{{Infobox football league season | image = 2006 Chinese Super League.jpg | competition = [[Chinese Super League]] | season = 2006 | winners = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | relegated = [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] | continentalcup1 = [[2007 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = {{ubl|[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]}} | continentalcup2 = [[2007 A3 Champions Cup|A3 Champions Cup]] | continentalcup2 qualifiers = {{ubl|[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]}} | league topscorer = [[Li Jinyu]] (26 goals) | matches = 210 | total goals = 496 | average attendance = 10,611 | prevseason = [[2005 Chinese Super League|2005]] | nextseason = [[2007 Chinese Super League|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 thirteen season of professional association football league and the 45th top-tier league season in China. The premier [[association football|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 F.C.|Sichuan First City]] folded before the start of the season.
==Promotion and relegation== '''Teams promoted from [[2005 China League One]]''' *[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] *[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|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 [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]. Shanghai Zobon was renamed [[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]].
Beijing Hyundai, who did not renew their contract with [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]], changed their team name back to their formal name, [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]].
Shenzhen Jianlibao changed its team name to [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] after finding a new sponsor in [[Kingway Brewery]].
There was also some speculation that [[Liaoning F.C.|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 F.C.|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 F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]], who qualified for the [[AFC Champions League Elite|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 Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] for 0.9 million and recalled defender [[Du Wei (footballer)|Du Wei]] from [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].
Desperately in need of money, Shenzhen was also forced to sell China's first choice goalkeeper, [[Li Leilei]] to [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] for 5 million, former national striker [[Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974)|Yang Chen]] to the newly promoted [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] for 2 million and [[Zhou Ting]] to Beijing Guoan for 3.5 million.
Other notable transfers included [[Wang Liang (footballer, born 1979)|Wang Liang]]'s 5 million move from Liaoning to Shandong, [[An Qi]]'s 4 million move from defending champions [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] to Xiamen, and four players from Shandong ([[An Shuai]], [[Zhou Yi (footballer)|Zhou Yi]], [[Sun Bing]], and [[Cha Kejun]]) to [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] for 1 million each.
===The season=== Shandong Luneng and newcomer [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|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 Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|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== <!-- PLEASE don't forget to CHANGE also data-sort-value for SORTING! --> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%" |- !Team !Manager |- | [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Shen Xiangfu]] |- | [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Arie Schans]] |- | [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Stjepan Čordaš]] |- | [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Vladimir Petrović]] |- | [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Tang Yaodong]] |- | [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Yin Tiesheng]] |- | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Ljubiša Tumbaković]] |- | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Wu Jingui]] |- | [[Shanghai Zobon F.C.|Shanghai United]] | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Osvaldo Giménez]] |- | [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]] | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Martin Koopman]] |- | [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Xie Feng (footballer)|Xie Feng]] |- | [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Liu Chunming]] |- | [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Pei Encai]] |- | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Cheng Yaodong]] |- | [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | {{flagicon|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.
{|class="wikitable" ! width="170" | Club ! width="170" | Player 1 ! width="170" | Player 2 ! width="170" | Player 3 ! width="170" | Former players |- | [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] | {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Javier Musa]] | {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Milton Coimbra]] | {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Krisztián Kenesei]] | |- | [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Elvis Scott]] | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Samuel Caballero]] | {{flagicon|Romania}} '''[[Marian Aliuță]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} ''[[Víctor Mena (footballer, born 1980)|Víctor Mena]]'' |- | [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Ortega Deniran]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Pavle Delibašić]]''' | | {{flagicon|Croatia}} ''[[Darko Čordaš]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Velibor Kopunović]]'' |- | [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Miodrag Pantelić]] | | |- | [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Clément Lebe]] | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} '''[[Viktor Brovchenko]]''' | | |- | [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Fabiano (footballer, born August 1975)|Fabiano]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Despot Višković]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Velibor Kopunović]]''' | |- | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Predrag Pažin]] | {{flagicon|Montenegro}} '''[[Igor Gluščević]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1977)|Aleksandar Živković]] | |- | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Carsten Jancker]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Luis Ramírez (footballer, born 1977)|Luis Ramírez]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivan Jovanović (footballer, born 1978)|Ivan Jovanović]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Hilton Mineiro]]'' |- | [[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aderaldo]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Tiago (footballer, born 1977)|Tiago]] | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Saúl Martínez]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Jonas (footballer, born 1982)|Jonas]]''<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Renato Ribas]]'' |- | [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Alex Alves (footballer, born 1974)|Alex Alves]]''' | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Blaž Puc]] | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Taílson (footballer, born 1975)|Taílson]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Guinea}} ''[[Ousmane Bangoura]]'' |- | [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Daniel Wansi]] | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Bogdan Zając]] | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marek Zając]] | |- | [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcos Aurélio (footballer, born 1977)|Marcos Aurélio]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Benedict Akwuegbu]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Marko Zorić]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} ''[[Henry Makinwa]]'' |- | [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]] | {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Roberto Demus]]''' | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Eduardo (footballer, born 1980)|Carlos Eduardo]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rafael Jaques]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Fabiano (footballer, born August 1975)|Fabiano]]'' |- | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1979)|Vicente]] | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Bulat]] | {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Kwame Ayew]] | |- | [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | {{flagicon|Angola}} [[Quinzinho]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Gabriel Melkam]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Branko Jelić]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Saša Zimonjić]]'' |}
Hong Kong/Chinese Taipei/Macau players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="170" | Club ! width="170" | Player 1 |- |[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Ng Wai Chiu]] |}
==League table== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |teamwidth=210 |match_col_width=35 |source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/csl/2006/regular-season/ League Table 2006]
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<!--Update team qualifications here (defined below)--> |result1=CLQ |result2=CLQ |result15=REL |result16=REL
<!--Update team results here and then (if needed) positions above. Don't forget to update the date (update parameter)--> |update=complete |win_BJ=13 |draw_BJ=10 |loss_BJ=5 |gf_BJ=27 |ga_BJ=16 |status_BJ= |win_CC=13 |draw_CC=7 |loss_CC=8 |gf_CC=41 |ga_CC=26 |status_CC= |win_CQ=3 |draw_CQ=7 |loss_CQ=18 |gf_CQ=20 |ga_CQ=51 |status_CQ=R |win_DL=13 |draw_DL=6 |loss_DL=9 |gf_DL=43 |ga_DL=29 |status_DL= |win_LN=6 |draw_LN=8 |loss_LN=14 |gf_LN=24 |ga_LN=42 |status_LN= |win_QD=6 |draw_QD=7 |loss_QD=15 |gf_QD=25 |ga_QD=36 |status_QD= |win_SD=22 |draw_SD=3 |loss_SD=3 |gf_SD=74 |ga_SD=26 |status_SD=C |win_SH=14 |draw_SH=10 |loss_SH=4 |gf_SH=37 |ga_SH=19 |status_SH= |win_SU=9 |draw_SU=12 |loss_SU=7 |gf_SU=32 |ga_SU=25 |status_SU= |win_SY=6 |draw_SY=8 |loss_SY=14 |gf_SY=22 |ga_SY=43 |status_SY= |win_SZ=8 |draw_SZ=6 |loss_SZ=14 |gf_SZ=22 |ga_SZ=42 |status_SZ= |win_TJ=10 |draw_TJ=10 |loss_TJ=8 |gf_TJ=40 |ga_TJ=38 |status_TJ= |win_WH=8 |draw_WH=7 |loss_WH=13 |gf_WH=28 |ga_WH=42 |status_WH= |win_XA=8 |draw_XA=12 |loss_XA=8 |gf_XA=33 |ga_XA=34 |status_XA= |win_XM=9 |draw_XM=11 |loss_XM=8 |gf_XM=28 |ga_XM=27 |status_XM=
<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)--> |name_BJ=[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |name_CC=[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |name_CQ=[[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] |name_DL=[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] |name_LN=[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] |name_QD=[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] |name_SD=[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |name_SH=[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] |name_SU=[[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]] |name_SY=[[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]] |name_SZ=[[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] |name_TJ=[[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] |name_WH=[[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]] |name_XA=[[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]] |name_XM=[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]]
<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions--> |res_col_header=QR |col_CLQ=green2 |text_CLQ=Qualification for [[2007 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] |col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to [[2007 China League One|League One]] }}
==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Scorer ! Club ! Goals |- |align=center| 1 | {{flagicon|China}} [[Li Jinyu]] | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |align=center| '''26''' |- |align=center| 2 | {{flagicon|China}} [[Zheng Zhi]] | Shandong Luneng |align=center| '''21''' |- |align=center| 3 | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Luis Ramírez (Honduran footballer)|Luis Ramírez]] | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] |align=center| '''13''' |- |align=center| 4 | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1979)|Vicente]] | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]] |align=center| '''11''' |- |rowspan=3 align=center| 5 | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]] |[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] |rowspan=3 align=center| '''10''' |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Han Peng (footballer, born 1983)|Han Peng]] | Shandong Luneng |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Zou Yougen]] |[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] |}
==Attendances==
===League=== *Total attendance: 2,228,300 <ref>Same as above</ref> *Average attendance: 10,611
===Clubs=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Football club ! Average attendance |- | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | 30,679 |- | [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] | 18,071 |- | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]] | 17,286 |- | [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] | 13,571 |- | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | 12,786 |- | [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]] | 10,500 |- | [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] | 10,071 |- | [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | 8,607 |- | [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | 8,071 |- | [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | 6,929 |- | [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] | 6,536 |- | [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] | 6,071 |- | [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | 5,043 |- | [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]] | 2,750 |- | [[Shanghai United F.C.|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== <references/>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192532/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china06.html Results and table] on [[RSSSF]] * [http://csl.sports.cn/default.html 2006 Chinese Super League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222024147/http://csl.sports.cn/default.html |date=2007-12-22 }} on Csl.sports.cn {{in lang|zh}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130527024226/http://sports.cn.yahoo.com/foot/cn/superleague06/ 2006 Chinese Super League] on sports.cn.yahoo.com {{in lang|zh}}
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