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2020 Chinese Super League

The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The season was scheduled to begin on 22 February and to end on 31 October, but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 July 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be split into two stages. In the first stage, which began on 25 July 2020 and concluded on 29 September 2020, 16 teams were split into two groups in two locations, one in Dalian and the other in Suzhou. On 2 September 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the second stage would begin on 16 October 2020 and conclude on 12 November 2020.

Jiangsu Suning beat defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their first and only top-flight title: three months after the season, Jiangsu folded.

As a result, fourth-placed Shanghai SIPG gained a place in the 2021 AFC Champions League along with Guangzhou and Beijing Sinobo Guoan, while Shijiazhuang Ever Bright avoided relegation.

Club changes

Clubs promoted from 2019 China League One

Clubs relegated to 2020 China League One

Dissolved entries

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright return to the division after a 3-year absence. Qingdao Huanghai compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Beijing Renhe were relegated to China League One after spending 2 seasons in the Chinese Super League. Shenzhen were reprieved from relegation after finishing second-bottom due to the dissolution of Tianjin Tianhai.

Name changes

  • Dalian Yifang F.C. changed their name to Dalian Pro in January 2020.

Clubs

Personnel and stadiums

Locations

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Managerial changes

Coach nationality

Foreign players

  • Foreign players: The number of foreign players (excluding goalkeepers) 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(s) fielded will be counted as foreign player(s).
  • Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan players: Each club can register one Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), 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.
  • For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

Regular season

Group A

Stadiums

League table

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Results

Positions by round

Results by match played

Group B

Stadiums

League table

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Results

Positions by round

Results by match played

Championship stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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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

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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

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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

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 5–1 on aggregate.

5th–6th place playoffs

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

5–5 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng Taishan won 4–3 on penalties.

3rd–4th place playoffs

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First leg (Round 19)

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

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

Jiangsu Suning won 2–1 on aggregate.

Relegation stage

Bracket

9th–16th place playoffs

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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

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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

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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

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First leg (Round 19)

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

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

Shenzhen won 4–1 on aggregate.

11th–12th place playoffs

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

Guangzhou R&F won 4–3 on aggregate.

9th–10th place playoffs

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First leg (Round 19)

Second leg (Round 20)

Henan Jianye won 2–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

Overview

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Matches

First leg

Second leg

Wuhan Zall won 3–2 on aggregate and stayed in the Chinese Super League.

Final ranking

Player statistics

Top scorers

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Top assists

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Hat-tricks

Awards

Players of the Round

The following players were named the Players of the Round.

League attendances

References

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