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{{Infobox football league season
| image = 2006 Chinese Super League.jpg
| competition = [[Chinese Super League]]
| season = 2006
| winners = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]
| relegated = [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]]
| continentalcup1 = [[AFC Champions League 2007|AFC Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = {{ubl|[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]}}
| continentalcup2 = [[2007 A3 Champions Cup|A3 Champions Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = {{ubl|[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]}}
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Jinyu]] ([[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]), 26 goals
| matches = 210
| total goals = 496
| average attendance = 10,611
| prevseason = [[2005 Chinese Super League|2005]]
| nextseason = [[2007 Chinese Super League|2007]]
}}

The '''2006 Chinese Super League''' was the third season since the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as [[Chinese Super League]], the thirteen season of professional association football league and the 45th top-tier league season in China. The premier [[association football|football]] league in [[China]] under the auspices of the [[Chinese Football Association]], the season started on March 11, 2006 and ended on October 22. Initially, it was planned that there would be two teams relegated at the end of the season, however this was changed to one when [[Sichuan First City F.C.|Sichuan First City]] folded before the start of the season.

==Promotion and relegation==
'''Teams promoted from 2005 China League One'''
*[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Blue Lions]]
*[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]]

'''Teams relegated after end of [[2005 Chinese Super League]]'''
*None

==Preseason==

A number of changes occurred during the off season, notably some major changes to the teams. Inter Shanghai was moved to [[Xi'an]] and was renamed [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]. Shanghai Zobon was renamed [[Shanghai United F C.|Shanghai United]].

[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Hyundai]], who did not renew their contract with [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]], changed their team name back to their formal name, Beijing Guoan.

Shenzhen Jianlibao changed its team name to [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]] after finding a new sponsor in [[Kingway Brewery]].

There was also some speculation that [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] would pull out from the league, and that the Chinese Football Association had prepared a schedule with only 14 teams should Liaoning have withdrawn.

The biggest shock was the disbanding of [[Sichuan First City F.C.|Sichuan First City]] in January, so the league will only have 15 teams at the start of the season, one short of the 16 teams planned.

==Player transfers==

[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]], who qualified for the [[AFC Champions League Elite|AFC Champions League]], boost their squad with [[Li Weifeng]] from the debt-ridden [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Jianlibao]] for 6.5 million RMB, the highest transfer fee this season. In additional, Shenhua bought over [[Liu Yunfei]] from [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] for 0.9 million and recalled defender [[Du Wei (footballer)|Du Wei]] from [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]].

Desperately in need of money, Shenzhen was also forced to sell China's first choice goalkeeper, [[Li Leilei]] to [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] for 5 million; Former national striker [[Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974)|Yang Chen]] to the newly promoted [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]] for 2 million and [[Zhou Ting]] to [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Hyundai]] for 3.5 million.

Other notable transfers included [[Wang Liang (footballer, born 1979)|Wang Liang]]'s 5 million move from [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] to Shandong, [[An Qi]]'s 4 million move from defending champions [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]] to Xiamen, and four players from Shandong ([[An Shuai]], [[Zhou Yi (footballer)|Zhou Yi]], [[Sun Bing]], and [[Cha Kejun]]) to [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]] for 1 million each.

==Foreign players==
{|class="wikitable"
! width="170" | Club
! width="170" | Player 1
! width="170" | Player 2
! width="170" | Player 3
! width="170" | Player 4
! width="170" | Former Players
|-
| [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]]
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Javier Musa]]
| {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Milton Coimbra]]
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Krisztián Kenesei]]
|
|
|-
| [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]]
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Elvis Scott]]
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Samuel Caballero]]
| {{flagicon|Romania}} '''[[Marian Aliuță]]'''
|
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} ''[[Víctor Mena (footballer, born 1980)|Víctor Mena]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Romania}} ''[[Corneliu Papură]]''
|-
| [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Ortega Deniran]]'''
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Pavle Delibašić]]'''
| 
|
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} ''[[Darko Čordaš]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} ''[[Velibor Kopunović]]''
|- 
| [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]]
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]]
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Patrick Mevoungou]]'''
|
|
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} ''[[Miodrag Pantelić]]''
|-
| [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Clément Lebe]]
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} '''[[Viktor Brovchenko]]'''
| 
|
|
|-
| [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Fabiano (footballer, born August 1975)|Fabiano]]'''
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Dejan Sarić]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Despot Višković]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Velibor Kopunović]]'''
|
|-
| [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Predrag Pažin]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1977)|Aleksandar Živković]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Branko Baković]]'''
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Igor Gluščević]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} ''[[Branimir Petrović]]''
|-
| [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Carsten Jancker]]'''
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Luis Ramírez (footballer, born 1977)|Luis Ramírez]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Ivan Jovanović (footballer, born 1978)|Ivan Jovanović]]
|
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} ''[[Goran Trobok]]''
|-
| [[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Aderaldo]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Renato Ribas]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Tiago (footballer, born 1977)|Tiago]]
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Saúl Martínez]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Jonas Ciciliato Massaranduba|Jonas]]''
|-
| [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Alex Alves (footballer, born 1974)|Alex Alves]]'''
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Blaž Puc]]
| 
|
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Taílson (footballer, born 1975)|Taílson]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Guinea}} ''[[Ousmane Bangoura]]''
|-
| [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]]
| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Bogdan Zając]]
| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Marek Zając]]
|
|
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Ozeias]]'' <br> {{flagicon|Cameroon}} ''[[Daniel Wansi]]''
|-
| [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin Tigers]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Marcos Aurélio (footballer, born 1977)|Marcos Aurélio]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Benedict Akwuegbu]]'''
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Marko Zorić]]
|
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} ''[[Henry Makinwa]]''
|-
| [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]]
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Roberto Demus]]'''
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Bruno Lança]]'''
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Eduardo (footballer, born 1980)|Carlos Eduardo]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rafael Jaques]]
|
|-
| [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1979)|Vicente]]
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Bulat]]
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Kwame Ayew]]
|
|
|-
| [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Blue Lions]]
| {{flagicon|Angola}} [[Quinzinho]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Gabriel Melkam]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Branko Jelić]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} '''[[Saša Zimonjić]]'''
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} ''[[Prince Ikpe Ekong]]''
|-
|}

==The season==
Shandong Luneng and newcomer Changchun Yatai both had a good spell early on while defending champions Dalian Shide struggled early on. During the mid season, Changchun finally cannot kept up with the pace of the top league and gradually drops to fourth in the league. Meanwhile, a record 13 league win in a row saw Shandong gaining an unassailable lead at the top. With Shandong the clear winner, the interest in the second half of the season was the race to the second place and the fight against relegation.

In the end, Chongqing Lifan were relegated with two games to go while the race for second went all the way down to the wire before Shanghai Shenhua clinch the second spot with a last day win over Liaoning while Beijing Guoan slips.

==League table==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|teamwidth=210 |match_col_width=35
|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/csl/2006/regular-season/ League Table 2006]

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|win_CC=13   |draw_CC=7    |loss_CC=8     |gf_CC=41   |ga_CC=26   |status_CC=
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<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)-->
|name_BJ=[[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]]
|name_CC=[[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]]
|name_CQ=[[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]]
|name_DL=[[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]]
|name_LN=[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
|name_QD=[[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]]
|name_SD=[[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]
|name_SH=[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
|name_SU=[[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]]
|name_SY=[[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]]
|name_SZ=[[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]]
|name_TJ=[[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]]
|name_WH=[[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]]
|name_XA=[[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]
|name_XM=[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]]

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CLQ=green2 |text_CLQ=Qualification for [[AFC Champions League 2007|AFC Champions League]]
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to [[2007 China League One|League One]]
}}

==Top scorers==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Scorer
! Club
! Goals
|-
|align=center| 1
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Li Jinyu]]
| [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]
|align=center| '''26'''
|-
|align=center| 2
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Zheng Zhi]]
| Shandong Luneng
|align=center| '''21'''
|-
|align=center| 3
| {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Luis Ramírez (Honduran footballer)|Luis Ramírez]]
| [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
|align=center| '''13'''
|-
|align=center| 4
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1979)|Vicente]]
| [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]
|align=center| '''11'''
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center| 5
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zoran Janković (footballer)|Zoran Janković]]
|[[Dalian Shide]]
|rowspan=3 align=center| '''10'''
|-
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Han Peng (footballer, born 1983)|Han Peng]]
| Shandong Luneng
|-
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Zou Yougen]]
|[[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]]
|}

==Attendances==

===League===
*Total attendance: 2,228,300 <ref>Same as above</ref>
*Average attendance: 10,611

===Clubs===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Football club
! Average attendance
|-
| [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]]
| 30,679
|-
| [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]] 
| 18,071
|-
| [[Beijing Chengfeng F.C.|Xi'an Chanba]]
| 17,286
|-
| [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]]
| 13,571
|-
| [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
| 12,786
|-
| [[Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.|Wuhan Optics Valley]]
| 10,500
|-
| [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen Kingway]]
| 10,071
|-
| [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]]
| 8,607
|-
| [[Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.|Xiamen Lanshi]]
| 8,071
|-
| [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
| 6,929
|-
| [[Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]]
| 6,536
|-
| [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Jonoon]]
| 6,071
|-
| [[Dalian Shide F.C.|Dalian Shide]]
| 5,043
|-
| [[Guangzhou City F.C.|Shenyang Ginde]]
| 2,750
|-
| [[Shanghai United F.C.|Shanghai United]]
| 2,193
|}

==See also==
*[[Chinese Super League]]
*[[Football in China]]
*[[Chinese Football Association]]
*[[Chinese Football Association Jia League]]
*[[Chinese Football Association Yi League]]
*[[Chinese FA Cup]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192532/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china06.html Results and table] on [[RSSSF]] 
* [http://csl.sports.cn/default.html 2006 Chinese Super League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222024147/http://csl.sports.cn/default.html |date=2007-12-22 }} on Csl.sports.cn {{in lang|zh}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130527024226/http://sports.cn.yahoo.com/foot/cn/superleague06/ 2006 Chinese Super League] on sports.cn.yahoo.com {{in lang|zh}}

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