The 2007

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(CSL 2007) season or the Kingway

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Chinese Super League as it was known for sponsorship reasons was the fourth edition since its establishment, the 14th season of professional football as well as being the 46th top-tier league season in China. Starting on March 3, 2007 and ending on November 14, 2007 it saw Changchun Yatai clinch the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while

Xiamen Lanshi 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 their ...

was relegated with two games to spare. Coincidentally, both of these teams were promoted in the previous season. The champions as well as the runner-up of the league would qualify for the AFC Champions League 2008 as was the same from the previous season. The

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was canceled due to the intended expansion of the league to 16 teams, however

Shanghai United F.C. Shanghai United F.C (Simplified Chinese: 上海联城足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, who last played in the 16,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in the Chinese Super League. The club was found ...

and

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merged, which saw the

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decide to leave the league with 15 teams for the season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2006 China League One season *

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Teams relegated from the

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Clubs

Pre-season change

As Zhu Jun, the owner of

bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the previous season,

Shanghai United Shanghai United F.C (Simplified Chinese: 上海联城足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, who last played in the 16,000 seater Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in the Chinese Super League. The club was found ...

was merged into two times CSL runner-up

. The new team play under the name Shanghai Shenhua United but use the stadium of the former

–

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as their home ground.

League table

Top scorers

Attendances

League Attendance

*Total attendance: 3,173,500 07中超统计：场均观众1.51万人收视人次1.44亿
at sports.cn 2008-01-11 Retrieved 2013-01-08 (In Chinese) *Average attendance: 15,112

Clubs Attendance

Awards

Footballer of the Year:

Du Zhenyu Du Zhenyu (; born February 10, 1983 in Shenyang) is a retired Chinese people, Chinese international footballer. Club career Du Zhenyu started his career in 2001 with Changchun Yatai, where in his first season he made eighteen appearances, scori ...

(Changchun Yatai) * Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner:

Li Jinyu Li Jinyu (; born 6 July 1977) is a former international player who is currently the head coach of Wuhan. As a player he represented Liaoning Whowin and Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and spent one season on loan at French club ...

(Shandong Luneng Taishan) * Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Hao Junmin (Tianjin Teda) * Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year:

Gao Hongbo Gao Hongbo (; born January 25, 1966 in Beijing) is a retired Chinese football striker and head coach of China League One side Beijing Enterprises. He previously managed the China national football team from 2009 to 2011, and in 2016. Appoint ...

(Changchun Yatai) * Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie * Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Dalian Shide, Tianjin Teda, Beijing Guo'an

References

External links

Official site of the Chinese Football Association (in Chinese)

Official site of the Chinese Super League (in Chinese)

Yahoo! China – Chinese Super League 2007 (in Chinese)
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