2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season
# 2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season

The 2018 Changchun Yatai F.C. season is Changchun's 13th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League. Changchun will also be competing in the Chinese FA Cup. This season Yatai moved back to Changchun Stadium, where they won their first league title in 2007, as the club's home ground, after spending 9 seasons at Development Area Stadium.

On 11 November, Yatai suffered shock relegation after losing 0-2 to Dalian Yifang as they have gone through almost the entire season with being considered as completely safe. They got 32 points this season, the joint highest from a relegated team of CSL history, together with Zhejiang Greentown in 2016; They scored 45 goals, which is the highest of all relegated teams in a single season of CSL history. Star player and captain Odion Ighalo scored 21 goals in this campaign, which is second highest of the season, and also the highest of any player from a relegated team in a single season of CSL history.

## Players

### First team squad

    As of 19 July 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Liu Yu |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Xiao Yufeng |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Yu Rui |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Xue Ya'nan |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Du Zhenyu |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Lasse Vibe |
| 11 | MF | POL | Adrian Mierzejewski |
| 13 | GK | CHN | Yi Fan |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Sun Jie |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Jiang Zhe |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Fan Xiaodong |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Han Zilong |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Cao Ziheng |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Tan Tiancheng |
| 21 | MF | CHN | He Chao |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | CHN | Wu Yake |
| 24 | DF | CHN | Yan Zhiyu |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Zhang Hengyuan |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Zuo Yiteng |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Zhang Li |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Tan Long |
| 30 | FW | CHN | Zhao Mingyu |
| 31 | FW | CHN | Cheng Changcheng |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Li Guang |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Zhang Xiaofei (Captain) |
| 35 | GK | CHN | Gao Yuqin |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Cui Jingming |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Zhou Dadi |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 39 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović |

## Competitions

### Chinese Super League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 34 | |
| 13 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 32 | |
| 14 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | |
| 15 | Changchun Yatai (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 32 | Relegation to League One |
| 16 | Guizhou Hengfeng (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 24 | Relegation to League One |

* 1 2 3 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, Tianjin Teda and Changchun Yatai were ranked by head-to-head points: Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 7 pts, Tianjin Teda 5 pts, Changchun Yatai 4 pts.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 30 April 2018. Source: See Results

