The anti-corruption campaign in Chinese football in 2023 has lasted for 6 months, from November 2022 to May 2023, because the inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be withdrawn from the General Administration of Sports at the end of May, so from now on, this round of anti-corruption in football has entered the countdown and is about to end. According to the process, those arrested in football will be left in liuzhi for up to 6 months, and Li Tie is the first to be prosecuted and tried, followed by Chen Jiayuan, Du Zhaocai and other sports super fish. A total of 11 people from the Football Association were taken away, including Li Tie, Chen Yongliang, Liu Yi, Chen Jiayuan, Wang Xiaoping, Huang Song, Yu Hongchen, Dong Zheng, Du Zhaocai, Ma Chengquan, Li Yuyi, etc., these people have held important positions in the football industry, among which the 63-year-old Du Zhaocai has the highest level, he is the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, and the level reaches the level of deputy minister.
In 2023, the anti-black crime in football will create three major records in Chinese football. First, like Li Tie, Chen Jiayuan and others, they must face a record punishment, the amount involved is huge, 14 years ago, Xie Yalong and Yang Yimin and other vice presidents of the football association because of suspected corruption of more than 1 million, went in for more than 10 years, it is conceivable that Li Tie and Chen Jiayuan may be in prison. Second, Du Zhao is the highest-ranking sports official arrested in Chinese football history, and the highest previous senior was Chen Jiayuan, president of the Football Association. Third, the first foreign aid in Chinese football's anti-corruption campaign to be taken away for investigation is South Korean player Sun Jun-ho, a 31-year-old player who plays for Shandong Taishan.
Sun Junhao was arrested at the airport, he seemed to want to run to South Korea, but was directly taken away by the Liaoning police, and Sun Junhao's children also witnessed the entire arrest process, I believe that now Sun Junhao regrets it very much. Since Sun Junhao is a foreign player, he will definitely be treated very carefully, but Sun Junhao's suspected violation of the law has basically been hammered, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has characterized the crime of bribery of non-state employees.
According to the Korean media AsiaToday, Son Joon-ho is likely to be tried soon, the situation is irreversible, he has been arrested for more than two weeks, and the possibility of his release is extremely unlikely. Moreover, Korean media also believes that Son Junhao's career is over, and he, like Hao Wei, Jin Jingdao and others, will be expelled from the Shandong Taishan team. Therefore, from the current situation, the 4 important members of the Shandong Taishan team who were taken away are no longer possible to come out, depending on how long they will go in, Jin Jingdao is suspected of organizing gambling and is likely to be severely fined.
In 2023, the scale of China's football anti-gang crime and anti-corruption is very large, and the official announcement that only a small number of people have been arrested, and many people are not at sufficient level, so after they were taken away for investigation, there was no official announcement. Earlier, Korean media reported that a total of 100 people were arrested in Chinese football, and reporter Ran Xiongfei also responded, saying that it is certain that there are about 60 people taken away by the Hubei task force and the Liaoning police, and if you count the players and referees who assisted in the investigation, about 100 people. However, assisting in the investigation may not necessarily lead to a sentence, it may be to cooperate with the investigation, so at least 60 people have been arrested in Chinese football, the numbers are staggering, the industry has rotted to the root, and it must also be scraped to cure poison.
As the anti-corruption campaign in Chinese football draws to a close, the next step is for the entire industry to recover and enter a period of stable development. Chen Jiayuan, president of the Football Association, and Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, were taken away, and the two leaders of the Football Association were arrested, and a new head also needed to be finalized.