdao Beilaite 9China Wang XinxinLiaoning Zhongshun Awards Player of the year (Golden Ball Award) GER Jörg Albertz (Shanghai Shenhua) Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) CHN Li Yi (Shenzhen Jianlibao) GHA Kwame Ayew (Changsha Ginde) HON Saul Martínez (Shanghai Shenhua) Manager of the year CHN Wu Jingui (Shanghai Shenhua) Youth player of the year CHN Liu Jindong (Shandong Luneng) CFA Team of the Year Goalkeeper: CHN Jiang Jin (Shanghai International) Defenders: CHN Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan), CHN Du Wei (Dalian Shide), CHN Li Weifeng (Shenzhen Jianlibao), BRA Adilson (Dalian Shide) Midfield: CHN Zheng Zhi (Shenzhen Jianlibao), CHN Zhao Junzhe (Liaoning Zhongshun), GER Jörg Albertz (Shanghai Shenhua), CHN Shen Si (Shanghai International) Attack: HON Saul Martínez (Shanghai Shenhua), CHN Li Yi (Shenzhen Jianlibao) See also 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals Chinese Jia-A League Chinese Super League Chinese Football Association Jia League Chinese Football Association Yi League Chinese FA Cup Chinese Football Association Football in China List of football records in China Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League References External links China – List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Chinese Jia-A League seasons 1 China China Category:2003 establishments in China