Reporter Cheng Shan reportedOn the afternoon of January 29, the Chinese Football Association issued a notice on the qualification for the 2024 season of the professional league, a total of 45 clubs (previously announced that the Taishan team passed) obtained the 2024 Chinese Super League, China A and China B League access qualifications, at the same time, the Chinese Football Association also issued a notice on the 2024 season of professional league access to the supplementary work, and 6 clubs obtained the supplementary access qualifications. Next, the Chinese Football Association will announce the final list of clubs in the 2024 season of the Chinese Super League, China A and China B, according to the plan, the 2024 season ** league will be a "16+16+20" configuration, of which 20 Chinese Super League clubs include 2 Chinese Super League club B teams. It is worth noting that among the five clubs that should have theoretically qualified for the 2024 professional league season but failed to make the list, in addition to Dalian Renhe and Shenzu, who previously announced their withdrawal, there are three other clubs: Dandong Tengyue, Yunnan Yukun and Wuhan Jiangcheng. It is understood that the absence of the first two clubs should be related to their alleged violations in the access process.
A total of 50 professional club teams have theoretically qualified for the 2024 season, and before that, Dalian and Shenzhen have announced their withdrawal, so there are still 48 clubs waiting to be admitted. On January 23, the Chinese Football Association took the lead in announcing that Shandong Taishan had passed the admittance, because Shandong Taishan was going to participate in the AFC Champions League on February 13. Yesterday, the Chinese Football Association announced the final access list, in addition to Shandong Taishan, there are 44 clubs through the access, the three clubs that did not pass the access are Dandong Tengyue, Yunnan Yukun and Wuhan Jiangcheng. As for the teams waiting to be replaced, there are 6 teams: Shaoxing Shangyu Wing Dragons, Zibo Qisheng, Guangzhou Shadow Leopard, Rizhao Yuqi, Dalian Huayi and Xi'an Chongde Ronghai.
At present, all 16 Chinese Super League qualified clubs have been admitted, of which Sichuan Jiuniu has been relocated to Shenzhen, and the future name is to be determined. 16 Chinese Football Clubs, Dalian and Shenzhen 2 withdrew, Dandong Tengyue was not admitted, Wuxi Wugou, Jiangxi Lushan and Qingdao Red Lion thus obtained the qualification of the Chinese League, and Guangzhou Football Club, which had problems with access before, finally obtained the access qualification with the solution reached with the players. As for the second division, there are currently only 13 admitted clubs, and according to the original plan of the 20 Chinese league teams in the 2024 season, Shaoxing Shangyu Wing Dragons, Zibo Qisheng, Guangzhou Ying, Rizhao Yuqi, Dalian Huayi and Xi'an Chongde Ronghai will fill 5 teams in the above ranking order. In addition, Shandong Taishan B team and Shanghai Port B team also qualified for the 2024 season of the China Second League.
In the past, the access to professional leagues was more focused on whether the club could meet the access standards, but in the process of access to professional clubs in the 2024 season, there was a situation of black-box operation access, and this time, the relevant national supervision and the Chinese Football Association have adopted a heavy-handed approach. Yunnan Yukun Football Club is in third place in the ranks of the Chinese League, after Dalian and Shenzhen withdrew, Wuxi Wugou and Jiangxi Lushan obtained the qualification of the Chinese League, in this case, if there is also a team in the Chinese League, Yunnan Yukun will get the Chinese League access. Previously, a Dandong Tengyue player publicly stated on social platforms: "Yunnan gave money, let the (Dandong Tengyue) club disband, and they made up for it, has such behavior ever appeared in the history of Chinese football?" Is Chinese football allowed? According to the information learned by this newspaper, this situation was quickly discovered and intervened in the investigation by the relevant discipline inspection parties, and the Yunnan and Liaoning sides also assisted the relevant parties in the investigation of the two clubs.
These two clubs actually do not have much problem in terms of access standards, previously, Dandong Tengyue's industrial and commercial registration has been relocated to Huludao, while Yunnan Yukun has invested more, and the goal has always been the Chinese League. Both clubs have appeared on the first batch of arrears list released by the Chinese Football Association on January 5. Now that neither club has been admitted, it seems that the relevant regulations have played a role. After the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports intervened in the investigation, there has been news that Dandong Tengyue Club wants to disband, and Yunnan Yukun Club has been actively preparing for the new season in Foshan. After the announcement of the admission list, Yunnan Yukun is still working hard, as of the time of this newspaper's press release, the situation is that today the Yukun club will send someone to Beijing to communicate with the Chinese Football Association about this matter. In the past, it was precisely the disregard for the rules and the lack of reverence that caused the corruption of Chinese football and dealt a fatal blow to Chinese football. At present, the anti-corruption and anti-gambling campaign is underway, and normalized supervision has also become the consensus of all parties. The Chinese Football Association and relevant departments this time are actually a serious warning to the entire industry.