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2008 Chinese Super League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | 2008 Chinese Super League.webp |
| pixels | 150px |
| competition | Chinese Super League |
| season | 2008 |
| winners | Shandong Luneng |
| relegated | Liaoning Whowin |
| continentalcup1 | AFC Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | |
| league topscorer | BRA Éber Luís (Tianjin TEDA), 14 goals |
| biggest home win | Changchun Yatai 6–0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical (Oct 11) |
| biggest away win | Changsha Ginde 1–5 Qingdao Jonoon (Oct 11) |
| highest scoring | |
| average attendance | 13,444 |
| prevseason | 2007 |
| nextseason | 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. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their 3rd title at the end of this season.
Promotion and relegation
- At the end of the 2007 season, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Blades were promoted to Super League.
- At the end of the 2007 season, Xiamen Lanshi were relegated to League One.
- Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded.
- At the end of the season, Liaoning Whowin were relegated to League One.
Final league table
Results table
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil Éber Luís | Tianjin TEDA | 14 |
| 2 | Angola Johnson Macaba | Shenzhen Xiangxue | 13 |
| 3 | Honduras Luis Ramírez | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | 12 |
| Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe | Henan Construction | ||
| 5 | Brazil Valdo | Zhejiang Greentown | 10 |
| China Du Zhenyu | Changchun Yatai | ||
| 7 | China Cao Tianbao | Changchun Yatai | 9 |
| Colombia Hámilton Ricard | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Ivory Coast Guillaume Dah Zadi | Changchun Yatai | ||
| 10 | Brazil Vicente | Shaanxi Chanba | 8 |
| China Gao Lin | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| China Han Peng | Shandong Luneng | ||
| Honduras Emil Martínez | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Serbia Miljan Mrdaković | Shandong Luneng |
Stadiums
| 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 Sports Center Stadium | 55,000 | 6,645 |
| Chengdu Blades | Chengdu Sports Centre | 42,000 | 12,378 |
| Dalian Shide | Jinzhou Stadium | 30,000 | 7,900 |
| Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | Yuexiushan Stadium | 22,000 | 19,624 |
| Henan Construction | 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 Province Stadium | 57,000 | 24,625 |
| Shandong Luneng | Shandong Provincial Stadium | 43,700 | 26,501 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Hongkou Football Stadium | 35,000 | 11,510 |
| Shenzhen Xiangxue | Shenzhen Stadium | 32,500 | 6,400 |
| Tianjin TEDA | TEDA Soccer Stadium | 37,500 | 14,007 |
| Wuhan Optics Valley | Xinhua Road Sports Center | 36,000 | 12,556 |
| Zhejiang Greentown | Huanglong Sports Center | 51,000 | 12,188 |
| Total | 13,444 |
Managers
| Team | Manager | 2nd Manager | 3rd Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Guoan | KOR Lee Jang-soo | ||
| Changchun Yatai | CHN Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10) | GER Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24) | CHN Li Shubin |
| Changsha Ginde | SRB Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9) | CHN Zhu Bo | |
| Chengdu Blades | CHN Li Bing | ||
| Dalian Shide | SRB Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8) | SRB Milorad Kosanović | |
| Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | CHN Shen Xiangfu | ||
| Henan Construction | CHN Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8) | POR Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16) | CHN Tang Yaodong |
| Liaoning Whowin | GER Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10) | CHN Ma Lin | |
| Qingdao Jonoon | CHN Guo Kanfeng | ||
| Shaanxi Chanba | CHN Cheng Yaodong | ||
| Shandong Luneng | SRB Ljubiša Tumbaković | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | CHN Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14) | CHN Jia Xiuquan | |
| Shenzhen Xiangxue | CHN Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1) | CHN Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13) | CHN Wang Baoshan |
| Tianjin TEDA | CZE Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7) | CHN Zuo Shusheng | |
| Wuhan Optics Valley | CHN Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4) | CHN Zhu Guanghu | |
| Zhejiang Greentown | CHN Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4) | CHN Zhou Sui'an |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three foreign players on the field in each game. 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.
- Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Guoan | Brazil Tiago | Honduras Elvis Scott | Honduras Walter Martínez | 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 | Jamaica Demar Stewart | North Korea Kim Yong-jun | Croatia Igor Tkalčević | |
| Ivory Coast Sékou Tidiane Souaré | |||||
| Dalian Shide | Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov | Serbia Dragan Vukmir | Zambia James Chamanga | Bulgaria Kaloyan Karadzhinov | |
| Cameroon Patrick Mevoungou | |||||
| Croatia Vedran Celiščak | |||||
| Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | Brazil Diego Barcelos | Brazil José Duarte | Honduras Luis Ramírez | Peru Ismael Alvarado | |
| Henan Construction | Brazil Douglas | Nigeria Obi Emmanuel Moneke | Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe | Tunisia Hichem Ben Khaled | |
| Liaoning Whowin | Australia Ryan Griffiths | Belarus Raman 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 | Brazil Luciano Ratinho | Serbia Aleksandar Živković | Serbia Miljan Mrdaković | Venezuela Alejandro Cichero | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Colombia Hámilton Ricard | Costa Rica Erick Scott | Honduras Emil Martínez | Honduras José Güity | Argentina Matías Marchesini |
| Paraguay *Justo Meza* | |||||
| Shenzhen Xiangxue | Angola Johnson Macaba | Brazil Felipe Menegon | Paraguay Michael Valenzuela | Poland Marek Zając | |
| Tianjin TEDA | Brazil Éber Luís | Croatia Darko Matić | Ivory Coast Mariko Daouda | Romania Marius Radu | |
| Wuhan Optics Valley | Argentina César La Paglia | ||||
| Brazil Danilo | |||||
| Brazil Gustavo Papa | |||||
| Uruguay Pablo Munhoz | |||||
| Zhejiang Greentown | Algeria Karim Benounes | Brazil Valdo | Bulgaria Yordan Varbanov | Egypt Mohsen Abo Gresha | North Macedonia Slavčo Georgievski |
References
References
- [http://sports.sohu.com/20081001/n259829014.shtml 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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