The Chinese Super League 2013 opening day fixtures are currently circulating on Weibo via a Liaoning Whowin fan’s group. These have yet to be officially confirmed and should not be taken as gospel, but the CSL broke with tradition last month by announcing the season would start on March 8, so there is reason to believe the first round fixture card may look like the following:
March 8, 19.45 kick-off
Guangzhou Evergrande v Shanghai Shenxin
Jiangsu Sainty v Wuhan Zall
Beijing Guoan v Qingdao Joonon
Guizhou Renhe v Hangzhou Greentown
March 9, 15.30
Tianjin Teda v Changchun Yatai
March 9, 19.45
Shanghai Shenhua v Dalian Aerbin
March 10, 15.30
Liaoning v Shanghai East Asia
Shandong Luneng v Guangzhou R&F
Are there 3 shanghai teams in the top division now? I thought there were only two
Dalian Shide have vanished and may merge with Aerbin, Shanghai Shenxin given a repreive. This is not 100% yet, but seems it will be official soon.