2000 Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League
Season2000
ChampionsDalian Shide
Relegated
Asian Club ChampionshipDalian Shide
Matches played182
Goals scored445 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer15 goals
Casiano Delvalle (Shandong Luneng)
Average attendance19,901
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Chinese Jia-A League season is the seventh season of professional association football and the 39th top-tier overall league season in China. It was named the Pepsi Chinese Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons, while the league started on March 19 and ended on October 1, 2000, and saw Dalian Shide win the championship.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1999 Jia-B League

Relegated after end of 1999 Jia-A League

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dalian Shide 26 17 5 4 50 21 +29 56 2001–02 Asian Club Championship qualification
2 Shanghai Shenhua 26 14 8 4 37 24 +13 50
3 Sichuan Guancheng 26 12 8 6 33 21 +12 44
4 Chongqing Longxin 26 10 11 5 46 33 +13 41
5 Shandong Luneng 26 12 4 10 35 31 +4 40
6 Beijing Guoan 26 9 8 9 38 32 +6 35
7 Shenyang Haishi 26 8 10 8 35 32 +3 34
8 Liaoning Fushun 26 8 8 10 28 26 +2 32
9 Shenzhen Pingan 26 8 8 10 27 27 0 32
10 Tianjin Teda F.C. 26 7 10 9 28 37 −9 31
11 Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu 26 6 11 9 22 29 −7 29
12 Yunnan Hongta 26 8 5 13 24 42 −18 29
13 Xiamen Xiaxin 26 6 5 15 22 45 −23 23 Relegated to Jia-B League
14 Jilin Aodong 26 4 5 17 20 45 −25 17
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Paraguay Casiano Wilberto Delvalle Ruiz Shandong Luneng 15
2 China Wang Tao Beijing Guoan 13
South Africa Mark Williams Chongqing Longxin
United States Chris Deasy Shanghai Shenhua
5 Ukraine Serhiy Nahornyak Shenyang Haishi 12
Croatia Miroslav Bičanić Chongqing Longxin
7 China Zhang Yuning Liaoning Fushun 11
8 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Sarić Shanghai Shenhua 10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Pantelić Dalian Shide
10 Guinea Foday Kamara Yunnan Hongta 9
China Li Bing Sichuan Guancheng

See also

References