2015 Chinese Super League

The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2015中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league.

Teams promoted from 2014 China League One

• Chongqing Lifan
• Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Teams relegated to 2015 China League One

• Dalian Aerbin
• Harbin Yiteng

Chongqing Lifan returned to the division after a 4-year absence; Shijiazhuang Ever Bright competed in the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. Dalian Aerbin were relegated after three years in the Chinese top-flight, while Harbin Yiteng were relegated to China League One after spending a season in the Chinese Super League.

• Shanghai Dongya changed their name to Shanghai SIPG in December 2014.
• Guangzhou Evergrande changed their name to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao in December 2014.
• Jiangsu Sainty changed their name to Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty in January 2015.

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL. However, those players will be treated as foreign Asia players if they participate in any AFC competitions.

• Players name in bold indicates the players that were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in italics indicates the players that were out of squads or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

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• ^2 Avraam Papadopoulos owns Australian citizenship and could play as an Asian player in the Chinese Super League

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)

The awards of 2015 Chinese Super League were announced on 10 November 2015.

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

• Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Aloísio (Shandong Luneng Taishan)

• Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)

• Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

• Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)

• Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai

• Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hangzhou Greentown, Chongqing Lifan

• Chinese Super League Team of the Year (442):

  • GK Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
  • DF Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Kim Young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan)
  • MF Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Huang Bowen (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty), Darío Conca (Shanghai SIPG)
  • FW Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao), Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG)

• Current CSL table, and recent results/fixtures at Soccerway

• Chinese Super League table at FIFA

• Chinese Super League official site (in Chinese)