Carrasco strikes, Dalian relegate Changchun Yatai
Yannick Carrasco was on target as Dalian Yifang's 2-0 CSL win over Changchun Yatai spared last year's second division champions demotion.
Yannick Carrasco was on target as Dalian Yifang's 2-0 CSL win over Changchun Yatai spared last year's second division champions demotion.
A lesser man may have hung up his boots after a dire World Cup, but Odion Ighalo, who has stayed silent to the media, lets his boots do the talking.
Li Zhang was fined 42,000 yuan after the Chinese Football Association ruled that the midfielder had 'caused chaos.'
Dalian Yifang threw away a two-goal lead against Chongqing Lifan to leave Bernd Schuster still looking for his first win since taking over as coach.
Guangzhou Evergrande bounced back from their opening Chinese Super League defeat on Friday evening with a 5-0 thumping of Changchun Yatai.
Anthony Modeste netted deep into injury time to earn Tianjin a draw against Changchun Yatai on Sunday.
Result leaves Andre Villas-Boas' side a point adrift of Guangzhou Evergrande, who lost 2-0 to Beijing Guoan on Saturday.
Nikica Jelavic scored his fifth goal of the season to give Gregorio Manzano his second straight win as Guizhou Zhicheng's new head coach.
While the 2017 Chinese Super League got off to a decent start on the opening weekend, the new rulings prevented teams from fielding their top players.
Jack Sealy says Wayne Rooney could "have a good life" if he moved to China but said non-league Sutton could beat a lot of Chinese Super League teams.
Odion Ighalo has told ESPN FC he would "love" to return to the Premier League in the future after completing a move from Watford to Changchun Yatai.
The broadening of the spread of talent may just be the most significant development yet in the growth of the Chinese Super League.
Watford striker Odion Ighalo has signed for Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai.
Watford striker Odion Ighalo is close to completing a move to Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai, sources have told ESPN FC.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Guangzhou | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | +19 | 34 |
Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 26 |
Shandong Taishan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | +8 | 24 |
Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | +1 | 21 |
Shenzhen FC | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Guangzhou City | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 15 |
Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
Luoyang Longmen | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -19 | 6 |