2011 Chinese Super League


The 2011 Chinese Super League was the eighth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the eighteenth season of a professional association football league and the 50th top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande clinched their first ever Chinese Super League title on September 28, 2011.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2010 China League One
Teams relegated to 2011 China League One

Clubs

Personnel and locations

ClubHead coachCityStadiumCapacity2010 season
Beijing Guoan

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Henan Jianye

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 was 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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC playerFormer players
Beijing Guoan

League table


Goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Awards

Attendances

Top 10 attendances

AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
53,375181 August 2011Beijing Guoan1–1Guangzhou EvergrandeWorkers' StadiumMondayNight
50,389156 July 2011Guangzhou Evergrande4–0Chengdu BladesTianhe StadiumWednesdayNight
50,00012 April 2011Guangzhou Evergrande1–0Dalian ShideTianhe StadiumSaturdayNight
49,6932716 October 2011Guangzhou Evergrande3–0Shanghai ShenhuaTianhe StadiumSundayNight
48,920929 May 2011Guangzhou Evergrande1–1Changchun YataiTianhe StadiumSundayNight
48,6572929 October 2011Beijing Guoan2–3Shaanxi ChanbaWorkers' StadiumSaturdayAfternoon
48,5001714 July 2011Guangzhou Evergrande5–0Nanchang HengyuanTianhe StadiumThursdayNight
48,3832524 September 2011Guangzhou Evergrande4–0Tianjin TEDATianhe StadiumFridayNight
48,3121118 June 2011Guangzhou Evergrande2–0Shaanxi ChanbaTianhe StadiumSaturdayNight
48,160196 August 2011Guangzhou Evergrande4–0Qingdao JonoonTianhe StadiumSaturdayNight