The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the

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, the sixteenth season of a

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football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China.

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their hom ...

won their first ever Chinese Super League title. The events during the 2008 season saw Liaoning relegated and

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

withdrawn. They were replaced by the promoted teams Jiangsu Sainty and

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league syst ...

Zhejiang Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...

which is located in

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

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were renamed to Hangzhou Greentown. Each team is allowed to register a maximum of five foreign players and field four of them in starting line-up this season, one of whom must be from an AFC country. The league title sponsor is

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tire manufacturer Pirelli. A three-year deal was announced on March 20, 2009.

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have renewed sponsorship deal with Super League before season starts. CCTV, SMG and

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became league partners and will broadcast live matches on TV and online across the country.

Clubs, stadiums & attendance

*P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders

H1N1 flu pandemic

reported an 8-player and 3-crew infection of H1N1 flu virus on 10 September. Its matches in Round 22, 23 and 24 were postponed by Chinese FA.

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 31 Oct 2009.

Hat-tricks

* Xu Liang of

Guangzhou GPC Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...

scored the first

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of the season against

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then late ...

Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...

on 6 April 2009. *

Qu Bo Qu Bo is the name of: *Qu Bo (writer) (1923–2002), Chinese author *Qu Bo (footballer) Qu Bo (; born 15 July 1981) is a Chinese retired footballer. Club career Qu Bo started his football career playing for Tianjin Locomotive's youth team wh ...

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is b ...

scored a

against

at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium on 8 August 2009. *

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Shenzhen Asia Travel Shenzhen Football Club () is a Chinese professional association football, football club that competes in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre that has ...

scored a

against Changchun Yatai at

Shenzhen Stadium Shenzhen Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 深圳市体育场) is a multi-purpose stadium in Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is currently used mostly for association football matches. The stadium holds 32,500 people, and is the home of Shenzh ...

on 12 September 2009. *

Emil Martínez Emil José Martínez Cruz (; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera Di ...

scored a

against

Hangzhou Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...

at Workers Stadium on 31 October 2009.

Managerial changes

Awards

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Footballer of the Year:

Samuel Caballero Jorge Samuel Caballero Álvarez (; born 24 December 1974 in Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios department, Honduras) is a retired Honduran football defender. He currently is the president of Honduran national league club Deportes Savio. Club ...

(Changchun Yatai) * Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Luis Ramírez (Guangzhou GPC),

(Shenzhen) * Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year:

Deng Zhuoxiang Deng Zhuoxiang (, born 24 October 1988) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Wuhan Three Towns in the China League One. Club career Deng Zhuoxiang started his football career in the 2005 league season playing for Wuhan Optics Vall ...

(Jiangsu Sainty) * Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year:

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(Henan Jianye) * Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie

References

External links

Chinese Super League official site

on FIFA official site
China 2009
on

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{{2009 in Asian Football (AFC) Chinese Super League seasons 1 China China

Clubs, stadiums & attendance

H1N1 flu pandemic

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Managerial changes

Awards

See also

References

External links