Category: Top Stories

Chinese Super League breaks attendance record with derby-heavy fixture card

The Chinese Super League set an all-time attendance record last weekend with a total 197,548,  fans watching eight top-flight fixtures –  the highest number to watch a single round since professional football was re-launched in China in 2004…. Read More

Advantage Evergrande after win in ACL Quarter-Final home leg

Guangzhou Evergrande 2-0 Lekhwiya AFC Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Conca 72′ (pen.), Elkeson 76′ Evergrande will revisit Arabia next month with a two goal advantage in this tie after a tense, tight, and often compact game… Read More

Atkins: Conca ready to bow out on a high?

When Argentine midfielder Dario Conca joined Guangzhou Evergrande in July 2011, his US$10 million transfer fee and astonishing US$14million-per-year wages left the football world aghast. Conca may have been the Brazilian Championship Player of the Year in 2010, but… Read More

Atkins: Evergrande defeat exposes Guoan recruitment woes

Beijing Guoan fell to a 3-0 defeat at Guangzhou Evergrande’s Tianhe Stadium on Wednesday night in a game that only served to show the clear gulf in class between the two sides at the present moment. There were… Read More

Lucian Goian on Beijing Baxy’s improvement, Tianjin Teda and playing against his team mates

Beijing Baxy’s story is an unusual one indeed. Sponsored by an Ice Cream maker, the capital side were relegated from the China League One last year, but this year find themselves fighting for promotion to the CSL after… Read More