2022 Chinese Super League

The 2022 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 19th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Shandong Taishan were the defending champions.

On May 23, the league was confirmed to start from June 3.

Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition system is still adopted in the first stage of this season, and it is planned to return to the home and away competition system from August 5, 2022 (from 11th round).

Format

The format of the season was revealed on 13 May 2022. In the first stage (round 1–10), 18 teams will be divided into three groups. The hosts were allocated to each group and other teams will be drawn based on last season's rankings.

Groups

The draw for the first stage was revealed on 13 May 2022.

Centralised venues

• Meizhou (Group A)
• Hengbei Football Town Field No.9
• Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
• Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre
• Haikou (Group B)
• Haikou Mission Hills Football Training Base
• Wuyuan River Stadium
• Wuyuan River Stadium Outer Field No.2
• Dalian (Group C)
• Jinzhou Stadium
• Puwan Stadium
• Jinjiang
• Jinjiang Football Training Center Stadium
• Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium

Clubs

Club changes

To Super League

Clubs promoted from 2021 China League One

• Wuhan Three Towns
• Meizhou Hakka
• Zhejiang
• Chengdu Rongcheng

From Super League

Dissolved entries

• <s>Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic</s>
• <s>Qingdao</s>

Zhejiang returned to the division after a 5-year absence; Wuhan Three Towns, Meizhou Hakka and Chengdu Rongcheng all compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their respective histories. Dalian Pro were reprieved from relegation after losing the relegation play-off ties following the dissolution of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Qingdao.

Name changes

• Wuhan F.C. changed their name to Wuhan Yangtze River in March 2022.

Clubs information

• Guangzhou (Rounds 16, 23, 24); Chengdu Rongcheng (Rounds 17, 19, 27, 28, 30); Henan Songshan Longmen (Round 19); Zhejiang (Round 23); Shandong Taishan (Round 29); Beijing Guoan (Round 31), played in centralised venues (Haikou or Jinjiang), Guangzhou City (Round 25) played in away venues (Wuhua).

Managerial changes

Foreign players

• Players name in bold indicates the player is 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.
• Naturalized players whose parents or grandparents were born in mainland China, thus are regarded as local players.

League table

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Results

Positions by round

Player statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Notes

• (H) – Home team
• (A) – Away team

References

External links

• Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway