2010 Chinese Super League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009 China League One

• Liaoning Whowin
• Nanchang Hengyuan

Teams relegated to 2010 China League One

• Chengdu Blades
• Guangzhou GPC

Clubs

Teams & locations

• P – Promoted, TH – Title Holders

Personnel

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.
• 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.

Match-fixing scandal

In China's attempts to revitalise the domestic game, which has been dogged with allegations of corruption over the last few years they questioned or arrested several high-profile members within Chinese football. The most high profile of these were the former Head of the Chinese Football Association Nan Yong, his deputy Yang Yimin and Zhang Jianqiang who used to be in charge of referee arrangements. The crackdown quickly discovered that Guangzhou GPC and Chengdu Blades had both bribed their way into the top tier. Both were relegated to the second tier and did not appeal, making their punishment the harshest dealt out to a club. In keeping the top table at 16 teams, Hangzhou Greentown and Chongqing Lifan both retained their places within the top tier despite being originally slated for relegation.

League table

Positions by round

| color_2-4=green1 |text_2-4= Qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage | color_15-16=red1 |text_15-16= Relegation to League One

Results

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 6 November 2010.

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Colombia Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Colombia Duvier Riascos (Shanghai Shenhua)
• Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: China Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng)
• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Croatia Branko Ivanković (Shandong Luneng)
• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: China Sun Baojie
• Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Nanchang Hengyuan, Jiangsu Sainty, Tianjin TEDA

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