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Last year’s biggest under-achievers were undoubtedly free-spending Shandong Luneng, who completely failed to make a dent in the championship and bowed out early from the ACL. Jamie McIlroy looks at the Jinan side’s chances of pulling up their… Read More
A pair of goals from half time substitute Yang Xu were enough for Shandong Luneng to come from 2-1 down and sneak out of Vietnam with a win. ACL Group E Bihn Duong 2 Oseni 48′ Wang Qiang… Read More
With about two weeks to go until the winter transfer window slams shut, this is the second part of our comprehensive transfer round-up featuring the bottom eight teams from last season’s Super League. All transfers are accurate as… Read More
Shandong Luneng claimed the first silverware of the new season on Saturday with a penalty shootout victory over champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao in Hangzhou’s Huanglong Stadium. CHINESE SUPER CUP Guangzhou Evergrande 0 Shandong Luneng 0 Shandong win (3-5… Read More
With just over two weeks left until the winter transfer window closes, the following is a comprehensive list of player movements involving last season’s top eight Super League teams and is accurate as of February 12th 2015. It is worth noting… Read More
Hangzhou Greentown will host Asian Champions League debutants Guangzhou R&F in the CSL official curtain raiser for the 2015 season, which kicks off on March 7. There are few surprises in store for those familar with CSL fixture… Read More
There were two major surprises when China’s final 23-man squad for the Asian Cup was confirmed on Tuesday, as Guangzhou Evergrande’s defensive pair of Feng Xiaoting and Li Xuepeng were both left off of the list. Feng’s omission… Read More
A last gasp Ryan McGowan header gave Shandong Luneng a 5-4 aggregate victory over Jiangsu Sainty in an emotional FA Cup Final second leg in Nanjing. A pair of controversial penalties two weeks ago in Jinan had given… Read More
A Vagner Love hat-trick, including two controversial penalties, put Shandong Luneng in pole position to win the 2014 Chinese FA Cup final after a pulsating first leg in Jinan. While Shandong were certainly worthy of a two goal… Read More
Last season was on to forget for Changchun Yatai and the first quarter of the season was beginning to spell trouble for the Dongbei side who now fin themselves sitting miraculously in tenth place in the CSL with… Read More
