The first phase of the Chinese Super League kicked off in the late afternoon with the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers' fixtures illustrated below:
First match against Shanghai Seaport; second round against Changchun Yatai;
Third round against Hebei; fourth round encounter with Dalian;
Challenge Wuhan in the fifth round; face Beijing Guoan in the sixth round;
They face Shanghai Shenhua in the seventh round; and Shanghai Harbor again in the eighth round;
In the ninth round, they faced Changchun Yatai; in the tenth round, they played Hebei;
Challenging the Dalianese in the eleventh round; facing Wuhan in the twelfth round;
They face Beijing Guoan in the 13th round; and Shanghai Shenhua in the 14th round.
Looking back at last season, Tianjin Teda in the first stage of repeated defeats, the second stage of emergency recruitment, before the thrilling relegation success.
The new season, the team was on the verge of disbanding, in the high-level attention to "resurrection". The hastily formed Jinmen Tigers are still worried about their player lineup. Existing players such as Zhou Tong, Nie Tao, Qiu Tianyi, Yang Cheng, Xie Weijun, etc., are mostly eliminated from other teams, and may have been the TEDA team's alternates. General manager and head coach Yu Genwei is actively contacting potential players to join the team in order to strengthen the team. The latest development, Li Songyi, Cong Zhen and other players have joined the team for training, and more players will join in the next few days to prepare for the new season.
In terms of the introduction of foreign aid, the Jinmen club had negotiated with the Shenzhen team in the hope of renting foreign aid not wanted by the other side, but limited by financial problems, the Jinmen Tigers failed to bear the salary of foreign aid, and the negotiation finally broke down. Shenzhen team has decided to cancel the contract with these players.
There is speculation that the Jinmen Tigers may be playing in the Chinese Super League with a "full Chinese class" in the new season. This will be the first real "full Chinese class" team in Chinese football (Guangzhou's full Chinese class is due to many naturalized players).
What are your thoughts on the Zim Tigers' league campaign for the new season?
