2026 Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League
Season2026
Dates6 March – 8 November[1]
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The 2026 Chinese Super League, also known as the 2026 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League (Chinese: 2026华润饮料中国足球超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 23rd season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.[2][3]

Clubs

Club changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2026 Chinese Super League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity 2025 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
Yunnan Yukun Yuxi Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium 30,300 8th
Qingdao West Coast Qingdao (Huangdao) Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center 27,000 9th
Henan Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 10th
Dalian Yingbo Dalian Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium 63,671 11th
Shenzhen Peng City Shenzhen Shenzhen Stadium 45,000 12th
Wuhan Three Towns Wuhan 13th
Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao (Chengyang) Qingdao Youth Football Stadium 50,000 14th
Liaoning Tieren P Shenyang Tiexi Stadium 40,000 CL1, 1st
Chongqing Tonglianglong P Chongqing CL1, 2nd

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chongqing Tonglianglong Chang Woe-ryong[4] End of contract 12 December 2025 Pre-season Liu Jianye[5] 14 December 2025
Chengdu Rongcheng Seo Jung-won[6] End of contract 18 December 2025
Zhejiang Raúl Caneda End of contract 22 December 2025 Ross Aloisi[7] 22 December 2025
Beijing Guoan Ramiro Amarelle[8][9] Signed by Shenzhen Juniors 23 December 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
Chengdu Rongcheng Felipe Rômulo Yahav Gurfinkel Timo Letschert Issa Kallon → Ming-yang Yang Tim Chow
Chongqing Tonglianglong Leonardo Rimvydas Sadauskas José Ángel Carrillo Ng Yu Hei
Dalian Yingbo Mamadou Traoré Zakaria Labyad Isnik Alimi Cephas Malele
Henan Bruno Nazário Iago Maidana Lucas Maia Frank Acheampong Oliver Gerbig
Liaoning Tieren Felipe Guy Mbenza Takahiro Kunimoto Ange Kouamé
Qingdao Hainiu Elvis Sarić Filipe Augusto Wellington Silva Didier Lamkel Zé
Qingdao West Coast Nélson da Luz Davidson Matheus Índio → Alex Yang Chen Po-liang
Shandong Taishan Cryzan Guilherme Madruga Zeca Valeri Qazaishvili Lluís López → Pedro Delgado Raphaël Merkies
Shanghai Port Gustavo Leonardo Mateus Vital Matheus Jussa Óscar Melendo → Tyias Browning2 Alexander Jojo
Shanghai Shenhua André Luis Luís Asué Ibrahim Amadou João Carlos Teixeira Wilson Manafá → Nico Yennaris2
→ Dai Wai Tsun2
→ Marcel Petrov 		Shinichi Chan Saulo Mineiro
Shenzhen Peng City Wesley Eden Kartsev Matt Orr
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 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 Will Donkin
Yunnan Yukun Pedro Henrique Oscar Maritu Nené Alexandru Ioniță Andrei Burcă → John Hou Sæter Tsui Wang Kit
Zhejiang Lucas Possignolo Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere Alexandru Mitriță → Alexander N'Doumbou
  • ^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 for China.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beijing Guoan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Chengdu Rongcheng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
3 Chongqing Tonglianglong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dalian Yingbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Henan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Liaoning Tieren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Qingdao Hainiu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Qingdao West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shandong Taishan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Shanghai Port 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Shanghai Shenhua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Shenzhen Peng City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Wuhan Three Towns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yunnan Yukun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to China League One
16 Zhejiang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 March 2026. 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 CDR CQT DLY HEN LNT QDH QWC SDT SHP SHS SPC TJT WTT YNY ZHJ
Beijing Guoan —
Chengdu Rongcheng —
Chongqing Tonglianglong —
Dalian Yingbo —
Henan —
Liaoning Tieren —
Qingdao Hainiu —
Qingdao West Coast —
Shandong Taishan —
Shanghai Port —
Shanghai Shenhua —
Shenzhen Peng City —
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger —
Wuhan Three Towns —
Yunnan Yukun —
Zhejiang —
First match(es) will be played: 6 March 2026. Source:
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.

Leader and qualification for AFC Champions League Elite group stage
Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
Relegation to China League One
First match(es) will be played on 6 March 2026. Source:

Results by match played

First match(es) will be played on 6 March 2026. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

References

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