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Sadly, the Chinese domestic season is over but with significant investment reportedly coming the way of a few teams – most notably Sven Goran Erikson’s Shanghai SIPG – this year’s winter transfer window is expected to be an eventful… Read More
The Shanghai International Port Group officially announced their takeover of Shanghai East Asia on Tuesday afternoon, in a wide-ranging press conference which brought with it a number of significant changes for the Xujiahui-based side. First and foremost, as… Read More
Shanghai East Asia’s second season in the CSL featured great goals, memorable victories and intense derbies. Despite a late slump which put an end to their Champions League ambitions, the club can look back on 2014 with a great… Read More
Hong Kong correspondent Christopher KL Lau once again brings his regular round-up of all the very latest news, developments and other footballing points of interest from the SAR.… “Hong Kong – Shanghai Inter Club Championship 2014” – A… Read More
As the penultimate match of a thoroughly satisfying season drew to a close on Sunday afternoon, a palpable sense of a genuine watershed moment loomed over Shanghai Stadium. A changing of the guard This year, Shanghai East Asia have… Read More
As Shanghai East Asia’s second year in the CSL draws to a close, the club can look back upon eight months of steady, sustained progress, tinged by more than a faint sense of disappointment over what could have been…. Read More
Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson will join Shanghai East Asia as head coach next season, a source familiar with the matter told Wild East Football. Rumours emerged in the Swedish press over the weekend that the 66-year-old Swede… Read More
“The six pointer” is a well-worn football cliché but when Shanghai East Asia and Guangzhou R&F go head-to-head on Sunday night the CSL’s tie-breaker rules effectively make it an “eight point game.” Expect a gripping contest as both… Read More
Following an unexpectedly intense derby between Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai East Asia, ‘s Cameron Wilson takes an in-depth look at the big changes in the Shanghai football landscape this year and how the fixture’s influence may spread beyond… Read More
History is not something that can yet be applied to Chinese football in large doses, but there is already something of a resonance to this Shanghai derby, as, on Sunday evening, Shenhua and East Asia again provided an… Read More
