Category: Competitions

Ex-Shijiazhuang midfielder: Kim Young-Gwon opened door for Koreans

The great South Korean influx of 2014, as it could be termed, has seen several quality imports from across the East China Sea arrive to the Chinese Super League in the winter transfer window. It hasn’t gone unnoticed… Read More

Inside Chinese Football: Guizhou coach who wrote Mourinho training manual

A curiosity of the 2013 season was the continued reign of Guizhou Renhe’s Gong Lei as ‘caretaker’ manager at the club despite being in charge for the entirety of a successful CFA Cup winning and AFC Champions League… Read More

Matic, Paartalu, Damjanovic and Joel Griffiths, the China Interview Part II

What is your impression of China? Can you use chop sticks? Do you speak Chinese? For too long the foreign football player in China has been subject to the same questions from interviewers and we at Wild East… Read More

Yu Dabao extends Aerbin contract, rejects Evergrande move

Just a few days after he had seemed certain to join Guangzhou Evergrande for a new Chinese domestic record of RMB 50 million but, in a surprise turn of events, Dalian Aerbin forward Yu Dabao has signed a… Read More

Guangzhou Evergrande shock rivals with Mei Fang capture

Guangzhou Evergrande have announced the surprise capture of former Wuhan Zall captain and right-back Mei Fang on a free transfer to start the 2014 calendar year with a significant statement of intent. Mei Fang, 24, becomes the club’s… Read More

Guangzhou Evergrande 2013 Squad – Ranking the Players

After the second leg of the CFA final last Saturday, which saw Guizhou Renhe deny Guangzhou Evergrande the treble, four Evergrande supporters and sometime contributers to (Damian, Piers, Fee, and GZBiffo) gathered to discuss which players had been… Read More

Guizhou Renhe Claim CFA Cup Despite Loss at Tianhe

Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 (2-3 agg.) Guizhou Renhe CFA Cup Final, second leg Feng Junyan 59′, Conca 61′; Yu Hai 27′ After a 2-0 victory in the home leg last weekend, Guizhou Renhe went to Tianhe Stadium knowing that… Read More