Chen Xuyuan (pictured), chairman of the Chinese Football Association, was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law. He is the fourth Chinese football team to be sacked following the former head coach of the Chinese men’s football team Li Tie, the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association Liu Yi, and the former head of the National Management Department of the Chinese Football Association Chen Yongliang. High altar. The official media “People’s Daily” used the recent anti-crime TV series “Hurricane” as an analogy, saying that “the anti-corruption campaign in football has set off a “hurricane””, emphasizing that the authorities must “rectify the wind and eliminate discipline, and purify the football ecology with drastic efforts.” The official media “Central Broadcasting Network” also pointed out, “If you want to ‘move’, you must move the ‘hard bones’, if you want to ‘pursue’, you must pursue the ‘source’, and the anti-corruption campaign will be reversed to the end without mercy. Only by scraping the bones to heal the poison and the strong will to break the wrists The original meaning of cleansing the muddy water in football.”
Chen Xuyuan originally planned to go to Foshan on Monday to participate in the national football coach selection work meeting, but he did not show up in the end. The Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice on Tuesday night, confirming that Chen Xuyuan is being investigated by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission. The party committee of the Chinese Football Association held an enlarged meeting yesterday, emphasizing its firm support and support for the investigation of Chen Xuyuan. It also said that it must learn lessons deeply, use the case as a mirror, use the case to promote reform, and use the case to promote governance, so as to create a clean and upright football political ecology.
A dock worker who has struggled for 30 years to become the chairman of the board
67-year-old Chen Xuyuan joined the predecessor of Shanghai International Port Group, the Shanghai Port Authority, as a dock worker at the age of 17. At the age of 23, he changed to a civilian job as a secretary because of his outstanding literary talent. Two years later, he was transferred to the Youth League Committee of the Shanghai Port Authority and joined the management class. Master of Business Administration from Maritime University, became Chairman of SIPG in 2003. In 2013, Chen Xuyuan led the acquisition of Shanghai East Asia Football Club and transformed it into Shanghai SIPG Football Club. In the “Golden Yuan Era” of Chinese football, SIPG is one of the few Chinese Super League teams that can compete with Evergrande. In 2018, it even won its first league championship and entered the knockout round of the AFC Champions League for four consecutive years. In 2019, Chen Xuyuan was unanimously elected chairman of the Chinese Football Association by virtue of his experience in managing SIPG and large state-owned enterprises.
During his three-and-a-half-year tenure as the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan threatened that “success does not have to be mine, success must be mine”, and that he would “solidify the foundation of Chinese football development in a down-to-earth manner, and act honestly in accordance with the laws of football development. Seriously do a good job in every job of football development”, “To deeply learn and understand what good things European countries and football developing countries have, and how to apply these good things to Chinese football”, also known as “Football is Noble sports, don’t let money be stained and distorted”, criticizing “Jinyuan football is devouring the healthy body of Chinese football, don’t we wake up, don’t we have a dead conscience?”
35 teams were disbanded during the three and a half years, and many teams owed wages
Chen Xuyuan made drastic reforms, including the establishment of a professional league and the introduction of a “salary limit order”. However, the Chinese Football Professional League has not yet taken shape, and the dividends of the Chinese Super League have dropped from more than 60 million yuan (RMB, the same below) at its peak to regarding 8 million yuan last year. Many teams are in arrears of wages, and 35 teams have been disbanded; the ranking of the men’s national team has fallen, falling out of the top 10 in Asia last year, ranking 78th in the world, the worst ranking in the past four years.
Some internal media described that following Chen Xuyuan was sacked, the Chinese Football Association was “all over the place”, and the selection of coaches for the national football team stagnated. It is also unknown whether the national football team can carry out a new training session as originally planned at the end of the month.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/China/Chinese Football Association Chairman Chen Xuyuan Sacked-Official Media-Scraping bones to heal poison and cleanse football muddy water/361580?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
