It was opened on April 5, 2023 and closed on October 4, 2023. On April 8, 2023, the schedule of the 2023 Super League was announced, and the league resumed home and away games. The opening match was played by Beijing Guoan against Meizhou Hakka in Beijing Workers Stadium on April 15.
Introduction to the competition
China Football Association Super League is the highest professional football league in Chinese mainland (FIFA and AFC directly under Hongkong, China, Macau, China, and Taiwan Province Province, China). Its subordinate leagues include China Football Association League A, China Football Association League B and China Football Association Champions League.
Super League started in 2004, organized by China Football Association and operated by Super League Limited Liability Company. Its predecessor was 1989, a Chinese football league. Super League is one of the most competitive football leagues in Asia, with the highest average attendance rate. According to the latest ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics 20 17, the Super League ranks 36th in the world and 3rd in the Asian League, and the champion of the Super League will win the Vulcan Cup.
Since 2006, the number of clubs participating in the Super League has been stable at16; 65438 In February 2020, China Football Association decided to expand the number of super teams to 18 teams in the 2022 season, and implemented the policy of "upper 3 and lower 3". In the 2023 season, the scale of Super League participation was reduced to 16 club, and the relegation policy was changed back.
Official symbol
From the second half of 2002 to the end of 2002, China Football Association collected the logo, mascot and other related VI designs from all over the country, and invited people to form a jury to select the logo and mascot, and finally the "fireball" was the best. The original author of the Super League logo is Liang Changwei, a student of the Design Branch of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 1999 Decoration (1) class.
Fireball logo is a portrayal of China's drama facial makeup, in which CSL, the abbreviation of Chinese Super League, is integrated into a burning fireball. On the left is the deformed combination of the ball and the initials C, S and L of China Football Association Super League, and on the right are four burning flames and CSL letters representing the abbreviation of China Football Association Super League. The whole logo symbolizes the fiery passion and vitality of the Chinese Super League.