List of Chinese football champions

The Chinese football champions indicates all past winners of the Chinese top-tier football league since it became a professional league in 1994.

History

The professional football league of China was found in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League (甲A联赛). After 10 years of existence, the Chinese FA decided to create a new top tier league known as the Chinese Super League.

So far 18 seasons have been completed, with 8 seasons as the Chinese Super League. Dalian Shide (former Dalian Wanda), a defunct team based in Dalian is the most successful team with 8 triumphs. They twice achieved the accomplishment of winning 3 consecutive titles, one is from 1996 to 1998, with the other from 2000 to 2002.

Jia-A League champions

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1994	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai Shenhua
1995	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	Dalian Wanda
1996	Dalian Wanda	Shanghai Shenhua	Bayi
1997	Dalian Wanda	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1998	Dalian Wanda	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1999	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Liaoning	Sichuan Quanxing
2000	Dalian Shide	Shanghai Shenhua	Sichuan Quanxing
2001	Dalian Shide	Shanghai Shenhua	Liaoning
2002	Dalian Shide	Shenzhen Ping An	Beijing Guoan
2003	— ^1	Inter Shanghai	Dalian Shide

• Italic indicates defunct clubs.
• ^1 Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in this season.^[1]

Super League champions

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2004	Shenzhen Jianlibao	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Inter Shanghai
2005	Dalian Shide	Shanghai Shenhua	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2006	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2007	Changchun Yatai	Beijing Guoan	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2008	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2009	Beijing Guoan	Changchun Yatai	Henan Construction
2010	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Tianjin Teda	Shanghai Shenhua
2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	Beijing Guoan	Liaoning Whowin
2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jiangsu Sainty	Beijing Guoan
2013	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Beijing Guoan
2014	Guangzhou Evergrande	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou R&F
2015	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai SIPG	Shandong Luneng Taishan

Table of winners

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Dalian Shide	8	0	2
Guangzhou Evergrande	5	1	0
Shandong Luneng Taishan	4	2	3
Shanghai Shenhua	1	8	2
Beijing Guoan	1	4	7
Shenzhen Ruby	1	1	0
Changchun Yatai	1	1	0
Liaoning Whowin	0	1	2
Shaanxi Renhe	0	1	1
Tianjin Teda	0	1	0
Jiangsu Sainty	0	1	0
Shanghai SIPG	0	1	0
Sichuan Quanxing	0	0	2
Bayi	0	0	1
Henan Construction	0	0	1
Guangzhou R&F	0	0	1

External links

• List of Champions (Included 1951-1993) on RSSSF

References

1. 中国足协纪律委员会处罚决定（001-038号） (in Chinese). Chinese Football Association. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-02-18.