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It’s no secret that Chinese football has not developed as hoped over the past decade. Ten years ago the likes of Sun Jihai, Yang Chen, Li Tie and Shao Jiayi were blazing a trail for the country in… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League round 7 Xu Liang 72, Moreno 97; Wu Lei 40 (pen) Attendance, 22,356 For the fourth time in a season just seven games in, Shanghai Shenhua came from behind… Read More
Tomorrow sees the first “proper” Shanghai derby in seven years as Shenhua take on newly promoted Shanghai East Asia – a match the local media are billing as the long-awaited return of a genuine Shanghai football rivalry. ‘s… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 1-0 Tianjin Teda Chinese Super League round 6 Wu Lei 68 Attendance: 7,400 Shanghai East Asia got their second win of the season with a close-fought victory over struggling Tianjin, in the first-ever clash between… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 0 – 0 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League Round 5 Attendance: 10,003 Guangzhou R&F dominated possession and territory but couldn’t break down a well organised Shanghai East Asia defence. The Cantonese side kept their first… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 2-0 Changchun Yatai Chinese Super League Round 4 Wu Lei 14′, Lü Wenjun 17′ Attendance: 7,774 “Sometimes, three points are more important than match statistics”, Shanghai’s manager Gao Hongbo said after East Asia won their… Read More
Dalian Aerbin 3-3 Shanghai East Asia Chinese Super League Round 3 Peter Utaka ’21, ’34, Guillaume Hoarau ’52; Zhu Zhengrong ’19, ’59, Wu Lei ’57; Attendance: 16,211 “We need at least three games to get used to it”, stated East Asia… Read More
Shanghai East Asia 1-1 Guizhou Renhe CSL Round 2 Lü Wenjun 49 ; Zlatan Muslimovic 24 Attendance: 9,638 Both Shanghai East Asia and Guizhou had numerous chances to win the match but failed to capitalize upon them as… Read More
Beijing Guoan’s history of starting the season on the right foot continued this year as the club managed an impressive 4-1 win over newly promoted side Shanghai East Asia. The match had everything you could ask for with… Read More
The 2013 Chinese Super League season kicks off tomorrow night. As we lead up to the start of the new season, we’ll preview a number of the sides, this time it’s the newly promoted Shanghainese club. The manager: Though… Read More
