The policy of foreign players remained unchanged. Clubs can register a total of six foreign players over the course of the season, but the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is limited to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be fielded in each match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player. • Players name in
bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. • Players named in
ITALICS have left the club, or are off the roster due to being injured or sent to the reserves. • For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in
Hong Kong's,
Macau's, or
Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players. ==League table==