The 2001 Chinese Jia-A League season was the eighth season of professional association football and the 40th top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 11 and ended on December 16, with Dalian Shide retaining the championship.
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2000 Jia-B League Shaanxi Guoli August 1st
Teams relegated after end of 2000 Jia-A League Xiamen Xiaxin Jilin Aodong
Overview The season would see Dalian Shide continue their dominance within the league and saw them win their sixth league title. On the other end of the table Shenyang Ginde would gain the fewest points in Chinese league history, although because it was an expansion season they avoided relegation. Also the Asian Club Championship was rebranded as the AFC Champions League and would now allow two Chinese teams to enter the competition.
Personnel
TeamManager August 1st Beijing Guoan Wei Kexing Chongqing Lifan Lee Jang-soo Dalian Shide Milorad Kosanović Liaoning Fushun Wang Hongli Qingdao Beer Guo Zuojin Shaanxi Guoli Shandong Luneng Boris Ignatyev Shanghai Shenhua Ilija Petković Shenyang Ginde Alain Laurier Shenzhen Kejian Ping'an Zhu Guanghu Sichuan Shangwutong Bob Houghton Tianjin TEDA Nelson Agresta Yunnan Hongta Qi Wusheng
Foreign players As a military-owned team, August 1st were not allowed to sign any foreign players. From this season onwards, clubs are not allowed to sign foreign goalkeepers anymore.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former playersBeijing Guoan Milen Georgiev Diego Toro Miroslav Čermelj Jonny RödlundChongqing Lifan Dean Računica Zola Kiniambi Arnold Schwellensattl Lê Huỳnh Đức Jonathan SogbieDalian Shide Adilson Nando Srđan Bajčetić Zoran RajovićLiaoning Fushun Dave KasteleinQingdao Beer Claudio Arturi Dejan Sarić Edson PaulistaShaanxi Guoli Alex Lula Marcão Renato Ribas DouglasShandong Luneng Márcio Santos Gabriel Mendoza Nii Lamptey Serhiy Nahornyak Casiano Delvalle José HerreraShanghai Shenhua Saša Raca Dragan Tomić Neško Milovanović Zoran Ranković Víctor Hugo MaflaShenyang Ginde Georges Mouyémé Robert Caha Marek Jóźwiak Rafał Pawlak Tobie MimboeShenzhen Kejian Ping'an Tiago Denis Prtenjača Abdeljalil El Hajji Eliphas ShivuteSichuan Shangwutong Marcelo Marmelo Dragan Vukoja Miroslav BičanićTianjin TEDA Emerson Milson Claudio Elías Marcelo de Souza Claudio Arturi Alejandro LarreaYunnan Hongta Luis Musrri Marian Savu Viorel Domocoș Sergei Kiriakov Bertin Tomou Constantin Munteanu
League standings
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)