On January 31, Nantong Zhiyun, a "promoted horse" in the Chinese Super League, trains to prepare for the game. Photo/icphoto
February 1, the Chinese men's national football team announced two warm-up matches in March with the New Zealand team, the game location arrangements, nearly a year without training the national football team finally blew the "rallying cry". At the same time, the 2023 Chinese Super League kickoff time is also of great concern. Current information shows that the season is expected to open in mid to late April. Before that, the clubs must first complete the debt clearance and access to the relevant work.
twists and turns
The transfer period has gone through several adjustments, with the latest information pointing to an April start
Beijing time on the evening of January 31, according to the FIFA transfer matching system, tms (hereinafter referred to as "(hereinafter referred to as "" fifatms information shows that the 2023 Chinese men's soccer international transfer window was postponed from February 1 to February 20, the end of April 10th; The summer transfer window was postponed from July 1 to August 1, ending on August 31st.
China's professional soccer league international transfer window time has been adjusted many times, the earliest display of the "window" time for January 16, February 28 end; Beijing time on January 16, fifatms show that the window period is postponed to February 1; Beijing time on the evening of January 31, the transfer period again adjusted.
As a rule, the "transfer window" usually opens 1-2 months before the start of the league and closes 1-2 weeks before the start of the league. Since the transfer time will be dynamically adjusted at any time according to the schedule and activities, if the transfer period from February 20 to April 10 is no longer adjusted, it is expected that the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League will be in mid to late April.
For some clubs, the test of being able to pass the "arrears clearance" is not a small one. Photo/icphoto
difficulty
With "arrears clearance" linked to access, can the Super League get back on track?
On December 21st of last year, CFA issued an announcement urging professional clubs in the Chinese Super League, Chinese A League and Chinese B League to resolve all historical wage arrears by December 31st of 2022, taking into account the actual situation of each club. Taking into account the actual situation of the clubs, January 31 this year to determine the final time point of "clear".
According to the relevant notices issued by the CFA and the CFL Preparatory Group before the start of last season, clubs at all levels must gradually resolve the historical wage arrears in accordance with the corresponding time points. Clubs that fail to repay salary arrears on time will be penalized to different degrees, such as deducting league points, relegation and disqualification. Judging from the fact that a number of clubs failed to repay salary arrears and deduct league points as scheduled last season, the CFA and the Preparatory Group of the CFL have taken a firm stance on the repayment of salary arrears. It is understood that the clubs have submitted the latest repayment vouchers one after another, and the CFA will carefully review the relevant materials.
Affected by the epidemic and other factors, a number of clubs at all levels of professional leagues have fallen into survival difficulties in recent years. As a result, the CFA has relaxed the admission criteria in the 2022 season, but the admission audit will return to normal in the 2023 season - if the club fails to repay the salary arrears in accordance with the regulations, it will be difficult to pass the admission audit "Clearing the arrears" has become the first step of the admission, and is the first step for the healthy development of the Chinese Super League. The first step in the healthy development of the Chinese Super League.
It is understood that the CFA and CFL preparatory team will convene a meeting of the heads of professional league clubs next week, at which time the clubs will be informed of the relevant league policies, including the criteria and timing of the access audit.
