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. Team2021 seasonDraw orderNo.GroupMeizhou HakkaCL1, 2nd (Host) -A1Beijing Guoan5th5A2Shenzhen6th6A3Cangzhou Mighty Lions11th11A4Tianjin Jinmen Tiger12th12A5Chengdu RongchengCL1, 4th17A6Shandong Taishan1st1B1Changchun Yatai4th4B2Guangzhou City7th7B3Henan Songshan Longmen10th10B4Dalian Pro15th13B5ZhejiangCL1, 3rd16B6Shanghai Port2nd2C1Guangzhou3rd3C2Hebei8th8C3Shanghai Shenhua9th9C4Wuhan Yangtze River14th14C5Wuhan Three TownsCL1, 1st15C6
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 Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Qingdao
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 Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2021 season Shandong Taishan Hao Wei Jinan Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,8081st Shanghai Port Xi Zhikang (caretaker) Shanghai Dalian Sports Centre Stadium (Dalian) 60,8322nd Guangzhou Zheng Zhi Guangzhou Huadu Stadium 13,3953rd Changchun Yatai Chen Yang Changchun Changchun Stadium 41,6384th Beijing Guoan Stanley Menzo Beijing Rizhao International Football Center (Rizhao) 12,0005th Shenzhen Zhang Xiaorui (caretaker) Shenzhen Centralised venues (Haikou/Jinjiang) -6th Guangzhou City Li Weifeng Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,0007th Hebei Liu Junwei (caretaker) Langfang Datong Sports Center (Datong) 29,2848th Shanghai Shenhua Wu Jingui Shanghai Jinzhou Stadium (Dalian) 30,7769th Henan Songshan Longmen Javier Pereira Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,86010th Cangzhou Mighty Lions Svetozar Šapurić Cangzhou Centralised venues (Haikou/Dalian) -11th Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Yu Genwei Tianjin Centralised venues (Haikou) -12th Wuhan Yangtze River Li Jinyu Wuhan Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center 30,00014th Wuhan Three Towns P Pedro Morilla Wuhan Wuhan Sports Center 56,201CL1, 1st Meizhou Hakka P Milan Ristić Wuhua Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre 27,000CL1, 2nd Zhejiang P Jordi Vinyals Hangzhou Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre (Huzhou) 40,000CL1, 3rd (Promotion play-offs winner)Chengdu Rongcheng P Seo Jung-wonChengdu Shuangliu Sports Centre 26,000CL1, 4th (Promotion play-offs winner) Phoenix Hill Football Stadium 50,695CL1, 4th (Promotion play-offs winner)Dalian Pro Xie HuiDalian Puwan Stadium 30,00015th (Relegation play-offs loser) Dalian Sports Centre Stadium 60,83215th (Relegation play-offs loser) 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 TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Beijing Guoan Slaven BilićMutual consent 8 January 2022 Pre-season Xie Feng 14 January 2022 Guangzhou Zheng Zhi Liu Zhiyu Henan Songshan Longmen Antonio Gómez-Carreño Escalona (caretaker)End of caretaker spell 9 January 2022 Javier Pereira 9 January 2022 Shenzhen Zhang Xiaorui (caretaker) 12 February 2022 Lee Jang-soo 12 February 2022 Shanghai Shenhua Mao Yijun (caretaker) 1 March 2022 Wu Jingui 1 March 2022 Dalian Pro José GonzálezMutual consent 12 March 2022 Xie Hui 19 March 2022 Guangzhou City Jean-Paul van Gastel 24 July 2022 17th Zhao Junzhe (caretaker) 24 July 2022 Beijing Guoan Xie Feng Resigned 12 August 2022 11th Sui Dongliang (caretaker) 12 August 2022 Guangzhou Liu Zhiyu Mutual consent 13 August 2022 16th Zheng Zhi 13 August 2022 Beijing Guoan Sui Dongliang (caretaker)End of caretaker spell 29 August 2022 9th Stanley Menzo 29 August 2022 Guangzhou City Zhao Junzhe (caretaker) 29 August 2022 17th Li Weifeng 29 August 2022 Shenzhen Lee Jang-sooSacked 1 September 2022 13th Zhang Xiaorui (caretaker) 1 September 2022 Shanghai Port Ivan Leko 1 December 2022 6th Xi Zhikang (caretaker) 1 December 2022 Hebei Kim Jong-boo End of visa 16 December 2022 18th Chen Jieqiong (caretaker) 16 December 2022 Hebei Chen Jieqiong (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 23 December 2022 18th Liu Junwei (caretaker) 23 December 2022
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 TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Naturalized playersHong Kong/Macau/Taiwan PlayersReserves playersFormer players Beijing Guoan Samir Memišević Marko Dabro Samuel Adegbenro Kang Sang-woo → Nico Yennaris→ John Hou Sæter Cangzhou Mighty Lions Oscar Maritu José Kanté Georgy Zhukov Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere Stoppila Sunzu Stefan Mihajlović Changchun Yatai Peter Žulj Erik Júnior Negrão Serginho Jores Okore Dino Ndlovu Chengdu Rongcheng Richard Windbichler Felipe Matheus Saldanha Rômulo Kim Min-woo Tim Chow Johnathan Goiano Dalian Pro Borislav Tsonev Lobi Manzoki Streli Mamba Nemanja Bosančić Vas Nuñez Guangzhou → Tyias Browning Guangzhou City Guilherme Jown Cardona → Sun Delin Tan Chun Lok Hebei Henan Songshan Longmen Guido Carrillo Toni Šunjić Fernando Karanga Adrian Mierzejewski Tomás Pina Henrique Dourado Mohamed Buya Turay Meizhou Hakka Rodrigo Henrique Nebojša Kosović Chisom Egbuchulam Aleksa Vukanović Rade Dugalić Yue Tze Nam Vas Nuñez Shandong Taishan Marouane Fellaini Cryzan Jadson Moisés Son Jun-ho Shanghai Port Matías Vargas Oscar Paulinho Cherif Ndiaye Issa Kallon → Tyias Browning Aaron Mooy Shanghai Shenhua Christian Bassogog Miller Bolaños → Alexander N'Doumbou→ Denny Wang Shenzhen Romain Alessandrini Frank Acheampong Lim Chai-min → Dai Wai Tsun Will Donkin Mubarak Wakaso Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Éder Lima Farley Rosa Robert Berić David Andújar Fran Mérida Dejan Radonjić Wuhan Three Towns Ademilson Davidson Marcão Wallace Nicolae Stanciu Yaki Yen Wuhan Yangtze River Bruno Viana Felicio Brown Forbes Yoann Arquin Asmir Kajević Zhejiang Lucas Possignolo Matheus Donovan Ewolo Franko Andrijašević Nyasha Mushekwi Leung Nok Hang 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
Results
Positions by round
Player statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marcão Wuhan Three Towns272 Cryzan Shandong Taishan253 Zhang YuningBeijing Guoan194 DavidsonWuhan Three Towns18 Nyasha Mushekwi Zhejiang6 José Kanté Cangzhou Mighty Lions147 MoisésShandong Taishan13 Lin Liangming Dalian Pro Franko Andrijašević Zhejiang10 Rômulo Chengdu Rongcheng12 Felicio Brown Forbes Wuhan Yangtze River
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Moisés Shandong Taishan162 Davidson Wuhan Three Towns133 Nicolae StanciuWuhan Three Towns124 Erik Changchun Yatai9 Xie Pengfei Wuhan Three Towns Yan Xiangchuang Dalian Pro7 Zhang Xizhe Beijing Guoan8 Oscar Maritu Cangzhou Mighty Lions Nebojša Kosović Meizhou Hakka10 Kang Sang-woo Beijing Guoan 7
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDateSource Tan LongChangchun YataiGuangzhou City4–1 (H) MarcãoWuhan Three TownsShanghai Shenhua4–2 (H) Marcão4Wuhan Three TownsBeijing Guoan5–1 (H) Felicio Brown ForbesWuhan Yangtze RiverGuangzhou City0–5 (A) Júnior NegrãoChangchun YataiHebei1–7 (A) José Kanté4Cangzhou Mighty LionsWuhan Three Towns3–4 (A) Zang YifengCangzhou Mighty LionsHebei0–5 (A) Wu LeiShanghai PortMeizhou Hakka7–0 (H) RômuloChengdu RongchengHebei6–0 (H) José KantéCangzhou Mighty LionsShandong Taishan2–3 (A) Chisom EgbuchulamMeizhou HakkaHebei0–4 (A) Cryzan4Shandong TaishanShenzhen8-0 (H) Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team Awards Annual awards 2022 China Football Golden Awards Award Winner Club / Team China Football Golden Ball Award Zhang Yuning Beijing Guoan China Football Golden Coach Shui Qingxia China women's national football team China Football Golden Boy Afrden Asqer Guangzhou FC Team of the Year Goalkeeper Yan Junling(Shanghai Port) Defenders Zheng Zheng(Shandong Taishan) Moisés(Shandong Taishan) Dragoljub Srnić(Meizhou Hakka) Midfielders Nicolae Stanciu(Wuhan Three Towns) Rômulo(Chengdu Rongcheng) Xie Pengfei(Wuhan Three Towns) Davidson(Wuhan Three Towns) Forwards Clesio(Shandong Taishan) Zhang Yuning(Beijing Guoan) Marcão(Wuhan Three Towns)
References
External links Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway