1951 North East China
1952 not held
1953 August 1st
1954 North East China
1955 Central Sports Institute
1956 Beijing Youth B
1957 Beijing
1958 Beijing
1959 not held
1960 Tianjin
1961 Shanghai
1962 Shanghai
1963 Beijing Youth
1964 Beijing Sports Institute (National Team)
1965 Jilin
1966 not completed
1967 not held
1968 not held
1969 not held
1970 not held
1971 not held
1972 not held
1973 Beijing
1974 August 1st
1975 not held
1976 not finished
1977 August 1st
1978 Liaoning
1979 Guangdong
1980 Tianjin
1981 August 1st
1982 Beijing
1983 Tianjin (Northern Group)
Guangdong (Southern Group)
1984 Beijing
1985 Liaoning
1986 August 1st
1987 Liaoning
1988 Liaoning
1989 China B
1990 Liaoning
1991 Liaoning
1992 Liaoning
Experimental Professional Championship
1993 Liaoning Dongyao
Professional Championship
1994 Dalian Wanda
1995 Shanghai Shenhua
1996 Dalian Wanda
1997 Dalian Wanda
1998 Dalian Wanda
1999 Shandong Luneng Taishan
2000 Dalian Shide
2001 Dalian Shide
2002 Dalian Shide
2003 not awarded [*]
2004 Shenzhen Jianlibao
2005 Dalian Shide
2006 Shandong Luneng Taishan
2007 Changchun Yatai
2008 Shandong Luneng
2009 Beijing Guoan
2010 Shandong Luneng
2011 Guangzhou Evergrande
2012 Guangzhou Evergrande
2013 Guangzhou Evergrande
2014 Guangzhou Evergrande
2015 Guangzhou Evergrande
2016 Guangzhou Evergrande
2017 Guangzhou Evergrande
2018 Shanghai SIPG
2019 Guangzhou Evergrande
2020 Jiangsu Suning
2021/22 Shandong Taishan
2022 Wuhan Three Towns
2023 Shanghai Port
2024
[*] the 2003 title won by Shanghai Shenhua was revoked in February 2013 for match fixing
Number of Professional Titles (29; since 1994):
8 Dalian Shide [includes Dalian Wanda]
Guangzhou Evergrande
5 Shandong Taishan [includes Shandong Luneng]
2 Shanghai Port [includes Shanghai SIPG]
1 Beijing Guoan
Changchun Yatai
Jiangsu Suning
Shanghai Shenhua
Shenzhen Jianlibao
Wuhan Three Towns
Number of Overall Titles (60; without 1983):
8 Dalian Shide [includes Dalian Wanda]
Guangzhou Evergrande
Liaoning [includes 1993]
5 August 1st ["Ba Yi"; Army Team]
Beijing
Shandong Taishan [includes Shandong Luneng]
3 Shanghai Shenhua [includes Shanghai]
2 North East China
Shanghai Port [includes Shanghai SIPG]
Tianjin [does not include 1983]
1 Beijing Guoan
Beijing Youth
Beijing Youth B
Beijing Sports Institute (National Team)
Central Sports Institute
Changchun Yatai
China B
Guangdong [does not include 1983]
Jiangsu Suning
Jilin
Shenzhen Jianlibao
Wuhan Three Towns
The National Games was a multi-sport event. The football tournament was initially between teams representing areas of China, while later they represented specific provinces, cities or institutions. The names of the venues are given in their present transliterations (i.e. Nanjing instead of Nanking) Year Winners Venue 1910 South China Nanjing 1914 East China Beiping (now Beijing) 1924 East China Wuchang (now part of Wuhan) 1930 Shanghai Hangzhou 1933 Shanghai Nanjing 1935 Hong Kong Shanghai 1948 Army, Hong Kong and Police (shared) Shanghai 1959 August 1st Beijing and Tianjin 1965 Hebei Beijing 1975 Guangdong and Liaoning (shared) Beijing 1979 Shandong Beijing 1983 Shanghai Shanghai 1987 Guangdong Guangzhou 1993 Liaoning Beijing 1997 Shandong (Under-23) Shanghai 2001 Liaoning (Under-21) Guangzhou 2005 Shandong Nanjing 2009 Shanghai Shandong 2013 Shandong (7-a-side) Shenyang 2017 Tianjin
A football tournament between selections representing various regions of China. The East China team was selected from Shanghai, South China from Hong Kong, North China from Beiping (now Beijing) and Tianjin, and Central China from Wuhan. Year Winners Venue 1926 South China Shanghai 1927 South China Hong Kong 1928 East China Shanghai 1929 East China Tientsin (Tianjin) and Beiping (now Beijing) 1930 South China Hong Kong 1931 East China Shanghai 1933 East China Wuchang (now part of Wuhan)
Year Winners Runners-up Venue 2002 Guangzhou Jiujia 0-0 3-1p Shenzhen Bogang Xi'an 2003 Shenzhen Bogang 1-1 7-6p Hunan Titan Zhengzhou 2004 Shenzhen Bogang 2-0 Qingdao Liming Kunming 2005 Shenzhen Bogang bt Shanghai Songjiang Tianranqi Zhengzhou 2006 Shenzhen Bogang 3-1 Changchun Teachers College Kunming 2007 Shenzhen Bogang 1-1 7-6p Yanbian Law Courts Nanchang 2008 Wuhan Dongfeng Honda 6-1 Jilin Hunchun City Taizhou 2009 Wuhan Hongxing 3-0 Wuhan Dongfeng Honda Wuhan (3 Nov 2009)
Year Winners Runners-up Venue 2001 Northeast University of Finance & Economics (Dalian) 0-0 4-3p Donghua University (Shanghai) Tongji University, Shanghai 2002 Beijing Institute of Technology 1-1 4-2p Northeast University of Finance & Economics Dalian Institute of Technology 2003 Beijing Institute of Technology 4-0 Northeast University of Finance & Economics Sichuan University, Chengdu 2004 Beijing Institute of Technology 3-0 Shenzhen University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 2005 Donghua University (Shanghai) 1-0 Renmin University (Beijing) Renmin University, Beijing 2006 Beijing Institute of Technology 5-2 Taiyuan Institute of Technology Shenyang Institute of Technology 2007 Three Gorges University (Yichang) 2-1 Shandong University (Ji'nan) South China Normal University, Guangzhou 2008 Three Gorges University (Yichang) 2-0 Hohai University (Nanjing) Three Gorges University, Yichang 2009 Three Gorges University (Yichang) 1-0 Hohai University (Nanjing)
The Championship was run most seasons, sometimes in a two-tier format involving up to 50 teams in a first round, and sometimes in a league involving promotion and relegation. Teams represented provinces or institutions (August 1st is the Army team). In 1994, a professional league was started, involving specially constituted clubs from the original teams. The championship was frequently interrupted by politics (1966-72, 1976) or the National Games. The early years were particularly chaotic with the National Team frequently taking part in the competition, but not playing for points or position. The National Games is a four-yearly (usually) multi-sport event similar to the Olympics, involving provincial teams. Usually, the championship was suspended or shortened in National Games years. After the introduction of the professional league, the National Games football tournament became a championship for Under 23 players.
Sources: [Kni 91], Zhongguo Zuqiu Yundongshi (Chinese Football History), Shanghai Ban Shiji Zuqiu Yundongshi (A Half Century of Shanghai Football)
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