full time shandong luneng 1-1 guangzhou evergrande congrats to guangzhou for winning 4th time in a row.
Henan secures promotion with 0-0 away at Beijing, Dalian drew 1-1 at Shenxin and will be demoted to the China League. Shocking how Dalian failed to keep themsleves up with some of the players they have at their disposal. Congrats to Guangzhou
Wonder if Guangzhou will finally be able to lure Yu Dabao away from Dalian now. Also interesting to see how many players will stick with Dalian in China League. Chen Tao, one of my favorite players will surely be a good pick for pretty much any team in the CSL
unconfirmed rumour: lippi said today's match is his last match for guangzhou evergrande. he also said the team played badly in the first half.
BREAKING NEWS: Confirmed: Marcello Lippi will no longer be the head coach for Evergrande. He will be the Technical Director. The successor has been decided, and he will be named next week.
Rumors say that the new Guangzhou Evergrande manager will be Fabio Cannavaro. Sad day for Chinese football as probably the best manager in CSL history has decided to step down.
Wu Lei scored another goal today in SIPG's last game. He is definitely moving to Europe this winter. With Lippi gone, I see Zhang Linpeng moving out too. Seeing Liu Binbin's development this year, I think he could also use a move to Europe. I hope that more Chinese players move to Europe and not stay in the CSL simply because of a higher wage. I always wonder if Gao Lin would have been a much better player than he is today had he moved to Europe when he was around 23-24.
Zhang Xizhe should look for a move to Europe as well. I think he's the top assister in the CSL this season with 12 assists.
Congratulations to Guangzhou Evergrande, from a neutral point of view I'm glad that the league went to the final day and I'm sad to see Lippi gone.
tbh I don't think Zhang Xizhe would succeed playing in Europe. Hope he proves me wrong but I see him as a nondescript kind of offensive player who would only add to China's oversea failures like Hao Junmin, Yu Hai, Yu Dabao, etc.
Guangzhou Evergrande Champions CSL and Lippi retires Marcello Lippi secured his third straight Chinese league title, and then immediately announced his retirement, Lippi, the only coach in history to have won both the European and Asian versions of the Champions League, said: 'I don't want to coach any more, I'm too old. He added that he will take over as technical director. Guangzhou Evergrande immediately announced Former Italy and Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro will be the new coach of the club. CSL 2014 finished Yesterday and Guangzhou Evergrande won their forth straight CSL title with 70 points, Beijing Guo'an finished runners up with 67 points, Guangzhou R&F finished third place with 57 points. Guangzhou Evergrande 70 pts ACL 2015 Guoup Stage Beijing Guoan 67 pts ACL 2015 Third Qualifying Rounds Guangzhou R&F 57 pts ACL 2015 Second Qualifying Rounds the Chinese FA Cup final will be between Shandong Luneng and Jiangsu Sainty, the winner will award a spots in 2015 ACL group stage. CSL 2014, attracted 4,556,520 spectators in 240 matches,breaks the records of CSL total attendance, Average attendance 18,986 lists as 7th best in history. CSL 2014 Average attendance by team: Dalian Aerbin and Harbin Yiteng relegated to China League 1, and two promoted teams are Chongqing Lifan (CL1 champions, 61 pts, Average attendance 13,254) and Shijiazhuang Yongchang (CL1 Runners up, 57 pts Average attendance 11,949)
Right on the spot. If you think about it, we all saw how Kakitani and Osako dominated at the East Asian Cup for Japan.Both Kakitani and Osako and necessarily lighting it up in Europe. Kakitani who was the better of the two at the tournament, is having trouble to even make the starting 11 at FC Basel. They are both clearly better players than Wu Lei. I fully expect Wu Lei to be used as a sub if he moves to Europe. Zhang Linpeng is the only guy I see starting at a club in Europe. He will probably be like Uchida when he transferred to Schalke. Much easier to get a starting position as a defender.
CSL's financial report still not published yet, but media had discoled some figures already: Total income of the 16 CSL clubs, includs advertisement, ticket selling, sponsorship etc, resches 2 billion RMB (326 million USD), average 125 million RMB (20.375 million USD) Total income of the League's management company, the CSL company reaches 400 million RMB (65.2 million USD), each of the 16 clubs will got a dividends of 16 million RMB (2.608 million USD) Total salary and transfer fee of the league has a increase of 24% compare with 2013. the media also listed bonus from sponsor of each club, based on their performance in the League and bonus contract. Club Bonus Beijing Guoan 50 million RMB (8.15 million USD) Guangzhou Evergrande 34.5m RMB (5.62m USD) Shanghai SIPG 28.8m RMB (4.69m USD) Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 26.4m RMB (4.3m USD) Guangzhou R&F 25.5m RMB (4.16m USD) Tianjin Teda 21.3m RMB (3.47m USD) Shandong Luneng Taishan 20.5m RMB (3.34m USD) Jiangsu Sainty 15.5m RMB (2.53m USD) Guizhou Renhe 14.9m RMB (2.43m USD) Henan Jianye 13m RMB (2.12m USD) Shanghai Shenxin 12.4m RMB (2.02m USD) Hangzhou Greentown 12.1m RMB (1.97m USD) Dalian Aerbin 12m RMB (1.96m USD) Changchun Yatai 10.4m RMB (1.7m USD) Liaoning Whowin 9.6m RMB (1.56m USD) Harbin Yiteng 4.8m RMB (0.78m USD)
Well, I like Zhang because it's very good on attacking phase, but I think he has some problems to defend. Lately, Uchida improved a lot in defense. He is very good now.
Next year the MLS will have SURELY an attendance average of over 20,000. Will be it possible also for the CSL ?
Uchida has developed into one of the best right backs in the world. Obviously a lot for to ask from Zhang but his play will improve significantly if he improves to Europe. Lets be honest, the CSL is a crap league in terms of defense.
Guangzhou Evergrande officially unveiled Fabio Cannavaro as the executive head coach this morning. Marcello Lippi put down rumors that he had retired from management and said that he is the head coach of Evergrande, but won't be there for many training sessions or games. This will allow Cannavaro to then take charge if Lippi is absent.
2014 CSL End-of-Season Awards: Footballer of the Year: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) Golden Boot: Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) Domestic Golden Boot: Wu Lei (Shanghai East Asia) Goalkeeper of the Year: Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng) Young Player of the Year: Liu Binbin (Shandong Luneng) Manager of the Year: Gregorio Manzano (Beijing Guoan) Team of the season: GK: Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng) DF: Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Xu Yunlong (Beijing Guoan), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zheng Zheng (Shandong Luneng) MF: Giovanni Moreno (Shanghai Greenland), Davi (Guangzhou R&F), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande, Zhang Xizhe (Beijing Guoan) FW: Wu Lei (Shanghai East Asia), Elkeson (Guangzhou Evergrande) Photo gallery: http://slide.sports.sina.com.cn/n_j/slide_2_789_73495.html/d/1#p=1
Guangzhou R&F has confirmed that Sven Goran-Eriksson has left the club. Rumors say that Goran-Eriksson will most likely become the manager of Shanghai East Asia next.
CSL published total player salary of 2014 season! Guangzhou Evergrande 46.944 million USD Shandong Luneng Taishan 46.618 m Beijing Guo'an 34.067 m Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 30.97 m Jiangsu Sainty 22.82 m Changchun Yatai 22.494 m Guangzhou R&F 20.212 m Tianjin Teda 11.736 m Hangzhou Greentown 11.247 m Henan Jianye 10.269 m Dalian Aerbin 7.987 m Guizhou Renhe 7.009 m Shanghai SIPG 6.194 m Shanghai Shenxin 5.216 m Liaoning Whowin 3.423 m Harbin Yiteng 3.423 m