China 2008

CSL (Chinese Super League)

Final Table:

 1.Shandong Luneng (Ji'nan)     30  18  9  3  54-25  63  Champions
 2.Shanghai Shenhua             30  17 10  3  58-29  61
 3.Beijing Guoan                30  16 10  4  44-27  58
 4.Tianjin Teda                 30  16  9  5  54-29  57
 5.Shaanxi Zhongxin             30  15  7  8  41-29  52  [*5]
 6.Changchun Yatai              30  12  9  9  53-45  45
 7.Guangzhou Pharmaceutical     30  10 10 10  41-42  40
 8.Qingdao Jonoon               30  10  9 11  39-36  39  [*4]  [2 2 0 0 4-1 6]
 9.Zhejiang Lucheng (Hangzhou)  30   9 12  9  38-32  39        [2 0 0 2 1-4 0]
10.Henan Siwu (Zhengzhou)       30   9  9 12  30-31  36  [*2]
11.Changsha Ginde               30   7 13 10  28-36  34
12.Shenzhen Xiangxue            30   8  9 13  35-34  33  [*6]
13.Chengdu Blades               30   7 11 12  30-37  32
14.Dalian Haichang              30   6 12 12  30-40  30  [*1]
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15.Liaoning Hunyong             30   6  9 15  34-47  27  [*3]  Relegated
16.Wuhan Guanggu                30   0  0 30   0-90   0  Relegated

NB: Wuhan Guanggu were excluded and had all matches awarded 0-3 losses;
    actual playing record:      18   2  6 10  10-21  12

[*1] Dalian Shide were renamed Dalian Haichang
[*2] Henan Jianye were renamed Henan Siwu
[*3] Liaoning FC (aka Liaoning Xiyang) were renamed Liaoning Yuandong
     before the season and into Liaoning Hunyong during the season;
     play in Jinzhou and Shenyang
[*4] Qingdao Zhongneng were renamed Qingdao Jonoon
[*5] Shaanxi Baorong were renamed Shaanxi Zhongxin; play in Baoji and Xi'an
[*6] Shenzhen Shangqingyin were renamed Shenzhen Xiangxue

Round 1 
[Mar 29]
Chengdu Blades           1-1 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Liu Cheng 75; Jefferson 65]  
Shanghai Shenhua         2-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue      
  [Du Wei 20, Yu Tao 52]
[Mar 30]
Dalian Haichang          1-0 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Chilikov 23pen]   
Tianjin Teda             4-0 Zhejiang Lucheng    
  [Santos 27, Hao Junmin 55, 65, Mao Biao 84] 
Changsha Ginde           2-2 Changchun Yatai  
  [Dede 3, Liu Jianye 89; Lu Jianjun 54, Du Zhenyu 77]       
Shandong Luneng          0-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin 
Wuhan Guanggu            1-3 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical  [awarded 0-3]
  [Gustavo 12; Ramirez 3, 89, Xu Liang 46]
Beijing Guoan            2-0 Henan Siwu
  [Martinez 36, Du Wenhui 78]         

Round 2
[Apr 5]
Henan Siwu               3-3 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Gilson 11pen, Olisadebe 26, 89; Jefferson 2, Griffiths 8, Wang Xinxin 20]
Changchun Yatai          2-1 Chengdu Blades   
  [Huang Jie 14, Wang Dong 90; Wang Song 30]       
Beijing Guoan            1-1 Shandong Luneng 
  [Martinez 80; Zhou Haibin 45]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         1-0 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Wang Peng 87]         
Shanghai Shenhua         2-1 Tianjin Teda      
  [Gao Lin 74, 81; Hao Junmin 63]      
Zhejiang Lucheng         0-2 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Liu Jian 47, Yao Jiangshan 63]
[Apr 6]
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Changsha Ginde     
  [Hu Zhaojun 3; Cardoso 72]     
Shenzhen Xiangxue        1-1 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Yuan Lin 86; Duarte 62]

Round 4
[Apr 9]
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Henan Siwu  
  [Zhu Ting 26; Nwaigwe 90]      
Liaoning Yuandong        1-0 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]   
  [Jefferson 28]        
Tianjin Teda             1-1 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Cao Yang 85; Brown 35]
Shanghai Shenhua         2-0 Changsha Ginde  
  [Ricard 25, Shen Longyuan 47]        
Zhejiang Lucheng         0-1 Chengdu Blades  
  [Rodrigues 30]        
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin
[Jul 16]
Beijing Guoan            3-2 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Sui Dongliang 42, Tiago 58, Tao Wei 76; Xu Liang 62pen,
   Gao Ming 86]
[Sep 4]
Changchun Yatai          2-2 Shandong Luneng 
  [Cao Tianbao 44, Du Zhenyu 46; Cichero 10, Wang Yongpo 78]

Round 3
[Apr 12]
Chengdu Blades           2-1 Dalian Haichang 
  [Wang Song 27, 62; Zou Jie 51]
Changsha Ginde           1-1 Zhejiang Lucheng   
  [Wen Huyi 42; Xu Ning 20]     
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 0-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin
  [Zhou Lin 85og]
Shandong Luneng          3-1 Liaoning Yuandong  
  [Han Peng 44, 90, Wang Yongpo 53; Griffiths 72] 
[Apr 13]
Qingdao Jonoon           0-0 Shanghai Shenhua        
Wuhan Guanggu            0-1 Beijing Guoan             [awarded 0-3]      
  [Guo Hui 87]     
Tianjin Teda             1-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue      
  [Eber Luis 46; Macaba 26]
Henan Siwu               2-0 Changchun Yatai    
  [Zhang Lu 58, He Bin 62]     

Round 5
[Apr 26]
Henan Siwu               1-0 Zhejiang Lucheng    
  [Olisadebe 40]    
[Apr 27]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         2-1 Beijing Guoan           
  [Xie Feng 17, Jiang Chen 67; Martinez 31] 
Changsha Ginde           1-3 Tianjin Teda            
  [Zhao Ming 73; Eber Luis 7, 30, Hao Junmin 62] 
Wuhan Guanggu            1-0 Changchun Yatai           [awarded 0-3]            
  [Munhoz 74]
Liaoning Yuandong        0-2 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 
  [Ramirez 20, Diego 27]
Chengdu Blades           2-1 Shanghai Shenhua       
  [Danielson 59, Rodrigues 89; Martinez 13]
Shandong Luneng          2-0 Dalian Haichang 
  [Han Peng 52, Zivkovic 60]
Qingdao Jonoon           1-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue     
  [Jiang Ning 90] 

Round 6
[May 2]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-0 Beijing Guoan            
Tianjin Teda             3-1 Chengdu Blades     
  [Eber Luis 20, 80, Zhang Shuo 37pen; Wang Song 35]      
[May 3]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 3-2 Changchun Yatai     
  [Xu Liang 35, Diego 44, Duarte 74; Dah Zadi 70, 90]    
Qingdao Jonoon           1-1 Changsha Ginde      
  [Santamaria 42; Cardoso 50]     
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Sun Feng 85; Lu Bofei 46]   
Liaoning Yuandong        1-2 Shaanxi Zhongxin
  [Wang Xinxin 72; Scheidt 51, Li Yi 54]
Zhejiang Lucheng         0-0 Shandong Luneng 
Shanghai Shenhua         2-0 Henan Siwu         
  [Jiang Kun 38, Martinez 47]      

Round 7
[May 10]
Chengdu Blades           1-1 Qingdao Jonoon      
  [Yang Zezhi 75; Brown 42]  
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 3-0 Dalian Haichang  
  [Diego 14, Ramirez 40, Wu Pingfeng 70]
Wuhan Guanggu            0-2 Zhejiang Lucheng          [awarded 0-3]     
  [Ma Cheng 73, Benounes 85]   
Henan Siwu               1-1 Tianjin Teda   
  [Douglas 36; Zhang Shuo 23]
Beijing Guoan            2-0 Liaoning Yuandong  
  [Huang Bowen 26, Tiago 51]
Changsha Ginde           2-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue    
  [Oumarou 67, Wen Huyi 87; Li Hongyang 55]
Shandong Luneng          2-1 Shanghai Shenhua 
  [Han Peng 76, Du Wei 87og; Jiang Kun 49]
[May 11]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         4-3 Changchun Yatai
  [Li Yan 11pen, Li Yi 18, Vicente 38, Wang Peng 89; Caballero 1,
   Dah Zadi 57, 84]

Round 8 
[May 17]
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin 
  [Zhao Xuri 41; Vicente 70]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        4-0 Liaoning Yuandong  
  [Gao Jian 38, 84, Macaba 66, 78]
Changchun Yatai          1-1 Beijing Guoan     
  [Chen Lei 2; Huang Bowen 76]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-3 Zhejiang Lucheng 
  [Duarte 89; Cai Chuchuan 52, 80, Benounes 66]
Changsha Ginde           1-1 Chengdu Blades    
  [Wen Huyi 87; Zhang Yuan 54]
Tianjin Teda             1-1 Shandong Luneng   
  [Zhang Shuo 37; Wang Yongpo 24]
Shanghai Shenhua         1-0 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Scott 62]
[May 18]
Henan Siwu               2-0 Qingdao Jonoon  
  [Olisadebe 3, 42]

Round 10 [Jun 25]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        1-2 Changchun Yatai    
  [Macaba 32; Dah Zadi 10, Liu Xiaodong 71]
Qingdao Jonoon           1-1 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Shi Hanjun 16; Wang Sheng 18]
Changsha Ginde           0-1 Shandong Luneng   
  [Li Jinyu 55]
Zhejiang Lucheng         1-1 Beijing Guoan     
  [Cai Chuchuan 52; Tao Wei 32]
Tianjin Teda             2-0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Daouda 34, Eber Luis 50] 
Henan Siwu               0-0 Chengdu Blades    
Dalian Haichang          2-1 Liaoning Yuandong  
  [Zhang Yaokun 46pen, 90; Zhao Junzhe 55pen]
Shanghai Shenhua         2-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin 
  [Wu Weichao 25, Jiang Kun 85]

Round 11 
[Jun 28]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 3-2 Qingdao Jonoon    
  [Xu Liang 20, Lu Lin 27, Feng Junyan 90; Hu Jun 44, Xu Jingjie 53]   
Shaanxi Zhongxin         1-0 Tianjin Teda  
  [Wang Peng 9]
Henan Siwu               2-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue 
  [Olisadebe 27, 54; Sui Donglu 75]
Liaoning Yuandong        0-1 Zhejiang Lucheng 
  [Cai Chuchuan 31]
Shandong Luneng          2-1 Chengdu Blades    
  [Lu Zheng 28, Zivkovic 46; Jiang Xiaoyu 68]
[Jun 29]
Wuhan Guanggu            1-0 Changsha Ginde            [awarded 0-3] 
  [Wang Sheng 67]
Beijing Guoan            0-2 Shanghai Shenhua  
  [Yu Tao 47, Jiang Kun 55]
Changchun Yatai          2-0 Dalian Haichang  
  [Du Zhenyu 42pen, Cao Tianbao 89]

Round 12
[Jul 2]
Qingdao Jonoon           1-3 Shaanxi Zhongxin  
  [Brown 78; Wang Peng 16, Vicente 30, 34]
Henan Siwu               0-2 Shandong Luneng    
  [Wang Yongpo 5, 84]  
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-0 Dalian Haichang  
Tianjin Teda             1-3 Beijing Guoan  
  [Mao Biao 84; Huang Bowen 2, Guo Hui 61, Scott 82]
Zhejiang Lucheng         3-0 Changchun Yatai  
  [Cai Chuchuan 20, Ji Xinghua 70, Yan Song 81]
Shanghai Shenhua         1-1 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Cheng Liang 20; Wang Xinxin 85]
Chengdu Blades           1-1 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Danielson 43; Xie Zhiyu 48]
[Jul 3]
Changsha Ginde           4-2 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Oumarou 16, 47, Zhang Chenglin 49, Yu Guijun 78;
   Ramirez 74, Tang Dechao 90]

Round 13
[Jul 5]
Dalian Haichang          0-0 Zhejiang Lucheng      
Shandong Luneng          2-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue 
  [Shu Chang 10, Wang Yongpo 70; Macaba 40]
[Jul 6]
Liaoning Yuandong        1-2 Tianjin Teda 
  [Griffiths 21; Zhang Shuo 27, Liu Bochao 42]
Beijing Guoan            1-0 Qingdao Jonoon 
  [Tiago 65]
Wuhan Guanggu            1-1 Henan Siwu                [awarded 0-3]     
  [Wang Sheng 32; Yang Lin 86] 
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-1 Chengdu Blades   
  [Xu Liang 51; Liu Cheng 90]
Changchun Yatai          2-2 Shanghai Shenhua  
  [Cao Tianbao 15, Melkam 60; Marchesini 21, Ricard 26pen]
[Jul 8]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         2-1 Changsha Ginde  
  [Scheidt 45, Jiang Chen 78; Oumarou 47]

Round 14
[Jul 12]
Shanghai Shenhua         3-1 Dalian Haichang  
  [Cheng Liang 20, Jiang Kun 21, Du Wei 51; Li Kai 90]
Changsha Ginde           1-1 Beijing Guoan        
  [Tales 90; Guo Hui 13]
Henan Siwu               2-0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Qiao Wei 33, Gilsinho 47]
Shandong Luneng          2-0 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Zivkovic 4pen, Mrdakovic 51]
Tianjin Teda             1-2 Changchun Yatai   
  [Mao Biao 5; Du Zhenyu 8, Tang Jing 66]
[Jul 13]
Qingdao Jonoon           2-1 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Qu Bo 60pen, 75; Zhao Junzhe 38pen]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-1 Zhejiang Lucheng      
  [Erivaldo 9]
Chengdu Blades           0-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin   
  [Wang Peng 53]

Round 15
[Aug 30]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-0 Shandong Luneng  
  [Ramirez 63]
Chengdu Blades           1-1 Beijing Guoan    
  [Danielson 47; Tiago 77]    
Shaanxi Zhongxin         2-1 Henan Siwu  
  [Li Yi 44, Xin Feng 81; Olisadebe 47]
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Tianjin Teda   
  [Zhu Ting 2; Lu Yan 90]
Zhejiang Lucheng         1-1 Shanghai Shenhua  
  [Erivaldo 6; Gao Lin 70]    
Liaoning Yuandong        1-0 Changsha Ginde 
  [Kirenkin 35]
[Aug 31]
Qingdao Jonoon           2-2 Changchun Yatai 
  [Qu Bo 17, Brown 51; Dah Zadi 45, Cao Tianbao 62]
[Sep 1]
Wuhan Guanggu            0-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue         [awarded 0-3]  

Round 9 
[Sep 6]
Dalian Haichang          3-1 Beijing Guoan    
  [Li Kai 41, Li Xuepeng 49, 63; Yang Hao 53]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 0-1 Shanghai Shenhua    
  [Martinez 34]
Wuhan Guanggu            1-2 Tianjin Teda              [awarded 0-3] 
  [Li Yinan 78; Wu Weian 68, Mao Biao 72]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-0 Chengdu Blades   
[Sep 7]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         2-2 Zhejiang Lucheng   
  [Vicente 35, 85pen; Benounes 20, Erivaldo 51]   
Shandong Luneng          2-1 Qingdao Jonoon 
  [Han Peng 48, 55; Zheng Long 86]
Henan Siwu               0-1 Changsha Ginde   
  [Cardoso 10]
Changchun Yatai          0-0 Liaoning Yuandong

Round 16
[Sep 13]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 2-1 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
  [Ramirez 22, 33; Deng Zhuoxiang 4]
Changchun Yatai          0-0 Changsha Ginde   
Henan Siwu               1-2 Beijing Guoan    
  [Olisadebe 36; Martinez 1, Scott 81]
Liaoning Yuandong        0-0 Chengdu Blades   
Zhejiang Lucheng         0-1 Tianjin Teda    
  [Cao Yang 73]
[Sep 15]
Qingdao Jonoon           2-1 Dalian Haichang      
  [Liu Jian 60pen, Zou Zheng 66; Chamanga 70]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         0-2 Shandong Luneng      
  [Zhou Haibin 2, 69] 
Shenzhen Xiangxue        2-0 Shanghai Shenhua     
  [Macaba 30, 58]  

Round 17
[Sep 20]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue     
  [Feng Junyan 56]      
Shandong Luneng          2-0 Beijing Guoan       
  [Li Jinyu 5, Wang Yongpo 44]
Wuhan Guanggu            0-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin          [awarded 0-3]     
  [Wang Erzhuo 34]      
[Sep 21]
Chengdu Blades           1-2 Changchun Yatai       
  [Jiang Xiaoyu 76; Yan Feng 64, Cao Tianbao 79]      
Qingdao Jonoon           2-1 Zhejiang Lucheng       
  [Jiang Ning 34, Zheng Long 73; Yan Song 84]     
Changsha Ginde           0-0 Dalian Haichang   
Liaoning Yuandong        0-0 Henan Siwu               
Tianjin Teda             1-1 Shanghai Shenhua     
  [Cao Yang 5; Xiao Zhanbo 31]  

Round 18
[Sep 27]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         1-1 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical   
  [Ronny 36; Wu Pingfeng 21] 
Changchun Yatai          0-0 Henan Siwu               
Dalian Haichang          1-2 Chengdu Blades      
  [Chamanga 41; Zhang Yuan 15, Shi Jun 25]
Liaoning Yuandong        2-4 Shandong Luneng     
  [Wang Xinxin 12, Ding Jie 54;Han Peng 55, Wang Xiaolong 65, 89,
   Luciano 68]  
Zhejiang Lucheng         3-0 Changsha Ginde      
  [Yan Song 8, Erivaldo 25, Benounes 46]
[Sep 28]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        1-1 Tianjin Teda    
  [Zajac 16; Cao Yang 90]
Beijing Guoan            1-1 Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]   
  [Martinez 42, Lu Bofei 86]
Shanghai Shenhua         4-1 Qingdao Jonoon     
  [Martinez 22, Gao Lin 51, Ricard 84, 88; Zheng Long 45]         

NB: Wuhan Guanggu were disqualified from the league after an
    altercation with the FA on an 8-match ban for their player
    Li Weifeng; all their matches (both those played and those
    till scheduled) are awarded 0-3 against them.

Round 19 [Oct 2]
Changsha Ginde           1-1 Shanghai Shenhua
  [Sandro 20; Ricard 28]
Chengdu Blades           2-2 Zhejiang Lucheng
  [Wang Song 26pen, Rodrigues 75; Yan Song 24, Wu Wei 61]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-1 Beijing Guoan
  [Diego 71; Martinez 3]
Henan Siwu               3-0 Dalian Haichang
  [Lu Feng 12, Olisadebe 41, Xiao Zhi 70]
Qingdao Jonoon           0-1 Tianjin Teda
  [Cao Yang 12]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         1-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue
  [Zheng Wei 86]
Shandong Luneng          3-1 Changchun Yatai
  [Wang Xiaolong 15, Mrdakovic 45, 47; Wang Dong 2]
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Liaoning Yuandong         [awarded 0-3]

Round 20 [Oct 5]
Beijing Guoan            1-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin
  [Guo Hui 72; Ronny 90]
Changchun Yatai          n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
Dalian Haichang          0-0 Shandong Luneng
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 1-2 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Diego 87; Griffiths 8, Kirenkin 78]
Shanghai Shenhua         2-0 Chengdu Blades
  [Ricard 24, Gao Lin 53]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        1-1 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Gao Jian 79; Zou Zheng 90]
Tianjin Teda             2-0 Changsha Ginde
  [Cao Yang 18pen, Daouda 43]
Zhejiang Lucheng         2-0 Henan Siwu
  [Erivaldo 47, 75]

Round 21
[Oct 11]
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Dalian Haichang           [awarded 0-3]
Changchun Yatai          6-0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 
  [Wang Dong 6, 66, Dah Zadi 25, Liu Weidong 30, Caballero 81pen, 
   Chen Lei 90]
Changsha Ginde           1-5 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Wang Qiang 69; Zheng Long 17, Brown 20, 71, Jiang Ning 49, Liu Jian 57]
Chengdu Blades           0-2 Tianjin Teda     
  [Tan Wangsong 11, Eber Luis 29]
Shandong Luneng          2-1 Zhejiang Lucheng         
  [Mrdakovic 1, 21; Benounes 12]
Henan Siwu               0-2 Shanghai Shenhua       
  [Qiao Wei 36og, Scott 41]  
[Oct 12]
Beijing Guoan            1-0 Shenzhen Xiangxue    
  [Du Wenhui 35]    
[Oct 13]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         3-0 Liaoning Yuandong
  [Xin Feng 31, Wang Peng 40, Zhu Jiawei 65]

Round 22 [Oct 18]
Dalian Haichang          1-1 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 
  [Chilikov 90; Feng Junyan 9]
Changchun Yatai          1-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin     
  [Cabrero 70]    
Shenzhen Xiangxue        0-0 Changsha Ginde           
Liaoning Yuandong        1-2 Beijing Guoan       
  [Kirenkin 4; Du Wenhui 66, Scott 89]     
Shanghai Shenhua         3-2 Shandong Luneng       
  [Martinez 6, Ricard 41, Gao Lin 51; Zivkovic 61, Li Jinyu 90]
Qingdao Jonoon           1-0 Chengdu Blades     
  [Qu Bo 70]
Tianjin Teda             2-1 Henan Siwu       
  [Han Yanming 21, Cao Yang 35; Zhang Lu 10]        
Zhejiang Lucheng         n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]

Round 23 [Oct 22]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         2-0 Dalian Haichang 
  [Vicente 63, Wan Houliang 76]    
Liaoning Yuandong        1-2 Shenzhen Xiangxue  
  [Kirenkin 35; Song Lihui 70, Macaba 89]      
Beijing Guoan            2-1 Changchun Yatai    
  [Huang Bowen 12, Martinez 60; Cao Tianbao 76]    
Zhejiang Lucheng         0-0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
Chengdu Blades           0-1 Changsha Ginde     
  [Oumarou 21]    
Shandong Luneng          1-1 Tianjin Teda  
  [Shu Chang 11; Han Yanming 5]    
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Shanghai Shenhua          [awarded 0-3]
Qingdao Jonoon           0-0 Henan Siwu     

Round 24
[Oct 25]
Chengdu Blades           3-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue   
  [Wang Song 21, Shi Jun 55, Li Tie 80; Macaba 37]     
Qingdao Jonoon           1-1 Shandong Luneng  
  [Jiang Ning 14; Mrdakovic 27]            
[Oct 26]
Liaoning Yuandong        3-0 Changchun Yatai  
  [Kirenkin 26, Griffiths 48, Sasa 64]      
Zhejiang Lucheng         2-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin  
  [Cai Chuchuan 6, Erivaldo 86; Cao Xuan 60og]           
Changsha Ginde           0-0 Henan Siwu     
Beijing Guoan            2-1 Dalian Haichang 
  [Huang Bowen 15, Scott 24; Chamanga 41]
Tianjin Teda             n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
Shanghai Shenhua         3-2 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Du Wei 40, Ricard 50, Scott 59; Ramirez 17, Diego 36]    

Round 25
[Nov 1]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         1-4 Shanghai Shenhua    
  [Wang Yun 90; Mao Jianqing 41, Martinez 52, 71, Ricard 56]     
Changchun Yatai          4-2 Shenzhen Xiangxue 
  [Du Zhenyu 43pen, 63, 67, Wang Dong 58; Fan Xiaodong 20, Macaba 78]        
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Qingdao Jonoon            [awarded 0-3]           
Chengdu Blades           0-0 Henan Siwu               
[Nov 2]
Shandong Luneng          4-1 Changsha Ginde  
  [Li Jinyu 1, 80, Mrdakovic 22, 35; Wen Huyi 71]        
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-3 Tianjin Teda  
  [Li Yan 12, Ramirez 50, 76, Lu Lin 84; Eber Luis 77,
   Wu Weian 86pen, Hao Junmin 90]
Liaoning Yuandong        0-0 Dalian Haichang     
Beijing Guoan            1-0 Zhejiang Lucheng  
  [Guo Hui 83]           

Round 26
[Nov 8]
Dalian Haichang          2-3 Changchun Yatai          
  [Zhang Yaokun 13, Zhao Mingjian 88; Du Zhenyu 5, 7, Dah Zadi 64]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        3-1 Henan Siwu               
  [Zhang Ye 59, Felipe 73, Fan Xiaodong 90; Zhang Lu 6]
Tianjin Teda             1-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin         
  [Lu Yan 88]
Chengdu Blades           2-4 Shandong Luneng          
  [Shi Jun 55; Liu Cheng 61, Cichero 24, 79, Zivkovic 72pen, Li Jinyu 88]
Zhejiang Lucheng         1-1 Liaoning Hongyun         
  [Varbanov 84; Yang Xu 39]
Shanghai Shenhua         1-1 Beijing Guoan            
  [Mao Jianqing 35; Du Wenhui 41]
Changsha Ginde           n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
[Nov 9]
Qingdao Jonoon           0-0 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical

Round 27 [Nov 12]
Dalian Haichang          2-1 Shenzhen Xiangxue        
  [Zhu Ting 38, Chamanga 50; Felipe 78]
Liaoning Hongyun         4-4 Shanghai Shenhua         
  [Zhao Junzhe 59, Yang Xu 73, 80, Qu Xiaohui 89; Gao Lin 22,
   Scott 34, 54, Martinez 40]
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 0-0 Changsha Ginde           
Shaanxi Zhongxin         0-2 Qingdao Jonoon           
  [Liu Jian 31, Brown 70]
Shandong Luneng          1-0 Henan Siwu               
  [Cui Peng 20]
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Chengdu Blades            [awarded 0-3]
Changchun Yatai          2-2 Zhejiang Lucheng         
  [Cao Tianbao 11, Dah Zadi 29; Tan Yang 26, Erivaldo 56pen]
Beijing Guoan            2-2 Tianjin Teda             
  [Tiago 31, Tao Wei 78; Wu Weian 4, Hao Junmin 37]

Round 28 [Nov 16]
Chengdu Blades           1-1 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
  [Shi Jun 75; Shi Jun 90og]
Henan Siwu               n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
Qingdao Jonoon           1-2 Beijing Guoan            
  [Zheng Long 67; Tiago 23, Burca 73]
Shanghai Shenhua         3-2 Changchun Yatai          
  [Sun Ji 64, Gao Lin 76, Cheng Liang 85; Wang Dong 47, Cao Tianbao 58]
Changsha Ginde           1-1 Shaanxi Zhongxin         
  [Liu Jianye 51; Wang Yun 82]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        3-2 Shandong Luneng          
  [Macaba 8, Felipe 51, Song Lihui 89; Lu Zheng 12, 71]
Tianjin Teda             2-0 Liaoning Hongyun         
  [Wu Weian 17, Eber Luis 37]
Zhejiang Lucheng         1-1 Dalian Haichang          
  [Erivaldo 78; Chilikov 86pen]

Round 29 [Nov 23]
Beijing Guoan            1-0 Changsha Ginde           
  [Huang Bowen 78]
Changchun Yatai          0-2 Tianjin Teda
  [Eber Luis 45, Mao Biao 47]
Dalian Haichang          0-0 Shanghai Shenhua
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-2 Henan Siwu
  [Xu Liang 20, 86, Ramirez 34pen, Bai Lei 67; Olisadebe 10,
   Wang Shouting 81]
Liaoning Hongyun         3-2 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Ding Jie 4, Zhao Junzhe 6pen, Xiao Zhen 12; Liu Jian 18pen, 86]
Shaanxi Zhongxin         3-0 Chengdu Blades
  [Vicente 4, Wang Yun 5, Wang Erzhuo 28]
Wuhan Guanggu            n/p Shandong Luneng           [awarded 0-3]
Zhejiang Lucheng         2-3 Shenzhen Xiangxue
  [Erivaldo 17, Huang Long 64; Macaba 14, 78, Felipe 74]

Round 30 [Nov 30]
Beijing Guoan            2-0 Chengdu Blades
  [Tao Wei 56, Huang Bowen 90]
Changchun Yatai          3-1 Qingdao Jonoon
  [Cao Tianbao 21, Du Zhenyu 65, Melkam 77; Qu Bo 80]
Changsha Ginde           1-0 Liaoning Hongyun
  [Wang Qiang 83]
Henan Siwu               1-0 Shaanxi Zhongxin
  [Olisadebe 31]
Shandong Luneng          0-0 Guangzhou Xiangxue
Shanghai Shenhua         2-2 Zhejiang Lucheng
  [Meza 8, Cheng Liang 45; Benounes 40, Tan Yang 76]
Shenzhen Xiangxue        n/p Wuhan Guanggu             [awarded 3-0]
Tianjin Teda             5-3 Dalian Haichang
  [Mao Biao 22, Eber Luis 33, 35pen, 42, 58; Chilikov 44, 51,
   Zhang Yaokun 45pen]

Final Table:

 1.Shandong Luneng (Ji'nan)     30  18  9  3  54-25  63  Champions
 2.Shanghai Shenhua             30  17 10  3  58-29  61
 3.Beijing Guoan                30  16 10  4  44-27  58
 4.Tianjin Teda                 30  16  9  5  54-29  57
 5.Shaanxi Zhongxin             30  15  7  8  41-29  52  [*5]
 6.Changchun Yatai              30  12  9  9  53-45  45
 7.Guangzhou Pharmaceutical     30  10 10 10  41-42  40
 8.Qingdao Jonoon               30  10  9 11  39-36  39  [*4]  [2 2 0 0 4-1 6]
 9.Zhejiang Lucheng (Hangzhou)  30   9 12  9  38-32  39        [2 0 0 2 1-4 0]
10.Henan Siwu (Zhengzhou)       30   9  9 12  30-31  36  [*2]
11.Changsha Ginde               30   7 13 10  28-36  34
12.Shenzhen Xiangxue            30   8  9 13  35-34  33  [*6]
13.Chengdu Blades               30   7 11 12  30-37  32
14.Dalian Haichang              30   6 12 12  30-40  30  [*1]
-------------------------------------------------------
15.Liaoning Hunyong             30   6  9 15  34-47  27  [*3]  Relegated
16.Wuhan Guanggu                30   0  0 30   0-90   0  Relegated

NB: Wuhan Guanggu were excluded and had all matches awarded 0-3 losses;
    actual playing record:      18   2  6 10  10-21  12

[*1] Dalian Shide were renamed Dalian Haichang
[*2] Henan Jianye were renamed Henan Siwu
[*3] Liaoning FC (aka Liaoning Xiyang) were renamed Liaoning Yuandong
     before the season and into Liaoning Hunyong during the season;
     play in Jinzhou and Shenyang
[*4] Qingdao Zhongneng were renamed Qingdao Jonoon
[*5] Shaanxi Baorong were renamed Shaanxi Zhongxin; play in Baoji and Xi'an
[*6] Shenzhen Shangqingyin were renamed Shenzhen Xiangxue

Top Scorers
14 Eber Luis (Brazil)                Tianjin Teda
13 Johnson Macaba (Angola)           Shenzhen Xiangxue
12 Emmanuel Olisadebe (Poland)       Henan Siwu
   Luis Ramirez (Honduras)           Guangzhou Pharmaceutical
10 Du Zhenyu                         Changchun Yatai
   Erivaldo (Brazil)                 Zhejiang Lucheng
 

Stadia

Beijing Guoan             Fengtai Stadium            Beijing
Changchun Yatai           Changchun Stadium          Changchun
Changsha Ginde            He Long Stadium            Changsha
Chengdu Blades            Chengdu Sports Centre      Chengdu
Dalian Haichang           Jinzhou Stadium            Dalian
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical  Yuexiushan Stadium         Guangzhou
Henan Siwu                Hanghai Stadium            Zhengzhou
Liaoning Yuandong         City Stadium               Jinzhou
         From Round 14    Tiexi District Stadium     Shenyang
Qingdao Jonoon            Tiantai Stadium            Qingdao
Shaanxi Zhongxin          City Stadium               Baoji
         From Round 11    Coca Cola Stadium          Xi'an
Shandong Luneng           Provincial Stadium         Ji'nan
Shanghai Shenhua          Hongkou Stadium            Shanghai
            Round 8,18    Yuanshen Sports Centre     Shanghai
Shenzhen Xiangxue         City Stadium               Shenzhen
Tianjin Teda              Teda Stadium               Tianjin
Wuhan Guanggu             Xinhualu Stadium           Wuhan
Zhejiang Lucheng          Huanglong Sports Centre    Hangzhou



Second Level 2008


China League

Final Table:

 1.Jiangsu Shuntian             24  19  2  3  56-24  59  Promoted
 2.Chongqing Lifan              24  12  7  5  34-19  43  Promoted
-------------------------------------------------------
 3.Nanchang August 1st          24  11  9  4  37-24  42
 4.Anhui Jiufang                24   7  9  8  33-37  30
 5.Sichuan                      24   7  8  9  27-36  29
 6.Shanghai Dongya              24   7  7 10  26-30  28  [6 3 1 2 7-4 10]
 7.Beijing Patriotic Students   24   7  7 10  27-39  28  [6 2 3 1 6-4  9]
 8.Qingdao Hailifeng            24   7  7 10  33-38  28  [6 2 2 2 9-11 8]
 9.Yanbian                      24   8  4 12  32-39  28  [6 2 0 4 9-12 6]
10.Nanjing Yoyo                 24   6  9  9  35-38  27        [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
11.Wuxi Zobon                   24   7  6 11  24-33  27  [*1]  [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
12.Beijing Hongdeng             24   5 11  8  24-24  26  [*2]
-------------------------------------------------------
13.Yantai Yiteng                24   5 10  9  28-35  25  [*3]  Relegated
 -.Xiamen Lanshi                withdrew

[*1] Shanghai Stars were relocated and renamed Wuxi Zobon
[*2] Beijing Yanjiesheng were renamed Beijing Hongdeng     
[*3] Harbin Yiteng were relocated and renamed Yantai Yiteng

Round 1
[Apr 5]
Chongqing Lifan            1-1 Yantai Yiteng
  [Wang Kun 67; Andjelkovic 76]
Jiangsu Shuntian           3-2 Anhui Jiufang
  [Magno 22, Budisa 33, Marcinho 62pen; Gao Dawei 38, 48]
Nanchang August 1st        0-0 Shanghai Dongya
Qingdao Hailifeng          2-0 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Zhang Tiangang 60, 75]
[Apr 6]
Beijing Patriotic Students 1-0 Sichuan
  [Zhang Shu 75]
Wuxi Zobon                 1-0 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Tan Xin 85]
Yanbian                    bye

Round 2
[Apr 12]
Anhui Jiufang              1-1 Chongqing Lifan
  [Shi Ming 4; Fan Dongqing 42]
Nanjing Yoyo               1-0 Nanchang August 1st
  [Cilio 40]
Sichuan                    1-0 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Augusto 20]
Yanbian                    1-0 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Zhang Shudong 56]
Yantai Yiteng              4-3 Wuxi Zobon
  [Sun Fenghao 44, Piao Zhenghuan 49, Andjelkovic 74, Wang Jingxuan 80;
   Quinzinho 35, Zhang Kejiang 89, Njewel 90]
[Apr 13]
Shanghai Dongya            1-2 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Zhu Zhengrong 75; Ilie 37, Zhang Tiangang 71]
Beijing Hongdeng           bye

Round 3
[Apr 18]
Shanghai Dongya            1-1 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Cai Huikang 52; Jiao Yang 38]
[Apr 19]
Chongqing Lifan            2-0 Sichuan
  [Santos 63, Li Siyuan 72]
Nanchang August 1st        0-0 Yantai Yiteng
Qingdao Hailifeng          1-2 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Ilie 23pen; Cilio 7, Li Weiliang 39]
Wuxi Zobon                 0-0 Anhui Jiufang
[Apr 20]
Jiangsu Shuntian           2-1 Yanbian
  [Marcinho 18, 61; Santos 66]
Beijing Patriotic Students bye

Round 4
[Apr 26]
Anhui Jiufang              2-2 Nanchang August 1st
  [Gao Dawei 41, Huo Dun 49; Wang Bo 30, Erics 90]
Sichuan                    3-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Zhou Wei 5, 58, Augusto 78; Wang Jianwen 21]
Yanbian                    2-1 Chongqing Lifan
  [Zhang Shudong 14, Zheng Linguo 64; Huang Xiyang 85]
Yantai Yiteng              3-1 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Sun Fenghao 11, Wang Jingxuan 26, Andjelkovic 78; Ilie 86]
[Apr 27]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-0 Nanjing Yoyo
Beijing Patriotic Students 1-3 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Budisa 88og; Magno 23, Marcinho 40, Li Zhuangfei 85]
Shanghai Dongya            bye

Round 5
[May 2]
Shanghai Dongya            1-1 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Wang Jiayu 79pen; Li Weiliang 87]
[May 3]
Beijing Hongdeng           2-2 Yantai Yiteng
  [Lu Ming 81pen, 88pen; Sun Shilin 80, Piao Zhenghuan 82]
Nanchang August 1st        2-2 Sichuan
  [Bill 15pen, Qu Shaoyan 85; Augusto 68pen, Zhou Wei 70]
Wuxi Zobon                 3-0 Yanbian
  [Chen Liang 6, Wang Jianwen 72, 88]
[May 4]
Beijing Patriotic Students 0-5 Chongqing Lifan
  [Wu Qing 7, 37, Huang Xiyang 27, Wang Kun 40, 87]
Qingdao Hailifeng          3-1 Anhui Jiufang
  [Ilie 29, 68, Feng Shaoshun 90; Wang Zhenxing 65]
Jiangsu Shuntian           bye

Round 6 [May 10]
Anhui Jiufang              4-3 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Chen Dong 19, Shi Ming 37, Hodonj 57, Betao 75; Akwuegbu 63, Su Yang 84,
   Wang Lei 89]
Beijing Patriotic Students 2-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Yao Youming 13og, Lu Bin 52; Song Bo 73]
Jiangsu Shuntian           2-0 Chongqing Lifan
  [Magno 33, 48]
Sichuan                    0-0 Qingdao Hailifeng
Yanbian                    1-1 Nanchang August 1st
  [Cui Yongzhe 9; Qu Shaoyan 48]
Yantai Yiteng              2-2 Shanghai Dongya
  [Andjelkovic 13, Piao Zhenghuan 77; Wang Jiayu 24, Zhu Zhengrong 87]
Nanjing Yoyo               bye

Round 7
[May 17]
Beijing Hongdeng           1-2 Sichuan
  [Akwuegbu 55; Augusto 44, Teng Bin 82]
Nanjing Yoyo               1-2 Yantai Yiteng
  [Cilio 62; Andjelkovic 74, 81]
Wuxi Zobon                 0-2 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Cao Rui 75, Magno 78]
[May 18]
Beijing Patriotic Students 0-2 Nanchang August 1st
  [Qu Shaoyan 64, Zhang Shukai 78]
Shanghai Dongya            1-2 Anhui Jiufang
  [Lu Wenjun 72; Fabio 38, Hodonj 82]
[Jul 19]
Qingdao Hailifeng          2-1 Yanbian
  [Ilie 14, 24; Zola 73]
Chongqing Lifan            bye

Round 8
[May 31]
Anhui Jiufang              4-2 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Fabio 14, 35, Gao Dawei 63, Chen Dong 74; Li Zhe 65, Luo Hao 72]
Beijing Patriotic Students 2-2 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Lu Bin 43pen, Liu Meng 87; Ilie 52, 54]
Jiangsu Shuntian           2-1 Nanchang August 1st
  [Li Benjian 11, 57pen; Ji Jun 50]
Shanghai Dongya            2-1 Sichuan
  [Zhan Yilin 1, Wu Lei 74pen; Augusto 59]
Wuxi Zobon                 0-0 Chongqing Lifan
Yanbian                    1-0 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Zheng Linguo 74pen]
Yantai Yiteng              bye

Round 9
[Jun 6]
Shanghai Dongya            2-1 Yanbian
  [Lu Wenjun 5, Wang Jiayu 43; Zhang Shudong 90]
[Jun 7]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-1 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Lu Bin 52]
Nanchang August 1st        1-1 Chongqing Lifan
  [Alex Maranhao 66; Zhao Hejing 55]
Nanjing Yoyo               0-0 Sichuan
Yantai Yiteng              1-1 Anhui Jiufang
  [Park Jung-hwan 82pen; Shen Liuxi 17]
[Jun 8]
Qingdao Hailifeng          0-2 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Marcinho 34, Li Benjian 83]
Wuxi Zobon                 bye

Round 10 [Jun 14]
Beijing Patriotic Students 0-0 Shanghai Dongya
Jiangsu Shuntian           1-1 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Hu Minghua 57pen; Kim Eun-hwan 66]
Qingdao Hailifeng          0-1 Chongqing Lifan
  [Xia Jin 84]
Wuxi Zobon                 0-0 Nanchang August 1st
Yanbian                    2-1 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Cui Yongzhe 22, Jin Cheng 36; Cilio 70]
Yantai Yiteng              3-1 Sichuan
  [Li Peng 33, Xie Keliang 70, Andjelkovic 82; Tang Hai 25]
Anhui Jiufang              bye

Round 11 [Jun 21]
Anhui Jiufang              1-0 Sichuan
  [Shi Ming 23]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-0 Chongqing Lifan
Nanjing Yoyo               1-1 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Li Zhe 14; Lu Bin 80]
Qingdao Hailifeng          2-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Ilie 34, 54; Njewel 40]
Shanghai Dongya            0-2 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Marcinho 15, Li Benjian 65]
Yantai Yiteng              0-2 Yanbian
  [Zheng Linguo 57, Qian Xuefeng 90]
Nanchang August 1st        bye
    
Round 12 [Jun 28]
Beijing Patriotic Students 2-2 Yantai Yiteng
  [Niu Xilong 2og, Yang Siyuan 64; Park Jung-hwan 24,
   Wang Jung-hyun 83pen]
Jiangsu Shuntian           4-3 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Marcinho 8, Sun Ke 54, 61, Cao Rui 63; Li Weiliang 45pen,
   Zhao Yucheng 69, 80]
Nanchang August 1st        2-1 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Fabinho 40, 50; Tang Xiaofei 60]
Shanghai Dongya            1-0 Chongqing Lifan
  [Cao Yunding 15]
Wuxi Zobon                 2-1 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Quinzinho 7, Njewel 60; Lu Ming 17]
Yanbian                    0-0 Anhui Jiufang
Sichuan                    bye

Round 13 [Jul 5]
Anhui Jiufang              2-0 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Hodonj 5, Xu Chao 73]
Beijing Hongdeng           2-3 Nanchang August 1st
  [Kim Eun-hwan 12, Su Yang 26; Alex Maranhao 16, Gao Wanguo 21,
   Fabinho 90]
Nanjing Yoyo               2-1 Chongqing Lifan
  [Cui Guanghao 26, Li Weiliang 30; Wu Qing 34]
Shanghai Dongya            1-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Wang Jiayu 72; Wang Jianwen 80]
Yanbian                    5-0 Sichuan
  [Zheng Linguo 12, 90, Mauro Santos 31, Zola 57, Yu Feng 89]
Yantai Yiteng              2-5 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Chen Jun 28, Park Jung-hwan 78pen; Magno 16, Tan Si 22, 45, 68,
   Rafael Costa 35]
Qingdao Hailifeng          bye

Round 14 
[Jul 12]
Anhui Jiufang              2-3 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Hodonj 49pen, Xu Chao 62; Magno 45, 65, Tan Si 70]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-0 Qingdao Hailifeng
Nanjing Yoyo               1-0 Wuxi Zobon
  [Cilio 60]
Sichuan                    0-2 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Lu Bin 61, Yuan Wei 85]
Yantai Yiteng              0-1 Chongqing Lifan
   [Fan Dongqing 60]
[Jul 13] 
Shanghai Dongya            0-1 Nanchang August 1st
  [Alex Maranhao 33]
Yanbian                    bye
  
Round 15
[Aug 30]
Chongqing Lifan            2-0 Anhui Jiufang
  [Wang Kun 60pen, 81]
Jiangsu Shuntian           3-1 Sichuan
  [Magno 28, Rafael Costa 63, Li Benjian 68; Wan Liyi 83]
Nanchang August 1st        3-1 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Zhang Xian 39, Tao Fei 45og, Gao Wanguo 78; Cilio 79]
Qingdao Hailifeng          0-2 Shanghai Dongya
  [Wu Lei 45, Wang Yunlong 57]
Wuxi Zobon                 1-0 Yantai Yiteng
  [Wang Jianwen 60]
[Nov 5]
Beijing Patriotic Students 3-1 Yanbian
  [Lu Bin 22, 35, Yu Fei 56; Han Songfeng 80]
Beijing Hongdeng           bye

Round 16
[Sep 6]
Anhui Jiufang              1-0 Wuxi Zobon
  [Hodonj 42]
Nanjing Yoyo               2-2 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Li Weiliang 26, Cilio 56; Ilie 31, 84pen]
Sichuan                    0-0 Chongqing Lifan
Yanbian                    1-3 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Jin Cheng 39; Marcinho 7, 89pen, Li Benjian 71]
Yantai Yiteng              1-2 Nanchang August 1st
  [Shen Bo 78; Gao Wanguo 24, Ji Jun 89]
[Oct 28]
Beijing Hongdeng           2-0 Shanghai Dongya
  [Liu Gang 33, Kim Eun-hwan 66]
Beijing Patriotic Students bye

Round 17
[Sep 13]
Chongqing Lifan            4-1 Yanbian
  [Wang Kai 4, 34, 61, Zhang Li 81; Jin Cheng 54]
Jiangsu Shuntian           4-1 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Marcinho 14, Magno 27, Tan Si 62, 69; Yang Siyuan 32]
Nanchang August 1st        0-0 Anhui Jiufang
Nanjing Yoyo               1-2 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Cilio 10pen; Jiao Yang 52, Qu Peng 70pen]
Wuxi Zobon                 3-0 Sichuan
  [Li Dan 30, Zhan Keqiang 60, Quinzinho 87]
[Sep 14]
Qingdao Hailifeng          1-0 Yantai Yiteng
  [Zhang Tiangang 90]
Shanghai Dongya            bye

Round 18 [Sep 20]
Anhui Jiufang              5-3 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Gao Xiaofeng 15, Wang Yunlong 39, Hodonj 62pen, Xu Chao 80,
   Sun Jianhong 85; Nagy 41, Yu Yang 70, Feng Shaoshun 75]
Chongqing Lifan            2-1 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Huang Xiyang 1, Fan Dongqing 71; Lu Bin 62]
Nanjing Yoyo               3-2 Shanghai Dongya
  [Liu Xu’nan 27, Li Weiliang 38, Fan Yun 49; Lu Wenjun 61,
   Cao Yunding 75]
Sichuan                    3-2 Nanchang August 1st
  [Augusto 14, 55, Teng Bin 62pen; Alex Maranhao 80, Qu Shaoyan 87]
Yanbian                    1-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Piao Cheng 1; Zhan Keqiang 75]
Yantai Yiteng              0-0 Beijing Hongdeng
Jiangsu Shuntian           bye

Round 19
[Sep 26]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-0 Anhui Jiufang
Qingdao Hailifeng          2-2 Sichuan
  [Zhang Tiangang 43, Yu Yang 75; Liu Bo 78, Chen Shaoqin 85]
Shanghai Dongya            3-1 Yantai Yiteng
  [Jiang Zhipeng 64, Wu Lei 67, Cao Yunding 84; Li Gen 79]
[Sep 27]
Chongqing Lifan            1-2 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Hu Wei 5; Magno 14, Igor 17]
Nanchang August 1st        4-2 Yanbian
  [Alex Maranhao 20, 73, Jin Zijie 28, Ji Jun 43; Jin Cheng 65, 76]
Wuxi Zobon                 3-2 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Zhan Keqiang 15, Song Bo 54, Tan Xin 82; Yang Siyuan 75, 80]
Nanjing Yoyo               bye

Round 20
[Oct 3]
Nanchang August 1st        4-3 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Fabinho 25, Liu Junwei 49, Alex Maranhao 75, 84;
   Yuan Wei 26, 77, Pei Xiangjun 80]
[Oct 4]
Jiangsu Shuntian           3-1 Wuxi Zobon
  [Macio 21pen, Tan Si 32, Magno 75; Tian Ye 67]
Sichuan                    2-2 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Chen Shaoxin 44, Augusto 60; Qu Peng 16, Zhang Zuojun 82]
Yanbian                    5-3 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Piao Wanzhe 5, Han Guanghua 34pen, Jin Cheng 65, Zola 66,
   Zhang Shudong 68; Nagy 27, Ilie 30, 56]
Yantai Yiteng              2-2 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Han Deming 36, Huang Lei 75; Li Weiliang 23, Cilio 33]
[Oct 5]
Anhui Jiufang              1-2 Shanghai Dongya
  [Fabio 84pen; Wu Lei 58, Zhu Zhengrong 90]
Chongqing Lifan            bye

Round 21 [Oct 11]
Beijing Hongdeng           2-0 Yanbian
  [Qu Peng 76pen, Jia Wei 90]
Chongqing Lifan            2-0 Wuxi Zobon
  [Fan Dongqing 34, Wang Kai 41]
Nanchang August 1st        1-0 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Alex Maranhao 12]
Nanjing Yoyo               5-1 Anhui Jiufang
  [Cui Guanghao 4, Cilio 18, Li Zhe 55, Fan Yun 65, Li Weiliang 74; 
   Shi Ming 49]
Qingdao Hailifeng          0-0 Beijing Patriotic Students
Sichuan                    1-1 Shanghai Dongya
  [Chen Shaoxin 34; Lu Wenjun 18]
Yantai Yiteng              bye

Round 22
[Oct 18]
Beijing Patriotic Students 0-3 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Kim Eun-hwan 6, 90, Zhang Zuojun 88]
Chongqing Lifan            1-0 Nanchang August 1st
  [Wu Qing 32]
Jiangsu Shuntian           2-0 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Magno 12, Tan Si 63]
Sichuan                    1-1 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Chen Shaoxin 4; Cilio 8]
Yanbian                    0-2 Shanghai Dongya
  [Wang Jiayu 24, Wu Lei 54]
[Oct 19]
Anhui Jiufang              0-0 Yantai Yiteng
Wuxi Zobon                 bye

Round 23 [Oct 25]
Beijing Hongdeng           1-0 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Yu Yihang 28pen]
Chongqing Lifan            3-2 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Fan Dongqing 51, Wu Qing 74, 84; Tian Yong 80, 85]
Nanchang August 1st        4-0 Wuxi Zobon
  [Bill 32, Fabinho 53, 55, Chen Yi 61]
Nanjing Yoyo               0-2 Yanbian
  [Cui Nanri 29, Jin Cheng 77]
Shanghai Dongya            0-1 Beijing Patriotic Students
  [Yang Siyuan 10]
Sichuan                    2-1 Yantai Yiteng
  [Chen Shaoqin 10, Augusto 52; Chen Jun 65]
Anhui Jiufang              bye

Round 24
[Oct 31]
Jiangsu Shuntian           4-1 Shanghai Dongya
  [Magno 27pen, Li Zhi 47, Qin Sheng 70, Marcinho 84; Bo Jiajun 13]
[Nov 1]
Beijing Patriotic Students 1-1 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Lu Bin 30pen; Wang Hao 57]
Chongqing Lifan            1-1 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Huang Xiyang 76; Kong Qingdao 87]
Sichuan                    2-0 Anhui Jiufang
  [Chen Shaoqin 1, Augusto 63]
Wuxi Zobon                 0-3 Qingdao Hailifeng
  [Ilie 80, 85, Sun Hu 90]
Yanbian                    0-1 Yantai Yiteng
  [Huang Lei 15]
Nanchang August 1st        bye

Round 25 [Nov 8]
Anhui Jiufang              1-1 Yanbian
  [Sun Jianhong 70; Jin Jinzhe 75]
Beijing Hongdeng           0-0 Wuxi Zobon
Chongqing Lifan            1-0 Shanghai Dongya
  [Huang Xiyang 48]
Nanjing Yoyo               2-2 Jiangsu Shuntian
  [Li Weiliang 23, Liu Xu’nan 85; Magno 15, Tan Si 39]
Qingdao Hailifeng          1-1 Nanchang August 1st
  [Ilie 80pen; Bill 50]
Yantai Yiteng              0-0 Beijing Patriotic Students
Sichuan                    bye

Round 26 [Nov 15]
Beijing Patriotic Students 3-2 Anhui Jiufang
  [Kang Sibei 8, Yuan Wei 31, Zhang Shu 42; Shen Liuxi 58,
   Sun Jianhong 89]
Chongqing Lifan            3-2 Nanjing Yoyo
  [Wang Kai 4, Zhang Li 32, 50; Cilio 11, Li Siyuan 58og]
Jiangsu Shuntian           2-0 Yantai Yiteng
  [Tan Si 11, Marcinho 85]
Nanchang August 1st        1-0 Beijing Hongdeng
  [Gao Wanguo 36]
Sichuan                    3-1 Yanbian
  [Augusto 9, 19, Tang Hai 38; Piao Wanzhe 31]
Wuxi Zobon                 2-1 Shanghai Dongya
  [Njewel 20, Wang Jianwen 71; Zhang Mengqi 40]
Qingdao Hailifeng          bye

Final Table:

 1.Jiangsu Shuntian             24  19  2  3  56-24  59  Promoted
 2.Chongqing Lifan              24  12  7  5  34-19  43  Promoted
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 3.Nanchang August 1st          24  11  9  4  37-24  42
 4.Anhui Jiufang                24   7  9  8  33-37  30
 5.Sichuan                      24   7  8  9  27-36  29
 6.Shanghai Dongya              24   7  7 10  26-30  28  [6 3 1 2 7-4 10]
 7.Beijing Patriotic Students   24   7  7 10  27-39  28  [6 2 3 1 6-4  9]
 8.Qingdao Hailifeng            24   7  7 10  33-38  28  [6 2 2 2 9-11 8]
 9.Yanbian                      24   8  4 12  32-39  28  [6 2 0 4 9-12 6]
10.Nanjing Yoyo                 24   6  9  9  35-38  27        [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
11.Wuxi Zobon                   24   7  6 11  24-33  27  [*1]  [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
12.Beijing Hongdeng             24   5 11  8  24-24  26  [*2]
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13.Yantai Yiteng                24   5 10  9  28-35  25  [*3]  Relegated
 -.Xiamen Lanshi                withdrew

[*1] Shanghai Stars were relocated and renamed Wuxi Zobon
[*2] Beijing Yanjiesheng were renamed Beijing Hongdeng     
[*3] Harbin Yiteng were relocated and renamed Yantai Yiteng

Topscorer
18 Sabin Ilie (Romania)                Qingdao Hailifeng


Stadiums

Anhui Jiufang               Laomingguang Stadium             Hefei
Beijing Hongdeng            Shijingshan Stadium              Beijing
Beijing Patriotic Students  Institute of Technology Stadium  Beijing
Chongqing Lifan             Yanghe Stadium                   Chongqing
Jiangsu Shuntian            Olympic Sports Centre            Nanjing
Nanchang August 1st         August 1st Stadium               Nanchang
Nanjing Yoyo                Wutaishan Stadium                Nanjing
Qingdao Hailifeng           Tiantai Stadium                  Qingdao
Shanghai Dongya             Jinshan Stadium                  Shanghai
Sichuan                     City Sports Centre               Nanchong
Wuxi Zobon                  City Sports Centre               Wuxi
Yanbian                     People’s Stadium                 Yanji
Yantai Yiteng               City Sports Centre               Yantai




Third Level 2008


Yijidui

First Stage

Northern Group

Round 1 [May 3]
Hangzhou Sanchao           1-1 Shenyang Dongjin
Nanjing Baotai             2-1 Tianjin Dongli
Tianjin Locomotive         0-0 Hebei Tiangong
Xi'an Shiyuan              0-0 Xinjiang Ticai

Round 2
[May 10]
Hebei Tiangong             3-1 Xi'an Shiyuan
Shenyang Dongjin           1-0 Tianjin Dongli
Tianjin Locomotive         3-0 Hangzhou Sanchao
[Jun 21]
Xinjiang Ticai             1-0 Nanjing Baotai

Round 3 [May 17]
Nanjing Baotai             0-3 Shenyang Dongjin
Tianjin Dongli             0-1 Tianjin Locomotive
Xi'an Shiyuan              0-0 Hangzhou Sanchao
Xinjiang Ticai             3-2 Hebei Tiangong

Round 4
[May 30]
Tianjin Locomotive         2-0 Nanjing Baotai
[May 31]
Hangzhou Sanchao           0-0 Hebei Tiangong
Shenyang Dongjin           1-1 Xinjiang Ticai
Xi'an Shiyuan              2-0 Tianjin Dongli

Round 5
[Jun 7]
Shenyang Dongjin           1-0 Tianjin Locomotive
Tianjin Dongli             0-0 Hebei Tiangong
Xinjiang Ticai             1-1 Hangzhou Sanchao
[Jun 8]
Nanjing Baotai             1-4 Xi'an Shiyuan

Round 6
[Jun 14]
Hangzhou Sanchao           3-1 Tianjin Dongli
Shenyang Dongjin           2-1 Xi'an Shiyuan
Tianjin Locomotive         3-1 Xinjiang Ticai
[Jun 15]
Nanjing Baotai             1-3 Hebei Tiangong

Round 7 [Jun 21]
Nanjing Baotai             1-2 Hangzhou Sanchao
Shenyang Dongjin           4-0 Hebei Tiangong
Tianjin Locomotive         2-1 Xi'an Shiyuan
Xinjiang Ticai             1-1 Tianjin Dongli

Round 8 [Jul 5]
Hebei Tiangong             3-2 Tianjin Locomotive
Shenyang Dongjin           1-0 Hangzhou Sanchao
Tianjin Dongli             1-0 Nanjing Baotai
Xinjiang Ticai             0-3 Xi'an Shiyuan

Round 9 [Jul 12]
Hangzhou Sanchao           2-1 Tianjin Locomotive
Nanjing Baotai             0-0 Xinjiang Ticai
Tianjin Dongli             0-1 Shenyang Dongjin
Xi'an Shiyuan              2-2 Hebei Tiangong

Round 10 [Jul 19]
Hangzhou Sanchao           3-1 Xi'an Shiyuan
Hebei Tiangong             2-1 Xinjiang Ticai
Shenyang Dongjin           3-0 Nanjing Baotai
Tianjin Locomotive         4-1 Tianjin Dongli

Round 11 [Aug 30]
Hebei Tiangong             2-0 Hangzhou Sanchao
Nanjing Baotai             1-4 Tianjin Locomotive
Tianjin Dongli             2-1 Xi'an Shiyuan
Xinjiang Ticai             0-1 Shenyang Dongjin

Round 12 [Sep 6]
Hangzhou Sanchao           5-1 Xinjiang Ticai
Hebei Tiangong             2-0 Tianjin Dongli
Tianjin Locomotive         0-0 Shenyang Dongjin
Xi'an Shiyuan              2-0 Nanjing Baotai

Round 13 [Sep 13]
Hebei Tiangong             1-0 Nanjing Baotai
Tianjin Dongli             0-2 Hangzhou Sanchao
Xi'an Shiyuan              2-2 Shenyang Dongjin
Xinjiang Ticai             1-0 Tianjin Locomotive

Round 14 [Sep 20]
Hangzhou Sanchao           1-0 Nanjing Baotai
Hebei Tiangong             2-2 Shenyang Dongjin
Tianjin Dongli             0-1 Xinjiang Ticai
Xi'an Shiyuan              1-0 Tianjin Locomotive

Final Table: 

 1.Shenyang Dongjin             14   9  5  0  23- 7  32  Qualified
 2.Hebei Tiangong               14   7  5  2  22-16  26  Qualified
 3.Hangzhou Sanchao             14   7  4  3  20-13  25  Qualified
 4.Tianjin Locomotive           14   7  2  5  22-12  23  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Xi'an Shiyuan                14   5  4  5  21-17  19  [*]
 6.Xinjiang Ticai               14   4  5  5  12-19  17
 7.Tianjin Dongli               14   2  2 10   7-21   8
 8.Nanjing Baotai               14   1  1 12   6-28   4
 -.Beijing Baxy                 withdrew
 -.Qingdao Liming               withdrew

[*] Xi'an Shiyuan moved from southern to northern group after withdrawals
    of Beijing Baxy and Qingdao Liming

Southern Group

Round 1 [May 3]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        1-1 Tianjin Tuandi
Guizhou Zhicheng           0-0 Hunan Xiangtao
Ningbo Huaao               5-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi
Wenzhou Tomorrow           0-1 Suzhou Qupushi

Round 2
[May 9]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        3-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi
[May 10]
Hunan Xiangtao             1-0 Ningbo Huaao
Suzhou Qupushi             0-1 Guizhou Zhicheng
Tianjin Tuandi             1-0 Wenzhou Tomorrow

Round 3 [May 17]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        5-2 Guizhou Zhicheng
Hunan Xiangtao             1-0 Wenzhou Tomorrow
Suzhou Qupushi             2-0 Ningbo Huaao
Zhanjiang Tiandi           0-1 Tianjin Tuandi

Round 4 [May 31]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        2-0 Wenzhou Tomorrow
Ningbo Huaao               0-2 Guizhou Zhicheng
Suzhou Qupushi             4-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi
Tianjin Tuandi             2-0 Hunan Xiangtao

Round 5 [Jun 7]
Hunan Xiangtao             0-1 Guangdong Rizhiquan
Tianjin Tuandi             4-1 Suzhou Qupushi
Wenzhou Tomorrow           1-1 Ningbo Huaao
Zhanjiang Tiandi           0-2 Guizhou Zhicheng

Round 6 [Jun 14]
Guizhou Zhicheng           1-0 Tianjin Tuandi
Ningbo Huaao               0-1 Guangdong Rizhiquan
Suzhou Qupushi             2-1 Hunan Xiangtao
Zhanjiang Tiandi           0-1 Wenzhou Tomorrow

Round 7 [Jun 21]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        1-1 Suzhou Qupushi
Guizhou Zhicheng           0-0 Wenzhou Tomorrow
Tianjin Tuandi             0-0 Ningbo Huaao
Zhanjiang Tiandi           0-2 Hunan Xiangtao

Round 8 [Jul 5]
Hunan Xiangtao             3-1 Guizhou Zhicheng
Suzhou Qupushi             2-1 Wenzhou Tomorrow
Tianjin Tuandi             3-4 Guangdong Rizhiquan  
Zhanjiang Tiandi           1-0 Ningbo Huaao

Round 9 [Jul 12]
Guizhou Zhicheng           1-1 Suzhou Qupushi
Ningbo Huaao               0-1 Hunan Xiangtao
Wenzhou Tomorrow           0-1 Tianjin Tuandi
Zhanjiang Tiandi           1-0 Guangdong Rizhiquan

Round 10
[Jul 19]
Guizhou Zhicheng           1-1 Guangdong Rizhiquan
Tianjin Tuandi             5-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi
Wenzhou Tomorrow           0-1 Hunan Xiangtao
[Jul 20]
Ningbo Huaao               0-0 Suzhou Qupushi

Round 11 [Aug 30]
Guizhou Zhicheng           4-0 Ningbo Huaao
Hunan Xiangtao             2-1 Tianjin Tuandi
Wenzhou Tomorrow           1-2 Guangdong Rizhiquan
Zhanjiang Tiandi           0-0 Suzhou Qupushi

Round 12 [Sep 6]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        4-3 Hunan Xiangtao
Guizhou Zhicheng           3-2 Zhanjiang Tiandi
Ningbo Huaao               1-1 Wenzhou Tomorrow
Suzhou Qupushi             1-2 Tianjin Tuandi

Round 13 [Sep 13]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        8-2 Ningbo Huaao
Hunan Xiangtao             3-1 Suzhou Qupushi
Tianjin Tuandi             4-0 Guizhou Zhicheng
Wenzhou Tomorrow           1-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi

Round 14 [Sep 20]
Hunan Xiangtao             4-0 Zhanjiang Tiandi
Ningbo Huaao               1-3 Tianjin Tuandi
Suzhou Qupushi             1-1 Guangdong Rizhiquan
Wenzhou Tomorrow           1-4 Guizhou Zhicheng

Final Table:

 1.Guangdong Rizhiquan          14   9  4  1  34-16  31  Qualified
 2.Tianjin Tuandi               14   9  2  3  28-11  29  Qualified
 3.Hunan Xiangtao               14   9  1  4  22-12  28  Qualified
 4.Guizhou Zhicheng             14   7  4  3  22-17  25  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Suzhou Qupushi               14   5  5  4  17-15  20
 6.Wenzhou Tomorrow             14   2  3  9   7-17   9
 7.Ningbo Huaao                 14   1  4  9  10-25   7
 8.Zhanjiang Tiandi             14   2  1 11   4-31   7


NB: in addition to the 4 teams qualified from both groups, two University
    teams (Three Gorges University and Shenzhen University) are admitted
    to the playoffs, which will therefore have 10 clubs



Playoffs (in Chengdu)

NB: Shenyang Dongjin and Guangdong Rizhiquan byes to semifinals
    as group winners

First Round 

First Legs [Dec 9]
Hebei Tiangong             0-2 Hunan Xiangtao
Three Gorges University    3-0 Shenzhen University
Tianjin Locomotive         4-0 Guizhou Zhicheng
Hangzhou Sanchao           0-2 Tianjin Tuanbo

Second Legs [Dec 11]
Hunan Xiangtao             0-1 Hebei Tiangong
Shenzhen University        1-3 Three Gorges University
Guizhou Zhicheng           2-1 Tianjin Locomotive
Tianjin Tuanbo             4-1 Hangzhou Sanchao

Second Round

First Legs [Dec 13]
Hunan Xiangtao             0-1 Tianjin Locomotive
Three Gorges University    0-2 Tianjin Tuanbo

Second Legs [Dec 15]
Tianjin Locomotive         4-1 Hunan Xiangtao
Tianjin Tuanbo             0-2 Three Gorges University     [aet, 3-5 pen]

Semifinals

First Legs [Dec 19]
Shenyang Dongjin           0-1 Three Gorges University
Tianjin Locomotive         0-1 Guangdong Rizhiquan

Second Legs [Dec 21]
Three Gorges University    0-1 Shenyang Dongjin            [aet, 3-4 pen]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        3-1 Tianjin Locomotive

Third Place Match [Dec 23]
Tianjin Locomotive         1-2 Three Gorges University

Final [Dec 23]
Guangdong Rizhiquan        0-1 Shenyang Dongjin

NB: Shenyang Dongjin and Guangdong Rizhiquan promoted to 
    China League



Stadiums

Northern Group
Hangzhou Sanchao      Xiacheng District Stadium             Hangzhou
Hebei Tiangong        Yutong International Sports Centre    Shijiazhuang
Nanjing Baotai        Hehai University Stadium              Nanjing
Shenyang Dongjin      Shenyang Artillery Institute Stadium  Shenyang
Tianjin Dongli        Dongli Sports Centre                  Tianjin
Tianjin Locomotive    Locomotive Stadium                    Tianjin
Xi'an Shiyuan         City Stadium                          Xianyang
Xinjiang Ticai        Xinjiang Sports Centre                Urumqi

Southern Group
Guangdong Rizhiquan   Century Lotus Stadium                 Foshan
Guizhou Zhicheng      New Sports Centre                     Guiyang
Hunan Xiangtao        People's Stadium                      Changsha
Ningbo Huaao          Huamao Foreign Language School        Ningbo
Suzhou Qupushi        City Stadium                          Suzhou
Tianjin Tuandi        Hedong Sports Centre                  Tianjin
Wenzhou Tomorrow      City Stadium                          Wenzhou
Zhanjiang Tiandi      City Sports Centre                    Zhanjiang


2007

2009

list of champions

list of final tables 1951-89

list of cup winners

list of super cup winners


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Last updated: 3 Apr 2009

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