"Vowed to share the fate of the mountain town, two years of empty salary streams."
"Loyalty to Chongqing, loyalty to the fans, guilt in the hearts of the family."
On both sides of the entrance to Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club, a striking banner attracts special attention. This is not only the players and staff to pay the cry, but also the warning that Chongqing soccer is drifting away.
Despite the efforts and struggles of many parties, the fate of Chongqing soccer drew to a close this summer.
On May 24, at 10:00 a.m., Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club released a heavy announcement, "After careful discussion at the shareholders' meeting, we deeply regret to announce our withdrawal from the Chinese Professional Football League and decide to dissolve the team."
The final destination of Chongqing soccer is also a true reflection of the current situation of Chinese soccer. In three years, three top league teams have announced their dissolution and retirement one after another.
In May 2020, Tianjin Tianhai Football Club came to an end. Tianjin Quanjian, which once introduced international stars such as Modeste, Pato and Witsel, as well as popular international players such as Wang Yongper and Zhao Xu Ri, was once in the limelight. However, in the face of the ensuing difficulties, the "tycoon" team eventually failed to escape the fate of dissolution.
On February 28, 2021, defending champion Jiangsu Football Club announced that it had ceased operations. In the previous season, Jiangsu Suning, which had been dormant for many years, made team history by winning the Chinese Super League title for the first time under the leadership of Wu Xi and a host of other players in their prime.
In the context of a series of policies promoted by the Football Association, including the "neutral name", as well as the economic crisis brought about by the epidemic, Suning finally chose to dissolve. As of today, Jiangsu Suning still owes a considerable amount of salary.
On May 24, 2022, the stormy Chongqing team finally failed to escape the fate of dissolution.
Regarding the issue of unpaid wages of the club's players, the club has also made it clear that it will continue to raise funds and do its best to gradually clear the unpaid wages by means of subsequent litigation recovery, debt recovery, asset sales and group loans. However, everyone knows that the likelihood of success is slim.
The team that survived 25 years in China's professional soccer scene since 1997 when Qianwei Huandao moved to Chongqing bid farewell to the Chinese professional soccer scene in a sad way.
"Due to the change of objective conditions, the share reform work has not been able to promote on schedule, the club's debts are accumulating, the account has been frozen, and the life of the staff is extremely difficult." In fact, the difficulties mentioned in the official statement of the Chongqing team exist in a number of clubs.
According to statistics, three years, China's three-tier soccer league has been dissolved 34 teams, there are still a lot of clubs struggling to support, once they can not hold out, may also step Chongqing dust.
Neutral name, share reform, salary arrears, dissolution, Chinese soccer continues to struggle for survival in desperate circumstances. However, after the prosperity of "golden dollar soccer" faded, the general financial crisis of the Chinese Super League teams, the survival of the Chinese Super League is worrying.
First of all, there is nothing wrong with the policy promoted by the Football Association, including the "neutral name" policy, but under the current circumstances, it has directly led to the withdrawal of a large number of investors and sponsors. If the interests of investors and sponsors are not protected, who will have money left over to support the team?
In addition, the issue of share reform has also become one of the clubs and the focus of the game, in addition to Shandong Taishan, Shanghai seaport and a few other clubs successfully completed, a number of clubs in the issue of share reform stalled.
At present, the ability to settle debts has been a problem for Chinese clubs, the clubs themselves are almost no blood and profitability, when investors choose to retreat, the clubs face, but also only dissolution and exit.
Farewell to Chongqing, the cold winter of Chinese soccer, continues ......
