The 2001
Chinese Jia-A League season is the eighth season of professional association football and the 40th top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 11 and ended on December 16, 2001 with
Dalian Shide retaining the championship.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2000 Jia-B League
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Shaanxi Guoli
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August 1st
Teams relegated after end of
2000 Jia-A League
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Xiamen Xiaxin
Xiamen Blue Lions Football Club () is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in Xiamen, Fujian. It was founded in the 1996 league season and their nickname was the "Blue Lions" while they played in the Xiamen Stadium. Throughout thei ...
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Jilin Aodong
Overview
The season would see
Dalian Shide continue their dominance within the league and saw them win their sixth league title. On the other end of the table
Shenyang Ginde would gain the fewest points in Chinese league history, although because it was an expansion season they avoided relegation. Also the
Asian Club Championship was rebranded as the
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
and would now allow two Chinese teams to enter the competition.
League standings
See also
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Chinese Jia-A League
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Chinese Super League
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Chinese Football Association Jia League
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Chinese Football Association Yi League
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Chinese FA Cup
The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh ti ...
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Chinese Football Association
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Football in China
Football in China includes the practice of American football, arena football, association football, paper football and other "football"-termed sports in the territory of People's Republic of China that does not include Hong Kong and Macau.
Ameri ...
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List of football records in China
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Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League Records of the Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League.This details the participation and performances in the competition since its based at 2002 as a result of the merger between the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the As ...
References
China - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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