The 2000 Chinese Jia-A League season, also known as Pepsi Chinese Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of professional association football and the 39th top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 19 and ended on October 1, and saw Dalian Shide win the championship.
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 1999 Jia-B League Xiamen Xiaxin Yunnan Hongta
Relegated after end of 1999 Jia-A League Guangzhou Songri Wuhan Hongtao K
Personnel
TeamManager Beijing Guoan Wei Kexing Chongqing Longxin Lee Jang-soo Dalian Shide Milorad Kosanović Jilin Aodong Gao Hui Liaoning Fushun Wang Hongli Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu Miloljub Ostojić Shandong Luneng Slobodan Santrač Shanghai Shenhua Ljupko Petrović Shenyang Haishi Henryk Kasperczak Shenzhen Pingan Zhu Guanghu Sichuan Guancheng Miloš Hrstić Tianjin TEDA Nelson Agresta Xiamen Xiaxin Chi Shangbin Yunnan Hongta Qi Wusheng
Foreign players ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Former playersBeijing Guoan Sandro Sotilli Alexander Amaya Nikoslav Bjegović Rui EstevesChongqing Longxin Milen Georgiev Miroslav Bičanić Mark WilliamsDalian Shide Adilson Nando Miodrag Pantelić Dalibor ŠkorićJilin Aodong Mate Šestan Zola Kiniambi András Telek Bruno Hameni NjeukamLiaoning Fushun Fabrice Grange Momart Gueye Viktor Moroz Rostislav Hertl Zoltán JagodicsQingdao Yizhong Hainiu Aleksandar Stevanović Predrag Brzaković Adrián Paz Milan SamurovićShandong Luneng Saša Petrović Charles Wittl Casiano Delvalle Denis PrtenjačaShanghai Shenhua Dejan Sarić Saša Viciknez Zoran Ranković Marcelo SergipanoShenyang Haishi Tobie Mimboe Miguel Miranda Serhiy Nahornyak Wilfred MugeyiShenzhen Pingan Tiago Abdeljalil El Hajji Paul RideoutSichuan Guancheng Lula Milson Kazimir VulićTianjin TEDA Emerson Gustavo Matosas Juan Ferreri Eugenio GuajardoXiamen Xiaxin Evaldo Goncalves Rodrigo Carbone Mahmadu Alphajor Bah Amir Osmanović Mate ŠestanYunnan Hongta Bertin Tomou Fodé Camara Aristică Cioabă Rotson Kilambe
League standings
Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Casiano DelvalleShandong Luneng 15 2 Wang TaoBeijing Guoan 13 Zoran RankovićShanghai Shenhua Mark WilliamsChongqing Longxin 5 Miroslav BičanićChongqing Longxin 12 Serhiy NahornyakShenyang Haishi 7 Zhang YuningLiaoning Fushun 11 8 Dejan SarićShanghai Shenhua 10 Miodrag PantelićDalian Shide 10 Li BingSichuan Guancheng 9 Fodé CamaraYunnan Hongta
See also Chinese Jia-A League Chinese Super League Chinese Football Association Jia League Chinese Football Association Yi League Chinese FA Cup Chinese Football Association Football in China List of football records in China Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League
References China - List of final tables (RSSSF)