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Opinion | For Kai Tak Sports Park, is the missing piece a football home team?

Rather than worry about how to get people home after an event, Hong Kong must figure out how to attract loyal crowds to the new stadium.

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Angry Shanghai Shenhua fans abuse star player online after missing out on title

Shanghai Port’s Chinese Super League title makes it a treble for head coach Muscat

Hong Kong’s Shinichi Chan enjoys ‘tension’ of Chinese Super League title chase

Players gaining experience outside the city can help to create a fearless Hong Kong team, defender says.

Shinichi Chan is already improving only four months after moving to Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League. Photo: ig @shinichi_ahyat

Player lifts lid on match-fixing in Chinese football: ‘there was no escaping it’

Player, who is in his mid-30s, lifts lid on corruption and says clubs in China second tier would deliberately lose on weekly basis.

Editorial | Struggling Hong Kong football faces game of its life

The local premier league season has kicked off short of fans, sponsorship, broadcasting revenue, good facilities and exciting players.

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Opinion | As fans and clubs desert, Hong Kong football must act to save itself from ruin

Standards are declining and with next season approaching there is no start date, no fixtures and no plan.

Hong Kong Premier League matches in front of empty stands are commonplace. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Can moving to mainland China change Hong Kong attitudes? Footballer Chan hopes so

Dream switch to Chinese Super League title chasers Shanghai Shenhua can ‘give parents and young players the dream of professional football’.

Losada signs Eastern deal to quash Hong Kong head coach speculation

Hong Kong have 10 players with clubs in mainland China, after moves this week for defenders Shinichi Chan and Tsui Wang-kit.

Chinese Super League-winner Stanciu thanks China fans for support at Euro 2024

Stanciu’s Romania beat Ukraine 3-0 to earn only their second European Championship victory ever, with the 31-year-old’s fierce strike kicking off proceedings.

Romania’s midfielder #21 Nicolae Stanciu celebrates after winning 3:0 the UEFA Euro 2024 Group E football match between Romania and Ukraine at the Munich Football Arena in Munich on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Gerbig committed to Chinese Super League career after ‘rough start’

Hong Kong defender Gerbig commits to top-flight side Henan FC, and expects coach issues to be ‘resolved soon’.

Oliver Gerbig’s impressive showings at January’s AFC Asian Cup finals earned him a move to Henan FC. Photo: Reuters

‘Look at Messi’: size no issue for Hong Kong star Yu, who is patient over move

Young Hong Kong talent Yu vowing to wait for right time to move abroad, with head coach Losada insisting slight stature will not hold back midfielder.

City Football Group’s Chinese club Shenzhen will get first win soon: coach Tato

‘It’s never going to be easy in the first season,’ Jesus Tato says of the newly rebranded club as supporters question his tactics and squad.

Can Manchester City owners succeed in Chinese football with Shenzhen Peng City?

Co-owned by City Football Group and newly relocated from Chengdu, the Chinese Super League newcomers were routed in their first home match and drew a modest crowd.

Shenzhen, seen from Hong Kong, is the location for City Football Group’s latest project. Photo: May Tse

Amid Hong Kong talent drain, Sun hails ‘more competitive’ mainland Chinese league

Hong Kong international set to play his second match for Cangzhou Mighty Lions on Sunday, and has already welcomed the benefits of his new environment.

Forward Sun Ming-him charges into Cambodia’s defence. Photo: HKFA

Hong Kong defender Gerbig says Chinese Super League switch ‘not about the money’

Hong Kong defender Oliver Gerbig joins Henan FC after winning treble in only season with Kitchee, and says he wants ‘clear path forwards’ for blossoming career.

Shenzhen latest Chinese football club to fold under weight of past debt

Inaugural Chinese Super League champions were relegated at the end of the 2023 season, and have been denied admission by football bosses on the mainland.

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Can Saudi Arabian football pull off what China failed to do?

The Saudi Pro League’s big spending on foreign players like Cristiano Ronaldo has drawn inevitable comparisons to the doomed Chinese Super League, but will it learn from China’s mistakes?

A handout picture released by Saudi Arabia’s al-Nassr football club shows Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo being presented with the club’s number seven jersey by club president Musalli Al-Muammar in Madrid on December 30, 2022 upon signing for the Saudi Arabian club. Cristiano Ronaldo on December 30 signed for al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025. (Photo by Al Nassr Football Club / AFP) / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HO /AL NASSR FOOTBALL CLUB” - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == PHOTO: AFP

Chinese football season climax marred by brawls as Shanghai Port clinch title

Port and championship rivals Shandong Taishan await potential ramifications after five red cards were shown in a volatile conclusion to the Chinese Super League title race.

Opinion | To achieve its football goals, scandal-hit China can learn from Japan

From its 1991 low point, Japan rebuild its local league, focusing on clean governance, youth development and a long-term vision: World Cup victory by 2092.

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Chinese Super League chairman taken away for investigation, state media reports

The country’s crackdown on football continues, weeks after the former national team coach Li Tie was charged with corruption offences.

Fans of Guangzhou Evergrande watch 2020’s Chinese Super League final against Jiangsu Suning, before both clubs were beset by financial problems. Photo: AFP

Video shows Ghana football ace punching Chinese player over ‘racist insults’

Shenzhen’s Frank Acheampong banned for four matches over punch in response to ‘racist abuse’ during Chinese Super League match, for which his Henan opponent Gu Cao earns a two-match ban.

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Henan’s Gu Cao collapses after being punched by Frank Acheampong of Shenzhen during a Chinese Super League match. Photo: Twitter/@ghanasoccernet

Hong Kong’s Nunez rescues football dream after nightmare of losing club

Defender makes long awaited home international debut – but almost quit the game during pandemic to put food on table for his mum and siblings.

South Korea boss names player held in China in bribery case in latest squad

Son Jun-ho, who has been detained in China on suspicion of taking bribes from non-state workers, listed in 23-man squad for June friendlies by coach Juergen Klinsmann.

Chinese goalkeeper blasted for ‘the ultimate gamesmanship’ with fans enraged

Chengdu Rongcheng’s Zhang Yan appeared to waste time and feign injury in a 1-0 win over Shanghai Port in the Chinese Super League.

Wu Lei ruffles Zhang Yan’s hair with the goalkeeper appearing to feign injury. Twitter/@FourFiveWonton

South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho arrested while trying to leave China with family

World Cup star, who plays for Chinese Super League side Shandong Taishan FC, has been detained since last Friday and is being questioned on suspicion of having taken a bribe.

South Korea’s Son Jun-ho attempts to stop Brazil’s Raphinha during their World Cup clash in Qatar last December. Photo: Reuters

Chinese football fans finally back in stadiums after 3 troubling years

After three Covid 19-affected seasons, corruption and financial issues, Saturday’s start of new Chinese Super League season marks a return to something approaching normal.

Editorial | Corruption needs red card if China is to be a sporting powerhouse

Biggest graft scandal in a decade threatens to drag Chinese men’s football to an even lower level with investigations also spreading to other sports.

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Chinese Super League
The Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League is the highest tier of domestic football in China. The season usually runs from March to October.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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