The 2016 season was the 66th season of competitive association football in China.
Promotion and relegation
LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from leagueChinese Super League Yanbian Funde Hebei China Fortune Shanghai Shenxin Beijing RenheChina League One Meizhou Hakka Dalian Transcendence Beijing BIT Jiangxi LianshengChina League Two Suzhou Dongwu Hainan Seamen Shenzhen Renren Shenyang Urban
National teams
China national football team
FIFA ranking MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecPoints413365351423423423422445445419423427Ranking (World)829396818181817878848382Ranking (AFC)811128891088888
Results and fixtures
China women's national football team
FIFA ranking MonthMarJunSeptDecPoints1918191418921892Ranking (World)12121313Ranking (AFC)4444
Results and fixtures
AFC competitions
2016 AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-off
Preliminary round 2
Play-off round
Group stage
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Men's Football League season Chinese Super League
China League One
China League Two
Overall table
North Group
South Group
Play-offs Nineteenth place match
Seventeenth Place Match
Fifteenth Place Match
Thirteenth Place Match
Eleventh Place Match
Nineteenth place match
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-Place Match
Final
Cup competitions
Chinese FA Cup
Final First leg
Second leg
3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won on away goals.
Chinese FA Super Cup
Women's Football League season China Women's Super League League table TeamRelegation1Dalian Quanjian (C)14941297+22312Shanghai GTJA Yung Park149322611+15303Changchun Rural Commercial Bank14833259+16274Shandong Elite Sports Stylish145361417−3185Tianjin Huisen145361725−8186Beijing Enterprise Holding145271924−5177Jiangsu Suning144461216−416Super League Relegation Playoffs8PLA (R)140014639−330Relegated to League One
China Women's League One League table TeamPromotion1Hebei China Fortune (C)(P)141220453+4238Promoted to Super League2Zhejiang Lander141031336+2733Super League Relegation Playoffs3Henan Huishang148242613+13264Sichuan WFC1471614140225Wuhan Jianghan University145181320−7166Shaanxi WFC14437817−9157Guangdong Suoka1440101419−5128Nei Mongol Hengjun Beilian140014263−610
China Women's Super League Relegation Playoffs
Cup competitions Chinese Women's Football Championship Final
Chinese FA Women's Cup Final
Chinese FA Women's Super Cup
Scandals Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl
On 11 May 2016, an on-field brawl occurred in the third-round game of FA Cup between amateur club Wuhan Hongxing and first tier club Jiangsu Suning. Jiangsu's striker Ge Wei scored in the 7th minute of stoppage time as Jiangsu edged Wuhan Hongxing 1–0 and advanced to the next round. Players and staff of Wuhan Hongxing lost control and attacked their counterparts following the final whistle. Jiangsu's Xie Pengfei was hit onto the ground by several Wuhan players, while scorer Ge Wei was injured on his rib; many other Jiangsu's players also suffered injuries in the melee.Violent brawl stuns Chinese FA Cup Some reporters from Jiangsu were also assaulted in the incident. Jiangsu's staff Wu Bo, who was recording the match, was beaten up by a group of unidentified people.
Jiangsu Suning left Wuhan on a high-speed train immediately after the match. The officials of Wuhan Hongxing condemned the brawl and vowed to punish the players involved later that day. They also emphasized that the cause of the brawl could not ascribed to Wuhan only as they believed the goal celebration of Jiangsu was a deliberate provocation.武汉宏兴:江苏进球后有挑衅行为 打人者将开除 On 12 May 2016, Wuhan Hongxing issued an apology to Jiangsu and announced that five players who were involved the brawl had been sacked by the club.Wuhan club sacks 5 players over brawl However, Wuhan was exposed to use ineligible players in the match on the same day.网曝武汉宏兴队员冒名顶替参赛 足协已着手调查
On 20 May 2016, the Chinese Football Association published the survey results and punishments. Jiangsu was awarded a 3–0 win. Wuhan Hongxing Bairun F.C. was fined 200,000 RMB and banned from all future matches organised by the Chinese Football Association. Six players and two staff of Wuhan received a life ban from football, four players of Wuhan received a 36-month ban from football and ten players of Wuhan received a 24-month ban from football.
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