The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. This season was the first which featured 16 clubs. Shandong Luneng won their third title at the end of this season.
Teams Team changes At the end of the 2007 season, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Blades were promoted to Super League. At the end of the 2007 season, Xiamen Lanshi were relegated to League One. Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the league and folded.足协维持李玮峰处罚 武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012 At the end of the season, Liaoning Whowin were relegated to League One.
Stadiums
Team Stadium Capacity Average attendance Beijing Guoan Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,000 14,641 Changchun Yatai Changchun Stadium 41,638 5,797 Changsha Ginde Helong Sports Center Stadium 55,000 6,645 Chengdu Blades Chengdu Sports Centre 42,000 12,378 Dalian Shide Jinzhou Stadium 30,000 7,900 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Yuexiushan Stadium 22,000 19,624 Henan Construction Hanghai Stadium 30,000 16,267 Liaoning Whowin Tiexi New District Sports Center 26,800 11,733 Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 30,000 6,600 Shaanxi Chanba Shaanxi Province Stadium 57,000 24,625 Shandong Luneng Shandong Provincial Stadium 43,700 26,501 Shanghai Shenhua Hongkou Football Stadium 35,000 11,510 Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 6,400 Tianjin TEDA TEDA Soccer Stadium 37,500 14,007 Wuhan Optics Valley Xinhua Road Sports Center 36,000 12,556 Zhejiang Greentown Huanglong Sports Center 51,000 12,188Total 13,444
Managers Team Manager 2nd Manager 3rd ManagerBeijing Guoan Lee Jang-sooChangchun Yatai Gao Hongbo (Sacked after round 10) Ernst Middendorp (Resigned after round 24) Li ShubinChangsha Ginde Slobodan Santrač (Sacked after round 9) Zhu BoChengdu Blades Li BingDalian Shide Ratko Dostanić (Sacked after round 8) Milorad KosanovićGuangzhou Pharmaceutical Shen XiangfuHenan Construction Jia Xiuquan (Resigned after round 8) Acácio Casimiro (Sacked after round 16) Tang YaodongLiaoning Whowin Werner Lorant (Sacked after round 10) Ma LinQingdao Jonoon Guo KanfengShaanxi Chanba Cheng YaodongShandong Luneng Ljubiša TumbakovićShanghai Shenhua Wu Jingui (Sacked after round 14) Jia XiuquanShenzhen Xiangxue Mai Chao (Resigned after round 1) Zhang Zengqun (Sacked after round 13) Wang BaoshanTianjin TEDA Jozef Jarabinský (Sacked after round 7) Zuo ShushengWuhan Optics Valley Chen Fangping (Sacked after round 4) Zhu GuanghuZhejiang Greentown Sun Wei (Sacked after round 4) Zhou Sui'an
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three foreign players on the field in each game. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players Beijing Guoan Tiago Elvis Scott Walter Martínez Ovidiu Burcă Stojan Ignatov Changchun Yatai Samuel Caballero Guillaume Dah Zadi Gabriel Melkam Dumitru Mitu Changsha Ginde Nevil Dede Sandro Tales Aboubakar Oumarou Milan Nikolić Chengdu Blades Auricélio Neres Denílson Souza Demar Stewart Kim Yong-jun Luiz Rodrigues Igor Tkalčević Sékou Tidiane Souaré Dalian Shide Georgi Chilikov Dragan Vukmir James Chamanga Kaloyan Karadzhinov Patrick Mevoungou Vedran Celiščak Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Diego Barcelos José Duarte Luis Ramírez Ismael Alvarado Henan Construction Douglas Gilsinho Obi Emmanuel Moneke Emmanuel Olisadebe Ivo Trenchev Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu Liaoning Whowin Ryan Griffiths Raman Kirenkin Delain Sasa Jefferson Feijão Zé Roberto Qingdao Jonoon Jean-Paul Ndeki Mitchel Brown Dragan Stančić Lee Jae-won Luis Santamaría Shaanxi Chanba Ronny Rafael Scheidt Vicente Innocent Melkam Shandong Luneng Luciano Ratinho Aleksandar Živković Miljan Mrdaković Alejandro Cichero Shanghai Shenhua Hámilton Ricard Erick Scott Emil Martínez José Güity Matías Marchesini Justo Meza Shenzhen Xiangxue Johnson Macaba Felipe Menegon Michael Valenzuela Marek Zając Edson Tianjin TEDA Éber Darko Matić Mariko Daouda Marius Radu Jonhes Wuhan Optics Valley César La Paglia Danilo Everson Gustavo Papa Pablo Munhoz Zhejiang Greentown Karim Benounes Valdo Yordan Varbanov Mohsen Abo Gresha Slavčo Georgievski
Hong Kong/Chinese Taipei/Macau players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) Club Player 1Shanghai Shenhua Ng Wai Chiu
Final league table
Results table
Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 ÉberTianjin TEDA 14 2 Johnson MacabaShenzhen Xiangxue 13 3 Luis RamírezGuangzhou Pharmaceutical 12 Emmanuel OlisadebeHenan Construction 5 ValdoZhejiang Greentown 10 Du ZhenyuChangchun Yatai 7 Cao TianbaoChangchun Yatai 9 Hámilton RicardShanghai Shenhua Guillaume Dah ZadiChangchun Yatai 10 VicenteShaanxi Chanba 8 Gao LinShanghai Shenhua Han PengShandong Luneng Emil MartínezShanghai Shenhua Miljan MrdakovićShandong Luneng
See also 2008 China League One 2008 China League Two
References
External links Official site of the Chinese Super League Live scores, Fixtures and Results, League table on FIFA Results and table on RSSSF