Newcomer Memisevic donned the No. 5 gown, which had been the battleground for Augusto and Majic, and now belongs to Beijing Guoan.
Although the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League has yet to be determined, teams have been preparing for the tournament as planned for early June. on May 13, Beijing Guoan departed for the Meizhou tournament, arriving to undergo a seven-day medical quarantine.
Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Seaport were the first to enter the Dalian tournament, followed by Guoan, who flew from Beijing to Jieyang, Guangdong Province, before transferring to Meizhou. Guoan will also have to comply with epidemic prevention regulations and complete quarantine before starting training.
There is no doubt that Haikou will become the third region of the Chinese Super League this season, with the start tentatively set for June 3rd. The three teams from Beijing and Shanghai left early to reserve space for the isolation period.
The Chinese Super League will adopt a three-region, four-stage system, with 18 teams grouped in a serpentine fashion based on last season's results. Meizhou Hakka, as hosts, are grouped with Guoan, Shenzhen, Cangzhou Lions, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Chengdu Rongcheng.
In order to ensure that every team participates in the 34 rounds of matches, there will be a two-by-two rotation at the end of each stage of the Chinese Super League, but the top two teams in each group continue to stay in their original divisions. The top two teams in the Meizhou Division are Meizhou Hakka and Guoan, in the Haikou Division are Shandong Taishan and Changchun Yatai, and in the Dalian Division are Shanghai Harbor and Guangzhou.
In addition, the schedule for the four stages may also be fine-tuned from the previous "10+8+8+8+8" to "8+8+8+10", i.e., eight rounds in each of the first three stages and 10 rounds in the final stage.
