At 15:00 on the afternoon of April 13, according to the latest news released by the official, Qingdao confirmed that the team will withdraw from the professional league of the new season, and last season, Qingdao team ranked last in the relegation group and lost the qualification of the Chinese Super League, which made the club's already difficult financial situation more difficult to maintain, and the withdrawal was an inevitable result. Just a few hours before Qingdao's withdrawal, Xiamen Ludao Club also confirmed farewell to the professional league, and some people have counted that in just 3 years, a total of 34 teams in Chinese football have disappeared, and this embarrassing situation is far from over.
Compared with other Chinese Super League teams, Qingdao team has a short formation time and a thin squad, neither enough strength nor deep heritage, and it is really difficult to survive in today's Chinese football environment. After being promoted to the Chinese Super League in 2019, Qingdao's performance has been very difficult, and the club initially hoped to follow the Evergrande model and invest heavily in the introduction of foreign coaches and stars, so as to achieve good results in a short period of time and gain a firm foothold in the Chinese Super League. As a result, former Barca and Manchester City midfielder Toure joined, and the result was very unpleasant between the two sides, and he also publicly mocked the poor level of Chinese football.
The Spanish coach Ma Qin, who was originally determined to coach Qingdao, repented when he was about to leave, refusing to come to China. You know, at that time, Chinese football was not as bad as it is now, and many club owners could also invest heavily. Despite this, foreign coaches and foreign stars are still reluctant to come, which shows what kind of sad image Chinese football is in the world football world. In order to achieve the goal of relegation, Qingdao team had no choice but to invite veteran coach Wu Jingui to come out, and his task was still completed very well, successfully leading the team to stay in the Chinese Super League.
Last season, the Qingdao team under Wu Jingui was full of expectations, but after the league officially began, the team was beaten back to its original form. Coupled with the implementation of the Salary Limit Order and the Neutralized Renaming Policy in the Chinese Super League, the club's financial situation is stretched, the players are not paid as they deserve, and the locker room is filled with serious dissatisfaction. Although Wu Jingui temporarily stabilized the players with his high prestige, by the second stage of the season, the players' long-suppressed dissatisfaction still ushered in a concentrated outbreak.
The negative impact of many aspects led to the state of Qingdao team plummeting, once creating a humiliating record of 11 consecutive defeats in the Chinese Super League, and Wu Jingui was dismissed. But the problem with Qingdao is not the head coach, after the season, the team is still ranked last in the relegation group, and the results are the worst of all 16 teams. According to insiders, in Chinese football now, unpaid wages have become the norm, and if the league admission qualification assessment last season is followed, the vast majority of teams cannot continue to compete in the league.
The Football Association is obviously aware of this, and this season has not made too many restrictions, directly allowing the team to participate, which once again shows how ridiculous Chen Shuyuan's drastic reforms and various rhetoric are. However, the players could not get a salary, and after a long time, they would strike, and the Football Association could not ignore it, so it launched a three-stage solution to the problem of unpaid wages. However, Chinese football has long been difficult to return, 34 teams have withdrawn in 3 years, if the problem of money can be solved in stages, I believe it is not a matter for most teams. The policy of the Football Association is only to avoid the phenomenon of collective suspension of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division, and it is ultimately a symptom but not a cure.