Hongkou Football Stadium Photo by reporter Li Mingshen.
Next year's Chinese Football Association Super Cup will be played by the Chinese Super League champion Shanghai Port against the FA Cup champion Shanghai Shenhua, many Shanghai fans are most concerned about the first "Super Cup Shanghai Derby" will be held in **Now the answer is revealed - Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium!
There have been previous rumors that next year's Super Cup could be held in Suzhou. However, according to the latest plan for 2024 international and domestic sports events in Shanghai released by the Shanghai Municipal People's Information Office, the Super Cup will be played at the Hongkou Football Stadium on February 25. For the fans of both teams, it is naturally good news that the game is placed on the doorstep of Shanghai, which can avoid the fatigue of the long journey. Predictably, the stadium will be full and tickets will be hard to come by.
In the history of the Super Cup, Shanghai Shenhua has participated in the competition five times and won the trophy three times. On December 9, 1995, league champion Shenhua defeated Shandong Jinan Taishan, the champion of the FA Cup. On March 7, 1999, FA Cup champion Shanghai Shenhua defeated league champion Dalian Wanda 3-0. In 2002, league runners-up Shanghai Shenhua defeated Dalian Shide, the double champion of the league and cup in 2001, 3-1 over two legs. Shanghai Port, on the other hand, have lifted the trophy for the first time, beating FA Cup champions Beijing Guoan 2-0 in February 2019.
It is worth mentioning that the Hongkou Football Stadium, which was used in the Super Cup, was the home of the Shenhua team until last season. Last season, the Shenhua team moved into the refurbished Shanghai Stadium (80,000 stadium), and the Hongkou Football Stadium was no longer playing until the Chinese Super Cup.
In addition, according to the relevant calendar, the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League will be played from March to November, and the Shenhua and Haigang teams of the Chinese Super League and Shanghai Jiading Huilong of the Chinese League will continue to use the home stadium of last season. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Guan Yin).