More withdrawals from Chinese Super League as Guangzhou City folds
March 30 – The Chinese Super League has suffered another blow after Guangzhou City announced they are suspending operations.
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PingAn adds another year to Chinese Super League title sponsorship that began in 2014
February 14 – The Chinese Super League (CSL), which is gearing up for the start of its season, has renewed its title sponsorship agreement with insurance company Ping An in what is believed to be a one-season agreement covering 2023.
Former Chinese Super League club Wuhan shuttered after failing to pay wages
January 26 – In a further sign of the collapse of China’s domestic game, Wuhan Yangtze, once a Super League outfit, has folded, months after a points deduction for failing to pay player salaries.
Rise in covid cases forces 15 Chinese Super League games off
September 12 – The Chinese Super League (CSL) has again been disrupted by of the country’s strict zero-covid policy, weeks after the league had returned to normalcy.
Covid outbreak forces Chinese Super League to reschedule centralised games in Haikou
August 9 – Covid-19 has once more thrown Chinese football in disarray with matches in the Chinese Super League (CSL) needing to be rescheduled in Haikou, the capital of China’s island province Hainan, due to an outbreak of the coronavirus.
Chinese Super League club Chongqing shuttered after debts prove too great
May 24 – Having withdrawn last week as hosts of the 2023 Asian Cup, Chinese football has suffered yet another blow just days before the start of the new Super League season by the sudden withdrawal of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic.
CSL club crisis: Hebei on brink of bankruptcy as cash flow runs dry
November 4 – The Chinese Super League (CSL) lurched deeper into club crisis with Hebei FC, based in Langfang in the northern province of Hebei, looking set to become the second to fold following February’s collapse of Jiangsu Suning.
Chinese Super League champions Suning Jiangsu disbanded with immediate effect
March 1 – The Chinese Super League, which for the last few years has been flexing its financial muscle to attract world stars in the latter stages of their careers, has been stunned by reigning champions Jiangsu FC announcing they are ceasing operations with immediate effect.
Covid-free Chinese teams will kick off reformatted CSL this weekend
July 24 – On Saturday, defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai Shenhua will finally kickstart this season’s Chinese Super League after a five month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Chinese ready for restart but locked-in players ask for some ‘stress’ relief
July 6 – Former Chinese international Zhao Junzhe has asked the organisers of the Chinese Super League (CSL) to take steps to reduce players’ stress when the 2020 campaign finally gets under way behind closed doors later this month.
Chinese Super League centralised in Suzhou and Dalian for July 25 restart
July 1 – The Chinese Super League season will finally kick off on July 25, five months after it was supposed to start.
CSL restart in doubt as China’s closing borders leave overseas players outside country
March 30 – Chinese Super League teams may have returned to training as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country easing, but it may not be so easy for the league to restart because of stringent travel restrictions for a raft of foreign players, plus the lingering threat of infection.
Chinese Super League clubs return to training
March 25 – After seemingly getting a hold of the spread of Covid-19, China, the country where it all started, is also the first place where football could be about to resume again.
Coronavirus spread forces Chinese FA to suspend all domestic football
January 30 – The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has postponed all domestic games due to the coronavirus epidemic as the number of fatalities and infections continues to rise.
Oscar and Hulk’s slow start hits Shanghai SIPG’s financial performance
September 14 – Understanding the financial scale of China’s professional clubs who hit the news with big money transfer deals before a government and Chinese FA crackdown, can be difficult. Latest results from Shanghai SIPG Group, owners of a Chinese Super League club, open a window to the market.