List of Chinese football champions

The Chinese football champions indicates all past winners of the Chinese top-tier football league since it first started in 1951.

The professional football league of China was found in 1994 as the Chinese Jia-A League (甲A联赛). After ten years of existence, the Chinese FA decided to create a new top tier league known as the Chinese Super League.

Since 1994, 31 professional seasons have been contested, with 21 seasons as the Chinese Super League. Dalian Shide and Guangzhou FC are the most successful teams in the professional period with eight titles each. Dalian won three consecutive titles on two occasions (1996–1998 and 2000–2002), while Guangzhou won seven consecutive titles from 2011 to 2017.^[1]

• Italic indicates defunct clubs.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1951	North East	East China	Peoples Liberation Army
1953	Peoples Liberation Army	East China	North East

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1954	North East (2)	South Central	East China
1955	Central Sports Institute	Dalian Shipyards	Huochetou

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1956	Beijing Youth B	Shanghai Sports Institute	Shenyang Sports Institute
1957	Beijing	Tianjin	August 1st
1958	Beijing (2)	Shenyang	Tianjin
1960	Tianjin	Liaoning	Shanghai
1961	Shanghai	August 1st	Tianjin
1962	Shanghai (2)	August 1st	Liaoning

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1963	Beijing Youth	Liaoning	Tianjin

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1964	Beijing Sports Institute (2)	Shanghai	August 1st
1965	Jilin	August 1st	Beijing

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1973	Beijing (3)	Shanghai	Liaoning
1974	August 1st (2)	Tianjin	Beijing
1977	August 1st (3)	Beijing	Guangdong

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1978	Liaoning	August 1st	Beijing
1979	Guangdong	Liaoning	August 1st
1980	Tianjin (2)	Liaoning	Beijing Army Unit
1981	August 1st (4)	Shandong	Beijing
1982	Beijing (4)	Shandong	Tianjin
1984	Beijing (5)	Tianjin	Liaoning
1985	Liaoning Dongyao (2)	August 1st	Dalian Pearl
1986	August 1st (5)	Hubei Power28	Beijing Snowflakes

• Semi-professional era

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1987	Liaoning Dongyao (3)	Tianjin Seagull	Shanghai
1988	Liaoning Dongyao (4)	China B	Tianjin Seagull
1989	China B	Liaoning Dongyao	Shenzhou Shanghai
1990	Liaoning Dongyao (5)	August 1st	Dalian Xinghai
1991	Liaoning Dongyao (6)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Shenzhou
1992	Liaoning Dongyao (7)	Guangzhou Baiyun	Dalian Xinghai
1993	Liaoning Dongyao (8)	Guangdong Hongyuan	Beijing Guoan

• Professional era

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1994	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai Shenhua
1995	Shanghai Shenhua (3)	Beijing Guoan	Dalian Wanda
1996	Dalian Wanda (2)	Shanghai Shenhua	Bayi
1997	Dalian Wanda (3)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1998	Dalian Wanda (4)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
1999	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Liaoning	Sichuan Quanxing
2000	Dalian Shide (5)	Shanghai Shenhua	Sichuan Quanxing
2001	Dalian Shide (6)	Shanghai Shenhua	Liaoning
2002	Dalian Shide (7)	Shenzhen Ping An	Beijing Guoan
2003	Not awarded	Shanghai International	Dalian Shide

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2004	Shenzhen Jianlibao	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Inter Shanghai
2005	Dalian Shide (8)	Shanghai Shenhua	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2006	Shandong Luneng Taishan (2)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2007	Changchun Yatai	Beijing Guoan	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2008	Shandong Luneng Taishan (3)	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan
2009	Beijing Guoan (6)	Changchun Yatai	Henan Construction
2010	Shandong Luneng Taishan (4)	Tianjin Teda	Shanghai Shenhua
2011	Guangzhou Evergrande	Beijing Guoan	Liaoning Whowin
2012	Guangzhou Evergrande (2)	Jiangsu Sainty	Beijing Guoan
2013	Guangzhou Evergrande (3)	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Beijing Guoan
2014	Guangzhou Evergrande (4)	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou R&F
2015	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (5)	Shanghai SIPG	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2016	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (6)	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai SIPG
2017	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (7)	Shanghai SIPG	Tianjin Quanjian
2018	Shanghai SIPG	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Shandong Luneng Taishan
2019	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (8)	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai SIPG
2020	Jiangsu Suning	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Beijing Guoan
2021	Shandong Taishan (5)	Shanghai Port	Guangzhou
2022	Wuhan Three Towns	Shandong Taishan	Zhejiang
2023	Shanghai Port (2)	Shandong Taishan	Zhejiang
2024	Shanghai Port (3)	Shanghai Shenhua	Chengdu Rongcheng

Teams in bold compete in the Chinese Super League as of the 2025 season. Italics indicates defunct clubs.

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Liaoning	8	6	1978, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Guangzhou	8	4	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Dalian Shide	8	0	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Beijing Guoan	6	5	1957, 1958, 1973, 1982, 1984, 2009
Bayi	5	6	1953, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986
Shandong Taishan	5	6	1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2021
Shanghai Shenhua	3	12	1961, 1962, 1995
Shanghai Port	3	3	2018, 2023, 2024
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	2	5	1960, 1980
North East	2	0	1951, 1954
Beijing Sports Institute	2	0	1955, 1964
Jiangsu	1	2	2020
Guangdong Winnerway	1	1	1979
China B	1	1	1989
Shenzhen	1	1	2004
Changchun Yatai	1	1	2007
Beijing Youth B	1	0	1956
Beijing Youth	1	0	1963
Yanbian Funde	1	0	1965
Wuhan Three Towns	1	0	2022
East China	0	2
South Central	0	1
Dalian Shipyards	0	1
Shanghai Sports Institute	0	1
Shenyang	0	1
Hubei	0	1
Beijing Chengfeng	0	1

• Professional era only (1994–present)

City/Town	Titles	Clubs
Dalian	8	Dalian Shide (8)
Guangzhou	8	Guangzhou (8)
Jinan	5	Shandong Taishan (5)
Shanghai	4	Shanghai Port (3), Shanghai Shenhua (1)
Beijing	1	Beijing Guoan (1)
Changchun	1	Changchun Yatai (1)
Shenzhen	1	Shenzhen (1)
Nanjing	1	Jiangsu (1)
Wuhan	1	Wuhan Three Towns (1)

• Professional era only (1994–present)

Region	Titles	Clubs
East	10	Shandong Taishan (5), Shanghai Port (3), Shanghai Shenhua (1), Jiangsu (1)
South Central	10	Guangzhou (8), Shenzhen (1), Wuhan Three Towns (1)
Northeast	9	Dalian Shide (8), Changchun Yatai (1)
North	1	Beijing Guoan (1)

• List of champions at RSSSF