2018 in Chinese football

The 2018 season is the 68th season of competitive association football in China.

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Chinese Super League	Dalian Yifang Beijing Renhe	Yanbian Funde Liaoning Whowin
China League One	Heilongjiang Lava Spring Meixian Techand	Baoding Yingli Yitong Yunnan Lijiang
China League Two	Zibo Sunday Anhui Hefei Guiguan Yanbian Beiguo Fujian Tianxin Shenzhen Pengcheng Sichuan Jiuniu

National teams

China national football team

China women's national football team

AFC competitions

2018 AFC Champions League

Men's Football

League season

Chinese Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shanghai SIPG (C)	30	21	5	4	77	33	+44	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	30	20	3	7	82	36	+46	63	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Shandong Luneng Taishan	30	17	7	6	57	39	+18	58	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Beijing Sinobo Guoan^[a]	30	15	8	7	64	45	+19	53	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	Jiangsu Suning	30	13	9	8	48	33	+15	48
6	Hebei China Fortune	30	10	9	11	46	50	−4	39
7	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	30	10	8	12	44	53	−9	38
8	Beijing Renhe	30	9	10	11	33	46	−13	37
9	Tianjin Quanjian	30	9	9	12	41	48	−7	36^[b]
10	Guangzhou R&F	30	10	6	14	49	61	−12	36^[b]
11	Dalian Yifang	30	10	5	15	37	57	−20	35
12	Henan Jianye	30	10	4	16	30	45	−15	34
13	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan	30	8	8	14	40	46	−6	32^[c]
14	Tianjin Teda	30	8	8	14	41	54	−13	32^[c]
15	Changchun Yatai (R)	30	8	8	14	45	56	−11	32^[c]	Relegation to League One
16	Guizhou Hengfeng (R)	30	7	3	20	34	66	−32	24	Relegation to League One

Source: League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) U19 Elite league points; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 10) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Tianjin Quanjian is ahead of Guangzhou R&F on head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 2–1 Guangzhou R&F, Guangzhou R&F 2–6 Tianjin Quanjian.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, Tianjin Teda and Changchun Yatai were ranked by head-to-head points: Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 7 pts, Tianjin Teda 5 pts, Changchun Yatai 4 pts.

China League One

Template:2018 China League One table

China League Two

North Group

Template:2018 China League Two North table

South Group

Template:2018 China League Two South table

Play-offs

25th–26th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baotou Nanjiao	6–0	Shanghai Sunfun	3–0	3–0

23rd–24th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yanbian Beiguo	2–1	Sichuan Jiuniu	1–1	1–0

21st–22nd place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beijing BIT	5–3	Jiangxi Liansheng	3–1	2–2

19th–20th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yunnan Flying Tigers	1–4	Zibo Sunday	1–2	0–2

17th–18th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shenzhen Pengcheng	3–6	Dalian Boyoung	1–2	2–4

15th–16th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hainan Boying	1–4	Baoding Yingli ETS	0–1	1–3

13th–14th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jilin Baijia	2–4	Zhenjiang Huasa	0–2	2–2

11th–12th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Suzhou Dongwu	1–5	Hebei Elite	1–1	0–4

9th–10th place

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hunan Billows	1–4	Yinchuan Helanshan	1–3	0–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shenzhen Ledman	2–2 (a)	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	2–2	0–0
Shenyang Urban	0–1	Nantong Zhiyun	0–0	0–1
Qingdao Jonoon	0–6	Sichuan Longfor	0–2	0–4
Fujian Tianxin	0–1	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	0–0	0–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nantong Zhiyun	2–0	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	1–0	1–0
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Sichuan Longfor	0–0	0–2

Cup competitions

Chinese FA Cup

Chinese FA Super Cup

26 February 2018

19:35 UTC+8

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	4–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Huang Bowen 26' Alan 43' Gao Lin 65' Goulart 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Guarín 36'

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 23,998

Referee: Fu Ming (Beijing)

Women's Football

Notes

References

[table_note_BJS0.47839994005784-1] Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners.

[table_hth_GZF0.47839994005784-2] Tianjin Quanjian is ahead of Guangzhou R&F on head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 2–1 Guangzhou R&F, Guangzhou R&F 2–6 Tianjin Quanjian.

[table_hth_CC0.47839994005784-3] Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, Tianjin Teda and Changchun Yatai were ranked by head-to-head points: Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 7 pts, Tianjin Teda 5 pts, Changchun Yatai 4 pts.

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