2012 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

Season	2012
Champions	Guangzhou Evergrande
Relegated	Henan Jianye Dalian Shide(Disbanded)
Champions League	Guangzhou Evergrande Jiangsu Sainty Beijing Guoan Guizhou Maotai
Matches played	240
Goals scored	630 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Dănălache (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Jiangsu Sainty 5–0 Dalian Shide (Apr. 1st, 2012) Guizhou Moutai 5–0 Hangzhou Greentown (Jun. 17th, 2012) (5 goals)
Biggest away win	Henan Construction 0–4 Shanghai Shenxin (Mar. 17th, 2012) Beijing Guoan 0–4 Changchun Yatai (Sept. 29th, 2012) (4 goals)
Highest scoring	Liaoning Whowin 5–3 Dalian Aerbin (Jul. 28th, 2012) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	Guangzhou Evergrande Hangzhou Greentown (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Jiangsu Sainty (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Dalian Shide Qingdao Jonoon Shandong Luneng Shanghai Shenxin (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Guangzhou R&F (4 matches)
Highest attendance	65,769 Jiangsu Sainty 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande (Oct. 20th, 2012)
Lowest attendance	0 Liaoning Whowin 4–0 Hangzhou Greentown (Sept. 23rd, 2012)
Average attendance	18,740
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Chinese Super League was the ninth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the nineteenth season of a professional football league and the 51st top-tier league season in China. It began on March 10, 2012 and ended on November 3, 2012.^[1]

The matches that were intended to be held on September 15 and 16, 2012 were suspended for a later date due to an international dispute between China and Japan over the Senkaku Islands.^[2] With Hangzhou Greentown F.C. having a Japanese manager and several Chinese demonstrations arising throughout China it was decided that the September 23, 2012 match against Liaoning Whowin F.C. should be played behind closed doors with the Xianghe National Football Training Base used as a neutral venue.^[3]

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2011 China League One

• Dalian Aerbin F.C.
• Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Teams relegated to 2012 China League One

• Chengdu Blades F.C.
• Shenzhen Ruby F.C.

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Beijing Guoan

Changchun Yatai

Shandong Luneng

Henan Construction

Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenxin

Tianjin Teda

Hangzhou Greentown

Dalian Shide
Dalian Aerbin

Jiangsu Sainty

Guizhou Renhe

Qingdao Jonoon

Liaoning Whowin

Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou R&F

Location of teams in 2012 Chinese Super League

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2011 season	Jersey Sponsor
Beijing Guoan	Jaime Pacheco	Beijing	Workers Stadium	66,161	2nd	CITIC Bank
Changchun Yatai	Svetozar Šapurić	Changchun	Development Area Stadium	25,000	7th	Bank of Jilin
Dalian Aerbin ^P	Aleksandar Stanojević	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,775	CL1, 1st	Shangpintang
Dalian Shide	Nelo Vingada	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,775	12th	Bank of Dalian
Guangzhou Evergrande ^TH	Marcello Lippi	Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium	60,151	1st	Evergrande Real Estate Group
Guangzhou R&F ^P	Sérgio Farias	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	30,000	CL1, 2nd	R&F Properties
Guizhou Moutai	Gao Hongbo	Guiyang	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	51,636	9th	Maotai Liquor
Hangzhou Greentown	Takeshi Okada	Hangzhou	Yellow Dragon Sports Center	52,672	8th	Daikin Air Conditioning
Henan Jianye	Shen Xiangfu	Zhengzhou	Hanghai Stadium	29,860	13th	Central China Real Estate Limited
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	Dragan Okuka	Nanjing	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	61,443	4th	Guoxin Properties
Liaoning Whowin	Ma Lin	Shenyang	Tiexi New District Sports Center	30,000	3rd	Whowin Group
Qingdao Jonoon	Chang Woe-Ryong	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	6th	Hisense Real Estate
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Wu Jingui (caretaker)	Jinan	Shandong Provincial Stadium	43,700	5th	Yingda Stock
Shanghai Shenhua	Sergio Batista	Shanghai	Hongkou Football Stadium	33,060	11th	Firefall
Shanghai Shenxin	Zhu Jiong	Shanghai	Jinshan Football Stadium	30,000	14th	Bank of Shanghai
Tianjin Teda	Alexandre Guimarães	Tianjin	TEDA Football Stadium	37,450	10th	Master Kong

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Guangzhou R&F	Li Shubin	Sacked	Pre-season[4]	N/A	Sérgio Farias	Pre-season[4]
Changchun Yatai	Shen Xiangfu	Resigned	Pre-season	N/A	Svetozar Šapurić	Pre-season[5]
Dalian Aerbin	Aleksandar Stankov	Sacked	Pre-season	N/A	Chang Woe-Ryong	Pre-season[6]
Henan Jianye	Jo Bonfrere	Sacked	Pre-season	N/A	Jan Versleijen	Pre-season[7]
Hangzhou Greentown	Wu Jingui	Resigned	Pre-season	N/A	Takeshi Okada	Pre-season[8]
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Manuel Barbosa	End of contract	Pre-season	N/A	Henk ten Cate	Pre-season[9]
Shanghai Shenhua	Dražen Besek	End of contract	Pre-season	N/A	Jean Tigana	Pre-season[10]
Tianjin Teda	Arie Haan	End of contract	Pre-season	N/A	Josip Kuže	Pre-season[11]
Qingdao Jonoon	Chang Woe-Ryong	End of contract	Pre-season	N/A	Blaž Slišković	Pre-season[12]
Qingdao Jonoon	Blaž Slišković	FIFA Arbitration	13 March 2012[13]	10th	Yang Weijian (caretaker)	13 March 2012[13]
Dalian Aerbin	Chang Woe-Ryong	Resigned	3 April 2012[14]	15th	Aleksandar Stanojević	4 April 2012[15]
Shanghai Shenhua	Jean Tigana	Resigned	26 April 2012[16]	10th	Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge (caretaker)	26 April 2012[16]
Guangzhou Evergrande	Lee Jang-Soo	Sacked	17 May 2012[17]	1st	Marcello Lippi	17 May 2012[17]
Qingdao Jonoon	Yang Weijian (caretaker)	–	24 May 2012	16th	Chang Woe-Ryong	24 May 2012[18]
Tianjin Teda	Josip Kuže	Sacked	28 May 2012[19]	11th	Alexandre Guimarães	1 June 2012[20]
Shanghai Shenhua	Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge (caretaker)	–	30 May 2012	9th	Sergio Batista	30 May 2012[21]
Henan Jianye	Jan Versleijen	Sacked	15 July 2012	16th	Shen Xiangfu	15 July 2012[22]
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Henk ten Cate	Resigned	6 September 2012	12th	Wu Jingui (caretaker)	6 September 2012[23]

International players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.^[24] A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Asian Player	Additive Players^1	Former Players^2
Beijing Guoan	Darko Matić	Joffre Guerrón	Frédéric Kanouté		Reinaldo		Manú François Andrija Kaluđerović
Changchun Yatai	Cássio	Weldon	Marquinhos	Edixon Perea	Anzur Ismailov		Marko Ljubinković
Dalian Aerbin	Fábio Rochemback	Lee Addy	Seydou Keita	Peter Utaka	Daniel Mullen		Mile Sterjovski Gustavo Canales
Dalian Shide	Carlos Adriano	Martin Kamburov	Ricardo Esteves	James Chamanga	Park Dong-Hyuk
Guangzhou Evergrande	Darío Conca	Cléo	Muriqui	Paulão	Cho Won-Hee	Lucas Barrios Kim Young-Gwon
Guangzhou R&F	Rafael Coelho	Davi	Jumar	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Rostyn Griffiths		Leonardo
Guizhou Moutai	Zlatan Muslimović	Rafa Jordà	Nano	Rubén Suárez	Dino Djulbic		Gustavo Rodas
Hangzhou Greentown	Fabrício	Mazola	Renatinho	Jeong Dong-Ho	Kim Dong-Jin
Henan Jianye	Adaílton	Leandro Netto	Isaac Chansa	Christopher Katongo	Son Seung-Joon		Marcos Flores Enis Hajri
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	Sergey Krivets	Eleílson	Cristian Dănălache	Aleksandar Jevtić	Kamoliddin Tajiev		Miljan Mrdaković
Liaoning Whowin	Pablo Brandán	Vlatko Grozdanoski	Miloš Trifunović		Kim You-Jin
Qingdao Jonoon	Bruno Meneghel	Léo San	Gabriel Melkam		Aziz Ibrahimov		Krunoslav Lovrek
Shandong Luneng Taishan	Leonardo Pisculichi	Gilberto Macena	Simão Mate Junior	José Ortigoza	Roda Antar		Fabiano Obina
Shanghai Shenhua	Moisés	Giovanni Moreno	Didier Drogba	Nicolas Anelka	Joel Griffiths		Mario Božić Mathieu Manset
Shanghai Shenxin	Antônio Flávio	Johnny	Jaílton Paraíba	Anselmo Tadeu	Jonas Salley
Tianjin Teda	Vladimir Jovančić	Veliče Šumulikoski	Sjoerd Ars	Lucian Goian	Milan Susak		Akpo Sodje

• ^1 Specially, Guangzhou Evergrande can use seven foreign players since June, 2012,for it's the only team still active at 2012 AFC Champions League.^[25]
• ^2 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C)	30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1
2	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	30	14	12	4	49	29	+20	54
3	Beijing Guoan	30	14	6	10	34	35	−1	48
4	Guizhou Moutai	30	12	9	9	44	33	+11	45
5	Dalian Aerbin	30	11	11	8	51	46	+5	44		Dalian 1-2 Changchun Changchun 1-2 Dalian
6	Changchun Yatai	30	12	8	10	37	40	−3	44
7	Guangzhou R&F	30	13	3	14	47	49	−2	42
8	Tianjin Teda	30	10	10	10	29	30	−1	40
9	Shanghai Shenhua	30	8	14	8	39	34	+5	38
10	Liaoning Whowin	30	8	12	10	40	41	−1	36		Liaoning, 10pts Hangzhou, 9pts Shandong, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5 Qingdao, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5
11	Hangzhou Greentown	30	9	9	12	34	46	−12	36
12	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	8	12	10	46	43	+3	36
13	Qingdao Jonoon	30	10	6	14	26	34	−8	36
14	Dalian Shide	30	8	10	12	39	49	−10	34	Disbanded after season ^2
15	Shanghai Shenxin	30	6	12	12	36	35	+1	30
16	Henan Jianye (R)	30	7	5	18	28	56	−28	26	Relegation to China League One

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012.
Source: Chinese Super League (Chinese)
Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[26].
¹Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
²On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquisited by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C..^[27]
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (Q) = Qualified for AFC Champions League; (R) = Relegated to CL1.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Guangzhou Evergrande	3	10	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	7	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Beijing Guoan	16	9	13	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Guizhou Moutai	5	4	5	7	8	8	9	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Dalian Aerbin	14	12	14	15	16	11	13	13	16	13	13	14	11	11	10	12	14	10	13	13	12	9	7	7	6	9	8	7	7	5
Changchun Yatai	4	7	7	4	6	6	11	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6
Guangzhou R&F	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	7
Tianjin Teda	6	8	11	12	14	9	6	8	10	7	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	13	10	7	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	8	8
Shanghai Shenhua	8	13	9	10	11	14	10	10	9	12	14	9	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	11	9
Liaoning Whowin	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	7	7	11	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	10	11	11	13	13	12	13	11	10	13	10
Hangzhou Greentown	9	14	12	13	12	15	16	16	14	9	7	5	8	8	8	8	11	8	9	11	13	14	11	11	13	14	12	12	10	11
Shandong Luneng Taishan	12	15	15	9	10	13	8	9	12	15	15	15	15	13	15	11	9	11	11	12	9	12	12	12	11	10	13	13	14	12
Qingdao Jonoon	10	5	10	11	15	9	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	13	14	15	16	12	10	11	9	13
Dalian Shide	13	11	8	14	13	16	15	15	13	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	11	14	14	12	14
Shanghai Shenxin	11	6	6	8	5	7	12	12	8	10	12	13	13	15	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Henan Jianye	15	16	16	16	9	12	7	11	11	14	11	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16

Winner; Champions League

Runner-up; Champions League

3rd place; Champions League play-off

Relegate to China League One

Last updated: Nov. 5th, 2012
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

Results

Home ╲ Away

BJ

CC

DLA

DL

GZ

GZR

GZM

HZ

HN

JS

LN

QD

SD

SH

SSX

TJ

Beijing Guoan

0–4

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–2

3–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

3–2

1–0

3–1

Changchun Yatai

0–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–3

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

Dalian Aerbin

3–1

1–2

3–3

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

5–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

Dalian Shide

0–0

1–2

3–2

3–1

4–1

0–3

2–3

0–0

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–4

4–1

Guangzhou Evergrande

3–2

4–0

2–1

3–1

0–1

1–1

3–1

3–0

5–1

1–0

1–0

3–2

2–2

2–1

0–0

Guangzhou R&F

3–1

5–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–3

4–2

1–1

3–2

1–2

Guizhou Moutai

0–2

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

5–0

1–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

4–2

3–1

1–1

Hangzhou Greentown

1–0

2–3

1–2

1–1

2–3

2–2

1–1

2–0

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

Henan Jianye

2–2

2–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

3–1

3–1

1–3

0–3

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–4

0–2

Jiangsu Sainty

0–0

1–2

3–2

5–0

1–1

3–1

2–0

3–0

5–1

1–0

1–0

3–3

2–2

1–1

3–2

Liaoning Whowin

0–0

3–3

5–3

3–2

0–3

1–2

1–1

4–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

3–2

2–1

Qingdao Jonoon

0–2

1–0

1–3

1–2

2–1

3–2

0–1

0–0

3–1

1–0

3–1

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

Shandong Luneng Taishan

4–0

3–0

3–3

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–1

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–3

3–1

2–0

Shanghai Shenhua

3–1

1–3

2–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

5–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

3–0

0–0

0–0

0–1

Shanghai Shenxin

1–2

2–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

4–2

0–0

0–1

2–0

0–1

0–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

Tianjin TEDA

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–0

0–0

0–0

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012.
Source: Results on the official website of the Chinese Super League (Chinese)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Cristian Dănălache	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	23 (6)
2	Peter Utaka	Dalian Aerbin	20 (3)
3	Rafael Coelho	Guangzhou R&F	14 (1)
4	Anselmo	Shanghai Shenxin	13 (4)
	Sjoerd Ars	Tianjin Teda	13 (2)
6	Muriqui	Guangzhou Evergrande	12
	Zlatan Muslimović	Guizhou Moutai	12
8	James Chamanga	Dalian Shide	10 (1)
	Martin Kamburov	Dalian Shide	10 (4)
	Darío Conca	Guangzhou Evergrande	10 (1)
	Gilberto Macena	Shandong Luneng Taishan	10
	Wang Yongpo	Shandong Luneng Taishan	10 (4)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dănălache, CristianCristian Dănălache	Jiangsu Sainty	Henan Jianye	5–1[28]	28 April 2012
Chamanga, JamesJames Chamanga	Dalian Shide	Tianjin Teda	4–1[29]	6 May 2012
Coelho, RafaelRafael Coelho	Guangzhou R&F	Changchun Yatai	5–1[30]	27 May 2012
, MuriquiMuriqui	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jiangsu Sainty	5–1[31]	17 June 2012
Utaka, PeterPeter Utaka	Dalian Aerbin	Shandong Luneng	5–2[32]	21 July 2012
Dănălache, CristianCristian Dănălache	Jiangsu Sainty	Shandong Luneng	3–3[33]	5 August 2012
Trifunović, MilošMiloš Trifunović	Liaoning Whowin	Hangzhou Greentown	4–0[34]	23 September 2012

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Cristian Dănălache (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Cristian Dănălache (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wang Yongpo (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
• Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Deng Xiaofei (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Dragan Okuka (Jiangsu Sainty)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai (Beijing)
• Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Hangzhou Greentown, Jiangsu Sainty, Shandong Luneng Taishan
• Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):
  • GK Deng Xiaofei (Jiangsu Sainty)
  • DF Sun Xiang (Guangzhou Evergrande), Du Wei (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Dino Djulbic (Guizhou Renhe), Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
  • MF Yu Hanchao (Liaoning FC), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande), Darío Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande), Wang Yongpo (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
  • FW Cristian Dănălache (Jiangsu Sainty), Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande)

Attendance

League Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	558,743	39,997	31,295	37,250	−18.4%^†
2	Beijing Guoan	553,179	51,795	21,909	36,879	−8.7%^†
3	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	467,446	65,769	20,953	31,163	+81.4%^†
4	Guizhou Moutai	443,615	52,888	20,012	29,574	+6.2%^†
5	Shandong Luneng Taishan	302,224	33,453	10,783	20,148	+66.3%^†
6	Liaoning Whowin	279,577	27,823	0	18,638	−5.0%^†
7	Henan Jianye	262,884	24,086	11,557	17,526	+7.2%^†
8	Dalian Aerbin	236,603	25,791	7,954	15,774	n/a^†
9	Shanghai Shenhua	221,419	24,635	8,236	14,761	+50.1%^†
10	Tianjin Teda	212,622	35,868	6,485	14,175	−22.2%^†
11	Changchun Yatai	190,516	21,365	10,125	12,701	−8.1%^†
12	Shanghai Shenxin	173,958	18,060	3,950	11,597	+10.8%^†
13	Dalian Shide	166,388	28,921	5,219	11,093	−35.3%^†
14	Hangzhou Greentown	158,443	20,073	4,396	10,563	+23.0%^†
15	Qingdao Jonoon	143,068	15,195	6,098	9,538	+12.6%^†
16	Guangzhou R&F	126,893	19,217	4,344	8,460	n/a^†
	League total	4,497,578	65,769	0	18,740	+6.1%^†

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012
Source: CSL data (Chinese)
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CL1.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
65,769	28	20 October 2012	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	1–1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	Saturday	Night
52,888	20	4 August 2012	Guizhou Maotai	2–1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	Saturday	Night
52,836	29	27 October 2012	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	0–0	Beijing Guoan	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center	Saturday	Afternoon
51,983	1	10 March 2012	Guizhou Maotai	2–1	Shandong Luneng	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	Saturday	Night
51,795	2	16 March 2012	Beijing Guoan	3–2	Shanghai Shenhua	Workers Stadium	Friday	Night
42,668	16	7 July 2012	Beijing Guoan	1–0	Guangzhou R&F	Workers Stadium	Saturday	Night
42,241	4	2 April 2012	Guizhou Maotai	1–2	Henan Jianye	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center	Monday	Afternoon
41,287	6	13 April 2012	Beijing Guoan	2–1	Shandong Luneng	Workers Stadium	Friday	Night
39,997	19	28 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–2	Shanghai Shenhua	Tianhe Stadium	Saturday	Night
39,991	17	15 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–1	Guangzhou R&F	Tianhe Stadium	Sunday	Night

References

1. 中国足协提高中甲准入制 新赛季中超3月10日开幕 (Chinese)
2. Matches across the country cancelled due to “sensitive time”
3. 杨旭传射东欧锋霸戴帽 辽足4-0完胜绿城 图　评 (Chinese)
4. 前亚冠冠军教头签约富力两年 豪言率队问鼎亚冠 (Chinese)
5. 亚泰定萨布利奇正式挂帅 签约两年2012剑指三甲 (Chinese)
6. 大连阿尔滨挖来张外龙 (Chinese)
7. 河南建业敲定新赛季主帅 澳洲青年队教练入主 (Chinese)
8. 冈田武史正式成为杭州绿城主帅 (Chinese) Archived February 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
9. 滕卡特组建教练组敲定执鲁能 年薪达120万欧元 (Chinese)
10. 蒂加纳250万欧年薪创联赛纪录 今召发布会正式亮相 (Chinese)
11. 泰达新帅敲定5日与球队会和 年薪约50万美元签1年 (Chinese)
12. 青岛中能宣布签约新帅 前波黑国家队教头正式上任 (Chinese)
13. 专访青岛"短命"主帅:中能手法太恐怖 已上告FIFA (Chinese)
14. 阿尔滨官方宣布张外龙下课 称因家庭原因主动辞职 (Chinese)
15. 阿尔滨官方宣布新主帅 塞尔维亚欧冠名帅接手 (Chinese)
16. 申花与蒂加纳解除工作合同 任命弗洛伦特为代理主教练 (Chinese)
17. 广州恒大官方宣布意大利名帅里皮上任 签约两年半 (Chinese)
18. 青岛中能官方宣布签约张外龙任球队主帅 (Chinese)
19. 泰达正式宣布库泽下课 称其恶劣影响俱乐部声誉 (Chinese)
20. 天津泰达迎来第七任洋帅 吉马良斯今日正式上任 (Chinese)
21. 阿根廷人塞尔吉奥·巴蒂斯塔出任申花新主帅 (Chinese)
22. 建业官方宣布维斯雷恩下课 沈祥福将任新任主教练 (Chinese)
23. 鲁能官方宣布滕卡特辞职 吴金贵任代理主帅签两年 (Chinese)
24. 关于2012年度职业足球俱乐部转会工作相关事宜的通知 (Chinese)
25. 联赛理事会投票通过恒大等提出增加外援名额提案
26. 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
27. "足協官方通知: 實德棄2013中超資格 申鑫遞補留中超". sina.com. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-31.(Chinese)
28. 双煞帽子戏法创舜天历史 黄金搭档媲美恒大组合 (Chinese)
29. 詹姆斯帽子戏法 大连实德4–1胜天津泰达 (Chinese)
30. 拉斐尔戴帽+倒钩达维梅开二度 富力5–1长春 (Chinese)
31. 穆里奇3球1传姜宁传射 恒大5–1舜天4分领跑 (Chinese)
32. 山东鲁能客场惨败于阿尔滨 乌塔卡上演帽子戏法 (Chinese)
33. 达纳拉赫半场3球西芒救主 江苏主场3比3山东 (Chinese)
34. 杨旭传射东欧锋霸戴帽 辽足4–0完胜绿城 (Chinese)

External links

• Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway
• Chinese Super League official site (Chinese)