However, in the eyes of many professionals, a perfect professional soccer tournament must satisfy many "elements". In addition to the system of home and away matches, a reasonable system of promotion and relegation is also indispensable. With the expansion of the number of teams to 18, the new season will be a great success.
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The tournament needs to get back on track in terms of enforcing the rules of the tournament. In this context, the addition of a new season
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There is a consensus for relegation spots to inspire a positive competitive dynamic at all levels of the league.
It was revealed that the Chinese Football Association, the Chinese Football Association preparatory group in full research and repeated consultations to determine the new season
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The number of relegation places in the league will be increased to two or three. The exact number of places will no longer have the concept of "halves", which effectively means that there will be no more
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A promotion and relegation play-off with the Central League. The organizers do not want to reduce the promotion chances of the middle and lower level teams due to the organization of the play-offs, which in turn will discourage them from striving for the top and cause unfairness.
So, the new season
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The final relegation quota for the league is set at how many? The Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Preparatory Group for the Chinese Football Association (PGCA) have previously put forward the options of "2" or "3". The current communication results show that the "3 places" program is more likely to be adopted. In the opinion of the organizers, this option is more common in international professional football, and matches the size of the 18-team field.
As the competition plan for the three-tier professional league has not yet been finalized, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has so far not released the 2022 season
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, Central A, Central B club registration and transfer work related notice. However, with April 23 as the new season
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With the scheduled start of the league, the transfer work window for domestic professional soccer is expected to open in mid-March to mid-April. Specific registration and transfer programs have also been developed.
The content of the program shows that the new season
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The registration and transfer methods of local players and the foreign aid policy of the Central League A and Central League B,
Homegrown player registration and playing rules will remain the same. 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 Central League and the Central B League.
In terms of foreign aid policy, if the original rules continue to be followed, the new season
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The league will continue to implement the "7654" foreign aid policy. This means that each club can 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 total. Despite the AFC's recent announcement that the number of foreign aiders for participating clubs in the AFC Champions League will increase to six in the future, the
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The league is not in a position to immediately follow the AFC's policy adjustments at this time. Judging from the circumstances of Ateneo's withdrawal from the
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The overall choice of several teams for this season's AFC Champions League is "strategic abandonment". Therefore, the adjustment of foreign aid policy for the new season
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The league does not have a substantial impact.
If the original rules are continued, then
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New season for clubs
Registration quotas for local players will remain unrestricted, but teams will still be required to ensure that at least one
Homegrown players present (unless relevant)
(Player is red carded).
As for the rules for naturalized players, if the original rules continue to be used, then the new season
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Clubs will implement the provisions of the "Notice on the Adjustment of Policies for the 2020 Professional League Season" issued on December 31, 2019, which means that naturalized players of Chinese descent will be regarded as ordinary local players, and their registration and transfer will refer to the rules for ordinary local players. In other words, naturalized players with Chinese ancestry will be regarded as ordinary local players, and their registration and transfer will refer to the relevant rules for ordinary local players; while naturalized players without Chinese ancestry may register and enroll as domestic players for the new season only if they meet one of the relevant conditions, and each club will be required to register and enroll as a domestic player.
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Clubs may only register a maximum of one non-Chinese naturalized player at the domestic player rate. There are two conditions that need to be met by such players: firstly, they must have been naturalized for five years; secondly, they must be officially eligible to play for the national team.
Although the relevant rules still need to be officially finalized, according to the previous preparatory work and communication between the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Association, maximizing the rationality, normality and seriousness of the league's system, thus maintaining the health and stability of the league, is the core objective of their work. Against the backdrop of the economic difficulties faced by professional leagues at all levels, keeping the registration and transfer rules unchanged will provide professional players with a wider space to choose their careers, and at the same time help to alleviate the pressure on the operation of the clubs.
