2002 Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League
Season2002
ChampionsDalian Shide
RelegatedN/A
AFC Champions LeagueDalian Shide
Postponed until 2004
A3 Champions CupDalian Shide
Matches played210
Goals scored548 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer14 goals
Average attendance14,984
← 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

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

See also

References

  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