# 2015 Chinese Super League

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Football league season

Chinese Super League Season 2015 Dates 4 March – 31 October 2015 Champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5th title Relegated Shanghai Shenxin Guizhou Renhe AFC Champions League Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Shanghai SIPG Shandong Luneng Taishan Matches 240 Goals 672 (2.8 per match) Top goalscorer Aloísio (22 goals) Biggest home win Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 7–0 Chongqing Lifan (Jul. 5th, 2015) (7 goals) Biggest away win Shanghai Shenxin 0–4 Beijing Guoan (Sept. 27th, 2015) (4 goals) Highest scoring Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 6–2 Shanghai Shenxin (Mar. 8th, 2015) (8 goals) Shanghai SIPG 5–3 Changchun Yatai (Jun. 19th, 2015) (8 goals) Longest winning run Shanghai SIPG (6 matches) Longest unbeaten run Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (26 matches) Longest winless run Tianjin TEDA (13 matches) Longest losing run Shanghai Shenxin (6 matches) Highest attendance 53,526 Beijing Guoan 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (Oct 31st, 2015) Lowest attendance 4,807 Guangzhou R&F 0–0 Liaoning Whowin (May 1st, 2015) Average attendance 22,193 (31 October) ← 2014 2016 →

The **2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 2015中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛)[1] was the 12th season since the establishment of the [Chinese Super League](/source/Chinese_Super_League), the 22nd season of a [professional](/source/Professional_sports) [Association football](/source/Association_football) league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The league title sponsor was [Ping An Insurance](/source/Ping_An_Insurance).[2] [Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao](/source/Guangzhou_F.C.) won their fifth consecutive title of the league.

## Team changes

**Teams promoted from [2014 China League One](/source/2014_China_League_One)**

- [Chongqing Lifan](/source/Chongqing_Liangjiang_Athletic_F.C.)

- [Shijiazhuang Ever Bright](/source/Cangzhou_Mighty_Lions_F.C.)

**Teams relegated to [2015 China League One](/source/2015_China_League_One)**

- [Dalian Aerbin](/source/Dalian_Professional_F.C.)

- [Harbin Yiteng](/source/Shaoxing_Keqiao_Yuejia_F.C.)

Chongqing Lifan returned to the division after a 4-year absence; Shijiazhuang Ever Bright competed in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Dalian Aerbin were relegated after three years in the Chinese top-flight, while Harbin Yiteng were relegated to China League One after spending a season in the Chinese Super League.

### Name changes

- [Shanghai Dongya](/source/Shanghai_Port_F.C.) changed their name to *Shanghai SIPG* in December 2014.[3]

- [Guangzhou Evergrande](/source/Guangzhou_F.C.) changed their name to *Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao* in December 2014.[4]

- [Jiangsu Sainty](/source/Jiangsu_F.C.) changed their name to *Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty* in January 2015.[5]

## Clubs

### Clubs and locations

[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Club Head coach Captain City Stadium Capacity 2014 season Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao TH Luiz Felipe Scolari Zheng Zhi Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium 58,500 1st Beijing Guoan Gregorio Manzano Xu Yunlong Beijing Workers' Stadium 66,161 2nd Guangzhou R&F Dragan Stojković Zhang Yaokun Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 3rd Shandong Luneng Taishan Cuca Wang Dalei Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 4th Shanghai SIPG Sven-Göran Eriksson Sun Xiang Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 56,842 5th Guizhou Renhe Gong Lei Zhang Lie Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 6th Tianjin TEDA Arie Haan Zhou Haibin Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Centre 54,696 7th Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Dan Petrescu Lu Bofei Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre 61,443 8th Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Francis Gillot Giovanni Moreno Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium 33,060 9th Liaoning Whowin Ma Lin Zhao Junzhe Shenyang (playing in Panjin) Panjin Jinxiu Stadium 35,600 10th Shanghai Shenxin Liu Junwei Yu Tao Shanghai Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium 16,000 11th Hangzhou Greentown Yang Ji Wang Lin Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center 52,672 12th Changchun Yatai Marijo Tot Yan Feng Changchun Development Area Stadium 25,000 13th Henan Jianye Jia Xiuquan Ivo Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 14th Chongqing Lifan P Wang Baoshan Wang Dong Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 CL1, 1st Shijiazhuang Ever Bright P Yasen Petrov Li Chao Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 CL1, 2nd

[Beijing Guoan](/source/Beijing_Guoan_F.C.)

[Changchun Yatai](/source/Changchun_Yatai_F.C.)

[Shandong Luneng Taishan](/source/Shandong_Taishan_F.C.)

[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua](/source/Shanghai_Shenhua_F.C.)
[Shanghai Shenxin](/source/Shanghai_Shenxin_F.C.)
[Shanghai SIPG](/source/Shanghai_Port_F.C.)

[Tianjin TEDA](/source/Tianjin_Jinmen_Tiger_F.C.)

[Hangzhou Greentown](/source/Zhejiang_Professional_F.C.)

[Chongqing Lifan](/source/Chongqing_Liangjiang_Athletic_F.C.)

[Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty](/source/Jiangsu_F.C.)

[Guizhou Renhe](/source/Beijing_Chengfeng_F.C.)

[Liaoning Whowin](/source/Liaoning_F.C.)

[Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao](/source/Guangzhou_F.C.)
[Guangzhou R&F](/source/Guangzhou_City_F.C.)

[Shijiazhuang Ever Bright](/source/Cangzhou_Mighty_Lions_F.C.)

[Henan Jianye](/source/Henan_F.C.)

Location of teams in **2015 Chinese Super League**

### Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Marcello Lippi 2 November 2014[6] Fabio Cannavaro 5 November 2014 Guangzhou R&F Sven-Göran Eriksson 10 November 2014[7] Cosmin Contra 18 December 2014[8] Changchun Yatai Dragan Okuka 12 November 2014[9] Gao Jinggang 19 December 2014[10] Shanghai SIPG Xi Zhikang 18 November 2014 Sven-Göran Eriksson 18 November 2014[11] Hangzhou Greentown Yang Ji 2 December 2014 Philippe Troussier 2 December 2014[12] Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Sergio Batista 4 December 2014[13] Francis Gillot 4 December 2014[14] Shanghai Shenxin Guo Guangqi 13 April 2015[15] Liu Junwei 13 April 2015[15] Guizhou Renhe Zhu Jiong 28 April 2015[16] Li Chunman (caretaker) 28 April 2015[16] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Fabio Cannavaro 4 June 2015[17] Luiz Felipe Scolari 4 June 2015[18] Changchun Yatai Gao Jinggang 12 June 2015[19] Marijo Tot 12 June 2015[19] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Gao Hongbo 29 June 2015[20] Arie Schans (caretaker) 29 June 2015[21] Hangzhou Greentown Philippe Troussier 1 July 2015[22] Yang Ji 1 July 2015[22] Guizhou Renhe Li Chunman (caretaker) 8 July 2015 Gong Lei 8 July 2015[23] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Arie Schans (caretaker) 9 July 2015[20] Dan Petrescu 9 July 2015[24] Guangzhou R&F Cosmin Contra 22 July 2015[25] Li Bing (caretaker) 22 July 2015[25] Liaoning Whowin Chen Yang 2 August 2015[26] Ma Lin 2 August 2015[26] Guangzhou R&F Li Bing (caretaker) 24 August 2015[27] Dragan Stojković 24 August 2015[27]

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from [AFC](/source/Asian_Football_Confederation) countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong), [Macau](/source/Macau) and [Chinese Taipei](/source/Chinese_Taipei) are deemed to be native players in CSL. However, those players will be treated as foreign Asia players if they participate in any AFC competitions.[28]

- Players name in **bold** indicates the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.

- Players name in *italics* indicates the players that were out of squads or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC player Former players Beijing Guoan Pablo Batalla Kléber Darko Matić Dejan Damjanović Ha Dae-sung Erton Fejzullahu Changchun Yatai Marcelo Moreno Ákos Elek Szabolcs Huszti Moussa Maâzou Anzur Ismailov Chongqing Lifan Emanuel Gigliotti Fernandinho Jael Issam El Adoua Adrian Leijer Guto Jajá Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Elkeson Paulinho Ricardo Goulart Robinho Kim Young-gwon Alan Renê Júnior Guangzhou R&F Renatinho Jeremy Bokila Aaron Samuel Míchel Jang Hyun-soo Abderrazak Hamdallah Park Jong-woo Guizhou Renhe Sejad Salihović Zvjezdan Misimović Hyuri Ricardo Santos Park Ju-sung Krzysztof Mączyński Magnus Eriksson Hangzhou Greentown Matthew Spiranovic Anselmo Ramon Davy Claude Angan Miloš Bosančić Roda Antar Bassem Boulaabi Imed Louati Henan Jianye Ivo Eddi Gomes Javier Patiño Mateusz Zachara Jung In-whan Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Sammir Sölvi Ottesen Viðar Örn Kjartansson Marius Constantin Sergio Escudero Eleílson Liaoning Whowin Paulo Henrique Franck Boli Derick Ogbu Eric Bicfalvi Kim Yoo-jin Josh Mitchell James Chamanga Shandong Luneng Taishan Walter Montillo Aloísio Diego Tardelli Junior Urso Jucilei 1 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Giovanni Moreno Avraam Papadopoulos 2 Mohamed Sissoko Demba Ba Tim Cahill Paulo Henrique Stoppila Sunzu Shanghai Shenxin Everton Johnny Michael Barrantes Daniel Chima Chukwu Zé Eduardo Lim You-hwan Shanghai SIPG Darío Conca Davi Asamoah Gyan Tobias Hysén Kim Ju-young Jean Evrard Kouassi Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Eiður Guðjohnsen Rúben Micael Mario Rondón Jacob Mulenga Cho Yong-hyung Rodrigo Defendi Georgi Iliev Tianjin TEDA Hernán Barcos Lucas Fonseca Wágner Cristian Tănase Morteza Pouraliganji Andrezinho Wilmar Jordán

- **[^1](#ref_1)** [Jucilei](/source/Jucilei) owns Palestine citizenship and was counted as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

- **[^2](#ref_2)** [Avraam Papadopoulos](/source/Avraam_Papadopoulos) owns Australian citizenship and could play as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)[28]

Club Player 1 Changchun Yatai Ko Yu-ting Guizhou Renhe Xavier Chen Hangzhou Greentown Chen Po-liang Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Bai He

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C) 30 19 10 1 71 28 +43 67 Qualification to Champions League group stage 2 Shanghai SIPG 30 19 8 3 63 35 +28 65 Qualification to Champions League play-off round 3 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 18 5 7 66 41 +25 59 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 4 Beijing Guoan 30 16 8 6 46 26 +20 56 5 Henan Jianye 30 12 10 8 35 30 +5 46 6 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 30 12 6 12 42 44 −2 42 7 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 30 8 15 7 34 31 +3 39 8 Chongqing Lifan 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35[a] 9 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty[b] 30 9 8 13 39 48 −9 35[a] Qualification to Champions League group stage 10 Changchun Yatai 30 8 11 11 39 47 −8 35[a] 11 Hangzhou Greentown 30 8 9 13 27 35 −8 33 12 Liaoning Whowin 30 7 10 13 30 46 −16 31[c] 13 Tianjin TEDA 30 7 10 13 39 46 −7 31[c] 14 Guangzhou R&F 30 8 7 15 35 41 −6 31[c] 15 Guizhou Renhe (R) 30 7 8 15 39 52 −13 29 Relegation to League One 16 Shanghai Shenxin (R) 30 4 5 21 30 70 −40 17

Source: [sports.sina.com](https://sports.sina.com.cn/csl/table/) (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5)goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CC0.35759462013729_29-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CC0.35759462013729_29-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CC0.35759462013729_29-2) Head-to-head points: [Chongqing Lifan](/source/Chongqing_Liangjiang_Athletic_F.C.) 6 pts, [Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty](/source/Jiangsu_F.C.) 5 pts, [Changchun Yatai](/source/Changchun_Yatai_F.C.) 5 pts; Head-to-head results between Jiangsu and Changchun — Jiangsu: 2 pts, 0 goal difference and 2 away goals, Changchun: 2 pts 0 goal difference and 1 away goal.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_JSS0.35759462013729_30-0)** Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty qualified for the 2016 AFC Champions League group stage as winners of the [2015 Chinese FA Cup](/source/2015_Chinese_FA_Cup).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_GZF0.35759462013729_31-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_GZF0.35759462013729_31-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-table_hth_GZF0.35759462013729_31-2) Head-to-head points: [Liaoning Whowin](/source/Liaoning_F.C.) 8 pts, [Tianjin TEDA](/source/Tianjin_Jinmen_Tiger_F.C.) 4 pts, [Guangzhou R&F](/source/Guangzhou_City_F.C.) 4 pts; Head-to-head results between Tianjin and Guangzhou R&F — Tianjin: 3 pts, +1 goal difference, Guangzhou R&F: 3 pts −1 goal difference.

### Results

Home \ Away GZE SD BJ GZM SJZ GZF SHS SGS SSI LN TJ HZ JSS CC HN CQ Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 6–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 7–0 Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–2 3–0 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 Beijing Guoan 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 Guizhou Renhe 2–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 Guangzhou R&F 1–2 2–4 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 Shanghai Shenxin 2–4 1–2 0–4 2–5 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 6–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 Shanghai SIPG 0–3 3–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–3 3–0 2–1 Liaoning Whowin 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 Tianjin TEDA 0–2 1–3 4–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 Hangzhou Greentown 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 Changchun Yatai 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 Henan Jianye 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 Chongqing Lifan 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2015. Source: [Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League](https://sports.sina.com.cn/csl/fixtures/) (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 5 4 4 7 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shanghai SIPG 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Shandong Luneng Taishan 4 6 6 3 5 8 5 6 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 Beijing Guoan 2 2 3 1 1 3 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 Henan Jianye 3 7 7 6 7 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1 1 1 4 4 6 3 7 7 7 9 9 11 9 11 11 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 9 12 12 14 12 13 10 11 10 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 6 6 6 7 Chongqing Lifan 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 12 9 10 13 13 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 10 10 8 10 8 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 9 7 10 9 9 7 8 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 Changchun Yatai 14 13 13 12 13 11 12 12 13 14 14 11 9 13 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 10 9 10 Hangzhou Greentown 9 10 11 10 10 12 13 13 11 12 12 13 13 11 13 14 11 11 13 12 13 11 12 11 11 11 12 11 13 11 Liaoning Whowin 8 4 4 5 8 10 9 9 8 9 10 10 12 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 13 14 12 12 13 12 11 12 Tianjin TEDA 13 11 14 13 11 9 11 10 12 11 8 6 5 6 10 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 13 14 14 14 13 Guangzhou R&F 5 9 8 8 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 10 12 7 10 10 11 11 11 12 15 12 13 14 11 13 12 14 Guizhou Renhe 12 14 9 11 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 13 10 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 Shanghai Shenxin 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 Relegation to League One

Source: [Table by round](http://sports.sina.com.cn/csl/table) (in Chinese)

## Goalscorers

### Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total 1 Aloísio Shandong Luneng Taishan 22 2 Ricardo Goulart Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 19 3 Dejan Damjanović Beijing Guoan 16 4 Emanuel Gigliotti Chongqing Lifan 15 Hernán Barcos Tianjin TEDA 6 Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG 14 7 Gao Lin Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 13 Jacob Mulenga Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 9 Anselmo Ramon Hangzhou Greentown 12 Tobias Hysén Shanghai SIPG

Last updated: 31 October 2015 Source: [csl.sina.com.cn](https://sports.sina.com.cn/09csl/table/)

### Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Paulo Henrique Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Shanghai Shenxin 6–2[29] 8 March 2015 Ricardo Goulart Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Shanghai Shenxin 6–1[30] 10 May 2015 Dejan Damjanović Beijing Guoan Changchun Yatai 3–1[31] 16 September 2015 Demba Ba Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 3–1[32] 31 October 2015

## League attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 688,339 51,025 38,154 45,889 +8.9%† 2 Beijing Guoan 614,952 53,526 33,636 40,997 +4.1%† 3 Chongqing Lifan 563,918 48,530 28,660 37,595 +183.7%† † 4 Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty 402,867 49,748 11,540 26,858 +10.3%† 5 Shanghai SIPG 395,721 46,977 18,008 26,381 +111.7%† 6 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 376,053 27,113 20,911 25,070 +109.8%† † 7 Shandong Luneng Taishan 338,385 41,155 10,156 22,559 −5.7%† 8 Henan Jianye 303,099 21,677 17,715 20,207 +9.9%† 9 Tianjin TEDA 294,908 41,899 8,226 19,661 +14.4%† 10 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 292,597 25,751 12,353 19,506 +26.5%† 11 Guizhou Renhe 227,078 25,381 7,283 15,139 +22.8%† 12 Changchun Yatai 222,818 28,615 9,621 14,855 +15.3%† 13 Liaoning Whowin 191,827 21,037 5,827 12,788 +0.1%† 14 Hangzhou Greentown 188,487 26,681 8,579 12,566 −8.7%† 15 Guangzhou R&F 119,839 13,685 4,807 7,989 −30.5%† 16 Shanghai Shenxin 105,416 11,183 5,587 7,028 −30.5%† League total 5,326,304 53,526 4,807 22,193 +16.9%†

Updated to games played on October 31, 2015 Source: [CSL official data](https://sports.sina.com.cn/09csl/2015sstz/) (in Chinese) **Notes:** † Teams played previous season in [CL1](/source/2014_China_League_One).

## Awards

The awards of 2015 Chinese Super League were announced on 10 November 2015.[33]

- [Chinese Football Association](/source/Chinese_Football_Association) Footballer of the Year: [Ricardo Goulart](/source/Ricardo_Goulart) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

- Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: [Aloísio](/source/Alo%C3%ADsio_(footballer%2C_born_1988)) (Shandong Luneng Taishan)

- Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: [Wu Lei](/source/Wu_Lei) (Shanghai SIPG)

- Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: [Zeng Cheng](/source/Zeng_Cheng) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

- Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: [Luiz Felipe Scolari](/source/Luiz_Felipe_Scolari) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

- Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: [Tan Hai](/source/Tan_Hai_(referee))

- Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hangzhou Greentown, Chongqing Lifan

- Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442): - **GK** [Zeng Cheng](/source/Zeng_Cheng) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) - **DF** [Zhang Linpeng](/source/Zhang_Linpeng) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Kim Young-gwon](/source/Kim_Young-gwon) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Feng Xiaoting](/source/Feng_Xiaoting) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Xu Yunlong](/source/Xu_Yunlong) (Beijing Guoan) - **MF** [Zheng Zhi](/source/Zheng_Zhi) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Huang Bowen](/source/Huang_Bowen) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Wu Xi](/source/Wu_Xi_(footballer)) (Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty), [Darío Conca](/source/Dar%C3%ADo_Conca) (Shanghai SIPG) - **FW** [Ricardo Goulart](/source/Ricardo_Goulart) (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), [Wu Lei](/source/Wu_Lei) (Shanghai SIPG)

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## External links

- [Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway](https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/csl/2015/regular-season/r30625/)

- [Chinese Super League table at FIFA](https://web.archive.org/web/20150215162906/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=china-pr-chinese-super-league-2000000087/standings/)

- [Chinese Super League official site](https://csl.sina.com.cn/) (in Chinese)

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