On January 6th, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced the list of clubs eligible for the 2025 season, with Guangzhou FC (Chinese Super League), Guangzhou Evergrande (China League One), and Hunan Billows (China League Two) notably absent. A total of 49 clubs have been granted eligibility. The CFA has stated that clubs that failed to obtain eligibility due to wage arrears will be dealt with in accordance with regulations. The official announcement from the CFA listed other matters as follows: (1) Due to some clubs applying for changes in their registered member associations and club names, the CFA will issue a separate notice after the completion of relevant change procedures. (2) For clubs that did not obtain eligibility due to wage arrears, the CFA will continue to follow up and handle them according to relevant regulations. From the CFA's official announcement, it appears that the CFA is indeed serious about dissolving Guangzhou FC and has shown no mercy, directly ordering the team to disband and withdraw from the China League One. The reason given by the CFA for dissolving Guangzhou FC does not hold water. On December 19th last year, the CFA published the second batch of debt repayment lists, showing that all teams in the three levels of professional leagues had completed debt repayments, including Guangzhou FC, Hunan Billows, and Cangzhou Mighty Lions. Former players such as Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu, and Yan Dinghao formed a trio to demand wages, filing complaints against Guangzhou FC for still owing salaries. However, after communication, they have withdrawn their lawsuits. Despite reaching…

On January 6th, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association announced the entry list for the 2025 season. Teams not included were Cangzhou Mighty Lions (Chinese Super League), Guangzhou Team (China League One), and Hunan Xiangtao (China League Two). A total of 49 clubs have been granted entry qualifications. After the Guangzhou Team failed to gain entry and faced potential dissolution, many angry fans of the team attacked former player and national team member Wei Shihao's social media account. They left messages under Wei Shihao's previous post questioning the Guangzhou Team's entry, accusing him of being ungrateful and a traitor. Guangzhou Team fans wrote: "Happy now? No one will pay you your back wages now!" "The Guangzhou Team didn't pass the entry, if it dissolves, you won't get a single cent!" "You finally achieved your goal!" "Feeling good?" There were also many fans who supported Wei Shihao: "It's right, we can never tolerate wage arrears clubs!" "Brother Hao did a great and just thing!" In December last year, the Football Association announced the second batch of debt-clearing list, in which the Guangzhou Team successfully made the cut. However, Wei Shihao immediately posted on social media questioning the Football Association: "How did the Guangzhou Team pass the entry?" Subsequently, Yang Liyu and Yan Dinghao, two former Guangzhou Team players, reposted the post and asked the same question. After that, many other players also raised questions about the debt-clearing list through posts or reposts. After Wei Shihao's "uprising," more than ten players who had suffered from unpaid wages spoke out. The clubs involved…

The future of Chinese football may have to rely on naturalized players to save it. Recently, news about the rapid naturalization of players by the Chinese national team has been flooding social media. According to foreign media reports, the Chinese Football Association plans to naturalize five strong players before next year's key matches, among which the most eye-catching is Chen Dayi. This young striker who grew up in the Manchester United youth training system and currently plays in the English Championship has become a hot topic among fans. Some netizens jokingly say that this may be the biggest move in China's football blood replacement plan. What exactly is the plan for these five players? How will Chen Dayi's addition change the national team's front line? Let's discuss it together. First, let's talk about the naturalization plan for these five players. According to reports, among the five players planned for naturalization, Chen Dayi has the greatest fame. He started his career at Manchester United's youth training and later worked hard in the Bundesliga and the English Championship for many years. His skills are solid, and he even had a highlight performance in the Premier League, breaking through Tottenham's goal. With such a resume, one can't help but marvel: if he had been naturalized earlier, wouldn't the level of the national team's front line have taken off long ago? In comparison, although Wu Xiaohai and Zheng Zeyan also have great potential, their fame and professional experience are slightly inferior. As for Little Oscar and Serginho, their naturalization is basically a done deal,…

On the evening of January 3rd, the Chinese Football Association announced a new list of players for the national team training camp. To our delight, we saw the name of Buyu Lang Mijiti, a promising newcomer from the TaiShan Club, on this list. The young and famous Buyu Lang Mijiti fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a national player before his 21st birthday. Among the 2004 age group of trainees at Luneng Football School, there are two "treasures": one is the forward killer He Xiaoke, and the other is the No. 9 half-player Buyu Lang. Both players have received much acclaim from insiders in the football circle. He Xiaoke, who has high self-expectations, went abroad a few years ago in hopes of growing faster, but due to various reasons, his performance did not meet expectations. In contrast, Buyu Lang, who stayed with the TaiShan team, had a smoother path. At the age of 18, he already represented Shandong TaiShan in the Super League. At the end of 2022, he contributed his first assist in the Super League during a match against Guangzhou Club, which was highly appreciated by Moises, the core midfielder of TaiShan at that time. Just as everyone thought Buyu Lang would quickly secure a starting position in TaiShan like Zhou Haibin and Cui Peng before him, the objective environment of TaiShan Club underwent significant changes. Choi Kang-hee, a South Korean, became the head coach of TaiShan, and he preferred to rely on his trusted players and veterans. Choi Kang-hee lacked patience in cultivating young players, causing many…

On the afternoon of January 3rd, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Association announced a new national team training roster. A total of 32 national players were selected, with Wu Lei, Jiang Guangtai, and Alan all missing out due to injuries. Hou Yongyong, who was highly anticipated, finally received a call-up from Ivan Kozlovic, which was a great relief to many. In this latest training roster for the national team, Ivan not only called up Hou Yongyong, a previously uncapped naturalized player, but also called up two local rising stars, Buyu Lang Mijiti and Wumiti Jiang Yusup. Both of them are only 20 years old this year, with Buyu Lang Mijiti having been selected for the U21 national team before, while Wumiti Jiang Yusup has never even made it into the national youth team. Yet, Ivan dared to break the rules and promote this young defender into the national team, which truly requires extraordinary courage and vision. So, why did Ivan dare to simultaneously call up these two 20-year-old local rising stars into the national team? These two 20-year-old local rising stars, one a forward and the other a defender, represent the fresh blood of the national team's front line and backline. Buyu Lang Mijiti, as a member of the U21 national team, has already shown remarkable performance in the youth team, with his speed, technique, and shooting ability all ranking among the best of his peers. On the other hand, Wumiti Jiang Yusup, despite not even reaching the threshold of the national youth team, Ivan saw potential and possibility in…

The current level of CBA referees is really hard to describe. The fine of 100,000 yuan and the five-game suspension of Zhao Rui has caused a stir, but to be honest, the problems behind this incident are not that simple. We need to have a good chat about the intricacies here. Yang Hongfeng's performance in the Shandong vs Xinjiang game was really speechless. The refereeing standards were completely inconsistent throughout the game, causing the Shandong team to play with great frustration. It seemed like they were playing against eight people instead of five on the court. There were countless refereeing issues in that game. The confrontation between Zhao Rui and Yu Dehao clearly occurred outside the collision zone, and according to the rules, it should have been a 2+1 call, but it wasn't blown. Such a low-level mistake appearing in a top league is indeed worrying. Referee Yang Hongfeng has previously been involved in many controversies, but he can still continue to officiate important matches. This situation would never occur in other leagues, and the CBA's employment system is indeed confusing. Interestingly, our country's football performance is really poor, but the level of football referees has risen quite rapidly in recent years. They can even go to the World Cup to officiate, forming a stark contrast with basketball referees. In recent years, the Chinese Football Association has made efforts in referee management, implementing a reward and punishment system. If there are problems with the refereeing, they will be demoted from the Chinese Super League to the China League One. This…

Translation of the article content into English: When you think the Chinese Super League (CSL) is already chaotic enough, who would have thought that the next big show would be a desperate battle like this. Originally, everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the new season, but at this moment, the focus is not just on the field. Recently, the limelight in the Chinese football world has been completely taken away by a notice from the Football Association - the Football Association notified Liaoning Ironman, the fourth-place team in the China League One (CFA), to prepare for promotion to the CSL! What's going on here? Has the CSL suddenly become a substitute bench? Many fans were stunned upon seeing this news: what exactly is happening? What happened in the CSL that made the Football Association have to make a replacement arrangement in advance? Let's put aside the game itself and focus on this message: the Football Association notified the CFA teams to prepare for replacement. What does this mean? If there are three CSL teams facing the risk of dissolution this season, it's simply thunderous! Imagine a team that was playing well suddenly facing the dilemma of having no home ground, no players, and even the possibility of being forcibly disbanded. The process of the CSL's reorganization is really unpredictable. So what's really going on behind this? To put it bluntly, apart from the football matches, there are more practical problems that have slowed down the progress of the entire season. The CSL should be the top league in…

According to official media "Dong Qiu Di" report, former head coach of the Chinese women's football team and former head coach of Shandong Taishan Club, Hao Wei, has completed his first trial sentence. Ultimately, his sentence is roughly equivalent to that of Jin Jingdao, Gu Chao, and others, and Hao Wei's name should appear on the second batch of banned lists. Previously, Jin Jingdao, a player from Shandong Taishan Club, was sentenced to three years in prison and appeared on the first batch of banned lists. Therefore, Hao Wei's sentence should also be three years. Since Hao Wei served as the head coach of the Chinese women's national team in 2013, he is also the second former national football team coach to be sentenced after Li Tie. In the entire anti-corruption case in the Chinese football world, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese men's national team, was the first breakthrough. Subsequently, through Li Tie, a large number of Chinese football practitioners were gradually implicated, and they were roughly divided into two important lines: the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Super League. Among them, the "anti-corruption key area" in the Chinese Super League is Shandong Taishan Football Club. Among the many people arrested, the most attention was paid to four individuals: former head coach Hao Wei, South Korean foreign aid Sun Zhunhao, and two Chinese players, Guo Tianyu and Jin Jingdao. First, let's talk about Jin Jingdao. He is the most critical figure in the case where multiple matches were manipulated. He was even previously speculated by…

Recently, the Chinese football world has been in turmoil, especially with rumors that Shandong Luneng might be penalized with demotion due to its involvement in the anti-corruption storm in the football circle, causing great concern among many fans. The previous revelation by famous reporter Miao Yuan had fans worried about the future of Shandong Luneng, while the latest revelation by the famous reporter "Who is Good at Selling Cute" seemed to bring a glimmer of hope to this turmoil. In the previous revelation, Miao Yuan pointed out that in the next second penalty notice from the Football Association, two teams may face penalties and demotion. One is a Super League relegation team, and the other is a Super League giant with a large number of players and social influence. Since several key figures such as Hao Wei, Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, and Sun Zhunhao were taken away from Shandong Luneng recently, fans naturally associated this "Super League giant" with Shandong Luneng. Although Shandong Luneng's official response stated that they would see each other in the Super League next season, fans' concerns did not completely dissipate. However, with the revelation of "Who is Good at Selling Cute," it seems that Hao Wei's situation has come to a conclusion. It is reported that Hao Wei's final result is similar to Jin Jingdao's, around three and a half years. This means that Hao Wei will regain his freedom in 2026. With the dust settled on the Hao Wei incident, fans began to re-examine whether Shandong Luneng would still be affected and whether it…

Recently, former national player Zhao Mingjian interacted with fans during a live broadcast on his social media, discussing the transfer details of his time with the Taishan team. According to his account, he left the team due to a strained relationship with head coach Felix Magath and was subsequently scouted by the owner of Huaxia Happiness after his impressive performance in the World Cup qualifiers. He then transferred to Hebei China Fortune. Zhao Mingjian revealed that the Taishan team made a substantial profit from his transfer, with an initial contract value of 180 million yuan, and Huaxia Happiness actually paid 160 million yuan. Such a transfer fee is unimaginable in today's market, where even foreign players in the Chinese Super League do not command such high prices. The decision to sell Zhao Jianfei at that price proved to be a lucrative deal for the Taishan team. Not only Zhao Mingjian, but during the golden era of football investment, the Taishan team frequently sold national-level players within their squad. Transfers of players like Zhang Wenzhao, Wang Yongpo, and Yang Xu brought significant financial gains to the team. Including Zhao Mingjian, the team earned at least 400 million yuan from these four transfers. These transactions not only provided economic returns but also laid a solid foundation for the team's youth training development. The Taishan team dared to sell their national players primarily because of their robust youth training system. Luneng Football School, as one of the best youth training institutions in the country, continuously provides excellent talent to the Taishan team, which…