2000 Chinese Jia-A League

Chinese Jia-A League
Season	2000
Champions	Dalian Shide
Relegated	Xiamen Xiaxin; Jilin Aodong;
Asian Club Championship	Dalian Shide
Matches played	182
Goals scored	445 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals ; Casiano Delvalle (Shandong Luneng)
Average attendance	19,901
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Chinese Jia-A League season is the seventh season of professional association football and the 39th top-tier overall league season in China. It was named the Pepsi Chinese Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons, while the league started on March 19 and ended on October 1, 2000, and saw Dalian Shide win the championship.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1999 Jia-B League

Relegated after end of 1999 Jia-A League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dalian Shide	26	17	5	4	50	21	+29	56	2001–02 Asian Club Championship qualification
2	Shanghai Shenhua	26	14	8	4	37	24	+13	50
3	Sichuan Guancheng	26	12	8	6	33	21	+12	44
4	Chongqing Longxin	26	10	11	5	46	33	+13	41
5	Shandong Luneng	26	12	4	10	35	31	+4	40
6	Beijing Guoan	26	9	8	9	38	32	+6	35
7	Shenyang Haishi	26	8	10	8	35	32	+3	34
8	Liaoning Fushun	26	8	8	10	28	26	+2	32
9	Shenzhen Pingan	26	8	8	10	27	27	0	32
10	Tianjin Teda F.C.	26	7	10	9	28	37	−9	31
11	Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu	26	6	11	9	22	29	−7	29
12	Yunnan Hongta	26	8	5	13	24	42	−18	29
13	Xiamen Xiaxin	26	6	5	15	22	45	−23	23	Relegated to Jia-B League
14	Jilin Aodong	26	4	5	17	20	45	−25	17	Relegated to Jia-B League

Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Casiano Wilberto Delvalle Ruiz	Shandong Luneng	15
2	Wang Tao	Beijing Guoan	13
	Mark Williams	Chongqing Longxin
	Chris Deasy	Shanghai Shenhua
5	Serhiy Nahornyak	Shenyang Haishi	12
5	Miroslav Bičanić	Chongqing Longxin	12
7	Zhang Yuning	Liaoning Fushun	11
8	Dejan Sarić	Shanghai Shenhua	10
8	Miodrag Pantelić	Dalian Shide	10
10	Foday Kamara	Yunnan Hongta	9
10	Li Bing	Sichuan Guancheng	9