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April 3, 2022 is an important time node for Chinese football, on this night, the national football team and the U23 national football team that have finished their game missions set off to return home and fly to Haikou. On the afternoon of this day, the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Federation convened an online meeting of the Chinese Super League, China League One and China Second League clubs, after which the Chinese Football Association announced the list of clubs admitted to the three-tier league in the 2022 season, and at the same time released the solution of the club's salary arrears and related penalties. According to domestic media reports, the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation is making every effort to promote the start of the new season of the Chinese Super League before May 1.
After the end of the online meeting convened by the Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation, the Chinese Football Association issued a blockbuster document "Notice related to the 2022 Season of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Second Division", and the most interesting part of this document is the entry list of the three-tier league in the 2022 season. In the Chinese Super League, all 18 clubs, including Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, have been eligible for admission to the new season; in the Chinese First Division, a total of 17 clubs have been admitted, and Guizhou clubs do not meet the relevant regulations of the AFC access, that is, there is a situation of overdue international wage arrears, so they have not been eligible for league admission. In the second division, a total of 22 clubs were eligible for admission, and the Sichuan Civil Football Club did not submit the relevant materials for admission within the specified time, so it did not obtain the league access qualification. Jinan Xingzhou Football Club Co., Ltd., Nantong Haimenke Diyuan Football Club Co., Ltd., Tai'an Tianyun Football Club Co., Ltd., Hainan Star Professional Football Club Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Jiangcheng Football Club Co., Ltd., which participated in the China Champions League last season, have qualified for the new season of the Chinese Second Division.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger's successful access is not surprising, and it can even be said that it has long been expected by fans. A year ago, on March 29, 2021, the Chinese Football Association announced the entry list for the 2021 season, and the Jinmen Tiger Club, which was already in a "state of shock" at that time, was finally included in the list. In the past year, under the leadership of Yu Genwei, the flagship figure of Jinmen football, Jinmen Tiger has made great progress, the team has not only succeeded in relegation, but also opened the pre-season preparation of the new season with a steady and progressive attitude, and a series of reinforcement operations have satisfied the appetite of Jinmen fans. At the end of last month, Jinmen Tiger Club has paid all coaches, players and staff salaries and bonuses for the 2021 season.
For Tianjin fans, another piece of good news is that Zhang Wei, a 29-year-old full-back who was "produced" by Xu Genbao Football Base and previously played for Shanghai Harbor, has confirmed to join tianjin Jinmen Tigers. Zhang Wei, 29, was the main left-back of the Shanghai National Games when they won the 2013 Liaoning National Games. Since then, Zhang Wei has gradually gained a foothold in SIPG with his quick defense and good assist ability, and won the 2018 Chinese Super League championship with the team. In the 2019 season, Zhang Wei played 19 times, contributing 2 goals and 2 assists to the team, but after the 2020 season, his number of appearances began to decrease, and a different environment was developed, which was also a reasonable choice for Zhang Wei, who was in the current year. In addition, The Target Foreign Aid of the Jinmen Tigers, Slovenian striker Beric, will soon enter China for medical observation and isolation in the near future.
As for Wang Qiuming, who is more concerned about Jinmen fans, his own willingness to go home and play football is very strong, so he has given up a lot. However, the current situation is that the Hebei club has been pushing another club that wants to introduce him to him, which has also made Wang Qiuming still unable to get the formalities of joining the Jinmen Tiger.
Looking at the Super League teams, there is no suspense that those clubs with strong strength have been admitted, but there are also many clubs that are in business difficulties, and it is difficult to maintain the operation of coaches, players and staff salaries for a long time. Clubs with serious wage arrears such as Hebei and Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics are very difficult to enter this pass if they refer to the previous standards, after all, the hand-signed salary bonus confirmation table was once regarded as a "hard lever" for a club to enter.
For the problem of wage arrears in some clubs, the Chinese Football Association has taken into account the protection of the interests of players and the reality of the club, and has introduced a plan to solve the wage arrears in batches. In this case, clubs with unpaid wages are also conditionally granted access after submitting a specific unpaid wage settlement. For such clubs, the Chinese Football Association has formulated a plan to solve wage arrears and supporting relevant penalties. Specifically, the Chinese Football Association first required clubs not to have new wage arrears in the 2022 season, and set up three time nodes for clubs that owe wages, namely July 31, 2022, October 31, 2022 and December 31, 2022. At three points in time, the relevant clubs must submit to the Chinese Football Association the 2021 season salary repayment form signed by all coaches, players and staff, and if they cannot submit it on time, they will accept the corresponding penalties. As can be seen from the following table, the penalties are increasing step by step. The FA's move is intended to urge clubs that owe wages to resolve the problem of wage arrears as soon as possible, rather than trying to pass the test by "dragging words".
Even if the Chinese Football Association has launched a "conditional access" policy for clubs that owe wages, there are still clubs that have not survived a long winter, last season, Guizhou team won the 12th place in the Chinese League One, but after the end of the season, the club did not fulfill its previous commitment to solve the problem of wage arrears. The team has not been concentrated since then, and the players have begun to seek salaries through legal channels while beginning to find a way out for themselves. In the face of serious wage arrears, Guizhou Football Club is also powerless, after the Chinese Football Association announced the access list, Guizhou expressed respect for the decision of the Chinese Football Association, not ready to further appeal, and will coordinate with the relevant departments to solve the problem of players' wage arrears, while wishing the players who have restored their free bodies good luck and can find the ideal home. Guizhou Zhicheng, which started in 2005, once won the 8th place in the 2017 Chinese Super League as a dark horse, and finally bid farewell to Chinese football in this way, which is really emotional.
The situation of the Sichuan Civil Football Club, which ranked 17th in the Chinese Second Division last season, is similar to that of Guizhou Football Club, in the case of serious salary arrears, the team has not been able to close the team for a long time, the club and the Sichuan Football Association have not been able to negotiate the takeover issue, and the assets of investors have been frozen, and they are unable to make up the arrears. Since October 13 last year, the club's official social platform has stopped updating, and now there is no access, which is more like a relief for the Sichuan civil football team, which was formerly known as Sichuan Huakun as the predecessor and has existed for more than two years, and has disappeared from the map of Chinese football.
Referring to the previous replacement rules, Beijing Polytechnic, which was relegated last season, has the qualification to return to the Chinese First Division with priority, and shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia, who was relegated from the Middle B last season, also has the qualification to make up for the return to the Chinese Second Division first. However, after the announcement of the list of clubs admitted to the three-tier league, the Football Association issued the "Notice related to the 2022 Season of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese First Division, and the Chinese Second Division", there is also such a statement, "Next, the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation Preparatory Group will finally decide the teams participating in the professional leagues at all levels according to the actual situation of the above-mentioned Chinese Super League, Chinese First Division, and Chinese Second League clubs participating in the competition." This also means that there may be a possibility of changes in the list of participants in the third division.
Affected by multiple factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Chinese professional football is in the middle of a cold winter. The "conditional access" policy issued by the Chinese Football Association takes into account the situation of the club and the interests of the players to the greatest extent, and is also conducive to ensuring the timely start of the three-tier league. In the process of clearing up wage arrears, the Chinese Football Association and the Preparatory Group of the China Football Federation should also ensure the integrity of the league system and prevent the subsequent series of derivative problems caused by the withdrawal of some clubs. From this point of view, although the access list has been created, the work of strictly controlling access must not be slackened in the slightest.