2026 Chinese Super League

2026 Chinese Super League

The 2026 Chinese Super League, also known as the 2026 C'estbon Chinese Football Super League (Chinese: 2026怡寶中国足球超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, is the 23rd season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>City</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th><th>2025 season</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Shanghai Port</td><td>Shanghai (Pudong)</td><td>Pudong Football Stadium</td><td>37,000</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai Shenhua</td><td>Shanghai (Xuhui)</td><td>Shanghai Stadium</td><td>72,436</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Chengdu Rongcheng</td><td>Chengdu</td><td>Phoenix Hill Football Stadium</td><td>50,695</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Beijing Guoan</td><td>Beijing</td><td>Workers' Stadium</td><td>68,000</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Shandong Taishan</td><td>Jinan</td><td>Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium</td><td>56,808</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Tianjin Jinmen Tiger</td><td>Tianjin</td><td>TEDA Soccer Stadium</td><td>36,390</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Tianjin Olympic Centre</td><td>54,696</td></tr><tr><td>Zhejiang</td><td>Hangzhou</td><td>Huanglong Sports Center Stadium</td><td>51,971</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Yunnan Yukun</td><td>Yuxi</td><td>Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium</td><td>30,300</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao West Coast</td><td>Qingdao (Huangdao)</td><td>Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center</td><td>27,000</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Henan</td><td>Zhengzhou</td><td>Hanghai Stadium</td><td>29,860</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Dalian Yingbo</td><td>Dalian</td><td>Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium</td><td>63,671</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Shenzhen Peng City</td><td>Shenzhen</td><td>Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium</td><td>45,000</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Wuhan Three Towns</td><td>Wuhan</td><td>Wuhan Sports Center Stadium</td><td>56,000</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao Hainiu</td><td>Qingdao (Chengyang)</td><td>Qingdao Youth Football Stadium</td><td>50,000</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Liaoning Tieren P</td><td>Shenyang</td><td>Tiexi Stadium</td><td>40,000</td><td>CL1, 1st</td></tr><tr><td>Chongqing Tonglianglong P</td><td>Chongqing</td><td>Longxing Football Stadium</td><td>60,295</td><td>CL1, 2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Tongliang Long Stadium</td><td>15,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (chest)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Beijing Guoan</td><td>Nick Montgomery</td><td>Zhang Xizhe</td><td>Nike</td><td>Sinobo Group</td></tr><tr><td>Chengdu Rongcheng</td><td>John Aloisi</td><td>Wei Shihao</td><td>Chengdu Rongcheng Chengdu Construction</td></tr><tr><td>Chongqing Tonglianglong</td><td>Liu Jianye</td><td>Xiang Yuwang</td><td>Southwest Securities</td></tr><tr><td>Dalian Yingbo</td><td>Li Guoxu</td><td>Lü Peng</td><td>Xiwang</td></tr><tr><td>Henan</td><td>Daniel Ramos</td><td>Wang Shangyuan</td><td>Yangshao Wine</td></tr><tr><td>Liaoning Tieren</td><td>Li Jinyu</td><td>Takahiro Kunimoto</td><td>Xinglin Nanbo One Shengjing Store</td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao Hainiu</td><td>Milan Ristić</td><td>Ahmed El Messaoudi</td><td>Laoshan Cola</td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao West Coast</td><td>Zheng Zhi</td><td>Sun Jie</td><td>Xihai'an New Area Golden Beach Beer City</td></tr><tr><td>Shandong Taishan</td><td>Han Peng</td><td>Wang Dalei</td><td>The Best Spring in the World</td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai Port</td><td>Kevin Muscat</td><td>Wu Lei</td><td>Bank of Shanghai</td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai Shenhua</td><td>Leonid Slutsky</td><td>Wu Xi</td><td>Bank of Communications</td></tr><tr><td>Shenzhen Peng City</td><td>Chen Tao</td><td>Jiang Zhipeng</td><td>Etihad Airways</td></tr><tr><td>Tianjin Jinmen Tiger</td><td>Yu Genwei</td><td>Wang Qiuming</td><td>Tianjin National Maritime Museum TEDA Nangang Group</td></tr><tr><td>Wuhan Three Towns</td><td>Benjamín Mora</td><td>Ren Hang</td><td>Huayuan Securities</td></tr><tr><td>Yunnan Yukun</td><td>Jordi Vinyals</td><td>Zhao Yuhao</td><td>Yunnan Yukun</td></tr><tr><td>Zhejiang</td><td>Ross Aloisi</td><td>Cheng Jin</td><td>Leapmotor</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chongqing Tonglianglong	Chang Woe-ryong	End of contract	12 December 2025	Pre-season	Liu Jianye	14 December 2025
Chengdu Rongcheng	Seo Jung-won	End of contract	18 December 2025	John Aloisi	6 January 2026
Qingdao Hainiu	Li Xiaopeng	Mutual consent	22 December 2025	Milan Ristić	27 December 2025
Zhejiang	Raúl Caneda	End of contract	22 December 2025	Ross Aloisi	22 December 2025
Beijing Guoan	Ramiro Amarelle	Signed by Shenzhen Juniors	23 December 2025	Nick Montgomery	8 January 2026
Qingdao West Coast	Reiner Maurer	Signed by  China	1 January 2026	Zheng Zhi	3 January 2026
Yunnan Yukun	Jørn Andersen	End of contract	1 January 2026	Jordi Vinyals	3 January 2026
Wuhan Three Towns	Deng Zhuoxiang	Promoted to sporting director	2 January 2026	Benjamín Mora	2 January 2026

Foreign players

• 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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Player 1</th><th>Player 2</th><th>Player 3</th><th>Player 4</th><th>Player 5</th><th>Naturalised players</th><th>Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players1</th><th>Reserves players</th><th>Former players</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Beijing Guoan</td><td>Fábio Abreu</td><td>Dawhan</td><td>Béni Nkololo</td><td>Boubacar Konté</td><td>Guilherme Ramos</td><td>→ Serginho2</td><td>Yue Tze Nam</td><td>Uroš Spajić → Arturo Cheng</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chengdu Rongcheng</td><td>Felipe</td><td>Matheus Jussa</td><td>Rômulo</td><td>Wellington Silva</td><td>Yegor Sorokin</td><td>→ Ming-yang Yang</td><td>Alexander Jojo</td><td>Issa Kallon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chongqing Tonglianglong</td><td>Landry Dimata</td><td>Lucão</td><td>Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui</td><td>Ibrahim Amadou</td><td>Alexandru Cîmpanu</td><td></td><td>Ng Yu Hei</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dalian Yingbo</td><td>Frank Acheampong</td><td>Mamadou Traoré</td><td>Isnik Alimi</td><td>Nicolae Stanciu</td><td>Cephas Malele</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Henan</td><td>Bruno Nazário</td><td>Gustavo</td><td>Iago Maidana</td><td>Lucas Maia</td><td>Jordi Mboula</td><td></td><td>Oliver Gerbig</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Liaoning Tieren</td><td>Felipe</td><td>Jeffinho</td><td>Guy Mbenza</td><td>Takahiro Kunimoto</td><td>Pavle Vagić</td><td>→ Zheng Jiacheng</td><td>Ange Kouamé</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao Hainiu</td><td>Malcom Edjouma</td><td>Yaw Yeboah</td><td>Ahmed El Messaoudi</td><td>Nemanja Anđelković</td><td>Carlos Strandberg</td><td></td><td>Ngan Cheuk Pan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Qingdao West Coast</td><td>Nélson da Luz</td><td>Samir Memišević</td><td>Davidson</td><td>Rezende</td><td>Abdul-Aziz Yakubu</td><td>→ Alex Yang2</td><td>Barak Braunshtain</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shandong Taishan</td><td>Cryzan</td><td>Guilherme Madruga</td><td>Zeca</td><td>Valeri Qazaishvili</td><td>Pedro Álvaro</td><td>→ Pedro Delgado</td><td>Raphaël Merkies</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai Port</td><td>Gabrielzinho</td><td>Leonardo</td><td>Mateus Vital</td><td>Prince Ampem</td><td>Kodjo Aziangbe</td><td>→ Tyias Browning2</td><td>Matt Orr</td><td>Óscar Melendo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai Shenhua</td><td>Rafael Ratão</td><td>Saulo Mineiro</td><td>João Carlos Teixeira</td><td>Wilson Manafá</td><td>Makhtar Gueye</td><td>→ Nico Yennaris2</td><td>Shinichi Chan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shenzhen Peng City</td><td>Albion Ademi</td><td>Wesley</td><td>Filip Benković</td><td>Eden Kartsev</td><td>Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere</td><td>→ Dai Wai Tsun2 → Xia Dalong</td><td>Tim Chow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tianjin Jinmen Tiger</td><td>Guilherme Schettine</td><td>Xadas</td><td>Aitor Córdoba</td><td>Alberto Quiles</td><td>Jaume Grau</td><td></td><td>Sun Ming Him</td><td>Cristian Salvador</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wuhan Three Towns</td><td>Adriano</td><td>Gustavo Sauer</td><td>Basile Yamkam</td><td>Kilian Bevis</td><td>Jhonder Cádiz</td><td>→ Denny Wang</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yunnan Yukun</td><td>Caio Vinícius</td><td>Cléber</td><td>Oscar Maritu</td><td>Alexandru Ioniță</td><td>Andrei Burcă</td><td>→ John Hou Sæter</td><td>Tsui Wang Kit</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zhejiang</td><td>Lucas Possignolo</td><td>Marko Tolić</td><td>Alexandru Mitriță</td><td>Park Jin-seob</td><td>Saúl Guarirapa</td><td>→ Alexander N'Doumbou</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

• ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players. • ^2 Players who have already capped for a China senior or youth national team.

League table

2026 Chinese Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chengdu Rongcheng	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2	Yunnan Yukun	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
3	Chongqing Tonglianglong	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
4	Liaoning Tieren	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
5	Dalian Yingbo	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
6	Qingdao West Coast	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
7	Shenzhen Peng City	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
8	Zhejiang	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	2
9	Henan	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	1
10	Shandong Taishan	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	0
11	Wuhan Three Towns	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	−1
12	Beijing Guoan	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	−1
13	Shanghai Port	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	−2
14	Shanghai Shenhua	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	−5
15	Qingdao Hainiu	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	−7	Relegation to China League One
16	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	−9

Positions by round

2026 Chinese Super League

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

	Leader and qualification for AFC Champions League Elite group stage
	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage
	Relegation to China League One