2016 Chinese Super League
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
| Relegated |
Hangzhou Greentown Shijiazhuang Ever Bright |
| AFC Champions League |
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Jiangsu Suning Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 639 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ricardo Goulart (19 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Zeng Cheng (10 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win |
Shanghai SIPG 5-0 Henan Jianye (Jul 10th, 2016) (5 goals) |
| Biggest away win |
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-6 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (Oct 15th, 2016) (6 goals) |
| Highest scoring | Chongqing Lifan 4-5 Guangzhou R&F (Aug 21st, 2016) (9 goals) |
| Longest winning run |
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (9 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run |
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (17 matches) |
| Longest winless run |
Chongqing Lifan Hangzhou Greentown (11 matches) |
| Longest losing run |
Hebei China Fortune (5 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 53,080 Beijing Guoan 0-3 Guangzhou Evergrande (Apr 9th, 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 5,135 Hangzhou Greentown 0-1 Guangzhou R&F (Jun 11th, 2016) |
| Average attendance | 24,159 (30 October) |
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All statistics correct as of 30 October 2016.
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The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2016中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance.Guangzhou Evergrande won their sixth consecutive title of the league.
The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.
Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One
Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries, although only four (one AFC countries player at least) can be on the field at any one time.
Last updated: 16 July 2016
Source: sports.ifeng.com (Chinese)
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)
Last updated: 1 March 2016
Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
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.
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
Last updated: 30 October 2016
Source: sports.sina.com.cn/csl csldata.sports.sohu.com
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