2025 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season2025
Dates22 February – 22 November[1]
Matches played128
Goals scored395 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerAlberto Quiles (7 goals)
Biggest home winBeijing Guoan 6–1 Shandong Taishan (19 April)
Biggest away winWuhan Three Towns 0–4 Zhejiang
Qingdao West Coast 1–5 Shandong Taishan
Highest scoringWuhan Three Towns 4–4 Beijing Guoan (15 April)
Longest winning runShanghai Shenhua (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBeijing Guoan
Shanghai Shenhua
(each 9 matches)
Longest winless runQingdao Hainiu (10 matches)
Longest losing runQingdao Hainiu
Shenzhen Peng City
(each 4 matches)
Highest attendance60,699
Dalian Yingbo 3–1 Yunnan Yukun (1 May)
Lowest attendance4,363
Qingdao West Coast 2–0 Wuhan Three Towns (3 March)
Total attendance2,255,875
Average attendance23,999
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 30 June 2025.

The 2025 Chinese Super League, also known as the 2025 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League (Chinese: 2025华润饮料中国足球超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, is the 22nd season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[2] Shanghai Port are the two-time defending champions.

Clubs

Club changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025 Chinese Super League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity 2024 season
Shanghai Port Shanghai (Pudong) Pudong Football Stadium 37,000 1st
Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai (Xuhui) Shanghai Stadium 71,066 2nd
Chengdu Rongcheng Chengdu Phoenix Hill Football Stadium 50,695 3rd
Beijing Guoan Beijing Workers' Stadium 68,000 4th
Shandong Taishan Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 5th
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Tianjin TEDA Soccer Stadium 36,390 6th
Zhejiang Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center Stadium 51,971 7th
Henan Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 8th
Changchun Yatai Changchun Changchun Stadium 41,638 9th
Qingdao West Coast Qingdao (Huangdao) Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center 27,000 10th
Wuhan Three Towns Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center 56,201 11th
Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao (Chengyang) Qingdao Youth Football Stadium 50,000 12th
Shenzhen Peng City Shenzhen Shenzhen Stadium 45,000 14th
Yunnan Yukun P Yuxi Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium 30,300 CL1, 1st
Dalian Yingbo P Dalian Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium 63,671 CL1, 2nd
Meizhou Hakka Wuhua Huitang Stadium 27,000 15th

Personnel and kits

The design for every participating CSL club's home kits were unveiled by Nike on 15 January 2025.[3]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Beijing Guoan Quique Setién Zhang Xizhe Nike[a] JD.com
Changchun Yatai Ricardo Soares Tan Long Yatai Building Materials
Chengdu Rongcheng Seo Jung-won Tim Chow Chengdu Rongcheng
Chengdu Construction
Dalian Yingbo Li Guoxu Yan Xiangchuang Xiwang
Henan Daniel Ramos Wang Shangyuan Jiuzu Dukang
HuaHuaNiu Milk Industry
Meizhou Hakka Milan Ristić Liao Junjian Xiwang
Qingdao Hainiu Li Xiaopeng Sha Yibo None
Qingdao West Coast Shao Jiayi Sun Jie Xihai'an New Area
Shandong Taishan Choi Kang-hee Wang Dalei Shandong Taishan
Shanghai Port Kevin Muscat Wang Shenchao Roewe
Shanghai Shenhua Leonid Slutsky Wu Xi Bank of Communications
Shenzhen Peng City Christian Lattanzio Rade Dugalić None
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Yu Genwei Wang Qiuming HItech
Wuhan Three Towns Deng Zhuoxiang Ren Hang Huayuan Securities
Yunnan Yukun Jørn Andersen Zhao Yuhao Yunnan Yukun
Zhejiang Raúl Caneda Franko Andrijašević Leapmotor
  1. ^ All CSL teams use Nike as kit manufacturer.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Beijing Guoan Ricardo Soares[4] Mutual consent 10 December 2024 Pre-season Quique Setién[5] 10 December 2024
Wuhan Three Towns Ricardo Rodríguez[6] Signed by Kashiwa Reysol 11 December 2024 Filipe Martins 17 January 2025
Qingdao Hainiu Yasen Petrov[7] Mutual consent 17 January 2025 Li Xiaopeng[8] 18 January 2025
Zhejiang Jordi Vinyals 31 December 2024 Raúl Caneda[9] 28 January 2025
Wuhan Three Towns Filipe Martins Sacked 11 April 2025 16th Deng Zhuoxiang 11 April 2025
Henan Nam Ki-il 29 April 2025 13th Daniel Ramos 29 April 2025
Changchun Yatai Xie Hui 6 May 2025 16th Ricardo Soares 8 May 2025

Foreign players

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is 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.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Naturalised players Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan players1 		Reserves players Former players
Beijing Guoan Fábio Abreu Dawhan Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui Guga Uroš Spajić → Serginho2
→ Arturo Cheng
Changchun Yatai Wylan Cyprien Ohi Omoijuanfo Lazar Rosić Robert Berić Stoppila Sunzu Juan Camilo Salazar
Chengdu Rongcheng Felipe Rômulo Yahav Gurfinkel Timo Letschert Issa Kallon → Pedro Delgado
→ Ming-yang Yang 		Tim Chow
Dalian Yingbo Daniel Penha Mamadou Traoré Zakaria Labyad Isnik Alimi Cephas Malele Fernando Karanga
Henan Bruno Nazário Felippe Cardoso Iago Maidana Lucas Maia Frank Acheampong Oliver Gerbig
Meizhou Hakka Rodrigo Henrique Jerome Ngom Mbekeli Darick Kobie Morris Elías Már Ómarsson Branimir Jočić Yue Tze Nam Michael Cheukoua
Qingdao Hainiu Elvis Sarić Filipe Augusto Wellington Silva Didier Lamkel Zé Nikola Radmanovac Wong Ho Chun Santiago Ormeño
Qingdao West Coast Nélson da Luz Davidson Matheus Índio Riccieli Abdul-Aziz Yakubu → Alex Yang Chen Po-liang
Shandong Taishan Cryzan Guilherme Madruga Lucas Gazal Zeca Valeri Qazaishvili Raphaël Merkies
Shanghai Port Gabrielzinho Gustavo Leonardo Mateus Vital Matheus Jussa → Tyias Browning2 Will Donkin Óscar Melendo
Shanghai Shenhua André Luis Luís Asué Ibrahim Amadou João Carlos Teixeira Wilson Manafá → Nico Yennaris2
→ Marcel Petrov 		Shinichi Chan Saulo Mineiro
→ Dai Wai Tsun2
Shenzhen Peng City Tiago Leonço Wesley Eden Kartsev Rade Dugalić Edu García Matt Orr Manprit Sarkaria
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Albion Ademi Xadas Alberto Quiles Cristian Salvador Juan Antonio Ros Sun Ming Him
Wuhan Three Towns Darlan Gustavo Sauer Manuel Palacios Alexandru Tudorie Park Ji-soo → Denny Wang
Yunnan Yukun Pedro Henrique Oscar Maritu Nené Alexandru Ioniță Andrei Burcă → John Hou Sæter Tsui Wang Kit Hélder Costa
José Martínez
Zhejiang Lucas Possignolo Yago Cariello Franko Andrijašević Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere Alexandru Mitriță → Alexander N'Doumbou Leung Nok Hang Jean Evrard Kouassi Aaron Boupendza
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
  • ^2 Players who have already capped by China.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beijing Guoan 16 11 5 0 37 15 +22 38 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Shanghai Shenhua 16 12 2 2 36 16 +20 38 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
3 Chengdu Rongcheng 16 10 4 2 32 13 +19 34
4 Shanghai Port 16 10 4 2 36 20 +16 34
5 Shandong Taishan 16 7 4 5 33 27 +6 25
6 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 16 7 4 5 23 24 −1 25
7 Yunnan Yukun 16 6 4 6 22 24 −2 22
8 Qingdao West Coast 16 5 6 5 21 24 −3 21
9 Dalian Yingbo 16 5 5 6 15 24 −9 20
10 Zhejiang 16 5 5 6 29 25 +4 20
11 Wuhan Three Towns 16 5 4 7 22 30 −8 19
12 Henan 16 4 3 9 24 29 −5 15
13 Shenzhen Peng City 16 4 2 10 17 35 −18 14
14 Meizhou Hakka 16 3 3 10 21 35 −14 12
15 Qingdao Hainiu 16 1 5 10 13 25 −12 8 Relegation to China League One
16 Changchun Yatai 16 2 2 12 14 29 −15 8
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away BJG CCY CDR DLY HEN MZH QDH QWC SDT SHP SHS SPC TJT WTT YNY ZHJ
Beijing Guoan — 2–1 1–1 – 1–0 – – 1–0 6–1 – a 3–1 – – 2–1 2–0
Changchun Yatai – — 1–2 – 0–1 – – 1–0 1–2 – 1–2 – 1–2 1–1 0–0 –
Chengdu Rongcheng – – — 2–0 – – – 1–1 – – 1–0 5–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1
Dalian Yingbo 0–2 2–0 – — 1–0 1–0 – – – – 0–3 – 1–1 – 3–2 –
Henan – – 3–2 – — – 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–3 – 3–4 1–2 – –
Meizhou Hakka 0–4 1–3 0–4 – 2–1 — – – 3–4 – 1–3 3–0 1–2 3–1 – –
Qingdao Hainiu 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 – 1–1 — 2–2 – – – 0–1 – – – 0–3
Qingdao West Coast – – – 2–0 – 3–1 1–0 — 1–5 3–3 – 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 –
Shandong Taishan – – 0–3 4–1 0–0 – 1–1 – — – 0–1 4–0 – 3–1 – 4–2
Shanghai Port 1–2 2–0 1–3 3–0 – 2–1 3–1 – 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 – – – –
Shanghai Shenhua 2–2 2–1 – – – – 3–2 4–0 – a — – 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–2
Shenzhen Peng City – 3–1 – 1–1 1–3 – – – – 1–2 3–1 — 1–0 1–2 3–4 –
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2–2 – – – – 2–2 1–0 – 1–0 1–4 – – — – 0–1 2–0
Wuhan Three Towns 4–4 – 2–2 2–2 – – 2–0 – – 0–2 – – 2–1 — 3–1 0–4
Yunnan Yukun 0–2 – – – 2–1 2–0 1–0 – 3–2 2–3 – – – – — 1–1
Zhejiang – 4–2 – 1–1 2–2 2–2 – 2–1 – 2–2 – 3–0 – – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Beijing Guoan2378565543333111
Shanghai Shenhua3532211112111222
Chengdu Rongcheng4896334221222333
Shanghai Port1111143434444444
Shandong Taishan11227422355555655
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger5645756668766576
Yunnan Yukun161310111010111011131197767
Qingdao West Coast6464678797678898
Dalian Yingbo101411911119111099101011119
Zhejiang9105388797688910810
Wuhan Three Towns1416161616141315121112121291011
Henan12121414121214121314141413121212
Shenzhen Peng City1591212131512131412131314131313
Meizhou Hakka8781099108810101111141414
Qingdao Hainiu7111313141616161616151515151515
Changchun Yatai13151515151315141515161616161616
Leader and qualification for AFC Champions League Elite group stage
Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
Relegation to China League One
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: Soccerway

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Beijing GuoanWDDDWWDWWWWWDWWW
Changchun YataiLLLDLWLDLLLLLLWL
Chengdu RongchengWLDWWWDWWWWWDLWD
Dalian YingboDLWDLDWLDWLDLWLW
HenanDLLLWLLWLLLWDWLD
Meizhou HakkaDWLLWLDWDLLLLLLL
Qingdao HainiuDLLDLLLLDDWLDLLL
Qingdao West CoastDWDWDLLWLWDLDDLW
Shandong TaishanDWWLWWWLLDLWDLWD
Shanghai PortWWDWDWWLWLWWDDWW
Shanghai ShenhuaWDWWDWWWWLWWWLWW
Shenzhen Peng CityLWLLLLWLDWDLLWLL
Tianjin Jinmen TigerDWWDDDLWLLWLWWLW
Wuhan Three TownsLLLDLWDLWWLDWWLD
Yunnan YukunLDWLWLDDLLWWWDWL
ZhejiangDDWWLLDLWWLLDDWL
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

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