2020 Chinese Super League
The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. The winner will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in China to represent the host nation. The season was scheduled to begin on 22 February and to end on 31 October, but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic. On 1 July 2020, Chinese Football Association announce that the season would be resumed on 25 July 2020 and 16 teams would be split into two groups in two locations, one in Dalian and the other in Suzhou. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are the defending champions.
Club changes
Clubs promoted from 2019 China League OneClubs relegated to 2020 China League One
Dissolved entries
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Tianjin TianhaiName changes
- Dalian Yifang F.C. changed their name to Dalian Pro in January 2020.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2019 season |
| Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |  Fabio Cannavaro | Guangzhou | Tianhe Stadium | 54,856 | 1st |
| Beijing Sinobo Guoan |  Bruno Génésio | Beijing | Workers' Stadium | 66,161 | 2nd |
| Shanghai SIPG |  Vítor Pereira | Shanghai | Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium | 16,000 | 3rd |
| Jiangsu Suning |  Cosmin Olăroiu | Nanjing | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre | 61,443 | 4th |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |  Li Xiaopeng | Jinan | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 56,808 | 5th |
| Wuhan Zall |  José González | Wuhan | Dongxihu Sports Centre | 30,000 | 6th |
| Tianjin TEDA |  Uli Stielike | Tianjin | Tianjin Olympic Center | 54,696 | 7th |
| Henan Jianye | Yang Ji | Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium | 29,860 | 8th |
| Dalian Pro | Rafael Benítez | Dalian | Dalian Sports Center Stadium | 60,832 | 9th |
| Chongqing Dangdai Lifan |  Chang Woe-ryong | Chongqing | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | 58,680 | 10th |
| Hebei China Fortune | Xie Feng | Langfang | Langfang Stadium | 30,040 | 11th |
| Guangzhou R&F |  Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Guangzhou | Yuexiushan Stadium | 18,000 | 12th |
| Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Choi Kang-hee | Shanghai | Hongkou Football Stadium | 33,060 | 13th |
| Qingdao Huanghai P | Vacant | Qingdao | Conson Stadium | 45,000 | CL1, 1st |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright P |  Afshin Ghotbi | Shijiazhuang | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 60,000 | CL1, 2nd |
| Shenzhen | Roberto Donadoni | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre | 60,334 | 15th |
Locations
Managerial changes
Foreign players
- Foreign players: The number of foreign players that clubs can register over the course of the season is increased from six to seven and the number of foreign players allowed on each CSL team at any given time is also increased from four to five. A maximum of five foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of four can be fielded at any time during the match.
- Naturalized players: There is no limits in registering naturalized players. There is no limits in fielding Chinese-descent naturalized players. However, only one non-Chinese-descent naturalized player can be fielded as native player while other non-Chinese-descent naturalized player fielded will be counted as foreign player.
- Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan players: Each club can register one Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent, provided that he was registered as a professional footballer in one of those three associations for the first time in his career, as a native player.
- Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Naturalized Players | Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan Players | Reserves players | Former players |
| Beijing Sinobo Guoan |  Renato Augusto | Fernando |  Cédric Bakambu | Jonathan Viera | Kim Min-jae | → Alan Carvalho → Nico Yennaris → John Hou Sæter | |||
| Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | Marcelo Cirino | Fernandinho | Alan Kardec | Marcinho |  Adrian Mierzejewski | ||||
| Dalian Pro |  Emmanuel Boateng |  Marek Hamšík |  Marcus Danielson | Sam Larsson |  Salomón Rondón | ||||
| Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Paulinho | Talisca | Park Ji-soo | → Aloísio→ Elkeson→ Fernando Henrique→ Tyias Browning | |||||
| Guangzhou R&F |  Mousa Dembélé | Renatinho |  Dia Saba | Eran Zahavi |  Duško Tošić |  Tan Chun Lok | |||
| Hebei China Fortune |  Samir Memišević | Marcão | Paulinho |  Buya Turay | → Ricardo Goulart |  Ayoub El Kaabi | |||
| Henan Jianye | Henrique Dourado | Ivo | Fernando Karanga |  Christian Bassogog | Kim Sung-hwan |  Tim Chow | |||
| Jiangsu Suning | Miranda | Alex Teixeira |  Ivan Santini | Mubarak Wakaso | Éder | ||||
| Qingdao Huanghai | Cléo | Joseph Minala | Romain Alessandrini | Jagoš Vuković | Yaki Yen | ||||
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | Marouane Fellaini | Leonardo | Moisés |  Tamás Kádár | Graziano Pellè | Róger Guedes | |||
| Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Stéphane Mbia |  Giovanni Moreno | Stephan El Shaarawy |  Obafemi Martins | Kim Shin-wook |  → Alexander N'Doumbou | |||
| Shanghai SIPG |  Marko Arnautović | Hulk | Ricardo Lopes | Oscar |  Odil Ahmedov | ||||
| Shenzhen |  Thievy Bifouma | John Mary | Harold Preciado | Ole Selnæs | Song Ju-hun | Dai Wai Tsun |  Blerim Džemaili | ||
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Matheus | Muriqui | Rômulo | Oscar Maritu |  Stoppila Sunzu | ||||
| Tianjin TEDA | Johnathan | Felix Bastians | Frank Acheampong | ||||||
| Wuhan Zall | Léo Baptistão | Rafael Silva |  Jean Evrard Kouassi | Eddy Gnahoré | Daniel Carriço |
- For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.
Regular season
Group A
Stadiums
- Dalian Sports Center
- Dalian Youth Football Traning Base Main Stadium
- Jinzhou Stadium
- Puwan Stadium
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Group B
Stadiums
- Kunshan Stadium
- Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre
- Suzhou Sports Center
- Changshu Stadium
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Championship stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
1st leg
2nd leg
Semi-finals
1st leg
2nd leg
5th–8th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
7th–8th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
5th–6th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
3rd–4th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
Finals
1st leg
2nd leg
Relegation stage
Bracket
9th–16th place quarter-finals
1st leg
2nd leg
9th–12th place semi-finals
1st leg
2nd leg
13th–16th place semi-finals
1st leg
2nd leg
15th–16th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
13th–14th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
11th–12th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
9th–10th place playoffs
1st leg
2nd leg
Overall table
Relegation play-offs
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Source:Top assists
Source:Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Marouane Fellaini | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Dalian Pro | 2–3 | 26 07 2020 |