2020 Chinese Super League

The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2020中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The season was scheduled to begin on 22 February and to end on 31 October, but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 July 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be split into two stages. In the first stage, which began on 25 July 2020 and concluded on 29 September 2020, 16 teams were split into two groups in two locations, one in Dalian and the other in Suzhou. On 2 September 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that the second stage would begin on 16 October 2020 and conclude on 12 November 2020. Jiangsu Suning beat defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2–1 on aggregate in the finals to win their first-ever top flight title. However, three months later, Jiangsu was dissolved. As a result, the fourth-placed Shanghai SIPG gained a place in the 2021 AFC Champions League along with Guangzhou and Beijing Guoan, while Shijiazhuang Ever Bright avoided relegation.

Chinese Super League
Season2020
Dates25 July – 12 November 2020
ChampionsJiangsu Suning (1st title)
AFC Champions LeagueGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Shanghai SIPG
Matches played160
Goals scored451 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerCédric Bakambu
(14 goals)
Biggest home winGZE 5–0 HBC
(21 October 2020)
Biggest away winGZF 0–5 GZE
(30 July 2020)
Highest scoringHN 3–4 JSS
(26 July 2020)
JSS 5–2 HN
(30 August 2020)
BJS 5–2 CQ
(1 September 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Shanghai SIPG
Jiangsu Suning
Longest winless run14 matches
Tianjin TEDA
Longest losing run8 matches
Tianjin TEDA
Highest attendance9,386
GZE 1–2 JSS
(12 November 2020)
Lowest attendance78
HN 0–0 TTD
(6 November 2020)
Total attendance41,525
Average attendance1,597
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