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2012: Rise of the Chinese Football Empire? is a post from: Just Football
Following the arrival of Nicolas Anelka and Jean Tigana at Shanghai Shenhua, the Chinese
Super League (CSL) has received more attention in a month than it has previously done in
almost a decade.
The CSL itself is coming up to its ninth year as China's top league since it superseded the
Jia-A League in 2003.
NICOLAS Anelka's departure from Chelsea to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua
got me thinking: how far the game has evolved in the world's most populous Country?
Ever since the formation of China's top flight division in 1994 and its subsequent re-branding
10 years later (From the Jia-A League to the Chinese Super League), the
far-east nation has pumped vast sums of money into its Football Association and the results of this
are now beginning to show.
Malaga and Paris Saint-Germain, Guangzhou, Sporting Gijon, Bixente Lizarazu plus the Copa
America & the summer's other tournaments. Game Intelligence has forsaken a holiday to monitor this
summer's football news. Here are five things that happened whilst you were lying on the beach...
Big trouble .
The 2011 Chinese Super League has reached the two-thirds stage and the fate of this season's
newcomers Ghangzhou Evergrande and Chengdu Blades is one of stark contrast. The former, who won
promotion last season as League One winners, are the team that currently leads the way in the
Chinese Super League whilst the latter are, like most promoted sides, struggling at the bottom of
the 16 team league.
Chinese company Dalian Wanda is set to provide considerable financial support to Chinese soccer
through a comprehensive agreement with the Chinese Football Association (CFA)
Shanghai Shenhua is a Chinese Super League soccer club from Shanghai, China. The club is a
perennial title contender on the Chinese domestic scene with runner-up finishes in the 2005, 2006,
2008 Super League seasons and a 3rd place finish last season. Over the years Shangai Shenhua has
featured former Germany and Bayern Munich striker Carsten Jancker, [.
