2017 Chinese Super League

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The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2017??????????????) was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title of the league.

This season witnessed a huge change in the regulation to the players. Only three foreign players can play at one game and at least two domestic players who are under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1994) must be in the 18-man list, including at least one must be in the starting list.

Video 2017 Chinese Super League

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2016 China League One

• Tianjin Quanjian
• Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng

Clubs relegated to 2017 China League One

• Hangzhou Greentown
• Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Name changes

• Beijing Guoan F.C. changed their name to Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. in January 2017.
• Chongqing Lifan F.C. changed their name to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. in January 2017.

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Clubs

Clubs and locations

Managerial changes

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Foreign players

A club may register seven foreign players per season. However, only five foreign players could be registered at any given time. And to curtail their influence, only three foreign players may play per match.

Last updated: 19 June 2017
Source: sports.ifeng.com (in Chinese)

• ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count towards foreign or Asian player slots.)

Last updated: 1 November 2016

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League table

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Results

Updated to games played on 4 November 2017.
Source: Results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Positions by round

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: 4 November 2017
Source: League table

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Goalscorers

As of 4 November 2017

Hat-tricks

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Awards

The awards of 2017 Chinese Super League were announced on 11 November 2017.

• Player of the Year: Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou R&F)
• Golden Boot: Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou R&F)
• Golden Boot (Domestic Player): Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)
• Best Goalkeeper: Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG)
• Young Player of the Year: Hu Jinghang (Henan Jianye)
• U-23 Player of the Year: Huang Zhengyu (Guangzhou R&F)
• Most Popular Player of the Year: Zhang Chengdong (Hebei China Fortune)
• Manager of the Year: Fabio Cannavaro (Tianjin Quanjian)
• Fair Play Award: Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, Hebei China Fortune, Yanbian Funde
• Best Referee: Ma Ning
• Best Assistant Referee: Huo Weiming
• Team of the Year:
  • Goalkeeper: Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG)
  • Defence: Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Huang Zhengyu (Guangzhou R&F), Wang Shenchao (Shanghai SIPG)
  • Midfield: Eran Zahavi (Guangzhou R&F), Hao Junmin (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG), Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • Attack: Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Hulk (Shanghai SIPG)

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League attendance

Updated to Round 30

Updated to games played on 4 November 2017
Source: CSL Official site

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Notes

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References

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External links

• Regulations of 2017 Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
• Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway
• Chinese Super League table at FIFA
• Chinese Super League official site (in Chinese)

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