2003 Chinese Jia-A League
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The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season is the tenth season of professional association football and the 42nd top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 15 and ended on November 30, 2003, while in preparation for the rebranded Chinese Super League three teams were relegated at the end of the season.
Season | 2003 |
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Champions | |
Relegated | |
AFC Champions League | |
A3 Champions Cup | |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 546 (2.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 14 goals |
Average attendance | 17,710 |
← 2002 |
Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing.[1] Runners-up Shanghai International were also surrounded in their own match-fixing controversy, which saw several of their players taking bribes.[2] Despite the club itself not being implicated in these crimes the season's title was not awarded to any club.