The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.
[1] Dalian Transcendence, Heilongjiang Lava Spring, Meizhou Hakka, Meizhou Meixian Techand and Nei Mongol Zhongyou failed to submit the application for the Chinese Super League before deadline, thus ineligible for promotion.
Maximum of two foreign players can be fielded in one match.
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
vs Nei Mongol Zhengyou on Sept. 26th, 2018)Source: [citation needed]Notes:† Teams played previous season in CSL.