2008 Chinese Super League

2008 Chinese Super League.webp 150px Chinese Super League 2008 Shandong Luneng Liaoning Whowin AFC Champions League Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenhua Beijing Guoan Tianjin TEDA Éber (14 goals) Changchun Yatai 6–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (Oct 11) Changsha Ginde 1–5 Qingdao Jonoon (Oct 11) Liaoning Whowin 4–4 Shanghai Shenhua (Nov 12) Tianjin TEDA 5–3 Dalian Shide (Nov 30) 13,444 2007 2009 The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their third title at the end of this season. Teams Team changes At the end of the 2007 season, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Blades were promoted to Super League. At the end of the 2007 season, Xiamen Lanshi were relegated to League One. Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded.足协维持李玮峰处罚 武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012 At the end of the season, Liaoning Whowin were relegated to League One. Stadiums 450px|thumb|Map of Super League Clubs 2008 Team Stadium Capacity Average attendance Beijing Guoan Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,000 14,641 Changchun Yatai Changchun Stadium 41,638 5,797 Changsha Ginde Helong Sports Center Stadium 55,000 6,645 Chengdu Blades Chengdu Sports Centre 42,000 12,378 Dalian Shide Jinzhou Stadium 30,000 7,900 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Yuexiushan Stadium 22,000 19,624 Henan Construction Hanghai Stadium 30,000 16,267 Liaoning Whowin Tiexi New District Sports Center 26,800 11,733 Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 30,000 6,600 Shaanxi Chanba Shaanxi Province Stadium 57,000 24,625 Shandong Luneng Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 26,501 Shanghai Shenhua Hongkou Football Stadium 35,000 11,510 Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 6,400 Tianjin TEDA TEDA Soccer Stadium 37,500 14,007 Wuhan Optics Valley Xinhua Road Sports Center 36,000 12,556 Zhejiang Greentown Huanglong Sports Center 51,000 12,188Total 13,444 Managers Team Manager 2nd Manager 3rd ManagerBeijing GuoanKOR Lee Jang-sooChangchun YataiCHN Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10)GER Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24)CHN Li ShubinChangsha GindeSRB Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9)CHN Zhu BoChengdu BladesCHN Li BingDalian ShideSRB Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8)SRB Milorad KosanovićGuangzhou Pharmaceutical CHN Shen XiangfuHenan ConstructionCHN Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8)POR Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16)CHN Tang YaodongLiaoning WhowinGER Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10)CHN Ma LinQingdao JonoonCHN Guo KanfengShaanxi ChanbaCHN Cheng YaodongShandong LunengSRB Ljubiša TumbakovićShanghai ShenhuaCHN Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14)CHN Jia XiuquanShenzhen XiangxueCHN Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1)CHN Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13)CHN Wang BaoshanTianjin TEDACZE Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7)CHN Zuo ShushengWuhan Optics ValleyCHN Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4)CHN Zhu GuanghuZhejiang GreentownCHN Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4)CHN Zhou Sui'an Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three 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 Player 4 Former players Beijing Guoan Brazil Tiago Honduras Elvis Scott Honduras Walter Martínez Romania Ovidiu Burcă Macedonia Stojan Ignatov Changchun Yatai Honduras Samuel Caballero Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi Nigeria Gabriel Melkam Romania Dumitru Mitu Changsha Ginde Albania Nevil Dede Brazil Sandro Brazil Tales Cameroon Aboubakar Oumarou Serbia Milan Nikolić Chengdu Blades Brazil Auricélio Neres Brazil Denílson Souza Jamaica Demar Stewart North Korea Kim Yong-jun Brazil Luiz RodriguesCroatia Igor Tkalčević Ivory Coast Sékou Tidiane Souaré Dalian Shide Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov Serbia Dragan Vukmir Zambia James Chamanga Bulgaria Kaloyan Karadzhinov Cameroon Patrick Mevoungou Croatia Vedran Celiščak Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Brazil Diego Barcelos Brazil José Duarte Honduras Luis Ramírez Peru Ismael Alvarado Henan Construction Brazil Douglas Brazil Gilsinho Nigeria Obi Emmanuel Moneke Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe Bulgaria Ivo TrenchevNigeria Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu Liaoning Whowin Australia Ryan Griffiths Belarus Raman Kirenkin Democratic Republic of the Congo Delain Sasa Brazil Jefferson FeijãoBrazil Zé Roberto Qingdao Jonoon Cameroon Jean-Paul Ndeki Honduras Mitchel Brown Serbia Dragan Stančić South Korea Lee Jae-won Honduras Luis Santamaría Shaanxi Chanba Brazil Ronny Brazil Rafael Scheidt Brazil Vicente Nigeria Innocent Melkam Shandong Luneng Brazil Luciano Ratinho Serbia Aleksandar Živković Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Venezuela Alejandro Cichero Shanghai Shenhua Colombia Hámilton Ricard Costa Rica Erick Scott Honduras Emil Martínez Honduras José Güity Argentina Matías MarchesiniParaguay Justo Meza Shenzhen Xiangxue Angola Johnson Macaba Brazil Felipe Menegon Paraguay Michael Valenzuela Poland Marek Zając Brazil Edson Tianjin TEDA Brazil Éber Croatia Darko Matić Ivory Coast Mariko Daouda Romania Marius Radu Brazil Jonhes Wuhan Optics Valley Argentina César La Paglia Brazil Danilo Brazil Everson Brazil Gustavo Papa Uruguay Pablo Munhoz Zhejiang Greentown Algeria Karim Benounes Brazil Valdo Bulgaria Yordan Varbanov Egypt Mohsen Abo Gresha Macedonia Slavčo Georgievski Hong Kong/Chinese Taipei/Macau players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) Club Player 1Shanghai Shenhua Hong Kong Ng Wai Chiu Final league table main WDL 5 QR SD Shandong Luneng SH Shanghai Shenhua BJ Beijing Guoan TJ Tianjin TEDA PD Shaanxi Chanba CC Changchun Yatai GZ Guangzhou Pharmaceutical QD Qingdao Jonoon ZJ Zhejiang Greentown HN Henan Construction CS Changsha Ginde SZ Shenzhen Xiangxue CD Chengdu Blades DL Dalian Shide LN Liaoning Whowin WH Wuhan Optics Valley 18 9 3 54 25 C 17 10 3 58 29 16 10 4 44 27 16 9 5 54 29 15 7 8 41 29 12 9 9 53 45 10 10 10 41 42 10 9 11 39 36 9 12 9 38 32 9 9 12 30 31 7 13 10 28 36 8 9 13 35 34 7 11 12 30 37 6 12 12 30 40 6 9 15 34 47 R 0 0 30 0 90 Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded; all of their matches were scratched and counted as 3–0 wins to their opponents. Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4 QD #ACE1AF 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage CLGS CLGS CLGS CLGS red1 Relegated to China League One R lightgray Withdrew from the league and folded WD November 30, 2008 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. CSL Results table main FBR grey BJ CC CS CD DL GZ HN LN QD PD SD SH SZ TJ WH ZJ Beijing Guoan 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 Changchun Yatai 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–0 2–2 Changsha Ginde 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 Chengdu Blades 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 Dalian Shide 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–3 Henan Construction 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 Liaoning Whowin 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 4–4 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 Qingdao Jonoon 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 Shaanxi Chanba 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 Shandong Luneng 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 Shanghai Shenhua 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 Shenzhen Xiangxue 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 Tianjin TEDA 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 Wuhan Optics Valley 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 Zhejiang Greentown 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–0 complete CSL Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1Brazil ÉberTianjin TEDA 14 2Angola Johnson MacabaShenzhen Xiangxue 13 3 Honduras Luis RamírezGuangzhou Pharmaceutical 12Poland Emmanuel OlisadebeHenan Construction 5Brazil ValdoZhejiang Greentown 10China Du ZhenyuChangchun Yatai 7China Cao TianbaoChangchun Yatai 9Colombia Hámilton RicardShanghai ShenhuaIvory Coast Guillaume Dah ZadiChangchun Yatai 10Brazil VicenteShaanxi Chanba 8China Gao LinShanghai ShenhuaChina Han PengShandong LunengHonduras Emil MartínezShanghai ShenhuaSerbia Miljan MrdakovićShandong Luneng See also 2008 China League One 2008 China League Two References External links Official site of the Chinese Super League https://web.archive.org/web/20080509075220/http://csl.sports.sohu.com/ 2008-05-09 zh Live scores, Fixtures and Results, League table on FIFA Results and table on RSSSF 2008 1 China