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, the seventeenth season of a

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league and the 49th top-tier league season in

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. The teams ranked first through fourteenth of the 2009 season and two promoted teams from the 2009 League One season participated in this season. Shandong Luneng won the title for third time in seven years.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from

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Teams relegated to

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Clubs

Clubs & locations

* P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders

Managerial changes

Foreign Players

Matchfixing scandal

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Nan Yong, his deputy Yang Yimin and Zhang Jianqiang who used to be in charge of referee arrangements. The crackdown quickly discovered that

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and

had both bribed their way into the top tier. Both were relegated to the second tier and did not appeal, making their punishment the harshest dealt out to a club. In keeping the top table at 16 teams

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and

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both retained their places within the top tier despite being originally slated for relegation.

League table

Positions by round

Results

Goalscorers

Updated to games played on 6 November 2010.

Top scorers

Awards

Footballer of the Year: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua) * Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua) * Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year:

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(Shandong Luneng Taishan) * Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year:

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(Shandong Luneng Taishan) * Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year:

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* Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Nanchang Hengyuan, Jiangsu Sainty, Tianjin Teda

References

External links

Chinese Super League official site
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