Clubs and locations Managerial changes Foreign players 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. • Players name in
bold indicates the player was 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. • Specially,
Guangzhou Evergrande can use
seven foreign players since June 2012, for it is the only team still active at
2012 AFC Champions League. ==League table==