Some changes of the CSL in 2006 season

greenlion · Jan 14, 2006

Shanghai Daily

January 11, 2006
Shanghai loses its International Club to Xi’an
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SHANGHAI will have one team less than last year in the Chinese Super League as Shanghai International announced yesterday it has moved to Xi’an.

The club will be renamed Xi’an Chanba International and the capital city of western China’s Shaanxi Province is its new home.

Xi’an Xixia Real Estate Co will become a part-owner of the club, along with Shanghai Yungtay, which previously owned the club outright.

The Xi’an-based company has injected an initial 20 million yuan (US$2.48 million) into International, the Shanghai-based Jiefang Daily said.

Shanghai International has been an arch rival of Shanghai Shenhua SVA, the city’s oldest soccer club, in the past several years. The two teams contributed several exciting derby battles to local fans in the Chinese top division league.

Although many International players are Shanghai natives who were not willing to move west, the team has managed to keep most of its top players by raising salaries while other top league clubs are slashing salaries to control costs.

The club has also bought Brazilian striker Vincent for US$400,000 from Wuhan Huanghelou. Wang Guolin, the club’s general manager, said the team will aim to make the top five in the new season.

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