In recent seasons in the Chinese professional football league, there are not a few teams that have disbanded for various reasons. On the evening of March 7, Beijing time, a bad news came again. According to football journalist Miao Yuan, the first team in China to disband in 2022 is likely to be Qingdao, who was relegated from the Chinese Super League last season. In the 19th season, Qingdao qualified for promotion to the Chinese Super League, but unfortunately, after only two seasons, they ranked first in the league last season, lost to Hangzhou Greentown in the play-offs, and finally relegated to the Chinese League One.
In the middle of last season, the team has actually encountered more serious difficulties and problems, and the problem of unpaid wages has always existed. But the team also stubbornly persevered to the end. But the overall strength and depth of the team is obviously still a certain gap with other teams. Although they are still very tenacious and hardworking in the relegation group, the pit they dug before was too deep. The play-offs encountered Hangzhou, which has played the play-offs for two consecutive seasons, and Hangzhou Greentown's desire to rush to overtake is originally relatively strong, coupled with the morale of Hangzhou is undoubtedly stronger, and finally through two rounds of competition, it finally defeated Qingdao. Qingdao also had to return to the chinese league.
However, the relegation is actually a chain reaction, on the one hand, the team's attractiveness after relegation has weakened, and many obstacles have been added to the road of share restructuring. Without the platform of the Chinese Super League, it is obviously very difficult for Qingdao to obtain more adequate support. In addition, the team is also difficult to return, and the problem is very serious. Coupled with the fact that they have been playing in the tournament system for two consecutive seasons, Qingdao fans have not yet had the opportunity to return to the home court to watch the team play. Investor enthusiasm also declined, so Qingdao team actually broke the rumors of dissolution after the end of last season.
However, in this report, there is still no centralized training within the Qingdao team. The team also informed the players that they can find their own home and prepare for the dissolution of the team, which shows that the current situation of the Qingdao team is actually a relatively dangerous crisis, although the team has not yet issued any official announcement that the team will be disbanded next season. However, from all kinds of information, it can be seen that the dissolution of the Qingdao team should be a foregone conclusion. This is undoubtedly another heavy blow to Chinese football.
Consecutive tournaments have resulted in the team losing their home stadium and preventing fans from entering the stadium to watch football matches. Fortunately, this season, both the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First League are expected to return to the home and away format, which is also good news for fans and clubs.
Another important factor that leads to the decline in investor enthusiasm is the policy, once investors have no way to use the Chinese Super League platform for commercial promotion, now the investment in football is undoubtedly a loss of money. Therefore, many investors are discouraged. In the past few seasons of the epidemic, too many clubs that we were familiar with have disappeared, including Jiangsu Suning, who just won the league championship last season, announcing the dissolution is undoubtedly a big surprise, I believe that this situation will not be completely reversed in recent seasons, and perhaps more teams will disappear in the field of Chinese professional football.