2006 Chinese Super League

2006 Chinese Super League.jpg Chinese Super League 2006 Shandong Luneng Chongqing Lifan AFC Champions League Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenhua A3 Champions Cup Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenhua Li Jinyu (26 goals) 210 496 10,611 2005 2007 The 2006 Chinese Super League was the third season since 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 Chinese Super League, the thirteenth season of professional association football league and the 45th top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association, the season started on March 11, 2006 and ended on October 22. Initially, it was planned that there would be two teams relegated at the end of the season, however this was changed to one when Sichuan First City folded before the start of the season. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2005 China League One Xiamen Lanshi Changchun Yatai Teams relegated after end of 2005 Chinese Super League None Overview Preseason A number of changes occurred during the off season, notably some major changes to the teams. Inter Shanghai moved to Xi'an and was renamed Xi'an Chanba. Shanghai Zobon was renamed Shanghai United. Beijing Hyundai, who did not renew their contract with Hyundai, changed their team name back to their formal name, Beijing Guoan. Shenzhen Jianlibao changed its team name to Shenzhen Kingway after finding a new sponsor in Kingway Brewery. There was also some speculation that Liaoning would pull out from the league, and that the Chinese Football Association had prepared a schedule with only 14 teams should Liaoning have withdrawn. The biggest shock was the disbanding of Sichuan First City in January, so the league will only have 15 teams at the start of the season, one short of the 16 teams planned. Player transfers Shanghai Shenhua, who qualified for the AFC Champions League, boost their squad with Li Weifeng from the debt-ridden Shenzhen Jianlibao for 6.5 million RMB, the highest transfer fee a club has ever received that season. In addition, Shenhua bought over Liu Yunfei from Tianjin TEDA for 0.9 million and recalled defender Du Wei from Celtic. Desperately in need of money, Shenzhen was also forced to sell China's first choice goalkeeper, Li Leilei to Shandong Luneng for 5 million, former national striker Yang Chen to the newly promoted Xiamen Lanshi for 2 million and Zhou Ting to Beijing Guoan for 3.5 million. Other notable transfers included Wang Liang's 5 million move from Liaoning to Shandong, An Qi's 4 million move from defending champions Dalian Shide to Xiamen, and four players from Shandong (An Shuai, Zhou Yi, Sun Bing, and Cha Kejun) to Qingdao Jonoon for 1 million each. The season Shandong Luneng and newcomer Changchun Yatai both had a good spell early on while defending champions Dalian Shide struggled early on. During the mid season, Changchun finally cannot kept up with the pace of the top league and gradually drops to fourth in the league. Meanwhile, a record 13 league win in a row saw Shandong gaining an unassailable lead at the top. With Shandong the clear winner, the interest in the second half of the season was the race to the second place and the fight against relegation. In the end, Chongqing Lifan were relegated with two games to go while the race for second went all the way down to the wire before Shanghai Shenhua clinch the second spot with a last day win over Liaoning while Beijing Guoan slips. Personnel TeamManager Beijing Guoan China Shen Xiangfu Changchun Yatai Netherlands Arie Schans Chongqing Lifan Croatia Stjepan Čordaš Dalian Shide Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Petrović Liaoning China Tang Yaodong Qingdao Jonoon China Yin Tiesheng Shandong Luneng Serbia and Montenegro Ljubiša Tumbaković Shanghai Shenhua China Wu Jingui Shanghai United Uruguay Osvaldo Giménez Shenyang Ginde Netherlands Martin Koopman Shenzhen Kingway China Xie Feng Tianjin TEDA China Liu Chunming Wuhan Optics Valley China Pei Encai Xi'an Chanba China Cheng Yaodong Xiamen Lanshi China Gao Hongbo 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 Guoan Argentina Javier Musa Bolivia Milton Coimbra Hungary Krisztián Kenesei Changchun Yatai Honduras Elvis Scott Honduras Samuel Caballero Romania Marian Aliuță Honduras Víctor Mena Chongqing Lifan Nigeria Ortega Deniran Serbia Pavle Delibašić Croatia Darko Čordaš Serbia Velibor Kopunović Dalian Shide Bulgaria Zoran Janković Serbia Miodrag Pantelić Liaoning Cameroon Clément Lebe Ukraine Viktor Brovchenko Qingdao Jonoon Brazil Fabiano Serbia Despot Višković Serbia Velibor Kopunović Shandong Luneng Bulgaria Predrag Pažin Montenegro Igor Gluščević Serbia Aleksandar Živković Shanghai Shenhua Germany Carsten Jancker Honduras Luis Ramírez Serbia Ivan Jovanović Brazil Hilton Mineiro Shanghai United Brazil Aderaldo Brazil Tiago Honduras Saúl Martínez Brazil JonasBrazil Renato RibasCameroon Christian Pouga Shenyang Ginde Brazil Alex Alves Slovenia Blaž Puc Brazil Taílson Guinea Ousmane Bangoura Shenzhen Kingway Cameroon Daniel Wansi Poland Bogdan Zając Poland Marek Zając Tianjin TEDA Brazil Marcos Aurélio Nigeria Benedict Akwuegbu Serbia Marko Zorić Wuhan Optics Valley Argentina Roberto Demus Brazil Carlos Eduardo Brazil Rafael Jaques Brazil Fabiano Xi'an Chanba Brazil Vicente Croatia Ivan Bulat Ghana Kwame Ayew Xiamen Lanshi Angola Quinzinho Nigeria Gabriel Melkam Serbia Branko Jelić Serbia Saša Zimonjić Hong Kong/Chinese Taipei/Macau players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) Club Player 1Shanghai Shenhua Hong Kong Ng Wai Chiu League table main WDL 210 35 League Table 2006 SD SH BJ CC DL TJ SU XM XA WH SZ LN SY QD CQ CLQ CLQ REL REL complete 13 10 5 27 16 13 7 8 41 26 3 7 18 20 51 R 13 6 9 43 29 6 8 14 24 42 6 7 15 25 36 22 3 3 74 26 C 14 10 4 37 19 9 12 7 32 25 6 8 14 22 43 8 6 14 22 42 10 10 8 40 38 8 7 13 28 42 8 12 8 33 34 9 11 8 28 27 Beijing Guoan Changchun Yatai Chongqing Lifan Dalian Shide Liaoning Qingdao Jonoon Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai United Shenyang Ginde Shenzhen Kingway Tianjin TEDA Wuhan Optics Valley Xi'an Chanba Xiamen Lanshi QR green2 Qualification for AFC Champions League red1 Relegation to League One Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 China Li Jinyu Shandong Luneng 26 2 China Zheng Zhi Shandong Luneng 21 3 Honduras Luis Ramírez Shanghai Shenhua 13 4 BRA Vicente Xi'an Chanba 11 5 Bulgaria Zoran JankovićDalian Shide 10 China Han Peng Shandong Luneng China Zou YougenXiamen Lanshi Attendances League Total attendance: 2,228,300 Same as above Average attendance: 10,611 Clubs Football club Average attendance Shandong Luneng 30,679 Tianjin TEDA 18,071 Xi'an Chanba 17,286 Beijing Guoan 13,571 Shanghai Shenhua 12,786 Wuhan Optics Valley 10,500 Shenzhen Kingway 10,071 Changchun Yatai 8,607 Xiamen Lanshi 8,071 Liaoning 6,929 Chongqing Lifan 6,536 Qingdao Jonoon 6,071 Dalian Shide 5,043 Shenyang Ginde 2,750 Shanghai United 2,193 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 2006 Chinese Super League https://web.archive.org/web/20071222024147/http://csl.sports.cn/default.html 2007-12-22 on Csl.sports.cn zh 2006 Chinese Super League on sports.cn.yahoo.com zh 2006 1 China