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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 the cash rich and highly ambitious Shanghai SIPG football club, who recently smashed the Asian transfer record with their capture of Brazilian forward Hulk from Zenit St Petersburg.
Team: Shanghai SIPG (Shanghai International Port Group)
Nickname: The Red Eagles
City Based: Shanghai
Year founded (professionally): 2005
Owner: Shanghai International Port Group
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Stadium Capacity: 56,842
Manager: Sven-Goran Eriksson (Swedish)
Captain: Sun Xiang
Three Players To Watch (Foreign): Hulk (Brazilian), Dario Conca (Argentinian), Elkeson (Brazilian)
Three Players To Watch (Chinese): Wu Lei, Yu Hai, Cai Huikang
Position Last Season: 2nd
Current League Position (as of 1st July 2016): 4th
# | 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): Elkeson/Jean Kouassi/Wu Lei (4)
Current Most Assists (This Season): Wu Lei (5)
Continental Competition (This Season): Asian Champions League (face Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea in the quarter-finals)
League Wins: None
Chinese FA Cup Wins: None
Asian Champions League Wins: None
Highest League Position: 2nd (2015)
Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £45m (Hulk – from Zenit St Petersburg)
Highest Transfer Fee Received: £975k (Zhang Linpeng – to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao)
Rivals: Shanghai Shenhua, Jiangsu Suning
