With CFA president Chen Xuyuan taken away for investigation, Chinese soccer has become a hot topic after dinner. Seeing that the AFC Champions League and the new Chinese Super League season are about to reignite, fans are expecting a major restructuring of the FA. Not long ago, three more heavy news came out from Chinese soccer, let's take a look.
The first news is about the Xinjiang team. Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard Football Club officially announced today that it is withdrawing from the 2023 professional league season. The Xinjiang team said that the withdrawal was due to many unfavorable factors and that the club's investor, Urumqi Juntai Real Estate, could not continue to operate the team. Xinjiang team's withdrawal really makes the fans feel a lot of emotions, but they have no choice but to accept this reality. Xinjiang team was founded in 2014. They have been playing in the Central League for 9 consecutive seasons and have been looking forward to entering the Chinese Super League. As a result, the team has invested 350 million yuan over the past nine years, but in recent years, Chinese soccer has fallen into its darkest hour. Xinjiang has been relegated for four consecutive seasons. Fortunately, they were lucky to return to the Chinese First Division. However, the Football Association adjusted the access rules for the new season and Xinjiang could only be relegated to the China B League, which became the last straw that crushed the team.
Last month, Wuhan Changjiang of the Chinese Super League announced that they were disbanding and exiting the league, but in the past month or so, another team has exited the league. For current Chinese soccer, Xinjiang's exit will not be the end of the story, and more teams may opt out in the future.
The second news is about Jankovic. After Chen Xuyuan's accident, the selection of the national soccer team has stalled, but this year is a very crucial year for the national soccer team. The World Qualifiers, Asian Cup and Asian Games will be held this year. Therefore, the primary task of the Football Association is to quickly determine the choice of the head coach of the national football team. According to media reports, on February 13, the FA held a special meeting in Foshan to select the national football coach. The meeting decided that Jankovic will be the head coach of the national football team and another coach will coach the Asian Games. Chinese fans are also very familiar with Jankovic. Before that, he coached the U23 team. Last summer, he also coached the East Asian Cup selection team on an interim basis and achieved good results. However, Jankovic is not the best choice for the current national soccer team. His coaching of the national soccer team this time should also be a transition.
The third news is about Shanghai Port. As the landlord team of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Port only ranked fourth in the league last season, which obviously could not satisfy the fans. Therefore, Shanghai Port's goal for this season is to win the Chinese Super League title. For this reason, Shanghai Port has started the preparation training for the new season at the training base early. From the official photos, the local players are basically in place, and Oscar, the biggest foreign aid in the Chinese Super League, also appeared in this training, and the other foreign aiders will return to the team at the end of the month. Oscar's return boosts Seaport's strength, and Seaport can definitely become a strong competitor for the Super League title in the new season. However, Seaport still has an urgent problem to solve, their new head coach has not been determined yet.
