These are the Records for the

Chinese Football League The Chinese football league system or Chinese football league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for the Chinese Football Association (CFA) that currently consists of 8 tiers with 29 individual leagues, in a series of ...

since its inception in 1994.

Scorers

All-time top scorers

The following is a cumulative record of all time goals scored by single players in Chinese Top Level Professional League, since its inception in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League. Players with at least 50 goals are listed.

Top scoring foreign players

Appearances

All-time top appearances

The following table lists players who have played the most games within the top tier of Chinese football. Zou Yougen is the first player to make 300 or more appearances within the Jia-A or CSL League.

Top Appearance foreigner players

This section listed the foreign players who had most appearances in Chinese Top Level professional football leagues

International performances by players

Scorer record in International club competition

Apperarence record in International club competition

Manager

Most matches in Charge

League winning manager

this table listed manager of Chinese top level professional league Champions

All-time League Table

The All-Time League Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the League since its inception in 1994. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the

Chinese Super League 2009 The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first eve ...

season. Teams in bold are part of the Chinese Super League 2010. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

League attendance

The attendance figures are announced by the league department of CFA. 1994–2001 Jia-A figures was corrected by Titan Sports., also on Blog.Sina.Com, the figures after 2002 was calculated from the record of the Official CFA site

Awards

China used to have three main award series, they are:
Mr. China Football Award, started from 1994, voted by fans all over the country, to award the player of the year.
Three Golden Awards, organized by China Sports Daily, started from 1983, to award the best performance players in all kinds of tournament, not only in the leagues, the awards includes:
Player of the year – Golden Ball awards
Best Scorer of the year – Golden Boot awards
Referee of the year – Golden Whistle awards
Official CFA League awards, Is the Official League awards, Awarded by CFA, includes:
Most Valuable players of the league awards (MVP)
League Top Scorer awards
Manager of the year awards
Referee of the year awards
in 1999 season, three other items added as regular awards
Youth Player of the year awards (MYP)
Club of the year awards
Fair play club of the year awards
The league oscar also involve some occasional awards
In the year 2002, the three series above was merged into the Official CFA Annual Awards. It now includes:
Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards, also called MVP awards or Mr. China Football awards by some media
Best Scorer Golden Boot awards
Referee of the year Golden Whistle awards
Manager of the year awards
Youth player of the year awards

Best player awards

Most Valuable Player of the League

Most Valuable players of the league awards; from the 2002 edition onwards, named Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards

Mr. China Football

First awarded in the year 1994. It merged with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards in 2002.

Golden Ball Awards

It first awarded in the year 1983, and in the year 2002, merged with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards

Top Scorer of the League

It first awarded in the year 1980

Manager of the year

The award does not necessarily go to the manager of the champions.

Youth player of the year

Team of the year

The Team of the Year is awarded by the

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, It first awarded in 1995, no award in 1998 & 2000, Voted by fans all-over China.

Other Records

''As of October 20, 2012''

Individual Player

for top scorers, see statistics above *Most goals is a single season:29 goals :

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(2019) *Most goals in a game : 4 goals :

Hu Zhijun Hu Zhijun (; ; born July 24, 1970) is a retired Chinese football player. He won the first Golden Boot Award of Chinese professional football league after scoring 17 goals in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League. Club career Hu Zhijun played for Guang ...

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Guangzhou Apollo 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 ...

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

(14 August 1994) :

Hao Haidong Hao Haidong (; born 9 May 1970) is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer. As a player he represented Bayi Football Team, Dalian Shide and Sheffield United in a career that saw ...

for

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vs Guangdong Hongyuan (10 December 1997) : Zou Jie for

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(8 July 2001) : Li Bing for Sichuan Dahe vs Liaoning Bird (14 April 2002) : Kwame Ayew for Shaanxi Baorong vs

(21 October 2004) :

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for

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan 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 Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

Liaoning FC Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

(21 May 2006) : Elvis Scott for Changchun Yatai vs

(27 May 2007) :

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Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

(30 November 2008) : Peter Utaka for

Dalian Aerbin Dalian Professional Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that participates in the China Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Their home stadium is Dalian Sports Ce ...

vs Hangzhou Greentown (30 June 2013) :

for

Yanbian Funde Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000 ...

(23 July 2017) *Most career hat-tricks : 6 times :

*Fastest hat-trick : 10 minutes :

for

(21 May 2006) *Youngest player : 15 years 9 months and 26 days : Ma Yiming for

Shanghai Zobon Shanghai Zobon F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 上海中邦足球俱乐部) is a defunct football club that predominantly competed in the China League One division. Originally founded by Zhu Jun, the CEO of The9 Limited as an nondescript amateur club, ...

vs Sichuan FC (22 May 2005) *Youngest goalscorer : 16 years 9 months and 26 days :

Huang Bowen Huang Bowen (; born 13 July 1987) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C. He holds the record as the youngest ever goalscorer in top tier Chinese football aged 16 years and 317 days. ...

for

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 ...

Shenyang Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

(26 May 2004) *Fastest goal : 7 seconds : Ji Xiang for Jiangsu Sainty vs

Guangzhou Evergrande 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 ...

(20 October 2012) *Most consecutive clean-sheets: 675 minutes : Sun Gang for Shenzhen Ping'an (started on June 17, 2001, 0–2 v Liaoning Hongyun, 77' of the match; ended on October 28, 2001, 0–3 v Dalian Shide, 31' of the match)

Club

*Most League championships : 8 times **

(1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) *Longest uninterrupted spell in Top Division: 15 years (1993– present) **

*Most goals scored in a season : 78 goals **

(2013) *Fewest goals scored in a season : 10 goals ** Guangzhou Songri (1996) *Most goals conceded in a season : 69 goals ** Changsha Ginde (2001) *Fewest goals conceded in a season : 13 goals **

(1999) *Biggest goal difference in a season : 60 goals **

(2013) *Most points in a season : 77 points **

(2013) *Fewest points in a season : 7 points **

(2001) *Longest unbeaten streak : 55 matches :

(1995–1997) (started on September 03 1995, 1–0 v Guangzhou Apollo; ended on December 21, 1998, 2–4 v Shanghai Shenhua) *Most wins in a season : 24 wins :

(2013) *Fewest wins in a season : 1 wins ** Changsha Ginde (1994) **

Jiangsu Shuntian Jiangsu Football Club (), later known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional Association football, football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissol ...

(1994) *Most draws in a season : 14 draws ** Shaanxi Baorong (2007) *Most losses in a season : 23 losses ** Changsha Ginde (2001) *Fewest losses in a season : 0 losses **

(1996) *Most goals in a game : 10 goals **

9–1

(20 July 1997) *Record win : 9–1, 8–0 **

9–1

(20 July 1997) **

8–0

Bayi Football Team The Bayi or August First Football Team () or its full name the People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club () was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that played in China's football league system between 19 ...

(8 July 2001) **

Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home sta ...

8–0 Dalian Yifang (3 March 2018) *Highest scoring draw: 4–4 ** Sichuan FC 4–4

(26 November 2003) ** Liaoning Hongyun 4–4

(12 November 2008)

Appearances

All-time top appearances

Top Appearance foreigner players

This section listed the foreign players who had most appearances in Chinese Top Level professional football leagues

International performances by players

Scorer record in International club competition

Apperarence record in International club competition

Manager

Most matches in Charge

League winning manager

this table listed manager of Chinese top level professional league Champions

All-time League Table

season. Teams in bold are part of the Chinese Super League 2010. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

League attendance

Awards

China used to have three main award series, they are:
Mr. China Football Award, started from 1994, voted by fans all over the country, to award the player of the year.
Three Golden Awards, organized by China Sports Daily, started from 1983, award the best performance players in all kinds of tournament, not only in the leagues, the awards includes:
Player of the year – Golden Ball awards
Best Scorer of the year – Golden Boot awards
Referee of the year – Golden Whistle awards
Official CFA League awards, Is the Official League awards, Awarded by CFA, includes:
Most Valuable players of the league awards (MVP)
League Top Scorer awards
Manager of the year awards
Referee of the year awards
in 1999 season, three other items added as regular awards
Youth Player of the year awards (MYP)
Club of the year awards
Fair play club of the year awards
The league oscar also involve some occasional awards
In the year 2002, the three series above was merged into the Official CFA Annual Awards. It now includes:
Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards, also called MVP awards or Mr. China Football awards by some media
Best Scorer Golden Boot awards
Referee of the year Golden Whistle awards
Manager of the year awards
Youth player of the year awards

Best player awards

Most Valuable Player of the League

Most Valuable players of the league awards; from the 2002 edition onwards, named Mr. Football League Golden Ball awards

Mr. China Football

First awarded in the year 1994. It merged with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards in 2002.

Golden Ball Awards

It first awarded in the year 1983, and in the year 2002, merged with the "Most Valuable Player of the League" award of the Official CFA Annual awards

Top Scorer of the League

It first awarded in the year 1980

Manager of the year

The award does not necessarily go to the manager of the champions.

Youth player of the year

Team of the year

The Team of the Year is awarded by the

, It first awarded in 1995, no award in 1998 & 2000, Voted by fans all-over China.

Other records

''As of October 20, 2012''

Individual Player

for top scorers, see statistics above *Most goals in a game : 4 goals :

for

(14 August 1994) :

for

vs Guangdong Hongyuan (10 December 1997) : Zou Jie for

(8 July 2001) : Li Bing for Sichuan Dahe vs Liaoning Bird (14 April 2002) : Kwame Ayew for Shaanxi Baorong vs

(21 October 2004) :

for

(21 May 2006) : Elvis Scott for Changchun Yatai vs

(27 May 2007) :

for

(30 November 2008) : Peter Utaka for

vs Hangzhou Greentown (30 June 2013) :

for

(23 July 2017) *Most career hat-tricks : 6 times :

*Fastest hat-trick : 10 minutes :

for

(21 May 2006) *Youngest player : 15 years 9 months and 26 days : Ma Yiming for

vs Sichuan FC (22 May 2005) *Youngest goalscorer : 16 years 9 months and 26 days :

for

(26 May 2004) *Fastest goal : 7 seconds : Ji Xiang for Jiangsu Sainty vs

Club

*Most League championships : 8 times **

(1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) *Longest uninterrupted spell in Top Division: 15 years (1993– present) **

*Most goals scored in a season : 78 goals **

(2013) *Fewest goals scored in a season : 10 goals ** Guangzhou Songri (1996) *Most goals conceded in a season : 69 goals ** Changsha Ginde (2001) *Fewest goals conceded in a season : 13 goals **

(1999) *Biggest goal difference in a season : 60 goals **

(2013) *Most points in a season : 77 points **

(2013) *Fewest points in a season : 7 points **

(2001) *Longest unbeaten streak : 55 matches :

(1995–1997) (started on September 03 1995, 1–0 v Guangzhou Apollo; ended on December 21, 1998, 2–4 v Shanghai Shenhua) *Most wins in a season : 24 wins :

(2013) *Fewest wins in a season : 1 wins ** Changsha Ginde (1994) **

(1994) *Most draws in a season : 14 draws ** Shaanxi Baorong (2007) *Most losses in a season : 23 losses ** Changsha Ginde (2001) *Fewest losses in a season : 0 losses **

(1996) *Most goals in a game : 10 goals **

9–1

(20 July 1997) *Record win : 9–1, 8–0 **

9–1

(20 July 1997) **

8–0

(8 July 2001) **

8–0 Dalian Yifang (3 March 2018) *Highest scoring draw: 4–4 ** Sichuan FC 4–4

(26 November 2003) ** Liaoning Hongyun 4–4

(12 November 2008)

References

External links

Chinese Football History Statistics

Chinese Super League Statistics by Zuqiu614

Official site of the Chinese Football Association

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