{{Infobox football league season | competition = [[Chinese Super League]] | season = 2007 | winners = [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | relegated = [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | continentalcup1 = [[2008 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = {{ubl|[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]]}} | league topscorer = [[Li Jinyu]] (15 goals) | matches = 210 | total goals = 468 | average attendance = 15,112 | prevseason = [[2006 Chinese Super League|2006]] | nextseason = [[2008 Chinese Super League|2008]] }}
The '''2007 Chinese Super League season''' or the '''[[Kingway Brewery|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 F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] clinched the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|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 F.C.|Shanghai United]] and [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] merged, which saw the [[Chinese Football Association]] decide to leave the league with 15 teams for the season.
==Promotion and relegation== '''Teams promoted from the [[2006 China League One]]''' * [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] * [[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|Zhejiang Lucheng]]
'''Teams relegated from the [[2006 Chinese Super League]]''' * [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]]
==Pre-season change== Zhu Jun, the owner of [[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]], bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the [[2006 Chinese Super League|previous season]], Shanghai United was merged into two times CSL runner-up [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|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== {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;" |- style="background:#efefef;" !Club !Chinese name !Seasons in CSL !Best finish, Season !Worst finish, Season |- style="" |[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |北京国安 |2004 to 2007 |3rd, 2006 |7th, 2004 |- |[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |长春亚泰 |2006 & 2007 |4th, 2006 |4th, 2006 |- |[[Guangzhou City F.C.|Changsha Ginde]] |长沙金德 |2004 to 2007 |8th, 2004 |13th, 2005 & 2006 |- |[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] |大连实德 |2004 to 2007 |1st, 2005 |5th, 2004 & 2006 |- |[[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] |河南建业 |2007 |N/A |N/A |- |[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Zhongyu]] |辽宁足球俱乐部 |2004 to 2007 |4th, 2004 |12th, 2006 |- |[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Zhongneng]] |青岛中能 |2004 to 2007 |7th, 2005 |14th, 2006 |- |[[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Shaanxi Baorong]] |陕西宝荣 |2004 to 2007 |3rd, 2004 |8th, 2005 |- |[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |山东鲁能泰山 |2004 to 2007 |1st, 2006 |3rd, 2005 |- |[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] |上海申花 |2004 to 2007 |2nd, 2005 & 2006 |10th, 2004 |- |[[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] |深圳上清饮 |2004 to 2007 |1st, 2004 |12th, 2005 |- |[[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] |天津泰达 |2004 to 2007 |4th, 2005 |6th, 2004 & 2006 |- |[[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] |武汉光谷 |2005 to 2007 |5th, 2005 |10th, 2006 |- |[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] |厦门蓝狮 |2006 & 2007 |8th, 2006 |8th, 2006 |- |[[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|Zhejiang Lucheng]] |浙江绿城 |2007 |N/A |N/A |}
===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|South Korea}} [[Lee Jang-soo]] |- | [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Gao Hongbo]] |- | [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Changsha Ginde]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Milan Živadinović]] |- | [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jo Bonfrère]] |- | [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Pei Encai]] |- | [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Zhongyu]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Tang Yaodong]] |- | [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Zhongneng]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Yin Tiesheng]] |- | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Shaanxi Baorong]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Cheng Yaodong]] |- | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ljubiša Tumbaković]] |- | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Wu Jingui]] |- | [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Zhang Jun (football coach)|Zhang Jun]] |- | [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Jozef Jarabinský]] |- | [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Chen Fangping]] |- | [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | {{flagicon|China}} [[Gao Daming]] |- | [[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|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.
{|class="wikitable" ! 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 F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aderaldo]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Alysson (footballer, born 1976)|Alysson]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} '''[[Luis Santamaría]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Walter Martínez (footballer, born 1982)|Walter Martínez]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Tiago (footballer, born 1977)|Tiago]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Miodrag Pantelić]]'' |- | [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Svetoslav Petrov (footballer, born 1978)|Svetoslav Petrov]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Elvis Scott]] | {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Samuel Caballero]] | {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Guillaume Dah Zadi]]''' | |- | [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Changsha Ginde]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Sandro (footballer, born 1980)|Sandro]]''' | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Aboubakar Oumarou]] | {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Čedomir Mijanović]] | | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} ''[[Garba Lawal]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Saša Zorić]]'' |- | [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]] | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Patrick Mevoungou]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Darko Drinić]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Miodrag Anđelković]]''' | |- | [[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivo Trenchev]] | {{flagicon|Gambia}} [[Arthur Gómez]] | {{flagicon|Guadeloupe|football}} '''[[Olivier Fauconnier]]''' | {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Imed Ben Younes]] | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} ''[[Darko Kremenović]]'' |- | [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Zhongyu]] | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ryan Griffiths (soccer)|Ryan Griffiths]] | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Clément Lebe]] | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Brovchenko]] | | |- | [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Zhongneng]] | {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} '''[[Damir Ibrić]]''' | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Igor Budiša]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Benedict Akwuegbu]]''' | {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dumitru Mitu]] | {{flagicon|Portugal}} ''[[Joca (footballer, born 1981)|Joca]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Dejan Sarić]]'' |- | [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Shaanxi Baorong]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rafael Scheidt]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Ronny (footballer, born 1983)|Ronny]]''' | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sérgio Júnior (footballer)|Sérgio Júnior]] | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} '''[[Juan Manuel Olivera]]''' | {{flagicon|Croatia}} ''[[Ivan Bulat]]'' |- | [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Predrag Pažin]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1977)|Aleksandar Živković]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nikola Malbaša]] | | {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Branko Baković]]'' |- | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] | {{flagicon|Colombia}} '''[[Hámilton Ricard]]''' | {{flagicon|Honduras}} '''[[Saúl Martínez]]''' | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} '''[[Diego Alonso]]''' | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Sergio Blanco]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Ronny (footballer, born 1983)|Ronny]]'' <br> {{flagicon|France}} ''[[Laurent Leroy]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Uruguay}} ''[[Fernando Correa]]'' |- | [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] | {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Bamba Moussa]]''' | {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} '''[[Dramane Kamaté]]''' | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Bogdan Zając]] | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marek Zając]] | |- | [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Charles Chad]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Márcio Santos (footballer, born 1978)|Márcio Santos]] | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Darko Matić]] | {{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Jurica Vučko]]''' | {{flagicon|Serbia}} ''[[Vidak Bratić]]'' |- | [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bruno Lança]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Gilsinho (footballer, born 1977)|Gilsinho]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Aleixo]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1979)|Vicente]] | |- | [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] | {{flagicon|Angola}} [[Quinzinho]] | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Gabriel Melkam]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Branko Jelić]] | {{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Saša Zorić]]''' | |- | [[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|Zheijang Lucheng]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Argel Fuchs]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcelo Rosa (footballer, born 1976)|Marcelo Rosa]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Tico (footballer, born 1977)|Tico]]''' | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Wágner da Silva Santos|Wágner]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Eduardo Marques]]'' |}
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/2007/regular-season/ League Table 2007]
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<!--Update team qualifications here (defined below)--> |result1=CLQ |result2=CLQ |result15=REL |result16=REL
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<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)--> |name_BJ=[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |name_CC=[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |name_CS=[[Guangzhou City F.C.|Changsha Ginde]] |name_DL=[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] |name_HN=[[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] |name_LN=[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Zhongyu]] |name_QD=[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Zhongneng]] |name_SX=[[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Shaanxi Baorong]] |name_SD=[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |name_SH=[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] |name_SZ=[[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] |name_TJ=[[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] |name_WH=[[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] |name_XM=[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] |name_ZJ=[[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|Zhejiang Lucheng]]
<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions--> |res_col_header=QR |col_CLQ=green2 |text_CLQ=Qualification to [[2008 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] qualification |col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to [[2008 China League One|League One]] }}
==Top scorers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Scorer ! Club ! Goals |- |align=center| 1 |{{flagicon|China}} [[Li Jinyu]] |rowspan=2|[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |align=center| '''15''' |- |align=center| 2 |{{flagicon|China}} [[Han Peng (footballer, born 1983)|Han Peng]] |align=center| '''13''' |- |align=center| 3 |{{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Elvis Scott]] |[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |align=center| '''12''' |- |rowspan=2 align=center| 4 |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Tiago (footballer, born 1977)|Tiago]] |[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |rowspan=2 align=center| '''10''' |- |{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Guillaume Dah Zadi]] |rowspan=2| [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |- |align=center| 6 |{{flagicon|China}} [[Du Zhenyu]] |align=center| '''9''' |- |rowspan=3 align=center| 7 |{{flagicon|China}} [[Liu Jian (footballer)|Liu Jian]] |[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Zhongneng]] |rowspan=3 align=center| '''8''' |- |{{flagicon|China}} [[Tao Wei (footballer, born 1978)|Tao Wei]] |rowspan=2| [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |- |{{flagicon|China}} [[Yan Xiangchuang]] |}
==Attendances==
===League attendance=== *Total attendance: 3,173,500 <ref>[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)</ref> *Average attendance: 15,112
===Clubs attendance=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Football club ! Average attendance |- |[[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Shaanxi Baorong]] |24,643 |- |[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] |22,607 |- |[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] |21,571 |- |[[Zhejiang Professional F.C.|Zhejiang Lucheng]] |19,571 |- |[[Henan F.C.|Henan Jianye]] |16,857 |- |[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] |16,429 |- |[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Zhongyu]] |15,929 |- |[[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] |15,429 |- |[[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Guanggu]] |13,179 |- |[[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] |13,000 |- |[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]] |11,393 |- |[[Guangzhou City F.C.|Changsha Ginde]] |10,571 |- |[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] |10,286 |- |[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] |8,036 |- |[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|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== *[[Chinese Super League]] *[[Football in China]] *[[Chinese Football Association]] *[[China League One]] *[[China League Two]] *[[Chinese FA Cup]]
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://fa.org.cn/ Official site of the Chinese Football Association (in Chinese)] * [http://csl.sports.cn/ Official site of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403023244/http://csl.sports.cn/ |date=2005-04-03 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070327143816/http://cn.sports.yahoo.com/foot/cn/superleague07/ Yahoo! China – Chinese Super League 2007 (in Chinese)]
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