Shanghai seaport:17; Shanghai Shenhua:17; Chengdu Rongcheng:13; Tianjin Jinmen Tiger:13; Changchun Yatai:11; Three towns in Wuhan:10; Beijing Guoan:10;
Introduction to chinese super league:
The Chinese Football Association Super League (referred to as "Super League" or "Super League") is the highest professional football league in Chinese mainland (China Hongkong, China Macau, China Taiwan Province Province directly under FIFA and AFC), and its subordinate leagues are China Football Association League A, China Football Association League B and China Football Association Member Association Champions League respectively.
Super League started in 2004, organized by China Football Association and operated by Super League Limited Liability Company. Its predecessor was 1989, the Chinese Football League (referred to as "A").
Super League is one of the most competitive football leagues in Asia, with the highest average attendance rate. According to the latest ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics 20 17, the Super League ranks 36th in the world and 3rd in the Asian League, and the champion of the Super League will win the Vulcan Cup.
Since 2006, the number of clubs participating in the Super League has been stable at16; 65438 In February 2020, China Football Association decided to expand the number of super teams to 18 teams in the 2022 season, and implemented the policy of "upper 3 and lower 3". In the 2023 season, the scale of Super League participation was reduced to 16 club, and the relegation policy was changed back.
Historical development:
In 2004, China Football Association officially launched the "China Football Association Super League" on the basis of summarizing the ten years of professional football in China, in order to further enhance the competitive level and brand of professional football in China.
There were 12 teams participating in the first Super League. The previous two sessions suspended the promotion and demotion system, and the promotion and demotion system was resumed in 2006 (but due to the dissolution of Guancheng in Sichuan in 2006, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Liancheng merged in 2007, Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew in 2008, Dalian Shide withdrew in early 1965, 438+03, and Tianjin Tianhai withdrew in 2020).