Chinese Super League: Club Profile - Changchun Yatai

As part of our series of ‘fact-files’ focusing on each of the teams contesting in the Chinese Super League (CSL), we take a look into everything you would need to know about Changchun Yatai. Situated in the far North-East of China, this club is a mainstay of the CSL, regularly competing for titles in the 2000s. Nowadays, however, you are more likely to see them in the bottom half of the table.

Team: Changchun Yatai

City Based: Changchun, Jilin Province

Year founded (professionally): 1996

Owner: Yatai Group

Stadium: Development Area Stadium

Stadium Capacity: 25,000

Manager: Lee Jang-soo

Captain: Zhang Xiaofei

Three Players To Watch (Foreign): Marcelo Moreno (Bolivian), Julien Gorius (French), Anzur Ismailov (Uzbek)

Three Players To Watch (Chinese): Pei Shuai, Du Zhenyu, Zhang Xiaofei

Position Last Season: 10th

Current League Position (as of 1st July 2016): 14th

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	15	11	3	1	30	7	23	36
2	Hebei China Fortune	15	9	3	3	22	15	7	30
3	Jiangsu Suning	15	8	5	2	20	11	9	29
4	Shanghai SIPG	15	6	6	3	21	12	9	24
5	Shanghai Shenhua	15	5	7	3	24	15	9	22
6	Henan Jianye	15	6	4	5	13	12	1	22
7	Tianjin Teda	15	5	6	4	17	19	-2	21
8	Beijing Guoan	14	5	5	4	15	13	2	20
9	Liaoning	14	4	5	5	15	22	-7	17
10	Yanbian Funde	15	4	4	7	16	18	-2	16
11	Guangzhou R&F	15	4	4	7	13	20	-7	16
12	Chongqing Lifan	15	3	6	6	15	20	-5	15
13	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	14	3	5	6	10	16	-6	14
14	Changchun Yatai	15	3	4	8	11	23	-12	13
15	Hangzhou Greentown	15	3	3	9	8	18	-10	12
16	Shandong Luneng Taishan	14	2	4	8	13	22	-9	10

Current Top Goalscorer (This Season): Marcelo Moreno (7)

Continental Competition (This Season): None

League Wins: 2007 (1 time)

Chinese FA Cup Wins: None

Asian Champions League Wins: None

Highest League Position: 1st

Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £1.85m (Marcelo Moreno – from Gremio)

Highest Transfer Fee Received: £1.35m (Zhang Wenzhao – to Shandong Luneng Taishan)

Rivals: No fierce rivals