| Competition: | Chinese Super League |
| Season: | 2011 |
| Winners: | Guangzhou Evergrande (1st title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing Guoan Liaoning Whowin (withdrew) Tianjin Teda (via FA Cup) |
| League Topscorer: |  Muriqui (16 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 564 |
| Longest Wins: | 7 games Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 23 games Guangzhou Evergrande (16W 7D) |
| Longest Losses: | 5 games Shenzhen Ruby, Shanghai Shenhua |
| Highest Attendance: | 53,375 Beijing vs Guangzhou |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,011 Qingdao vs Changchun |
| Average Attendance: | 17,651 |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Chinese Super League was the eighth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the eighteenth season of a professional association football league and the 50th top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. clinched their first ever Chinese Super League title on September 28, 2011.
Teams promoted from 2010 China League One
Teams relegated to 2011 China League One
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henan Jianye |  Tang Yaodong | Sacked | 11 November 2010[1] | N/A | Kim Hak-beom | 27 November 2010[2] | |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Pei Encai | Sacked | 30 November 2010[3] | N/A |  Ján Kocian | 8 December 2010[4] | |
| Shanghai Shenhua |  Miroslav Blažević | End of contract | 11 December 2010[5] | N/A | Xi Zhikang | 12 December 2010[6] | |
| Beijing Guoan | Wei Kexing | Sacked | 21 December 2010 | N/A |  Jaime Pacheco | 4 January 2011[7] | |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Guo Kanfeng | Sacked | 29 December 2010[8] | N/A | Chang Woe-ryong | 16 January 2011[9] | |
| Shenzhen |  Siniša Gogić | End of contract | 31 December 2010 | N/A |  Philippe Troussier | 22 February 2011 [10] | |
| Chengdu Blades | Wang Baoshan | Sacked | 31 December 2010 | N/A |  Lawrie McKinna | 19 March 2011[11] | |
| Jiangsu Sainty | Ján Kocian | Sacked | 5 May 2011[12] | 15th |  Dragan Okuka | 10 May 2011[13] | |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | Branko Ivanković | Resigned | 5 May 2011[14] | 8th | Rajko Magić | 5 May 2011 | |
| Henan Jianye | Kim Hak-beom | Sacked | 5 May 2011[15] | 8th | Zhao Wei (caretaker) | 23 May 2011 | |
| Dalian Shide | Park Seong-hwa | Sacked | 29 May 2011[16] | 12th | Li Xicai (caretaker) | 29 May 2011 | |
| Dalian Shide | Li Xicai (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 31 May 2011[17] | 12th | Gai Zengjun (caretaker) | 31 May 2011 | |
| Henan Jianye | Zhao Wei (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 29 June 2011[18] | 15th |  Jo Bonfrère | 29 June 2011 | |
| Shaanxi Renhe | Milorad Kosanović | Sacked | 19 July 2011[19] | 5th | Slobodan Santrač | 20 July 2011[20] | |
| Dalian Shide | Gai Zengjun (caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 20 July 2011 | 12th | Nelo Vingada | 20 July 2011[21] | |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Xi Zhikang | Sacked | 10 August 2011 | 9th | Dražen Besek | 10 August 2011[22] | |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | Rajko Magić | Resigned | 17 September 2011 | 7th | Manuel Barbosa | 17 September 2011[23] | |
| Shaanxi Renhe | Slobodan Santrač | Sacked | 24 September 2011[24] | 10th | Gao Hongbo | 24 September 2011 |
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[25] A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Players from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei are deemed to be native players in CSL.
Updated to games played on 2 November 2011. [26]
Muriqui (Guangzhou Evergrande) Song Wenjie (Qingdao Jonoon) Muriqui (Guangzhou Evergrande) Ma Lin (Liaoning Whowin) Tan Hai (Beijing)| Attendance | Round | Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | Weekday | Time of Day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53,375 | 18 | 1 August 2011 | 1–1 | Workers' Stadium | Monday | Night | |||
| 50,389 | 15 | 6 July 2011 | 4–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Wednesday | Night | |||
| 50,000 | 1 | 2 April 2011 | 1–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Saturday | Night | |||
| 49,693 | 27 | 16 October 2011 | 3–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Sunday | Night | |||
| 48,920 | 9 | 29 May 2011 | 1–1 | Tianhe Stadium | Sunday | Night | |||
| 48,657 | 29 | 29 October 2011 | 2–3 | Workers' Stadium | Saturday | Afternoon | |||
| 48,500 | 17 | 14 July 2011 | 5–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Thursday | Night | |||
| 48,383 | 25 | 24 September 2011 | 4–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Friday | Night | |||
| 48,312 | 11 | 18 June 2011 | 2–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Saturday | Night | |||
| 48,160 | 19 | 6 August 2011 | 4–0 | Tianhe Stadium | Saturday | Night |
