China Super League (soccer league)
Replacement rules
It is the clubs that have been relegated in the original league of the previous season and meet the admission requirements that will be replaced in order of the league performance ranking of the previous season, and the clubs that have been relegated consecutively will not be allowed to be replaced consecutively. According to the relevant announcement of the CFA, the first transfer window of 2023 in China's domestic football sector will be closed on April 7, 2023, and the 2023-2024 season of the Chinese Super League will be expected to officially kick off on or around April 15, 2023, and teams are currently submitting their respective entry materials, which will be verified and approved by the CFA to finalize the entry requirements for the 2023-2024 season of the Chinese Super League. The Football Association will verify and approve these documents to finalize the list of teams that will participate in the 2023-2024 Chinese Super League season.
The 2022 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL) adopts the rule of promotion to 3 and relegation to 3, which means that the 16th, 17th and 18th places in the current season of the CSL will be directly relegated to the CSL A League in the next season, while the corresponding 1st, 2nd and 3rd places of the CSL A League will be directly promoted to the CSL A League in the next season. However, due to the general environment in recent years, many investors have been discouraged from joining the Chinese Super League, and as a result, the Chinese Super League and Chinese League One teams have been disbanded on the spot, making the implementation of the replacement rule even more complicated.
For the current upcoming one or more clubs do not have the chance to participate in the 2023-2024 season of the Chinese Super League situation, the CFA coordinated the preparatory group has been in the design of the schedule and other specific preparations for the tournament prepared a contingency plan for the Chinese Super League is 18 teams or 16 teams have a plan.
According to the previous Chinese Super League replacement rules, Shenzhen, Guangzhou City and Chengdu Rongcheng 3 clubs did not appear in the results of the new season qualified Chinese Super League in the 18 participating clubs, all the clubs in the list are to complete the professional clubs in the soccer industry debt clearance, will also become the main component of the new season of the Chinese Super League. If the new season of the Chinese Super League starts with 16 teams, it is not good news for the teams in the Central League A, which also means that the chances of promotion to the Premier League will become further smaller.
