2004 Chinese Super League

2004 Chinese Super League.jpg 170px Chinese Super League 2004 Shenzhen Jianlibao N/A AFC Champions League Shenzhen Jianlibao Shandong Luneng A3 Champions Cup Shenzhen Jianlibao Kwame Ayew (17 goals) 132 363 10,838 2003 Chinese Jia-A League 2005 The 2004 Chinese Super League was the debut season of the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as the Chinese Super League. Sponsored by Siemens Mobile, it is the eleventh season of professional association football league and the 43rd top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association, the season started on May 15 and ended December 4 where it was planned that no teams would be relegated at the end of the season. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2003 Jia-B League None Teams relegated after end of 2003 Jia-A League Chongqing Qiche (Merged with Yunnan Hongta) August 1st Shaanxi Guoli Overview The first Chinese Super League (CSL) season was greeted with great enthusiasm by the media and the FA, with the decision to create a new top tier league in China made in order to freshen up Chinese football. The previous ten seasons of the old Chinese first division had been successful and had improved the quality of play in China. However, the Chinese Football Association felt that a change was needed to give Chinese football a further boost. The decision to create the Chinese Super League was made before the 2003 Chinese season and of the 15 First Division teams competing in the 2003 season, it was decided that three teams would be relegated with no promotion at all from the second tier league. The remaining 12 teams would compete in the inaugural Super League season, which saw Chongqing Qiche remain within the league despite being relegated after they merged with seventh place team Yunnan Hongta.China 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192436/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china04.html 2012-09-29 at rsssf.com 7 Apr 2005 Retrieved 2013-01-08 It was planned that one team would be relegated with two teams to be promoted into the CSL at the end of the season but the relegation was cancelled halfway through and so for the second season the Super League had 14 teams. Controversy There were many controversial events during the season, including the discovery that some players were betting against their own teams and deliberately losing games. Some referees were also suspected of fixing matches by awarding dubious penalties and handing out cards freely. The most notorious incidents happened during two matches, a Round 14 game involving Beijing Hyundai and a Round 17 game involving Dalian Shide: in the respective matches, the players were unhappy about the refereeing, and they protested by walking off and abandoning the match. The CFA handed out punishments with a three-point deduction for Beijing Hyundai and a six-point deduction for Dalian Shide: their opponents were also awarded a 3-0 victory. Upsets The season produced one of the biggest upset in Chinese football history. Shenzhen Jianlibao, coached by Zhu Guanghu, was facing financial problems and owed its players several months of salary. However, they still managed to finish as champions and even more remarkably, their defence only conceded 13 goals in 22 matches, the least in the league. Another team causing an upset at the wrong end of the table was Shanghai Shenhua who had been Champions in the previous season and during the 2004 season had played in the prestigious AFC Champions League. However, they played poorly in the 2004 season and finished 3rd from bottom, only 1 point above bottom placed team, Chongqing Qiche. If there had been relegation in the season, Shanghai would have found themselves battling against the drop. Personnel TeamManager Beijing Hyundai China Wei Kexing Chongqing Qiche Romania Viorel Hizo Dalian Shide China Hao Haidong (caretaker) Inter Shanghai China Cheng Yaodong Liaoning Zhongyu China Ma Lin Qingdao Beilaite CHN Wang Weiman (caretaker) Shandong Luneng Serbia and Montenegro Ljubiša Tumbaković Shanghai Shenhua Russia Valery Nepomnyashchy Shenyang Ginde Shenzhen Jianlibao China Zhu Guanghu Sichuan Guangdong China Gao Huichen Tianjin TEDA China Liu Chunming Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to three, but all teams can only use two foreign players on the field in each game. 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 Former players Beijing Hyundai Hungary Krisztián Kenesei Romania Dan Alexa Serbia and Montenegro Branko Jelić Chongqing Qiche Croatia Ivan Bulat Romania Radu Niculescu Romania Viorel Domocoș Romania Constantin SchumacherRomania Victor Naicu Dalian Shide Brazil Adilson Bulgaria Zoran Janković Slovenia Ermin Šiljak Cameroon Christian Pouga Inter Shanghai Brazil Zé Alcino Ghana Kwame Ayew Nigeria Kola Adams Liaoning Zhongyu Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić Cameroon Clément Lebe Serbia and Montenegro Branko Savić Qingdao Beilaite Croatia Josip Bulat Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko Ukraine Serhiy Konovalov Brazil André GasparPortugal Joaquim Ferraz Shandong Luneng France Nicolas Ouédec Serbia and Montenegro Darko Anić Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Matijašević Shanghai Shenhua Germany Jörg Albertz Honduras Saúl Martínez Uruguay Peter Vera Shenyang Ginde Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Bučan Nigeria Prince Ikpe Ekong Nigeria Sam Ayorinde Shenzhen Jianlibao Brazil Nelson Simões Poland Marek Zając Togo Djima Oyawolé Brazil Auricélio NeresBrazil OzeiasHungary Zoltán Kovács Sichuan Guancheng Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Pantelić South Korea Lee Kyung-soo Sweden Daniel Nannskog Tianjin TEDA Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich Romania Bogdan Mara Romania Ionel Gane Argentina José Luis DíazBrazil RicardoTurkey Ahmet Dursun League table main WDL 210 35 SZ SD SI LN DL TJ BJ SY SC SH QD CQ CLQ CLQ complete 8 7 7 35 33 -3 4 9 9 14 31 10 6 6 33 29 -6 10 2 10 39 40 4 9 9 21 28 4 11 7 29 37 10 6 6 44 29 4 10 8 28 37 8 8 6 39 31 7 5 10 23 29 11 9 2 30 13 C 7 8 7 28 29 Beijing Hyundai Chongqing Qiche Dalian Shide Liaoning Zhongyu Qingdao Beilaite Sichuan Guancheng Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenhua Inter Shanghai Shenyang Ginde Shenzhen Jianlibao Tianjin TEDA Beijing Hyundai were deducted 3 points for walking off to protest the refereeing. Dalian Shide were deducted 6 points for walking off to protest the refereeing. QR green1 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1Ghana Kwame AyewInter Shanghai 17 2China Li JinyuShandong Luneng 13 3Serbia and Montenegro Branko JelićBeijing Hyundai 11 4China Li XiaopengShandong Luneng 10 5China Tao WeiBeijing Hyundai 9Slovenia Ermin ŠiljakDalian ShideSweden Daniel NannskogSichuan Guancheng 8Togo Djima OyawoléShenzhen Jianlibao 8 9Brazil Zé AlcinoInter Shanghai 7China Guo HuiLiaoning ZhongyuChina Yu GenweiTianjin TEDA Attendances League Total attendance: 1,430,600 《深圳商报》舒桂林：中国足球在混乱中前行 at news.sportscn.com 2004-12-05 Retrieved 2013-01-08 zh Average attendance: 10,838 Clubs Football club Average attendance Shandong Luneng 23,636 Chongqing Qiche 15,727 Shanghai Shenhua 13,636 Tianjin TEDA 13,182 Dalian Shide 11,273 Shenzhen Jianlibao 10,364 Beijing Hyundai 10,864 Inter Shanghai 8,455 Liaoning Zhongyu 7,727 Sichuan Guancheng 5,545 Shenyang Ginde 5,000 Qingdao Beilaite 4,645 See also Chinese Super League Football in China Chinese Football Association Chinese Football Association Jia League Chinese Football Association Yi League Chinese FA Cup References External links Results and table on RSSSF League table at data.sports.sina.com.cn zh 2004 1 China