2007 Chinese Super League

The 2007 Chinese Super League season or the Kingway Chinese Super League, as it was known for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition since its establishment, the 14th season of professional football as well as being the 46th top-tier league season in China. The league started on March 3 and ended on November 14. Changchun Yatai clinched the league title for the first time in the last game of the season, while Xiamen Lanshi was relegated with two games to spare. Coincidentally, both of these teams were promoted in the previous season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the 2006 China League One • Henan Jianye • Zhejiang Lucheng Teams relegated from the 2006 Chinese Super League • Chongqing Lifan ==Pre-season change==

Pre-season change

Zhu Jun, the owner of Shanghai United, bought a majority share of their crosstown rival. The 7th placed team of the previous season, Shanghai United was merged into two times CSL runner-up Shanghai Shenhua. The new team play under the name Shanghai Shenhua United but use the stadium of the former Shanghai United – Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Pudong, Shanghai as their home ground. ==Clubs==

Clubs

Personnel Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to four, but all teams can only use three foreign players on the field in each game. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL. • 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. ==League table==

Attendances

League attendance • Total attendance: 3,173,500 • Average attendance: 15,112 Clubs attendance ==Awards==

Awards

• Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Du Zhenyu (Changchun Yatai) • Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Li Jinyu (Shandong Luneng) • Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Hao Junmin (Tianjin TEDA) • Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Gao Hongbo (Changchun Yatai) • Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Sun Baojie • Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Dalian Shide, Tianjin TEDA, Beijing Guoan ==See also==

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