2002 Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League
Season	2002
Champions	Dalian Shide
Relegated	N/A
AFC Champions League	Dalian Shide ; Postponed until 2004
A3 Champions Cup	Dalian Shide
Matches played	210
Goals scored	548 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	14 goals Li Jinyu (Liaoning Bird),; Tiago (Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance);
Average attendance	14,984
	← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Chinese Jia-A League season is the ninth season of professional association football and the 41st top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 9 and ended on November 30, 2002 with Dalian Shide winning the championship, while to help the Chinese national team prepare for the 2002 FIFA World Cup there was no relegation within the league for the season.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2001 Jia-B League

Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili

Teams relegated to 2002 Jia-B League

None

Overview

Before the league started it was dogged by rumours of match fixing when it was discovered that second tier club and promotion hopeful Changchun Yatai had fixed a match on October 6, 2001 against Zhejiang in their favour. When these allegations turned out to be true Changchun Yatai were denied promotion into the league as their punishment, which meant there would only be 15 teams performing within the league.^[1] Also before the season started it was decided that because the Chinese national team had qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup there would be no relegation so the players would not be distracted with the fear of demotion. Within the season Dalian Shide would continue their dominance within Chinese football and win their third consecutive league championship.^[2]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dalian Shide	28	17	6	5	48	27	+21	57
2	Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance	28	14	10	4	42	21	+21	52
3	Beijing Guoan	28	15	7	6	49	29	+20	52
4	Shandong Luneng	28	14	3	11	42	42	0	45
5	Liaoning Bird	28	12	6	10	45	44	+1	42
6	Chongqing Lifan	28	10	11	7	28	25	+3	41
7	Yunnan Hongta	28	10	10	8	30	28	+2	40
8	Qingdao Hademen	28	9	9	10	30	34	−4	36
9	Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili	28	9	8	11	37	39	−2	35
10	Tianjin Teda F.C.	28	9	7	12	37	36	+1	34
11	Changsha Ginde	28	8	10	10	34	34	0	34
12	Shanghai Shenhua	28	9	5	14	37	41	−4	32
13	August 1st	28	6	12	10	27	41	−14	30
14	Sichuan Dahe	28	7	7	14	39	55	−16	28
15	Shaanxi Guoli	28	2	7	19	24	53	−29	13

Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Li Jinyu	Liaoning Bird	16
1	Tiago Jorge Honório	Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance	16
3	Casiano Delvalle	Beijing Guoan	11
	Li Bing	Sichuan Dahe
	Yu Genwei	Tianjin Teda F.C.
	Qu Shengqing	Shanghai Shenhua
7	Nicolas Ouédec	Dalian Shide F.C.	10
	Li Yi	Shenzhen Ping'an Insurance
	Wang Xinxin	Liaoning Bird
	Ze Alcino	Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili

References

^ China 2001 at rsssf.org 19 Jun 2003 Retrieved 08-01-2013
^ 2002甲A Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine at zuqiuziliao.cn 2011-07-14 Retrieved 08-01-2013

External links

China - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] China 2001 at rsssf.org 19 Jun 2003 Retrieved 08-01-2013

[2] 2002甲A Archived 2012-07-20 at the Wayback Machine at zuqiuziliao.cn 2011-07-14 Retrieved 08-01-2013

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