However, in the opinion of professional practitioners, a mature professional soccer tournament needs to have a number of "elements". In addition to the home-and-away system, a reasonable promotion and relegation system is also essential. After the expansion to 18 teams, the new season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league needs to get back on track in terms of enforcing the various competition rules. In this context, the addition of the new season
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Relegation places and encouraging all levels of the league to compete in a positive light has become the consensus.
It is reported that the Chinese
national soccer team
The Association and the CFL preparatory team, based on the results of the research and after repeated communication, confirmed that the new season would be
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The number of relegation places in the league will be increased to two or three. There is no concept of "0.5" for specific places, which effectively means that the new season will not see a repeat of the
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The organizers of the tournament did not want to reduce the chances of promotion for the middle and lower divisions by organizing a "play-off" match. This is because the tournament organizers do not want to reduce the chances of promotion of the middle and lower level teams due to the organization of the "play-offs", thus discouraging them from striving for good results and creating another kind of injustice.
As for the new season
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How many relegation places does the league eventually set? Middle
national soccer team
The preparatory group of the Association and the China Football Association had previously proposed a program of "2" or "3". From the current communication situation, the program of "3 places" is closer to being adopted. In the view of the organizers, this proposal is more common in the international professional football world, and is more in line with the scale of the league's 18 teams.
Affected by the fact that the competition plan for the three-tier professional league has not yet been finalized, the Central
national soccer team
For its part, the Association has yet to release the 2022 season
China Super League (soccer league)
The notice on matters related to the registration and transfer work of the clubs in the first and second seasons. But with April 23 as the new season
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League pre-set opening time nodes, the domestic professional football transfer work processing window probability will be opened from mid-March to mid-April. Specific registration and transfer approach to the pre-programming has also been designed.
The contents of the preview show that the new season
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The registration and transfer methods and foreign aid policies of local ordinary players in the Central League A and Central League B,
Both the registration and playing methods for local players remain unchanged. For example, the new season
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Each club may transfer a maximum of eight domestic players without age restriction during the two transfer window periods of the current year, and there is no restriction on the number of places for the transfer of such players by clubs in the Chinese League One and Chinese League Two.
With regard to the foreign aid policy, if it is confirmed that the established rules will be followed, then the new season
China Super League (soccer league)
The league will continue to adopt the "7654" foreign aid policy. In other words, each club will register a maximum of 7 foreign aiders in a single season (two transfer windows), a maximum of 6 foreign aiders at the same time, a maximum of 5 foreign aiders in a single match, and a maximum of 4 foreign aiders in a single match. Although the AFC recently announced officially that it will increase the number of foreign aiders for each club participating in the AFC Champions League to six in the future, the
China Super League (soccer league)
The league currently does not have the conditions to "follow the AFC policy". And from the point of view of the withdrawal of Yatai
China Super League (soccer league)
Several teams have chosen to "strategically abandon" the AFC Champions League this season. Therefore, adjusting the foreign aid policy for the new season
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The league doesn't really matter.
If the confirmation follows the established rules, then
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New season for clubs
Homegrown player registration quotas will remain unrestricted, but teams will still be guaranteed at least one in each game
Local players on the field (related)
(Except when a player is ordered out of the game by a red card).
As for the naturalized player rule, if the established rule is followed, then the new season
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Clubs will still implement the content of the "Notice on the Adjustment of the Policy of the 2020 Professional League Season" announced on December 31, 2019, which means that naturalized players with Chinese ancestry will be regarded as ordinary local players, and their registration and transfer will refer to the rules of ordinary local players. In other words, naturalized players with Chinese ancestry will be considered as ordinary local players, and their registration and transfer will refer to the relevant rules for ordinary local players; if the naturalized players do not have Chinese ancestry, then only if they meet one of the relevant conditions, they may be able to implement the registration and enrollment of the new season as a domestic player and each club will be able to register and enroll in the new season as a domestic player, and each club will be able to register and enroll in the new season as a domestic player.
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Clubs may only enroll a maximum of 1 non-Chinese naturalized player at the domestic player rate. There are 2 conditions that need to be met by such players. One is that they have been naturalized for 5 years; the other is that they are officially eligible to play for the national team.
Although the rules are still awaiting final official confirmation. But from this
national soccer team
The preparatory work and communication between the Association and the CFL preparatory team showed that the important goal of the work is to maximize the rationality, normality and seriousness of the league system so as to maintain the health and stability of the league. In the context of the economic difficulties encountered by professional leagues at all levels, if the registration and transfer methods can remain unchanged, it will also broaden the space for the majority of professional players to choose their careers, and at the same time, it will be conducive to easing the pressure on the operation of the clubs.
