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Nov 1

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The Man Beijing Guoan Should Thank the Most

Beijing Guo'an FC (北京国安) ends their 16-year title wait today by winning 4-0 against Hangzhou Greentown (杭州绿城) in Chinese Super League. October 30th is no doubt the biggest day in the capital club's history, but one man's name becomes a taboo in their post-match celebration: Lee Jang-Soo (李章洙), the club's former South Korean head coach.

From a fan's view, Mr.Lee simply transformed the way Guo'an played since he took the hot seat by the end of 2006. The players, albeit some of them considered young in Chinese football, looked more confident than ever on the pitch under Lee's coaching, especially in their away games. The South Korean toughened up the team with new blood like Huang Bowen, Yang Hao, Zhang Xinxin and Zhu Yifan, just to name a few. Huang, Yang and Zhang all capped for Chinese national team since this year.

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Jun 28

How China’s Transfer Rules Made Footballers Untransferable

I was overly optimistic towards the future of Chinese football players. Though this year saw a few of them found jobs outside the country, almost all footballers still find their rights trampled by the country's backward transfer rules.

As the transfer window reopened by Chinese FA on June 25, 121 players from 29 football clubs have been transfer listed and 13 others are listed as available for loan. A majority of them, if not all, are fringe players who haven't played first-team football for a long time.

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Mar 11

AFC Champions League: Beijing Guo’an back to Workers Stadium with a victory

In Group E, Beijing Guo'an came back to the Workers Stadium(北京工人体育场) after two years playing at Fengtai Sports Center with a 2:0 victory over Newcastle Jets. Ryan Griffiths' early goal at 6 minutes made the 41,895 chanting fans at Gongti almost crazy. Joel Griffith, Ryan's brother, who's on loan at Guo'an from the Australian opponent, missed a great chance near the area before Du Wenhui sealed the victory in the added time.

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Feb 14

Chinese Super League Unbanned by CCTV

China's FA told media on Feb. 13 that CCTV, the country's main TV broadcaster, will continue to air Chinese Super League (CSL) in 2009, after a 3-match ban since the 28 round of the 2008 Season. In an interview with a Chinese sports journal last November , Jiang Heping, the head of CCTV's sports channel accused players of lacking "professional ethics", and decided to cut all reporting related with the league since then

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Feb 12

Go West! Chinese Footballers Can Now Transfer

This Chinese New Year must have been a magical experience for Zhou Haibin,a 23-year-old midfielder, who now finds himself joyfully as a PSV Eindhoven player. Before joining the Dutch side as a free transfer, the Chinese footballer has been playing at Shandong Luneng FC for 10 years.

While Zhou's move was cheered by some, it definitely left Shandong Luneng FC and Chinese Football Association stunned. The Shandong club, who clumsily appealed to CFA trying to keep the player, was disappointed greatly after the association released a statement last week about their stand. Below's our translation:

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