Viewpoints.com On the morning of January 22, Shenzhen Football Club issued a statement saying that according to the list of debt clearance clubs released by the CFA, the club failed to pass the 2024 season of professional league access and could not continue to participate in the Chinese soccer professional league.
The statement noted that despite the fact that the Shenzhen team has had a number of players selected for national teams at all levels over the past few years, the team has been unable to maintain operations due to the heavy burden of historical debt. This has resulted in Shenzhen being unable to continue their league journey.
Shenzhen Football Club was founded on January 26, 1994, and in a few days, they were supposed to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
As the first champion in the first year of the 2004 Chinese Super League, it has a deep foundation. It has used team names such as Shenzhen Team, Shenzhen Fiyata, Shenzhen Ping An, Shenzhen Jianlibao, Shenzhen Shangqing Drinks, Shenzhen Red Diamond, Shenzhen Yuheng, and Shenzhen Jiazhaoye.
In less than a week, the Dalian and Shenzhen teams were disbanded one after another, and the Guangzhou team live-streamed its self-financing with goods. These former giants deeply tied to real estate will eventually meet their end.
the past of Shenzhen soccer team
In November 2022, a new round of soccer's anti-corruption effort that has gained enormous momentum began when former national team manager Li Tie was arrested and investigated on suspicion of serious violations of the law.
Two months later, SZF general manager Ding Yong, former general manager Ding Dongmei, Li Xiaogang and even 2015 general manager Zeng Zhenyu were taken away to assist in the investigation.
In February 2023, a total of six people were taken away to assist in the investigation, according to a reporter accompanying the Shamrocks, and Jiazhao has sent vice chairman of the board of directors Sun Vietnam to the club to preside over the big picture.
At that time, the Shenzhen team was mired in the quagmire of relegation, salary arrears, "Li Tie case" like thunder.
On January 1, 2024, CCTV Comprehensive Channel aired the fourth episode of its annual anti-corruption blockbuster Continuing to Advance, revealing for the first time some of the details of the "Li Tie case".
According to Meng Wei, the former chairman of Hebei Huaxia Happiness Club, on November 1, 2015 (the last round of China's First Division), the team "generally spent 14 million yuan in order to impact the Chinese Super League. At that time, I greeted the Shenzhen club, head coach and players." .
Li Tie, then of Hebei Huaxia Happiness FC, also authorized the assistant coach to contact Shenzhen's main defender Lai Fei, offering him 6 million yuan to play for his teammates.
Paradoxically, since SZF had already completed relegation, as Lai Fei said, "everyone's heart was scattered at that time", he judged that the opponent's strength was dominant and took the 6 million yuan bribe all by himself.
It's all still a secret for Jazzy, who took over the Shamrocks for the second year and thinks the team's future is something to look forward to.
Conservative estimates suggest that the total investment by JIAO after becoming the majority shareholder of the Shenzhen team exceeds 3 billion dollars.
In 2018, in order to break out of China's first division, the introduction of high level foreign aid such as Preciado and Ohandza, and finally promoted; however, after returning to the Chinese Super League in 2019, despite investing 1 billion in recruiting, the performance is still at the bottom of the table, and can only rely on the disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai Club, which is lucky to stay in the Chinese Super League.
2020 season transfer window, shenzhen jiazhaoye team officially announced 14 new aid to join the new season, the introduction of 19 people, creating a record in the history of the Chinese super single-season signing the most, is regarded as the "champion of the dark horse".
However, until its dissolution, Shamrocks failed to reach the top of the Chinese Super League again.
In addition to the wins and losses on the green field, the normal operation of the club has been affected since the middle of the 2021 season due to the deep liquidity crisis of its sponsor, Jia Zhaoye.
According to reports, there are still many deep soccer players who are busy protecting their rights and paychecks or will be seeking class action lawsuits. In addition to signing contracts with their clubs, some players have also signed contracts with Caesars.
According to a reporter with the team, Jiazhao Industry had offered to offset wages with properties in Dongguan, but some SZF players did not understand or agree with this solution.
The home field changes hands.
Over the past couple of seasons, Jiazhaoye has not only lost their Shenzhen soccer team, but also given away their home stadium.
Time back to the evening of March 2, 2019, the opening ceremony and opening match of the 2019 Chinese Super League was held in Shenzhen Longgang Universiade Center. It was the debut of SZFC in their new home stadium after BaoSi and ShenSi, and they were on the Chinese Super League again after 7 years.
Shenzhen Jiazhaoye lived up to their name with a 3:reverse against Hebei Huaxia Happiness - the same opponents who sent them to the Chinese Super League in that delicate game four years ago.
With the joint efforts of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, Longgang District Committee, Football Association and JASL, the opening ceremony was vivid and colorful. Using 3D holographic projection technology, 16 giant projectors mapping green, bringing the local intangible cultural heritage of Shenzhen "fish lantern dance" and other programs, live in 96 countries and regions around the world.
At the time, some fans pulled up large banners in the stands to show their appreciation to Guo Yingcheng, chairman of the board of directors of Jazhouye and investor in the Shenzhen Football Club.
It's not just soccer that Gatorade wants to win at the Grand Olympic Center.
At the end of the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade feast, the total area of the Shenzhen Universiade Center of 520,500 square meters left the relevant authorities with operation and maintenance problems due to the venue's distance from the city center and the lack of related commercial facilities.
In order to get out of the "Montreal Trap", the Longgang District Government signed a build-operate-transfer (ROT) agreement with JIA Zhaoye in 2013, which stipulates that JIA Zhaoye Group owns the operation and management of the Universiade Center for a period of 40 years. For the first five years, the government will provide an annual subsidy of no more than $30 million, and will require GZG to complete all investments of no less than $600 million in construction and ancillary commercial construction projects within five years.
During the operation period, the project has set up a savings fund jointly managed by Kaiser Project Company and Longgang District Government. The savings fund is drawn from operating profits. In addition to signing venue rental agreements with resident teams (e.g., the Shenzhen Caesars team) and event organizations, Caesars Project Company also undertook a package of tasks such as signing insurance policies with insurance companies, financing agreements with financial institutions, and broadcasting agreements with media outlets.
In the same year, the JASL Culture, Sports and Technology Group was established.
By the time Jazhouye took over SZF, Jazhouye Culture, Sports and Technology Group had already operated more than 20 cultural and sports venues, including the Shenzhen Grand Olympic Center.
In 2019, with the depth of the return to the Premier League, the Longgang District Government listed the Universiade Center as one of the top ten key projects of the Hangtu War. According to the plan: 100,000 square meters of new supporting facilities in the red line of the Universiade Center, including 95,000 square meters of cultural and sports supporting facilities and 5,000 square meters of bus stops. The types of supporting facilities include sports experience, children's training, culture and leisure, food and beverage retail and other functions.
In December 2020, JIAOYI Culture, Sports and Technology Group, a subsidiary of JIAOYI, was awarded the right to invest, construct and operate the supporting construction project of the Shenzhen Universiade Center through public bidding, with an operation period of 22 years. The project is planned to become a top landmark for cultural, sports and technological business complexes in China, JIA said.
For a while, the Shenzhen Universiade Center was regarded as a model of PPP framework for large-scale cultural and sports projects, and JIA tried to open up a second home ground in addition to the old reform.
However, in 2022 the project experienced a delay in the construction of the secondary development.
In November 2022, China Resources Group Runxin Commercial Investment (Shenzhen) Co. restarted the ROT project with a winning bid of approximately $572 million.
At that time, Longgang District Culture, Broadcasting, Tourism, Sports Bureau responsible person said, by the new crown epidemic, macroeconomic policy changes and many other factors, the original operator of the lack of funds, a serious constraint on the sustained and stable operation of the Universiade Center and high-quality secondary development and construction.
In January 2023, the operator of Shenzhen Universiade Center officially changed ownership. In July of the same year, CR Vientiane Life officially announced the name of "Shenzhen Universiade Tiandi", planning to build the first "Tiandi" project in Longgang, which is also the first PPP project of CR Vientiane Life.
The game continued in the second half at the Grand Olympic Center, but Jazzy and Shamrock were already out of the game midway through.
