The Taishan team won the championship early, Zheng Zheng in a mysterious way to the fans, the championship moment will bring unexpected surprises, triggered a wide range of speculation. January 4 afternoon, Shandong Taishan team and Changchun Yatai team played to a 1-1 draw, with 15 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss of the perfect end of the season. At the end of the game, the Chinese Super League awards ceremony was held at the Tianhe Stadium, Fellaini and Zheng Zheng hand in hand to hold the Taishan team's championship trophy - Vulcan Cup. Fellaini and Zheng Zheng, as the team captains of this season, witnessed this glorious moment, continuing the tradition of Taishan team. Zheng Zheng made 19 starts and 1 substitute appearance this season, accumulating 1,640 minutes of playing time, making him the fourth most played player in the team. He scored one goal, averaged 2.6 breakaways, 1.9 interceptions and 1.7 steals.
Best Defender: Sun Junho (Shandong Taishan)
Sun Zhunhao's excellent performance this season has enabled Taishan to show a good balance between offense and defense. Driven by Sun Zhunhao, Xu Xin's big-picture vision has also improved significantly compared to the past. Sun Junhao made 20 appearances this season, subbed once, and played 1813 minutes, becoming the king of Taishan's appearances this season. He scored 4 goals and assisted 6 times. The average steals 2.8 times, intercepts 1.1 times, breaks 1.1 times, passes 69 times, the success rate of passing is 91.6%; the average key pass 1.5 times, ranked seventh among all players. It can be said that in the current Chinese Super League, Sun Junhao's performance makes Taishan fans sigh to pick up the treasure. If Sun Junhao wins the Chinese Super League MVP this season, it will be a feat for him to win the MVP of different leagues for two consecutive seasons.
Best Defender: Yan Dinghao (Guangzhou)
Born in 1998, Yan Dinghao plays as a midfielder and has made 20 appearances on behalf of Guangzhou this season, starting 19 times and substituting once, accumulating 1,575 minutes of playing time, making him the third-most-played player in Guangzhou this season. He contributed 4 goals and 6 assists, second only to Oscar and Shenzhen's Jintero on the assist list. He averaged 2.8 steals, 1.1 interceptions and 1.1 breakaways; and 1.4 key passes per game, which is among the highest among local players. According to Beijing Youth Daily, the Zhejiang boy is expected to be selected for the new national team roster.
Best defender: Oscar (Shanghai Harbor)
Last December 29th, Shanghai Seaports beat Guangzhou City 2-1, which not only marked the 500th game in the team's history, but also the 500th game of Oscar's career. Oscar, who wears the captain's armband as a super foreigner, recorded his 101st assist for the Harbour, after scoring 50 goals for the team. In this round of games, Oscar's performance was nearly perfect, delivering 9 threatening passes throughout the game. With the restrictions of the Chinese Super League salary cap and other policies, big-name foreign aiders like Oscar have basically no chance to join in the Chinese Super League. The Little Golden Man made 21 appearances this season and 1 substitute, accumulating 1,853 minutes, making him the Harbor's season appearance king. He scored five goals and had 11 assists, again winning the season assists crown. He averaged 59.1 passes per game, with a pass success rate of 76.5%, and averaged three key passes per game, which ranked first among all mid-major players.
Best defender: Fellaini (Shandong Taishan)
On January 4, at the post-match awards ceremony, Taishan captain Zheng Zheng and foreign aid Fellaini lifted the league championship trophy together, marking the team's return to the championship after 11 years. On December 26 last year, Shandong Taishan won the Chinese Super League title after 11 years with a 2-0 victory over Hebei, with foreign aid player Fellaini scoring the first goal for the team. With the bursting of the gold dollar bubble, there are not many foreigners who can be called superstars in the Chinese Super League this season, and Fellaini is one of them. Six months ago, he renewed his contract with Taishan on a four-year deal, and is likely to stay in China for the rest of his career. However, Fellaini, who has a long contract in hand, does not intend to enjoy the life of "retiring to the second line" in advance, and in every dangerous moment, the huge orange figure in the penalty area is the light pointing to success. Fellaini has made 12 starts and 8 substitutions in the Chinese Super League this season, playing a total of 1,214 minutes and scoring 10 goals, which is extremely efficient.
Best Striker: Zhang Yuning (Beijing Guoan)
With the departure of Beijing Guoan's powerful foreigners this season, 25-year-old Zhang Yuning had his best season, and he even started to serve as the on-field captain late in the league. He contributed 10 goals and 2 assists in 20 matches this season, making 12 goals alone. In the scorer's list, Zhang Yuning is ranked fourth behind Junior, Caldecott and Aixon. In the total number of goals and assists, there is even no local player who can surpass him! National player Wei Shihao has played 16 games this season, giving six goals and one assist. Guo Tianyu has the same number of goals as Zhang Yuning, but Shandong Taishan's overall strength this season far exceeds Guoan's, and the team's total of 47 goals far exceeds Guoan's 26. Zhang Yuning's assists also exceeded Guo Tianyu's, making Zhang Yuning the best local player in the Chinese Super League this season.
Best Forward: Guo Tianyu (Shandong Taishan)
For a long time, with big-name foreign aid abounding, there has been a break in the generation of domestic local strikers, with some of the local guns getting very little playing time. In the tide of gold yuan receded, Guo Tianyu this generation of players ushered in a good opportunity to show their own. Guo Tianyu's height, physical fitness, and technology are all excellent, but the previous play is always lower than the fans' expectations, which is related to less playing time, less experience in the game. Hao Wei gave Guo Tianyu a lot of playing time this season, which can be seen in Hao Wei's favor. Guo has made 18 starts and 4 substitute appearances this season, accumulating 1575 minutes of playing time, making him the fifth player with the most playing time in the team. He scored 10 goals this season and was honored with the local Golden Boot. 0 yellow cards and 0 red cards, which is the style of the national football coach Li Xiaopeng in the past. This son has a promising future, and if he can stay in the ocean to further his education, he is expected to become a new generation of national football flags.
Best Striker: Junior (Changchun Yatai)
In the season finale, Changchun Yatai drew 1-1 with Shandong Taishan, who won the title in advance, and finally finished fourth in the league. Although Junior failed to score in this game, he still won the Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League this season with 14 goals, becoming the first Chinese Super League Golden Boot winner in the history of the Yatai team. He was a double Golden Boot winner in the AFC Champions League and K-League last season, and in his first season in the Chinese Super League this season he made 14 starts, came on as a substitute three times, scored 14 goals, and collected the 2021 Chinese Super League Golden Boot. Júnior scored 14 goals this season, including one penalty. Caldecott and Ackerson have both scored 11 goals, while Fellaini, Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu have each scored 10 goals.
Best Coach: Hao Wei (Shandong Taishan)
On January 3, the Chinese Super League (CSL) officially announced that Guangzhou Football Club player Zheng Zhi was selected as the best player of the 21st round of the 2021 season of the CSL (79.1% of the votes). In this round of matches, Zheng Zhi, who played the whole match, ran a distance of 9,134 meters, helping Guangzhou team finally beat Changchun Yatai 2-0. At a time of economic crisis for Guangzhou, Zheng Zhi stepped up to the plate and was appointed as the executive head coach, and the team's spirit and the youthful storm triggered by the "All Chinese Class" were praiseworthy. However, given the length of time in charge and the final results, we ended up choosing Hao Wei.
Taishan team topped this season thanks to a number of factors, such as their own youth training roots, the team's foreign aid neat, each line lineup deep, but a good hand of cards to play a lot of coaches, so Hao Wei still have a good hand. Looking back on the past Chinese Super League best coach, most of the year's Chinese Super League champion team's coach, halfway coaching or disciplinary suspension except. Local coaches have won championships with their teams, which has not been seen for a decade in the Chinese Super League era. The results speak for themselves. This season's Taishan team not only scored the most points, but also scored the most goals among the 16 teams (47, tied for first place with Guangzhou), won the most games (15, 13 each for the second-place Seaport and Guangzhou), and had only one loss. Many fans criticize Hao Wei not as good as Li Xiaopeng, if the results of the kicking is indeed so; however, Hao Wei led the team to win the championship this season, the best coach in the Chinese Super League is also well deserved.
