2006 Chinese Super League

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The 2006 Chinese Super League was the third season since the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as Chinese Super League, the thirteen season of professional association football league and the 45th top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association, the season started on March 11, 2006 and ended on October 22. Initially, it was planned that there would be two teams relegated at the end of the season, however this was changed to one when Sichuan First City folded before the start of the season.

Chinese Super League
Season2006
ChampionsShandong Luneng
RelegatedChongqing Lifan
AFC Champions League
A3 Champions Cup
Matches played210
Goals scored496 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerChina Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng), 26 goals
Average attendance10,611
2005
2007

Promotion and relegation

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Teams promoted from 2005 China League One

Teams relegated after end of 2005 Chinese Super League

  • None

Preseason

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A number of changes occurred during the off season, notably some major changes to the teams. Inter Shanghai was moved to Xi'an and was renamed Xi'an Chanba. Shanghai Zobon was renamed Shanghai United.

Beijing Hyundai, who did not renew their contract with Hyundai, changed their team name back to their formal name, Beijing Guoan.

Shenzhen Jianlibao changed its team name to Shenzhen Kingway after finding a new sponsor in Kingway Brewery.

There was also some speculation that Liaoning would pull out from the league, and that the Chinese Football Association had prepared a schedule with only 14 teams should Liaoning have withdrawn.

The biggest shock was the disbanding of Sichuan First City in January, so the league will only have 15 teams at the start of the season, one short of the 16 teams planned.

Player transfers

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Shanghai Shenhua, who qualified for the AFC Champions League, boost their squad with Li Weifeng from the debt-ridden Shenzhen Jianlibao for 6.5 million RMB, the highest transfer fee this season. In additional, Shenhua bought over Liu Yunfei from Tianjin TEDA for 0.9 million and recalled defender Du Wei from Celtic.

Desperately in need of money, Shenzhen was also forced to sell China's first choice goalkeeper, Li Leilei to Shandong Luneng for 5 million; Former national striker Yang Chen to the newly promoted Xiamen Lanshi for 2 million and Zhou Ting to Beijing Hyundai for 3.5 million.

Other notable transfers included Wang Liang's 5 million move from Liaoning to Shandong, An Qi's 4 million move from defending champions Dalian Shide to Xiamen, and four players from Shandong (An Shuai, Zhou Yi, Sun Bing, and Cha Kejun) to Qingdao Jonoon for 1 million each.

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Beijing Guoan   Javier Musa   Milton Coimbra   Krisztián Kenesei
Changchun Yatai   Elvis Scott   Samuel Caballero   Marian Aliuță   Víctor Mena
  Corneliu Papură
Chongqing Lifan   Ortega Deniran   Pavle Delibašić   Darko Čordaš
  Velibor Kopunović
Dalian Shide   Zoran Janković   Patrick Mevoungou   Miodrag Pantelić
Liaoning   Clément Lebe   Viktor Brovchenko
Qingdao Jonoon   Fabiano   Dejan Sarić   Despot Višković   Velibor Kopunović
Shandong Luneng   Predrag Pažin   Aleksandar Živković   Branko Baković   Igor Gluščević   Branimir Petrović
Shanghai Shenhua   Carsten Jancker   Luis Ramírez   Ivan Jovanović   Goran Trobok
Shanghai United   Aderaldo   Renato Ribas   Tiago   Saúl Martínez   Jonas
Shenyang Ginde   Alex Alves   Blaž Puc   Taílson
  Ousmane Bangoura
Shenzhen Kingway   Bogdan Zając   Marek Zając   Ozeias
  Daniel Wansi
Tianjin Tigers   Marcos Aurélio   Benedict Akwuegbu   Marko Zorić   Henry Makinwa
Wuhan Optics Valley   Roberto Demus   Bruno Lança   Carlos Eduardo   Rafael Jaques
Xi'an Chanba   Vicente   Ivan Bulat   Kwame Ayew
Xiamen Blue Lions   Quinzinho   Gabriel Melkam   Branko Jelić   Saša Zimonjić   Prince Ikpe Ekong

The season

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Shandong Luneng and newcomer Changchun Yatai both had a good spell early on while defending champions Dalian Shide struggled early on. During the mid season, Changchun finally cannot kept up with the pace of the top league and gradually drops to fourth in the league. Meanwhile, a record 13 league win in a row saw Shandong gaining an unassailable lead at the top. With Shandong the clear winner, the interest in the second half of the season was the race to the second place and the fight against relegation.

In the end, Chongqing Lifan were relegated with two games to go while the race for second went all the way down to the wire before Shanghai Shenhua clinch the second spot with a last day win over Liaoning while Beijing Guoan slips.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shandong Luneng (C) 28 22 3 3 74 26 +48 69 Qualification for AFC Champions League
2 Shanghai Shenhua 28 14 10 4 37 19 +18 52
3 Beijing Guoan 28 13 10 5 27 16 +11 49
4 Changchun Yatai 28 13 7 8 41 26 +15 46
5 Dalian Shide 28 13 6 9 43 29 +14 45
6 Tianjin TEDA 28 10 10 8 40 38 +2 40
7 Shanghai United 28 9 12 7 32 25 +7 39
8 Xiamen Lanshi 28 9 11 8 28 27 +1 38
9 Xi'an Chanba 28 8 12 8 33 34 −1 36
10 Wuhan Optics Valley 28 8 7 13 28 42 −14 31
11 Shenzhen Kingway 28 8 6 14 22 42 −20 30
12 Liaoning 28 6 8 14 24 42 −18 26
13 Shenyang Ginde 28 6 8 14 22 43 −21 26
14 Qingdao Jonoon 28 6 7 15 25 36 −11 25
15 Chongqing Lifan (R) 28 3 7 18 20 51 −31 16 Relegation to League One
Source: League Table 2006
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Li Jinyu Shandong Luneng 26
2   Zheng Zhi Shandong Luneng 21
3   Luis Ramírez Shanghai Shenhua 13
4   Vicente Xi'an Chanba 11
5   Zoran Janković Dalian Shide 10
  Han Peng Shandong Luneng
  Zou Yougen Xiamen Lanshi

Attendances

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League

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  • Total attendance: 2,228,300 [1]
  • Average attendance: 10,611

Clubs

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Team Average Attendance
Shandong Luneng 30,679
Tianjin TEDA 18,071
Xi'an Chanba 17,286
Beijing Guoan 13,571
Shanghai Shenhua 12,786
Wuhan Optics Valley 10,500
Shenzhen Kingway 10,071
Changchun Yatai 8,607
Xiamen Lanshi 8,071
Liaoning 6,929
Chongqing Lifan 6,536
Qingdao Jonoon 6,071
Dalian Shide 5,043
Shenyang Ginde 2,750
Shanghai United 2,193

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Same as above
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