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2008 Chinese Super League

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Chinese Super League
Season2008
ChampionsShandong Luneng Taishan
RelegatedLiaoning Whowin
AFC Champions League
Top goalscorerBrazil Éber Luís (Tianjin Teda), 14 goals
Biggest home winChangchun 6–0 Guangzhou (Oct 11)
Biggest away winChangsha 1–5 Qingdao (Oct 11)
Highest scoring
Average attendance13,444
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. Super League was expanded to 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng Taishan won their 3rd title at the end of this season.

Promotion and Relegation

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shandong Luneng Taishan (C) 30 18 9 3 54 25 +29 63 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Shanghai Shenhua 30 17 10 3 58 29 +29 61
3 Beijing Guoan 30 16 10 4 44 27 +17 58
4 Tianjin Master Kong 30 16 9 5 54 29 +25 57
5 Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba 30 15 7 8 41 29 +12 52
6 Changchun Yatai 30 12 9 9 53 45 +8 45
7 Guangzhou GPC Zhongyi 30 10 10 10 41 42 −1 40
8 Qingdao Shengwen Jonoon 30 10 9 11 39 36 +3 39[a]
9 Zhejiang Greentown 30 9 12 9 38 32 +6 39[a]
10 Henan Siwulaojiao 30 9 9 12 30 31 −1 36
11 Changsha Ginde 30 7 13 10 28 36 −8 34
12 Shenzhen Xiangxue Shangqingyin 30 8 9 13 35 34 +1 33
13 Chengdu Blades 30 7 11 12 30 37 −7 32
14 Dalian Haichang 30 6 12 12 30 40 −10 30
15 Liaoning Whowin (R) 30 6 9 15 34 47 −13 27 Relegation to China League One
16 Wuhan South Asia Optics Valley 30 0 0 30 0 90 −90 0[b] Withdrew from the league and folded
Updated to match(es) played on November 30, 2008. Source: CSL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Qingdao: 6 pts, 4–1; Zhejiang: 0 pts, 1–4
  2. ^ Wuhan Guanggu withdrew from the league and folded; all of their matches were scratched and counted as 3–0 wins to their opponents.

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
Beijing Guoan Brazil Tiago Honduras Walter Martinez Honduras Elvis Scott Romania Ovidiu Burcă North Macedonia Stojan Ignatov
Changchun Yatai Honduras Samuel Caballero Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi Nigeria Gabriel Melkam Romania Dumitru Mitu
Changsha Ginde Albania Nevil Dede Brazil Sandro Brazil Tales Cameroon Aboubakar Oumarou Serbia Milan Nikolić
Chengdu Blades Brazil Auricélio Neres North Korea Kim Yong-jun Jamaica Demar Stewart Croatia Igor Tkalčević
Ivory Coast Sékou Tidiane Souaré
Dalian Haichang Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov Serbia Dragan Vukmir Zambia James Chamanga Bulgaria Kaloyan Karadzhinov
Croatia Vedran Celiščak
Guangzhou GPC Zhongyi Brazil Diego Barcelos Brazil José Duarte Honduras Luis Ramirez Peru Ismael Alvarado
Henan Siwulaojiao Brazil Douglas Nigeria Obi Moneke Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe Tunisia Hichem ben Khaled Guadeloupe Olivier Fauconnier
Liaoning Whowin Australia Ryan Griffiths Belarus Roman Kirenkin Brazil Jefferson Feijão Brazil Zé Roberto
Qingdao Jonoon Cameroon Jean-Paul Ndeki Honduras Mitchel Brown Serbia Dragan Stančić South Korea Lee Jae-won Honduras Luis Santamaría
Shaanxi Chanba Brazil Ronny Brazil Vicente
Shandong Luneng Taishan Brazil Luciano Ratinho Serbia Aleksandar Živković Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Venezuela Alejandro Cichero
Shanghai Shenhua Colombia Hámilton Ricard Costa Rica Erick Scott Honduras Emil Martínez Paraguay Justo Meza Argentina Matías Marchesini
Shenzhen Xiangxue Shangqingyin Angola Johnson Macaba Brazil Felipe Menegon Paraguay Michael Valenzuela Poland Marek Zając
Tianjin MasterKong Brazil Éber Croatia Darko Matić Ivory Coast Mariko Daouda Romania Marius Radu
Wuhan Optics Valley Argentina César La Paglia
Brazil Gustavo Papa
Brazil Danilo
Uruguay Pablo Munhoz
Zhejiang Greentown Algeria Karim Benounes Brazil Valdo Bulgaria Yordan Varbanov Egypt Mohsen Abo Gresha North Macedonia Slavčo Georgievski

Results table

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Home \ Away BJ CC CS CD DL GZ HN LN QD PD SD SH SZ TJ WH ZJ
Beijing Guoan 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0
Changchun Yatai 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 3–0 2–2
Changsha Ginde 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1
Chengdu Blades 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–2
Dalian Haichang 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Guangzhou GPC Zhongyi 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 1–3
Henan Siwulaojiao 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Liaoning Whowin 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–4 4–4 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1
Qingdao Shengwen Jonoon 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Shanghai Shenhua Liansheng 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2
Shenzhen Xiangxue Shangqingyin 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1
Tianjin MasterKong 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0
Wuhan South Asia Optics Valley 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Zhejiang Greentown 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–0
Source: CSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Éber Luís Tianjin Teda 14
2 Angola Johnson Macaba Shenzhen Xiangxue 13
3 Honduras Luis Ramírez Guangzhou GPC 12
Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe Henan Construction
5 China Du Zhenyu Changchun Yatai 10
Brazil Valdo Zhengjiang Greentown
7 China Cao Tianbao Changchun Yatai 9
Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi Changchun Yatai
Colombia Hámilton Ricard Shanghai Shenhua
10 China Han Peng Shandong Luneng 8
Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Shandong Luneng
China Gao Lin Shanghai Shenhua
Honduras Emil Martínez Shanghai Shenhua
Brazil Vicente Shaanxi Chan-Ba

Stadiums

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Map of Super League Clubs 2008
Team Stadium Capacity Average attendance
Beijing Guoan Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,000 14,641
Changchun Yatai Changchun Stadium 41,638 5,797
Changsha Ginde Helong Stadium 55,000 6,645
Chengdu Blades Chengdu Sports Center 42,000 12,378
Dalian Haichang Jinzhou Stadium 30,000 7,900
Guangzhou GPC Yuexiushan Stadium 22,000 19,624
Henan Construction Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 30,000 16,267
Liaoning Whowin Tiexi New District Sports Center 26,800 11,733
Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 30,000 6,600
Shaanxi Chanba Shaanxi Coca-Cola Stadium 57,000 24,625
Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 26,501
Shanghai Shenhua Hongkou Stadium 35,000 11,510
Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 6,400
Tianjin Teda TEDA Football Stadium 37,500 14,007
Wuhan Guanggu Xinhua Road Sports Center 36,000 12,556
Zhejiang Greentown Yellow Dragon Sports Center 51,000 12,188
Total 13,444

Managers

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Team Manager 2nd Manager 3rd Manager
Beijing Guoan South Korea Lee Jang-soo
Chengdu Blades China Li Bing
Guangzhou GPC China Shen Xiangfu
Qingdao Jonoon China Guo Kanfeng
Shaanxi Chanba China Cheng Yaodong
Shandong Luneng Taishan Serbia Ljubiša Tumbaković
Shanghai Shenhua China Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14) China Jia Xiuquan
Liaoning Whowin Germany Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10) China Ma Lin
Changsha Ginde Serbia Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9) China Zhu Bo
Dalian Haichang Serbia Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8) Serbia Milorad Kosanović
Tianjin Teda Czech Republic Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7) China Zuo Shusheng
Zhejiang Greentown China Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4) China Zhou Suian
Wuhan Guanggu China Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4) China Zhu Guanghu
Changchun Yatai China Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10) Germany Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24) China Li Shubin
Henan Construction China Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8) Portugal Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16) China Tang Yaodong
Shenzhen Xiangxue China Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1) China Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13) China Wang Baoshan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 足协维持李玮峰处罚 武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012
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