The long-awaited moment has finally arrived. Late this afternoon, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) officially unveiled the entry lists for the Chinese Super League (CSL), Chinese First Division (CFA) and Chinese Second Division (CSB). Among them, one Chinese Super League team, three Chinese A teams and two Chinese B teams failed to make it to the league stage in the new season. Surprisingly, the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, who were rumored to have withdrawn from the league, were "resurrected" to save some face for the Football Association. However, the Super League champions Jiangsu failed to "come back from the dead" and said goodbye to the game.
League access eligibility lists published by the Football Association
After a long wait, the Chinese Football Association, the work of the league preparatory group on the new season clubs at all levels of access to the audit work has finally made substantial progress, the afternoon officially released the new season at all levels of the league's access to the list. In this list, there are 16 teams in the Chinese Super League, 18 teams in the Chinese B League and 23 teams in the Chinese B League.
In the Chinese Super League, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger "back from the dead", won the qualification for the new season of the Chinese Super League, while last season's champions Jiangsu team did not have access, Hebei Cangzhou replacement for the new season of the Chinese Super League. The six teams that participated in the league last season, Jiangsu Suning, Taizhou Yuanda, Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, Beijing Renhe, Shenzhen Pokgang, Jiangsu Yancheng Dingchi, did not qualify for the 2021 league season.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers "Back from the Dead"
The Football Association also announced that the players of these six clubs have the right to unilaterally terminate their original work contracts by notifying their original clubs in writing. The said players will not occupy the domestic player transfer quota of the newly transferred clubs and there is no limit to the number.
Last year's Super League champions Jiangsu bid farewell with regret
As a matter of fact, the delay in releasing the access list for the new season has caused controversy among all parties. Regarding the overall trend of the league, what the outside world is most concerned about waiting for is still that perhaps only a thin two or three pages of paper, but carries an important significance of the league's access list. Standing in the CFA's position, it is still hoped that some teams will be able to "come back from the dead" at the last moment. Especially the situation of the new Chinese Super League champion Jiangsu, let the Association feel the crisis, because investors can even just lift the league championship trophy team can give up, that the future may be any time to more wave their sleeves to leave the situation.
The new Chinese Super League season will begin next month
According to the arrangement, the new season of the Chinese Super League will start on April 20, the first stage, 16 teams will be in Guangzhou and Suzhou, respectively, in the two regions of the match system. The new season is divided into three phases, the first phase of each team to play 14 games, according to the first phase of the ranking to determine the second phase and the third phase of the matchups, each team will play a full 30 league games, according to the total points to calculate the final ranking. The bottom two teams in this season's Super League will play a play-off against the 3rd and 4th place finishers in the Central League to determine the Super League places for the 2022 season, which will expand to 18 teams.
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