loss! The Chinese Football Association released a financial report, and the senior management of the Football Association: it is in a difficult period and the gap between expectations is large

Taking advantage of the final of the 2021 FA Cup, the Chinese Football Association held the 5th meeting of the 11th Executive Committee and the 2nd meeting of the 11th General Assembly in Chengdu on the afternoon of January 8 and the morning of January 9, respectively. While carrying out various meeting procedures, the main leaders of the Chinese Football Association also sent out one after another heavy news. During the meeting on the 8th, the senior representatives of the association frankly stated that Chinese football is in a difficult period, and the results are far from the public's expectations. During the morning meeting on the 9th, He Xiaofeng, head of the financial department of the association as deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association, revealed in conjunction with the "2019/2020 Annual Financial Report of the Chinese Football Association" that the cumulative net loss of the Chinese Football Association during the two years reached 50 million yuan.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association on the afternoon of the 8th, 23 executive committee members, including Du Zhaocai, secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association as deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, Chen Shuyuan, chairman of the association, Liu Yi, secretary general of the association, and Sun Wen, vice chairman of the association, attended the offline on-site meeting. Seven executive committee members participated in the meeting via remote video due to the impact of the epidemic. It is understood that the meeting listened to the preparation report of the second meeting of the 11th General Assembly of the Chinese Football Association, and deliberated and adopted the "Work Report of the Chinese Football Association" and the financial report of the Chinese Football Association in 2019 and 2020.

The meeting agreed to set up a total of 6 branches of the Association, namely the Press Committee, the Technical Committee, the Referee Committee, the Athletes Committee, the Medical Committee and the Venue Equipment Committee, and submitted them to the General Assembly of Members for consideration; agreed with the resignation decision of the Executive Committee of Zhang Aijun and the agenda of the 2nd meeting of the 11th General Assembly. It was also confirmed that the second meeting of the 11th General Assembly of the Chinese Football Association will be held in Chengdu on January 9.

At the meeting, the preparatory group of the China Professional Football Club Federation introduced the reform of the equity diversification of professional clubs to the executive committees of the Chinese Football Association, and the executive committees actively spoke and fully discussed the reform of club equity diversification, the salary limit of professional leagues, the training of football youth, and the training of coaches.

Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports and secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, stressed in his speech that Chinese football is in a difficult period, and the achievements of the national team are still far from the expectations of the public and the requirements of the leadership, and it is imperative to deepen the reform of football. The Executive Committee is the core institution of the Chinese Football Association, and the Chinese Football Association should deeply consider and explore the reform and development mode and path of Chinese football, understand the situation, effectively perform its functions, and jointly provide suggestions and suggestions for the healthy and stable development of Chinese football.

The Chinese Football Association member representative meeting held on the morning of the 9th deliberated and voted to pass the association's work report, financial report, and executive committee member change report, according to the "2019 and 2020 Annual Financial Report of the Chinese Football Association" made by He Xiaofeng, deputy secretary general of the association, the net loss of the Chinese Football Association reached 50 million yuan in 2019-2020.

The report shows that in 2019, the total income of the association was 820 million yuan, and the expenses were 860 million yuan. In 2020, the total revenue was 460 million yuan, and the expense expenditure was 470 million yuan. He Xiaofeng revealed that the Chinese Football Association will continue to increase commercial development, strengthen budget management, optimize resource allocation, promote internal control construction this year, and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of the association.

The reason why the Chinese Football Association has suffered losses for consecutive years is related to the bad debts of league copyrights and epidemic prevention investment. According to industry analysts, the relevant copyright owners are burdened by financial problems, and the 2019 season league copyright fees are in arrears and cannot be paid in full, and the relevant lawsuits are still in the process of being tried. In the 2020 season, the league was affected by the epidemic, adopted the tournament system, and invested hugely in epidemic prevention In contrast, the revenue of the Chinese Football Association in 2017 reached 760 million yuan, the cost was 590 million yuan, and the net income reached 170 million yuan; in 2018, the revenue reached 840 million yuan, the cost was 810 million yuan, and the income was 30 million yuan. In other words, the cumulative net income of the association during this two-year period reached 200 million yuan.

Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao