Look at Shanghai Harbor's two championships. 2014, Shanghai officially acquired Shanghai Dongya, and four years later, the team won the first Chinese Super League title in the team's history. As a result, Chen Xuyuan was dubbed "Faith Football". Later, then-assistant coach Xie Hui, one of the heroes of Shanghai's championship, came out to lead the team on his own and broke the news that the championship was 12 billion dollars.
Similar to 2009, Shanghai's championship was also controversial. Because 2018 was the first year that VAR was promoted in the Chinese Super League, many fans joked that it was the "VAR Championship". Then last year, in 2023, after changing its name from Shanghai SIPG to Shanghai Seaport, Seaport also won the championship, winning the second Chinese Super League trophy in the team's history.
Hong Kong's second title was also controversial. At the time, some media statistics showed that as many as eight penalty profits in the first 20 rounds were the most of any team in the Chinese Super League (below). Of course, these could just be coincidences and did not delay the celebratory mood of Hong Kong players and Hong Kong fans. At present, the ownership of the various champions of the Chinese Super League is more or less controversial, the difference is big or small, it is a matter of weight or micro.
It's worth noting that Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Harbor don't have any current players on this 44-player banned list. I don't know if this fan's opinion follows this soccer ban list.
Are these three seasons the cleanest Super League titles compared to other years?
