A website about Chinese football, in English
South Korean footballing legend Ahn Jung-Hwan was given a rapturous send off yesterday as he made his last ever appearance at Dalian’s Jinzhou stadium. Dalian’s ultras gave Ahn a noisy and enthusiastic farewell after their side’s 3-0 defeat… Read More
Whether you’re a big fan of European sides living in China who can’t wait to get the chance to see his favorite players up close or whether you deride these tours as a boring money grab, the summer… Read More
If you’re looking for a full, non-profanity laced and loaded with plaudits match report regarding last night’s Olympic team match, you can visit the CFA’s beautiful new English language site. See, now you have options, we aren’t the… Read More
First off, I’m like most of you and consider the Olympic competition a complete joke that I could care less about, but at the same time, the under-23 competition is a good sign of what the future generation… Read More
BCheng and the Editor regularly meet to pontificate on about whats going on in the Chinese game. This week the Chinese Super League takes a break, so the rambling pair turn their attention to corruption in Korea, corruption… Read More
The past few days there have been headlines about online gambling, matches being thrown, and players being arrested. You may be thinking “oh no, not again”, but this time the stories aren’t coming out of China, instead they… Read More
North Korea’s olympic team will play a training match against Shanghai Shenhua’s reserve side this afternoon, according to the club’s official website. The game will take place in Shanghai at the club’s Cambridge training base in Pudong district,… Read More
As I was saying the other day in my posts about the Shenhua v Sydney Asian Champions League (ACL) match, one of the great things about Australia joining the Asian confederation a few years back was that it… Read More
Like most football fans, shock and disbelief were the emotions which ran through my mind when I heard that Qatar had won the bid for the 2022 World Cup. I almost fell out of my chair. Not only… Read More
Like all football connoisseurs, Shanghaiist loves nothing better than a good derby. Games like Feyenoord v Ajax where travelling supporters are banned. The sheer evil of Rangers v Celtic. The Latin heat of Real Madrid v Athletic Madrid…. Read More
