The long-awaited moment has finally arrived. Late this afternoon, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) officially unveiled the entry lists for the Chinese Super League (CSL), Chinese First Division (CFA) and Chinese Second Division (CSB). Among them, one Chinese Super League team, three Chinese A teams and two Chinese B teams failed to qualify for the new season. Surprisingly, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, who were rumored to have withdrawn from the league, were reborn against all odds, saving some face for the CFA. However, the Super League champions Jiangsu failed to "come back from the dead" and said goodbye to the tournament after all.
Football Association unveils qualification list for Premier League admission
After twists and turns, the Chinese Football Association, the work of the league preparatory group about the new season clubs at all levels of access to the audit work has finally made substantial progress, the afternoon officially released the new season at all levels of the league's access to the list. In this list, there are 16 teams in the Chinese Super League, 18 teams in the Chinese B League and 23 teams in the Chinese B League.
In the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger "resurrected from the dead", to obtain the qualification of the new season of the Chinese Super League, last season's champion Jiangsu team but no access, Hebei Cangzhou replacement for the new season of the Chinese Super League. Last season's "Jiangsu Suning, Taizhou Yuanda, Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, Beijing Renhe, Shenzhen Pokgang, Jiangsu Yancheng Dingzhi" and other six teams did not qualify for the 2021 season.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers "Reborn Against All Odds"
The Football Association also announced that the players of these six clubs have the right to individually terminate their original work contracts by notifying their original clubs in writing. The said players will not occupy the domestic player transfer quota of the newly transferred clubs and there is no limit to the number.
Last year's Super League champions Jiangsu bid farewell with regret
In fact, the delay in releasing the access list for the new season at all levels of the league has caused controversy among all parties. Regarding the overall trend of the league, what the outside world is most looking forward to is the league access list, which may only be two or three pages thin, but it carries a lot of weight. From the CFA's point of view, it is still hoped that some teams will be able to "rebound" at the last minute. Especially in the case of the new Super League champions Jiangsu, let the CFA feel the pressure, because investors even just won the league trophy team can give up, that the future may be more waving their sleeves to leave the situation at any time.
New Super League season to begin next month
According to the arrangement, the new season of the Chinese Super League will start on April 20, the first stage, 16 teams will be divided into two regions in Guangzhou and Suzhou to play the match system. The new season is divided into three phases, the first phase of each team to play 14 games, according to the first phase of the ranking to determine the second phase and the third phase of the matchups, each team will play a full 30 league games, according to the total points to calculate the final ranking. The bottom two teams in this season's Super League will play a play-off against the 3rd and 4th place finishers in the Central League to determine the Super League places for the 2022 season, which will expand to 18 teams.
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