On the morning of February 4, the Chinese Football Association announced the "Confirmation Form for Full Payment of Salaries and Bonuses to Coaches, Athletes, and Staff by Clubs in 2019". Nine Chinese League One and Chinese League Two teams did not submit the confirmation form. Will basically disappear from professional football.

Even after submitting the confirmation form, many teams are still struggling to survive, and the future is not clear. For the managers of Chinese football, how to protect the foundation of Chinese professional football from collapse is an urgent task at the moment.

These teams and their logos will bid farewell to Chinese football.

The season has not started yet, and nearly 10 teams have "disappeared"

According to Chinese Football Association regulations, each professional league team needs to submit full payment of coaches for the 2019 season before the 2020 season , athletes, and staff salary and bonus confirmation forms before they are eligible to participate in the professional league in the new season, but this level has stumped many teams.

On February 4, the Chinese Football Association announced the submission of confirmation forms on its official website. The results showed that 3 of the 16 clubs participating in the Chinese League One in 2019 did not submit the confirmation forms. Six of the 32 clubs in the second league have not submitted their forms, and a total of nine professional teams have not submitted their forms. The number is shocking.

In fact, the Chinese Football Association has repeatedly delayed the deadline for submitting this form. The deadline was originally January 15th, then adjusted to January 31st, and then extended to February 3rd.

But extending the deadline by half a month has no practical significance for many teams that cannot pay wages. Failure to submit a confirmation form on the final deadline also means that these teams will basically disappear from the professional league.

For those clubs that submitted the confirmation form, it is not "everything is fine".

In the submitted confirmation form, there are still some non-standard situations. For example, some players did not sign on the form, or others signed on their behalf. Some players even directly wrote "Arbitration" in the signature column. ", there are also cases where teams have the entire confirmation form signed by one person...

According to netizen statistics, among the 13 confirmation forms for the Chinese League One team, 4 have signatures on behalf of Signing, missed signing, etc.; 11 of the 26 confirmation forms for the Chinese Second Division have the above situation; among the 8 confirmation forms of the Chinese Champions League clubs that applied to participate in the 2020 season, 3 of the confirmation forms have the above situation... Regarding these, The Chinese Football Association still has not expressed its position.

It is understood that among the teams that submitted the confirmation form, there are still clubs with financial problems. Therefore, in the subsequent review and operation, there is still the possibility of more teams "disappearing" .

In one season, Sichuan FC was disbanded from the Chinese League One.

Leaving, they left nothing behind

The low-level leagues are the base of the professional football pyramid. However, in recent years, the base of Chinese football has been hit repeatedly. The "cold wave" in which teams have withdrawn has become the focus of attention since last season, but there is still no sign of recovery.

According to statistics, before the start of the 2019 season, as many as 9 teams in the Chinese League One and League Two have announced their disbandment and disappearance, including Yanbian Fude who played in the Chinese Super League, and those who played in the Chinese Super League in 2018. Hefei Guiguan and Shenyang Dongjin were disbanded in the middle of the season due to wage arrears.

Now before the 2020 season, 9 teams have already failed at the stage of submitting salary confirmation forms. Considering the current survival difficulties of many teams, the 2020 football team has failed. The "disbandment wave" of the team may become more violent.

Among the teams that submitted the confirmation form, Liaoning Football Team has been reported to be in arrears of wages, and teams such as Hunan Xiangtao, Baoding Rongda, Suzhou Soochow and other teams in the Chinese Second Division have also been exposed to be owed wages. salary news. In addition, some teams may not continue to compete in professional leagues due to stadium, club planning and other reasons.

Former Chinese Football Association executive committee member Wang Dazhao told The Paper that low-level leagues are the foundation of professional football. “For example, in the UK, there are many small teams that do not compete in high-level competitions. There are also many supporters in regional competitions throughout the year, and it is countless such teams that have created the foundation of British football."

"In China, there are many low-level teams. The owner of the team has money to come in and play for a while, but he may leave in one or two years. This is not a good thing for cultivating the local football culture. The team disappears in one or two years, leaving nothing behind either for football or for the fans. . ”

When the salary is not in place, the food in the team cafeteria cannot satisfy the players.

To consolidate the foundation of the league, there is an urgent need for a professional league

Since the attendance of low-level events is generally low, it is difficult to survive on ticket revenue. The team completely relies on investors for blood transfusions. Once the owner's funds have problems, , immediately faced the fate of disbandment, as was the case with some teams such as Jilin Baijia that failed to submit their salary confirmation forms this time.