2014 Chinese Super League
The 2014 Chinese Super League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 21st season of a professional Association football league and the 53rd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their fourth consecutive title of the league.
Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted from 2013 China League OneTeams relegated to 2014 China League One
- Qingdao Jonoon
- Wuhan Zall
Clubs
Clubs and locations
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Jiangsu Sainty |  Dragan Okuka | Expiration of contract | 5 November 2013 | N/A |  Gao Hongbo | 8 November 2013 |
| Hangzhou Greentown |  Takeshi Okada | Resigned | 5 November 2013 | N/A | Yang Ji | 8 November 2013 |
| Shanghai SIPG | Gao Hongbo | Expiration of contract | 8 November 2013 | N/A | Xi Zhikang | 4 December 2013 |
| Liaoning Whowin | Ma Lin | Expiration of contract | 27 November 2013 | N/A | Gao Sheng | 27 November 2013 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Guo Guangqi | - | 2 December 2013 | N/A | Cheng Yaodong | 2 December 2013 |
| Dalian Aerbin |  Simo Krunić | Sacked | 9 December 2013 | N/A | Ma Lin | 9 December 2013 |
| Shandong Luneng |  Radomir Antić | Sacked | 21 December 2013 | N/A |  Cuca | 22 December 2013 |
| Tianjin Teda |  Alexandre Guimarães | Expiration of contract | 31 December 2013 | N/A |  Arie Haan | 12 January 2014 |
| Beijing Guoan | Aleksandar Stanojević | Sacked | 10 January 2014 | N/A |  Gregorio Manzano | 11 February 2014 |
| Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shen Xiangfu | - | 29 March 2014 | 11th |  Sergio Batista | 29 March 2014 |
| Liaoning Whowin | Gao Sheng | Resigned | 9 April 2014 | 10th | Chen Yang | 9 April 2014 |
| Changchun Yatai | Svetozar Šapurić | Resigned | 21 April 2014 | 15th | Gao Jinggang | 21 April 2014 |
| Guizhou Moutai | Gong Lei | - | 23 April 2014 | 7th | Zhu Jiong | 23 April 2014 |
| Changchun Yatai | Gao Jinggang | - | 28 April 2014 | 12th | Dragan Okuka | 28 April 2014 |
| Dalian Aerbin | Ma Lin | Resigned | 28 May 2014 | 13th |  Yasuharu Kurata | 30 May 2014 |
| Henan Jianye | Tang Yaodong | Resigned | 28 May 2014 | 15th | Jia Xiuquan | 3 June 2014 |
| Harbin Yiteng | Duan Xin | - | 19 July 2014 | 16th |  Marijo Tot | 19 July 2014 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Cheng Yaodong | Resigned | 29 September 2014 | 14th | Guo Guangqi | 29 September 2014 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Asian Player | Former Players |
| Beijing Guoan |  Pablo Batalla | Darko Matić |  Dejan Damjanović |  Erton Fejzullahu |  Ha Dae-Sung |  Joffre Guerrón  Peter Utaka |
| Changchun Yatai | Walter Iglesias |  Eninho |  Szabolcs Huszti | Fatos Bećiraj |  Anzur Ismailov | Rafael Coelho |
| Dalian Aerbin | Esteban Solari | Bruno Meneghel | Niklas Backman | Leon Benko  Nashat Akram | ||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Elkeson | Renê Júnior |  Alessandro Diamanti | Alberto Gilardino |  Kim Young-Gwon | Muriqui |
| Guangzhou R&F | Davi |  Abderrazak Hamdallah | Aaron Samuel | Park Jong-Woo | Jang Hyun-Soo |  Ken Ilsø |
| Guizhou Renhe | Zvjezdan Misimović | Hyuri |  Mike Hanke |  Krzysztof Maczynski |  Jonas Salley | Zlatan Muslimović |
| Hangzhou Greentown | Gilberto Macena | Anselmo Ramon |  Davy Claude Angan |  Luka Žinko | Son Dae-Ho | |
| Harbin Yiteng | Adam Hughes | Dori | Rodrigo |  Ricardo Steer | Choi Hyun-Yeon | Noh Hyung-Goo |
| Henan Jianye |  Nando Rafael | Rafael Marques |  Ryan Johnson |  Gibril Sankoh | Lee Ji-Nam | |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Eleílson | Elias | Edison Toloza |  Roda Antar | Yoon Sin-Young | Dejan Damjanović |
| Liaoning Whowin |  Kevin Oris | Derick Ogbu | Aleksandar Jevtić |  James Chamanga |  Josh Mitchell | Billy Celeski Artyom Filiposyan |
| Shandong Luneng | Walter Montillo | Aloísio | Vágner Love | Junior Urso | Ryan McGowan | |
| Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Lucas Viatri | Paulo André | Paulo Henrique | Giovanni Moreno | Cho Byung-Kuk | Luis Carlos Ruiz  Firas Al-Khatib |
| Shanghai Shenxin | Everton | Johnny | Jaílton Paraíba | Peter Utaka | Lim You-Hwan | Kieza Radomir Đalović |
| Shanghai SIPG |  Ransford Addo |  Imad Khalili |  Ibán Cuadrado | Tobias Hysén | Daniel McBreen | |
| Tianjin Teda | Andrezinho | Baré | Éder Lima | Carmelo Valencia | Mohammed Ali Khan |
- Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| Guizhou Renhe |  Xavier Chen | |
| Harbin Yiteng |  Wisdom Fofo Agbo | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Chen Po-liang | Brian Fok |
League table
Results
Positions by round
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
League attendance
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Awards
- Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: Elkeson
- Chinese Super League Golden Boot Winner: Elkeson
- Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot Award: Wu Lei
- Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: Wang Dalei
- Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: Liu Binbin
- Chinese Football Association Manager of the Year: Gregorio Manzano
- Chinese Football Association Referee of the Year: Tan Hai
- Chinese Super League Fair Play Award: Henan Jianye, Hangzhou Greentown
- Chinese Super League Team of the Year :
- *GK Wang Dalei
- *DF Xu Yunlong, Kim Young-Gwon, Zhang Linpeng, Zheng Zheng
- *MF Zhang Xizhe, Giovanni Moreno, Zheng Zhi, Davi
- *FW Elkeson, Wu Lei