2006 Chinese Super League
The 2006 Chinese Super League was the third season since the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League, 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.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2005 China League One- Xiamen Lanshi
- Changchun Yatai
- None
Preseason
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the league, and that the Chinese Football Association had prepared a schedule with only 14 teams should Liaoning have withdrawn.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
, 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 Guoan 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 to Qingdao Jonoon for 1 million each.
Personnel
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| Beijing Guoan |  Foreign playersThe number of foreign players is restricted to three, but all teams can only use two foreign players on the field in each game. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.
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