List of Chinese football champions

The Chinese football champions indicates all past winners of the Chinese top-tier football league since it became a professional league in 1994.

The professional football league of China was found in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League (甲A联赛). After 10 years of existence, the Chinese FA decided to create a new top tier league known as the Chinese Super League.

So far 18 seasons have been completed, with 8 seasons as the Chinese Super League. Dalian Shide (former Dalian Wanda), a defunct team based in Dalian is the most successful team with 8 triumphs. They twice achieved the accomplishment of winning 3 consecutive titles, one is from 1996 to 1998, with the other from 2000 to 2002.

List

Jia-A League champions (Semi-professional)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1987	Liaoning (1)	Tianjin	Shanghai
1988	Liaoning (2)	China B	Tianjin
1989	China B (1)	Liaoning	Shanghai
1990	Liaoning (3)	August 1st	Dalian
1991	Liaoning (4)	Shanghai	Beijing
1992	Liaoning (5)	Guangzhou	Dalian
1993	Liaoning Donyao (6)	Guangdong Hongyuan	Beijing Guoan

Jia-A League champions (Professional)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1994	Dalian Wanda (1)	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai Shenhua
1995	Shanghai Shenhua (1)	Beijing Guoan	Dalian Wanda
1996	Dalian Wanda (2)	Shanghai Shenhua	Bayi
1997	Dalian Wanda (3)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1998	Dalian Wanda (4)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1999	Shandong Luneng Taishan (1)	Liaoning	Sichuan Quanxing
2000	Dalian Shide (5)	Shanghai Shenhua	Sichuan Quanxing
2001	Dalian Shide (6)	Shanghai Shenhua	Liaoning
2002	Dalian Shide (7)	Shenzhen Ping An	Beijing Guoan
2003	— 1	Inter Shanghai	Dalian Shide

• Italic indicates defunct clubs.
• ^1 Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for the match-fixing scandal in this season.

Super League champions

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2004	Shenzhen Jianlibao (1)	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Inter Shanghai
2005	Dalian Shide (8)	Shanghai Shenhua	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2006	Shandong Luneng Taishan (2)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2007	Changchun Yatai (1)	Beijing Guoan	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2008	Shandong Luneng Taishan (3)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2009	Beijing Guoan (1)	Changchun Yatai	Henan Construction
2010	Shandong Luneng Taishan (4)	Tianjin Teda	Shanghai Shenhua
2011	Guangzhou Evergrande (1)	Beijing Guoan	Liaoning Whowin
2012	Guangzhou Evergrande (2)	Jiangsu Sainty	Beijing Guoan
2013	Guangzhou Evergrande (3)	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Beijing Guoan
2014	Guangzhou Evergrande (4)	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou R&F
2015	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (5)	Shanghai SIPG	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2016	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6)	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai SIPG

Total tiles won

Teams in bold compete in the Chinese Super League as of the 2016 season. Italics indicates defunct clubs.

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Winning seasons
Dalian Shide	8	0	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Liaoning Whowin	6	2	1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	6	2	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Shandong Luneng Taishan	4	2	1999, 2006, 2008, 2010
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1	9	1995
Beijing Guoan	1	4	2009
China B	1	1	1989
Shenzhen	1	1	2004
Changchun Yatai	1	1	2007
Tianjin Teda	0	2
Jiangsu Suning	0	2
Bayi	0	1
Beijing Renhe	0	1
Guangdong Hongyuan	0	1
Shanghai International Port Group	0	1

Total titles won by region

Region	Number of titles	Clubs
Northeast	15	Dalian Shide (8), Lioaning Whowin (6), Changchun Yatai (1)
South Central	7	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6), Shenzhen (1)
East	5	Shandong Luneng Taishan (4), Shanghai Greenland Shenhua (1)
North	1	Beijing Guoan (1)
Southwest	–
Northwest	–

By City/Town

City/Town	Championships	Clubs
Dalian	8	Dalian Shide (8)
Guangzhou	6	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6)
Shenyang	6	Lioaning Whowin (6)
Jinan	4	Shandong Luneng Taishan (4)
Beijing	1	Beijing Guoan (1)
Changchun	1	Changchun Yatai (1)
Shanghai	1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua (1)
Shenzhen	1	Shenzhen (1)

External links

• List of Champions (Included 1951-1993) on RSSSF