2013 Chinese Super League
Football league season
The 2013 Chinese Super League was the tenth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League , the 20th season of a professional football league and the 52nd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their third consecutive title with an 18-point advantage ahead of runners-up Shandong Luneng .
Teams promoted from 2012 China League One
Teams disbanded
Teams relegated [ 1] to 2013 China League One
Clubs
Clubs and locations
Club
Head Coach
City
Stadium
Capacity
2012 season
Beijing Guoan
Aleksandar Stanojević
Beijing
Workers' Stadium
66,161
3rd
Changchun Yatai
Svetozar Šapurić
Changchun
Development Area Stadium
25,000
6th
Dalian Aerbin
Simo Krunić
Dalian
Jinzhou Stadium
30,775
5th
Guangzhou Evergrande TH
Marcello Lippi
Guangzhou
Tianhe Stadium
58,500
1st
Guangzhou R&F
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Guangzhou
Yuexiushan Stadium
18,000
7th
Guizhou Renhe
Gong Lei (caretaker)
Guiyang
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
51,636
4th
Hangzhou Greentown
Takeshi Okada
Hangzhou
Yellow Dragon Sports Center
52,672
11th
Jiangsu Sainty
Dragan Okuka
Nanjing
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center (from Round 20)
61,443 30,000
2nd
Liaoning Whowin
Ma Lin
Shenyang
Tiexi New District Sports Center
30,000
10th
Qingdao Jonoon
Goran Stevanović
Qingdao
Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
20,525
13th
Shandong Luneng
Radomir Antić
Jinan
Jinan Olympic Sports Luneng Stadium
56,808
12th
Shanghai Shenhua
Shen Xiangfu
Shanghai
Hongkou Football Stadium
33,060
9th
Shanghai Shenxin
Guo Guangqi (caretaker)
Shanghai
Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
16,000
15th
Shanghai SIPG P
Gao Hongbo
Shanghai
Shanghai Stadium
56,842
CL1 , 1st
Tianjin Teda
Alexandre Guimarães
Tianjin
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium TEDA Football Stadium (from Round 19)
54,696 37,450
8th
Wuhan Zall P
Wang Jun (caretaker)
Wuhan
Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
52,357
CL1 , 2nd
Location of teams in
2013 Chinese Super League
Managerial changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. 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.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)
^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
League table
Source:
Chinese Super League (in Chinese) Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group Stage from winning the 2013 Chinese FA Cup .
^ a b Guangzhou R&F 2–0 Shanghai Shenxin, Shanghai Shenxin 1–0 Guangzhou R&F
^ a b Shanghai Shenhua and Tianjin TEDA were deducted 6 points each because of match-fixing scandal in 2003 .[ 24] [ 25]
^ a b Tianjin 2–2 Hangzhou, Hangzhou 0–1 Tianjin
^ a b Jiangsu 2–1 Changchun, Changchun 0–0 Jiangsu
Results
Positions by round
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Source:Soccerway[ 26]
Hat-tricks
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Elkeson
Guangzhou Evergrande
Jiangsu Sainty
3–0[ 27]
16 March 2013
Elkeson
Guangzhou Evergrande
Changchun Yatai
6–1[ 28]
20 April 2013
Wu Lei
Shanghai SIPG
Shanghai Shenxin
6–1[ 29]
2 June 2013
Peter Utaka 4
Dalian Aerbin
Hangzhou Greentown
4–3[ 30]
30 June 2013
Muriqui
Guangzhou Evergrande
Shanghai Shenxin
3–0[ 31]
6 July 2013
Wu Lei
Shanghai SIPG
Tianjin Teda
3–2[ 32]
17 August 2013
Jiang Ning
Guangzhou R&F
Wuhan Zall
5–1[ 33]
18 August 2013
Zhang Xizhe
Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou R&F
6–0[ 34]
14 September 2013
Carmelo Valencia
Tianjin Teda
Jiangsu Sainty
3–2[ 35]
14 September 2013
Yakubu
Guangzhou R&F
Guizhou Renhe
3–5[ 36]
22 September 2013
Wu Lei
Shanghai SIPG
Qingdao Jonoon
6–1[ 37]
27 September 2013
Awards
League Attendance
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Guangzhou Evergrande
606,413
56,300
32,467
40,428
+8.5% †
2
Beijing Guoan
589,028
46,310
31,500
39,269
+6.5% †
3
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty
432,122
58,792
22,357
28,808
−7.6% †
4
Shandong Luneng Taishan
415,246
46,179
16,456
27,683
+37.4% †
5
Guizhou Moutai
319,678
45,671
11,325
21,312
−27.9% †
6
Liaoning Whowin
312,744
24,580
14,561
20,850
+11.9% †
7
Tianjin Teda
248,648
47,666
6,886
16,577
+16.9% †
8
Wuhan Zall
216,046
41,138
2,853
14,403
+114.9% †
†
9
Hangzhou Greentown
212,458
32,075
7,582
14,164
+34.1% †
10
Changchun Yatai
194,624
26,852
7,861
12,975
+2.2% †
11
Shanghai Shenhua
191,085
23,457
8,653
12,739
−13.7% †
12
Dalian Aerbin
158,064
21,811
2,760
10,538
−33.2% †
13
Guangzhou R&F
155,762
14,535
7,223
10,384
+22.7% †
14
Shanghai SIPG
152,413
23,887
6,993
10,161
+226.4% †
†
15
Shanghai Shenxin
128,391
11,975
6,870
8,559
−26.2% †
16
Qingdao Jonoon
124,255
16,325
3,252
8,284
−13.1% †
League total
4,456,977
58,792
2,760
18,571
−0.9% †
Updated to games played on 3 Nov. 2013 Source: CSL data (in Chinese) Notes: † Teams played previous season in CL1 .
Top 10 Attendances
Attendance
Round
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Weekday
Time of Day
58,792
17
14 July 2013
Jiangsu Sainty
1–2
Guangzhou Evergrande
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Sunday
Night
56,300
22
25 August 2013
Guangzhou Evergrande
1–0
Guangzhou R&F
Tianhe Stadium
Sunday
Night
48,013
12
1 June 2013
Guangzhou Evergrande
0–0
Shandong Luneng
Tianhe Stadium
Saturday
Night
47,666
25
21 September 2013
Tianjin Teda
1–0
Beijing Guo'an
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
Saturday
Night
46,310
3
29 March 2013
Beijing Guo'an
1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande
Workers' Stadium
Friday
Night
46,208
26
28 September 2013
Beijing Guo'an
2–0
Shanghai Shenhua
Workers' Stadium
Saturday
Night
46,179
27
6 Oct. 2013
Shandong Luneng
2–4
Guangzhou Evergrande
Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Sunday
Afternoon
45,671
19
3 August 2013
Guizhou Maotai
2–2
Guangzhou Evergrande
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
Saturday
Night
43,539
19
4 August 2013
Beijing Guo'an
3–3
Jiangsu Sainty
Workers' Stadium
Sunday
Night
43,121
17
14 July 2013
Beijing Guo'an
3–1
Wuhan Zall
Workers' Stadium
Sunday
Night
Source:CSL Official Site[ 38]
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