2007 Chinese Super League

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Chinese Super League

| season = 2007

| winners = Changchun Yatai

| relegated = Xiamen Lanshi

| continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = {{ubl|Changchun Yatai | Beijing Guoan}}

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng), 15 goals

| matches = 210

| total goals = 468

| average attendance = 15,112

| prevseason = 2006

| nextseason = 2008

}}

The 2007 Chinese Super League season or the Kingway Chinese Super League, as it was known for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition since its establishment, the 14th season of professional football as well as being the 46th top-tier league season in China. The league started on March 3 and ended on November 14. Changchun Yatai clinched the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while Xiamen Lanshi was relegated with two games to spare. Coincidentally, both of these teams were promoted in the previous season.

The champions as well as the runner-up of the league would qualify for the 2008 AFC Champions League as was the same from the previous season. The Chinese FA Cup was canceled due to the intended expansion of the league to 16 teams, however Shanghai United and Shanghai Shenhua merged, which saw the Chinese Football Association decide to leave the league with 15 teams for the season.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season change

Zhu Jun, the owner of Shanghai United, bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the previous season, Shanghai United was merged into two times CSL runner-up Shanghai Shenhua. The new team play under the name Shanghai Shenhua United but use the stadium of the former Shanghai United – Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Pudong, Shanghai as their home ground.

Clubs

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!Club

!Chinese name

!Seasons in CSL

!Best finish, Season

!Worst finish, Season

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|Beijing Guoan

|北京国安

|2004 to 2007

|3rd, 2006

|7th, 2004

Changchun Yatai

|长春亚泰

|2006 & 2007

|4th, 2006

|4th, 2006

Changsha Ginde

|长沙金德

|2004 to 2007

|8th, 2004

|13th, 2005 & 2006

Dalian Shide

|大连实德

|2004 to 2007

|1st, 2005

|5th, 2004 & 2006

Henan Jianye

|河南建业

|2007

|N/A

|N/A

Liaoning Zhongyu

|辽宁足球俱乐部

|2004 to 2007

|4th, 2004

|12th, 2006

Qingdao Zhongneng

|青岛中能

|2004 to 2007

|7th, 2005

|14th, 2006

Shaanxi Baorong

|陕西宝荣

|2004 to 2007

|3rd, 2004

|8th, 2005

Shandong Luneng

|山东鲁能泰山

|2004 to 2007

|1st, 2006

|3rd, 2005

Shanghai Shenhua

|上海申花

|2004 to 2007

|2nd, 2005 & 2006

|10th, 2004

Shenzhen Shangqingyin

|深圳上清饮

|2004 to 2007

|1st, 2004

|12th, 2005

Tianjin TEDA

|天津泰达

|2004 to 2007

|4th, 2005

|6th, 2004 & 2006

Wuhan Guanggu

|武汉光谷

|2005 to 2007

|5th, 2005

|10th, 2006

Xiamen Lanshi

|厦门蓝狮

|2006 & 2007

|8th, 2006

|8th, 2006

Zhejiang Lucheng

|浙江绿城

|2007

|N/A

|N/A

=Personnel=

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Team

!Manager

Beijing Guoan

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Lee Jang-soo

Changchun Yatai

| {{flagicon|China}} Gao Hongbo

Changsha Ginde

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Milan Živadinović

Dalian Shide

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Jo Bonfrère

Henan Jianye

| {{flagicon|China}} Pei Encai

Liaoning Zhongyu

| {{flagicon|China}} Tang Yaodong

Qingdao Zhongneng

| {{flagicon|China}} Yin Tiesheng

Shaanxi Baorong

| {{flagicon|China}} Cheng Yaodong

Shandong Luneng

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Ljubiša Tumbaković

Shanghai Shenhua

| {{flagicon|China}} Wu Jingui

Shenzhen Shangqingyin

| {{flagicon|China}} Zhang Jun

Tianjin TEDA

| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Jozef Jarabinský

Wuhan Guanggu

| {{flagicon|China}} Chen Fangping

Xiamen Lanshi

| {{flagicon|China}} Gao Daming

Zhejiang Lucheng

| {{flagicon|China}} 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.

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! width="170" | Club

! width="170" | Player 1

! width="170" | Player 2

! width="170" | Player 3

! width="170" | Player 4

! width="170" | Former players

Beijing Guoan

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Aderaldo

| {{flagicon|Honduras}} Walter Martínez

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| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Tiago
{{flagicon|Serbia}} Miodrag Pantelić

Changchun Yatai

| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Stanislav Petkov

| {{flagicon|Honduras}} Elvis Scott

| {{flagicon|Honduras}} Samuel Caballero

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Guillaume Dah Zadi

| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Marcelo Mansilla

Changsha Ginde

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Sandro

| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Aboubakar Oumarou

|

|

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Garba Lawal

Dalian Shide

| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Zoran Janković

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Darko Drinić

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Miodrag Anđelković

|

|

Henan Jianye

| {{flagicon|Gambia}} Arthur Gómez

| {{flagicon|Guadeloupe|football}} Olivier Fauconnier

| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Hichem Ben Khaled

|

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Goran Tomić
{{flagicon|Slovenia}} Darko Kremenović

Liaoning Zhongyu

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Ryan Griffiths

| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Clément Lebe

| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Viktor Brovchenko

|

|

Qingdao Zhongneng

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Igor Budiša

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Benedict Akwuegbu

| {{flagicon|Portugal}} Joca

| {{flagicon|Romania}} Dumitru Mitu

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Dejan Sarić
{{flagicon|Serbia}} Despot Višković

Shaanxi Baorong

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Ronny

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Sérgio Júnior

| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Juan Manuel Olivera

|

|

Shandong Luneng

| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Predrag Pažin

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Aleksandar Živković

|

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| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Branko Baković
{{flagicon|Serbia}} Nikola Malbaša

Shanghai Shenhua

| {{flagicon|Colombia}} Hámilton Ricard

| {{flagicon|Honduras}} Saúl Martínez

| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Diego Alonso

| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Sergio Blanco

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Ronny
{{flagicon|France}} Laurent Leroy
{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Fernando Correa

Shenzhen Shangqingyin

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Bamba Moussa

| {{flagicon|Poland}} Bogdan Zając

| {{flagicon|Poland}} Marek Zając

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Tianjin TEDA

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Charles Chad

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Márcio Santos

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Darko Matić

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Jurica Vučko

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Vidak Bratić

Wuhan Guanggu

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Vicente

|

|

|

|

Xiamen Lanshi

| {{flagicon|Angola}} Quinzinho

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Gabriel Melkam

| {{flagicon|Serbia}} Branko Jelić

|

|

Zheijang Lucheng

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcelo Rosa

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Tico

|

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| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Argel Fuchs

League table

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|teamwidth=210 |match_col_width=35

|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/csl/2007/regular-season/ League Table 2007]

|team1=CC |team2=BJ |team3=SD |team4=SH |team5=DL |team6=TJ |team7=WH |team8=QD |team9=LN |team10=CS |team11=ZJ |team12=HN |team13=SX |team14=SZ |team15=XM

|result1=CLQ |result2=CLQ |result15=REL |result16=REL

|update=complete

|win_BJ=15 |draw_BJ=9 |loss_BJ=4 |gf_BJ=45 |ga_BJ=19 |status_BJ=

|win_CC=16 |draw_CC=7 |loss_CC=5 |gf_CC=48 |ga_CC=25 |status_CC=C

|win_CS=8 |draw_CS=10 |loss_CS=10 |gf_CS=17 |ga_CS=24 |status_CS=

|win_DL=11 |draw_DL=11 |loss_DL=6 |gf_DL=36 |ga_DL=31 |status_DL=

|win_HN=5 |draw_HN=12 |loss_HN=11 |gf_HN=20 |ga_HN=28 |status_HN=

|win_LN=9 |draw_LN=8 |loss_LN=11 |gf_LN=26 |ga_LN=36 |status_LN=

|win_QD=10 |draw_QD=6 |loss_QD=12 |gf_QD=36 |ga_QD=42 |status_QD=

|win_SX=4 |draw_SX=14 |loss_SX=10 |gf_SX=24 |ga_SX=29 |status_SX=

|win_SD=14 |draw_SD=6 |loss_SD=8 |gf_SD=53 |ga_SD=29 |status_SD=

|win_SH=12 |draw_SH=10 |loss_SH=6 |gf_SH=35 |ga_SH=29 |status_SH=

|win_SZ=5 |draw_SZ=10 |loss_SZ=13 |gf_SZ=21 |ga_SZ=42 |status_SZ=

|win_TJ=12 |draw_TJ=8 |loss_TJ=8 |gf_TJ=31 |ga_TJ=22 |status_TJ=

|win_WH=11 |draw_WH=7 |loss_WH=10 |gf_WH=29 |ga_WH=31 |status_WH=

|win_XM=4 |draw_XM=8 |loss_XM=16 |gf_XM=22 |ga_XM=46 |status_XM=R

|win_ZJ=6 |draw_ZJ=10 |loss_ZJ=12 |gf_ZJ=25 |ga_ZJ=35 |status_ZJ=

|name_BJ=Beijing Guoan

|name_CC=Changchun Yatai

|name_CS=Changsha Ginde

|name_DL=Dalian Shide

|name_HN=Henan Jianye

|name_LN=Liaoning Zhongyu

|name_QD=Qingdao Zhongneng

|name_SX=Shaanxi Baorong

|name_SD=Shandong Luneng

|name_SH=Shanghai Shenhua

|name_SZ=Shenzhen Shangqingyin

|name_TJ=Tianjin TEDA

|name_WH=Wuhan Guanggu

|name_XM=Xiamen Lanshi

|name_ZJ=Zhejiang Lucheng

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CLQ=green2 |text_CLQ=Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to League One

}}

Top scorers

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Rank

! Scorer

! Club

! Goals

align=center| 1

|{{flagicon|China}} Li Jinyu

|rowspan=2|Shandong Luneng

|align=center| 15

align=center| 2

|{{flagicon|China}} Han Peng

|align=center| 13

align=center| 3

|{{flagicon|Honduras}} Elvis Scott

|Changchun Yatai

|align=center| 12

rowspan=2 align=center| 4

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Tiago

|Beijing Guoan

|rowspan=2 align=center| 10

{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Guillaume Dah Zadi

|rowspan=2| Changchun Yatai

align=center| 6

|{{flagicon|China}} Du Zhenyu

|align=center| 9

rowspan=3 align=center| 7

|{{flagicon|China}} Liu Jian

|Qingdao Zhongneng

|rowspan=3 align=center| 8

{{flagicon|China}} Tao Wei

|rowspan=2| Beijing Guoan

{{flagicon|China}} Yan Xiangchuang

Attendances

=League attendance=

  • Total attendance: 3,173,500 [http://news.sports.cn/china/07csl/zhuhou/2008-01-11/1360549.html 07中超统计:场均观众1.51万人 收视人次1.44亿] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525232449/http://news.sports.cn/china/07csl/zhuhou/2008-01-11/1360549.html |date=2011-05-25 }} at sports.cn 2008-01-11 Retrieved 2013-01-08 (In Chinese)
  • Average attendance: 15,112

=Clubs attendance=

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Football club

! Average attendance

Shaanxi Baorong

|24,643

Shandong Luneng

|22,607

Beijing Guoan

|21,571

Zhejiang Lucheng

|19,571

Henan Jianye

|16,857

Changchun Yatai

|16,429

Liaoning Zhongyu

|15,929

Tianjin TEDA

|15,429

Wuhan Guanggu

|13,179

Shenzhen Shangqingyin

|13,000

Shanghai Shenhua

|11,393

Changsha Ginde

|10,571

Dalian Shide

|10,286

Xiamen Lanshi

|8,036

Qingdao Zhongneng

|7,179

Awards

  • Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: {{flagicon|China}} Du Zhenyu (Changchun Yatai)
  • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: {{flagicon|China}} Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng)
  • Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: {{flagicon|China}} Hao Junmin (Tianjin TEDA)
  • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: {{flagicon|China}} Gao Hongbo (Changchun Yatai)
  • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: {{flagicon|China}} Sun Baojie
  • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Dalian Shide, Tianjin TEDA, Beijing Guoan

See also

References