2020 Chinese Super League

Foreign players

• Foreign players: The number of foreign players that clubs can register over the course of the season is increased from six to seven and the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is also increased from four to five. A maximum of five foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of four can be fielded at any time during the match.
• Naturalized players: There is no limits in registering naturalized players. There is no limits in fielding Chinese-descent naturalized players. However, only one non-Chinese-descent naturalized player can be fielded as native player while other non-Chinese-descent naturalized player fielded will be counted as foreign player.
• Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan players: Each club can register one Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent, provided that he was registered as a professional footballer in one of those three associations for the first time in his career, as a native player.
• Players name in bold indicates the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in ITALICS indicates the players that left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Naturalized players	Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan Players	Reserves players	Former players
Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Regular season Group A Stadiums Dalian Sports Centre Stadium Dalian Youth Football Training Base Main Stadium Jinzhou Stadium Puwan Stadium '''' League table Group B Stadiums Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Suzhou Sports Center Changshu Stadium '''' League table Championship stage Quarter-finals First leg (Round 15) ---- ---- ---- Second leg (Round 16) Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 8–1 on aggregate. ---- Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 4–3 on aggregate. ---- 1–1 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won 5–4 on penalties. ---- ''Jiangsu Suning won 2–1 on aggregate.'' Semi-finals The winners will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage. First leg (Round 17) ---- Second leg (Round 18) Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- ''Jiangsu Suning won 3–2 on aggregate.'' 5th–8th place playoffs First leg (Round 17) ---- Second leg (Round 18) Shandong Luneng Taishan won 8–5 on aggregate. ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Chongqing Dangdai Lifan won 10–9 on penalties.'' 7th–8th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) ''Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 5–1 on aggregate.'' 5th–6th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) ''5–5 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng Taishan won 4–3 on penalties.'' 3rd–4th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 3–2 on aggregate. ''Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, and as Jiangsu Suning folded after the season, Shanghai SIPG also qualified.'' Finals Second leg (Round 20) ''Jiangsu Suning won 2–1 on aggregate.'' Relegation stage 9th–16th place playoffs First leg (Round 15) ---- ---- ---- Second leg (Round 16) Tianjin TEDA won 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Dalian Pro won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Henan Jianye won 2–1 on aggregate. ---- ''Guangzhou R&F won 2–1 on aggregate.'' 9th–12th place playoffs First leg (Round 17) ---- Second leg (Round 18) Tianjin TEDA won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- ''Henan Jianye won 5–3 on aggregate.'' 13th–16th place playoffs First leg (Round 17) ---- Second leg (Round 18) Shenzhen won 3–2 on aggregate. ---- ''3–3 on aggregate. Qingdao Huanghai won 5–4 on penalties.'' 15th–16th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) Wuhan Zall won 2–1 on aggregate. ''Wuhan Zall qualified to the [|relegation play-offs]. Shijiazhuang Ever Bright were to be directly relegated to the 2021 China League One, but were reprieved from relegation after Jiangsu Suning folded.'' 13th–14th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) ''Shenzhen won 4–1 on aggregate.'' 11th–12th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) ''Guangzhou R&F won 4–3 on aggregate.'' 9th–10th place playoffs Second leg (Round 20) ''Henan Jianye won 2–1 on aggregate.'' Relegation play-offs Overview Matches Second leg ''Wuhan Zall won 3–2 on aggregate and stayed in the Chinese Super League.'' Player statistics Top scorers Source: Rank Player Club Goals 1 Top assists Source: Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Awards Players of the Round The following players were named the Players of the Round. Round Player Club 1 League attendances Round Home team Result Away team Date Location Attendance 6 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 1–2 Shanghai SIPG 22 8 2020 Suzhou 1,588 8 Shanghai SIPG 4–1 Tianjin TEDA 31 8 2020 Suzhou 835 8 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 5–2 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 1 9 2020 Suzhou 742 9 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–1 Guangzhou R&F 4 9 2020 Dalian 1,500 9 Qingdao Huanghai 0–1 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 5 9 2020 Suzhou 762 9 Wuhan Zall 2–2 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6 9 2020 Suzhou 985 10 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1–1 Shandong Luneng Taishan 9 9 2020 Dalian 2,000 10 Shanghai SIPG 2–1 Qingdao Huanghai 10 9 2020 Suzhou 632 10 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 3–1 Hebei China Fortune 11 9 2020 Suzhou 447 11 Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 13 9 2020 Dalian 2,000 11 Wuhan Zall 1–2 Shanghai SIPG 15 9 2020 Suzhou 871 11 Tianjin TEDA 1–1 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 16 9 2020 Suzhou 452 12 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–1 Henan Jianye 21 9 2020 Dalian 600 12 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 1–0 Wuhan Zall 22 9 2020 Suzhou 419 13 Dalian Pro 1–3 Shenzhen 24 9 2020 Dalian 5,894 13 Shanghai SIPG 1–0 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 25 9 2020 Suzhou 1,603 14 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 1–0 Dalian Pro 27 9 2020 Dalian 1,991 14 Shenzhen 0–1 Jiangsu Suning 27 9 2020 Dalian 2,000 14 Hebei China Fortune 3–1 Qingdao Huanghai 28 9 2020 Suzhou 224