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Newly promoted Harbin Yiteng came through their first Chinese Super League match on the wrong end of a creditable 1-0 scoreline at last season’s runners-up and AFC Champions League competitors Shandong Luneng. Speaking exclusively to Wild East Football after… Read More
CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 1 Shanghai Shenxin 0 Shanghai Shenhua 2 Gao Di 29′, 80′ Attendance 12,098 Two predatory set-piece goals from debutant Gao Di were enough for Shenhua to win their fifth consecutive Shanghai Derby, this time… Read More
CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 1 Jiangsu Sainty 0 Guizhou Renhe 0 High-profile signing Dejan Damjanovic missed a golden chance late in the game in Nanjing, as Guizhou Renhe managed to escape with a point against a much improved… Read More
And so it begins once more. The 2014 season for Shenhua begins much as did 2013 — a club beset by off-field issues and worrying squad turnover makes the short trip across Shanghai to their nomadic galline neighbours…. Read More
CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 1 Shandong Luneng 1 Junior Urso 89′ Harbin Yiteng 0 It was not meant to be a difficult tie, yet expected title challengers Shandong Luneng were forced to wait until the final minute to… Read More
In conjunction with Chinese sports network Hupu, Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro will tour China between 19 and 29 June 2014, playing three friendlies against Super League sides. While foreign friendlies often draw a mixed response from Chinese fans,… Read More
The CSL have finally released full fixture information for this season, including venues and KO times – but unfortunately only for the first half of the season. There is a full fixture list elsewhere on the net but… Read More
February has been a very rich month for Chinese football with a number of new sponsorship agreements being signed marking a new level of confidence and investment in the domestic game. It was less than 10 years ago… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande 4-2 Melbourne Victory Asian Champions League Group Stage Round One Contreras 35’, Broxham 40’; Huang Bowen 58’, Diamanti 64’, 84’, Elkeson 70’ In an astonishing curtain-raiser to the defense of their ACL crown, Guangzhou Evergrande came… Read More
Even to seasoned correspondents, the lower reaches of the Chinese football league system can have an air of mystery about them. With the China League One season kicking off on March 15, Wild East Football delves into this… Read More
