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Shanghai Shenhua turned over second division Yanbian 1-0 on Wednesday night to make it to the semi-finals of the relaunched CFA cup. Despite their awful league form, the boys in blue maanged to overcome their lower-league opponents without… Read More
Beijing Guoan headed to Jiaxing last night to take on Hangzhou Greentown in an important CFA Cup and came away with what may have been the most impressive win over Pacheco’s short coaching career with the capital side…. Read More
Shanghai Shenhua has outraged its support by announcing it will play its CFA cup games this season in the city of Wuhu in Anhui province. The club confirmed the plan on its offical weibo, and Sina Sports quoted… Read More
Shaanxi Chanba set a new record yesterday by beating Chinese Super League pace-setters Guangzhou Hengda 12-11 on penalties after the match in Xian finished 1-1 after 90 minutes. In an epic 13-round penalty shoot-out battle which saw both… Read More
Guoan kicked off it’s CFA Cup experience at Gongti Wednesday night in what was a boring match from start to finish with few interesting points to discuss, nevertheless, I press on. I was surprised by Pacheco’s approach in… Read More
We’ve talked about the weirdness of the competition, but now its time to forget about that and focus on what matters most, the actual matches. The Men in Green will face off against a club from Shanghai (9-1,… Read More
The recently relaunched Chinese FA Cup threw up a few unexpected results when Chengdu, Qingdao, Shenzhen and Jiangsu were all knocked out by lower league opposition from the China League One (CL1). Wikipedia has a great page explaining… Read More
The last time China held its version of the FA Cup was in 2006, it then disappeared for the next 2 years, supposedly due to the Olympics. The CFA started discussing bringing it back in 2009, but like… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua crashed out of the China FA cup on Wednesday night despite fighting back from two goals down against their great northern rivals, Beijing Hyundai, eventually losing 3-2 on aggregate. Trailing the capital side 2-0 after the… Read More
