The Chinese Super League is China’s elite soccer division. There are traditionally 18 teams with a total of 34 matches in each competition. In recent years, clubs participating in the championship are trying to increase the interest of the target audience in watching the games through expensive purchases of famous players.
It is impossible to say that a certain team is the leader of every Super League competition. Unexpected results are quite possible here, and the outsiders can fight against the favorites.
If we talk about the 2022 season, the results of Hebei are particularly remarkable. The team has won only one match in 30 starting games, with 29 defeats. The goal difference was 15-104, which is the worst result in recent times. Due to financial difficulties, the team was also robbed of nine points. This led to the fact that you can see its result opposite the name of the club in the standings, namely “-6” points.
The club has no foreign players, as the budget does not allow to cover the needs of quality players from abroad. Naturally, the Chinese players have found new teams for themselves today, and therefore, there is only youth left in the once ambitious project. If you study the Chinese Super League Live Score, you can conclude that the team hardly ever shoots at the opponents’ goal. As a rule, Hebei’s players only make one shot back on five shots from their opponents. As a result, the team is already clearly waiting for relegation to the first division, where its problems will probably continue.
Another team that ran into big problems due to sanctions is Wuhan. Due to the disciplinary loss of nine points, the club found itself in the relegation zone. Accordingly, the financial problems today lead to ambiguous consequences and even a few points can throw the club out of the elite division. Moreover, the team has often faced problems with the lineup, when it was not possible to gather the regulated number of players for the game.
Millions of fans around the world have heard of Shanghai Shenhua. This team bought star players for a lot of money five years ago. Now it has the same problem as the above teams, namely the lack of stable funding, leading to penalty points. They do not threaten the team to be in the relegation zone, it’s more of a warning for next season. In any case, fans hope that the team will once again show the highest results.
Features of Chinese Super League
One of the important features of the modern Chinese Super League is that it is gradually switching to local players. If you look at the applications of clubs in recent years, you will notice that there are almost no European players, while just recently their number was off the charts. One of the main reasons according to the public is that the world problems of recent years have not helped the Chinese clubs to keep their leaders.
In general, the Chinese championship is ambitious and intriguing. Before the start of the next tournament, it is difficult to say which team will be able to show their potential and fight for the championship, and which team will be rejected and relegated to a weaker division. For example, not all experts saw Wuhan Tree Towns as the champion. However, the incredible performances of Marcao and Davidson gave the team the necessary advantage over their rivals. Moreover, despite the decrease in the number of foreign players, there are only three Chinese in the top 10 scorers.
Chinese Super League Games – top scorers
Soccer in China is not considered a national sport. The national team of this country shows far from the best results, inferior to the level of players in South Korea and Japan. The local teams also haven’t had any significant achievements at club level and in recent years, European and South American players have actively started to leave them. Despite this, there are still 18 of the country’s best teams in the Chinese Super League of Football.
Although clubs focus on local players, the list of top scorers is dominated by foreigners. This is due to the fact that the selection of foreign players is high-quality enough to be leaders on the field. Almost all Chinese Super League Games end with a TB2.5. The teams like to play open and productive soccer, it brings them the loyalty and interest of the target audience.
Top ten scorers of the Super League 2022
If we talk about the top ten scorers for the 2022 Super League season, they include:
- Marcao. Brazilian player of the Wuhan Three Towns team. He hasn’t had time to play for the top teams in his career, but he’s always been effective. He scored 111 goals in 149 games. This season was the most successful for him. The forward managed to score 27 goals in the 25 games he appeared on the field for Wuhan Three Towns. He is a true leader of the best team of the season.
- Cryzan. The forward of Shandong Taishan is rightly considered the main competitor for Marcao this season. The player managed to score 21 goals, making him an indispensable member of the main roster of the gold medal contender.
- Davidson. Another representative of Wuhan Three Towns. The experienced Brazilian midfielder had his best season. The 17 goals he scored didn’t surprise the fans much, but his 13 assists can rightly be considered an incredible result. Without it, Marcao would not have been as dominant at the edge of the attack, which speaks of the club as a well-coordinated mechanism.
- Yunying Zhang. The first Chinese player on this list. He started his career in the Netherlands, but then returned to his homeland. He’s playing his fourth season for Beijing Guoan. He managed to score 17 goals in 28 games, making his team one of the leaders of the season.
- Nyasha Mushekwi. Representatives of Zimbabwe are rare guests at major soccer championships. But Mushekwi managed to become one of Zhejiang’s leaders right away. The 35-year-old forward had an enviable season, scoring 17 goals in 28 games.
- José Kanté. Guinea players are also rarely seen by soccer fans, but the Cangzhou forward managed to surprise the public. In 15 matches, he scored 14 goals and 6 assists. However, his team was far from the leaders.
- Andrijašević. Croatian player, another representative of Zhejiang Club. He managed to score 13 goals and make 4 assists in 30 matches. During his career, he played for Hajduk, Dinamo Zagreb, Gent and Rijeka.
- Liangmin Lin. A young player who firstly tried his hand in Spain and then returned to China, where he plays for Dalian Pro. He has managed to score 13 goals in 27 games this season.
- Ademilson. Another Brazilian player of Wuhan Three Towns. He spent almost his entire career in Japan, but decided to try himself in another top Asian league, becoming the leader of the best team of the season. The 11 goals scored by the forward makes this season a successful one.
- Lei Wu. The Chinese midfielder played in Spain for a long time, but still had the best results in Shanghai Port. This season cannot be called the best, as only 11 goals were scored, with no assists.
The Chinese Super League may not be as bright as the top European championships, but it is able to surprise the viewer.