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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Shanghai Shenhua FC'
The Man Beijing Guoan Should Thank the Most
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Football
Tags:Asian Champions League·Beijing Guo'an FC·Beijing Sports Bureau·Changchun Yatai·Changsha Ginde·Chongqing Lifan·CSL·Hangzhou Greentown·Henan Construction·Huang Bowen·Lee Jang-Soo·Liaoning·Luo Ning·PLA team·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·Yang Hao·Zhang Xinxin·Zhu Yifan
How China’s Transfer Rules Made Footballers Untransferable
June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime
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 [...]
Tags:Beijing Guo'an FC·CFA·CFA Jia League·CSL·Feng Xiaoting·Han Xu·Li Weifeng·Mao Jianqing·Shanghai Shenhua FC·transfer·Workers Stadium·Xiao Zhanbo·Zhou Haibin·Zhu Jun
AFC Champions League: Beijing Guo’an back to Workers Stadium with a victory
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Football
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, [...]
Tags:AFC Champions League·Beijing Guo'an FC·Du Wenhui·Joel Griffith·Ryan Griffiths·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Hong Kou Stadium·Shanghai Shenhua FC·Tianjin Teda·Workers Stadium
Chinese Super League Unbanned by CCTV
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Regime, Sportswear
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 Titan Sports (体坛周报) last November , Jiang Heping, the head of CCTV’s sports channel accused [...]
Tags:Adidas·Beijing Guo'an FC·broadcasting·CCTV·CFA·CSL·GASC·juguo·Mark Milligan·Nike·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·sponsorship·Titan Sports·Zhou Haibin
Go West! Chinese Footballers Now Can Transfer, Finally
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime
This Chinese New Year must have been a magical experience for Zhou Haibin (周海滨), 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 [...]
Tags:CFA·Dalian Shide FC·Feng Xiaoting·Gao Lin·PSV Eindhoven·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·transfer·Xue Yong·Zhou Haibin
