List of Chinese football champions
The Chinese football champions indicates all past winners of the Chinese top-tier football league since it first started in 1951.
The professional football league of China was found in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League. After 10 years of existence, the Chinese FA decided to create a new top tier league known as the Chinese Super League.
So far 25 seasons have been completed, with 15 seasons as the Chinese Super League. Dalian Shide, 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
National Football Championship (1951–1953)
National Football League (1954–1955)
National Football Jia League (1956–1962)
National Football League (1963)
National Football Jia League (1964–1965)
National Football League (1973–1977)
National Football Jia League (1978–1986)
Jia-A League champions (1987–1993)
- Semi-professional Football League was launched.
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| Liaoning Dongyao | Tianjin Seagull | Shanghai | |
| Liaoning Dongyao | China B | Tianjin Seagull | |
| China B | Liaoning Dongyao | Shenzhou Shanghai | |
| Liaoning Dongyao | August 1st | Dalian Xinghai | |
| Liaoning Dongyao | Shanghai Shenhua | Beijing Shenzhou | |
| Liaoning Dongyao | Guangzhou Baiyun | Dalian Xinghai | |
| Liaoning Dongyao | Guangdong Hongyuan | Beijing Guoan |
Jia-A League champions (1994–2003)
- Professional Football League was launched.
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
| Dalian Wanda | Guangzhou Apollo | Shanghai Shenhua | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Beijing Guoan | Dalian Wanda | |
| Dalian Wanda | Shanghai Shenhua | Bayi | |
| Dalian Wanda | Shanghai Shenhua | Beijing Guoan | |
| Dalian Wanda | Shanghai Shenhua | Beijing Guoan | |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | Liaoning | Sichuan Quanxing | |
| Dalian Shide | Shanghai Shenhua | Sichuan Quanxing | |
| Dalian Shide | Shanghai Shenhua | Liaoning | |
| Dalian Shide | Shenzhen Ping An | Beijing Guoan | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Inter Shanghai | Dalian Shide |
- Italic indicates defunct clubs.
Super League champions (2004–present)
Total titles won
Teams in bold compete in the Chinese Super League as of the 2020 season. Italics indicates defunct clubs.| Club | Winner | Runner-up | Winning seasons |
| Liaoning Whowin | 1978, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | ||
| Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | ||
| Dalian Shide | 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 | ||
| Beijing Guoan | 1957, 1958, 1963, 1973, 1982, 1984, 2009 | ||
| Bayi | 1953, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986 | ||
| Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1961, 1962, 1995, 2003 | ||
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010 | ||
| Tianjin Teda | 1960, 1980 | ||
| North East | 1951, 1954 | ||
| Shanghai SIPG | 2018 | ||
| Guangdong Hongyuan | 1979 | ||
| China B | 1989 | ||
| Shenzhen | 2004 | ||
| Changchun Yatai | 2007 | ||
| Central Sports Institute | 1955 | ||
| Beijing Youth B | 1956 | ||
| Beijing Sports Institute | 1964 | ||
| Yanbian Fude | 1965 | ||
| East China | |||
| Jiangsu Suning | |||
| South Central | |||
| Dalian Shipyards | |||
| Shanghai Sports Institute | |||
| Shenyang | |||
| Hubei | |||
| Beijing Renhe |