Shandong Taishan win first Chinese Super League championship in 11 years, with three games remaining in the season

Goals from Marouane Fellaini and Xu Xin saw Shandong Taishan beat Hebei FC 2-0

With three games remaining in the Chinese Super League season, Shandong Taishan claim their first championship in 11 years

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Shandong Taishan beat Hebei FC 2-0 in Guangzhou to claim the Chinese Super League championship title. Photo: Twitter

Published: 12:26pm, 27 Dec 2021Updated: 12:49pm, 27 Dec 2021

Shandong Taishan beat Hebei FC 2-0 in Guangzhou on Sunday to claim the Chinese Super League championship title with three matches still to play.

Goals from Marouane Fellaini and Xu Xin saw Shandong Taishan seal their first CSL title in 11 years and extend a record 16-game winning streak, the longest in the league’s history.

“Winning the championship is not only a fruit of the efforts from our players and coaching staff, but the whole club,” Hao Wei, the Shandong coach, said.

With the victory, Hao has won a CSL title with Shandong as a player, in 1999, and a manager.

Throughout the 2021 season, the team have maintained a degree of stability that many others in the CSL have been unable to achieve, largely because of financial difficulties. Leading the table by 10 points, the victory over Hebei FC was enough for Shandong to take the title, the fifth time for the club since 1999.

Jin Jingdao’s cross from the right found Fellaini and the Belgian put the ball into an open goal in the 20th minute. Xu had the ball in the net 15 minutes later, but his goal was ruled out with De Erjiaduo in an offside position.

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