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The 2018 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 15th season since the establishment of the
Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association ...
. The league title sponsor was
Ping An Insurance Ping An Insurance known also as Ping An of China (), full name Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is a Chinese holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries provide insurance, banking, asset management, financial, healthcare services. ...
.
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 ...
won their first top-tier league titles on 7 November 2018 after the 2–1 victory against
Beijing Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...
, ending a historic run for
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 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 ...
, who had won seven consecutive titles beginning with the 2011 season. Policy regarding foreign players and U-23 domestic players continued to change in this season. At least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven, the same as in the 2017 season. However, two foreign-player policies have changed: (1) the number of foreign players on a club's roster has been reduced from five to four and (2) the total number of foreign players under contract with a club in a season has been reduced from seven to six. In addition, a new policy affecting both foreign players and U-23 domestic players has been introduced: The total number of foreign players appearing in matches must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players. Players from AFC countries no longer hold a special slot. But clubs can register one non-naturalized player from the
Hong Kong Football Association The Hong Kong Football Association Limited (), often abbreviated to the HKFA, is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman is Pui Kwan Kay and its Chief Executive Officer is Joaquin Tam. History The HKFA was ...
,
Macau Football Association The Macau Football Association ( Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; pt, Associação de Futebol de Macau) is the governing body of association football in Macau, China. History The Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament, jointly organized by ...
or
Chinese Taipei Football Association Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) is the governing body for football in the Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan). Its official name in Chinese is the Republic of China Football Association, but due to the political status of Taiw ...
(except goalkeepers) as a native player. According to the Chinese FA, a non-naturalized player is a player who was first registered as a professional footballer in one of the three aforementioned football associations. For still more complexity concerning non-naturalized players, players from Hong Kong and Macau must be passport holders of the Hong Kong SAR or the Macau SAR, and players from Taiwan must be citizens of Taiwan. Policy of U-23 domestic players was relaxed in August for the
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. It existed in name only from October when China U-25 training team was organized.


Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2017 China League One * Dalian Yifang *
Beijing Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...
Clubs relegated to 2018 China League One *
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 ...
* Liaoning F.C.


Name changes

* Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng F.C. changed their name to Guizhou Hengfeng F.C. in December 2017.


Clubs


Clubs and locations


Managerial changes


Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player. *Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. *Players in ''ITALICS'' have left the club, or are off the roster due to being injured or sent to the reserves. *Players that are not in bold or italicized have been signed by the club, but exceed the 4 foreign players on the roster at any one time. * For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
's,
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players. *
Festus Baise Festus Baise (; born 11 April 1980) is a former Nigerian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Early career Festus Baise was born in Lagos, Nigeria and was advised to go to Hong Kong and have tryou ...
is a naturalized citizen of Hong Kong SAR; however, since his first registered football association was Hong Kong and is the passport holder of Hong Kong SAR, he would be considered as a native player. * Player that has returned from a loan spell. It is unsure whether they will be registered for the season or sent out on loan again, but they are now on the wage bills of their respective clubs.


League table


Results


Positions by round


Results by match played


Goalscorers


Top scorers

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Top assists

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Hat-tricks


Awards

The awards of 2018 Chinese Super League were announced on 21 November 2018.


League attendance


References


External links


Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at SoccerwayChinese Super League table at FIFAChinese Super League official site
{{2018 in Asian Football (AFC) Chinese Super League seasons 1
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