During Chen Xuyuan's tenure in the Football Association, the domestic league has undergone great changes, and the league has gone from Jinyuan football to decline, ushering in a wave of dissolution that has lasted for several years. There are some objective reasons for this, but the decision-making of the Football Association has also led to these problems, and Chinese football has begun to retreat with the league. The league showed symptoms of the sequelae of Jinyuan football, the situation of unpaid wages became increasingly serious, shareholders suffered serious losses and abandoned the football business, and the club was disbanded due to the lack of takeover. The players' salary arrears have been sharply reduced, and the voices of asking for wages have been constantly appearing for a while.
According to the statistics of domestic media, from the 2018 season to the 2022 season, a total of 44 clubs failed to obtain professional league access in these four seasons, and the vast majority of the teams eventually ended up disbanding, including the old teams such as Liaozu, Jiangsu team, Chongqing team, etc., which we are familiar with, and there are also cases like Hebei team and Guangzhou City that were disqualified, but disappeared without disbandment. In general, these 44 teams have their own problems, but the Football Association cannot escape responsibility.
44 teams were disqualified in five seasons, and most of them were eventually disbanded, which is a rare situation in world football. You must know that there are only 50 teams in the domestic professional league, which is equivalent to a major purge of the domestic league in 5 years. Nearly 10 clubs at all levels of the league are disbanded every year, and it is reported that about 8 teams in the first batch of teams failed to pass the 2024 season, this data has not been improved much, and it seems that the domestic league will take a long time to recover. Wanting to recover requires efforts from all sides, and it also requires many objective factors that the Football Association cannot control.
The current wave of dissolution basically occurred during Chen Xuyuan's tenure, and the policies he made had a great impact, at least promoting the advent and expansion of the wave of dissolution. Among them, policies such as mid-salary names and recruitment adjustment fees have increased the burden on the club. Now that Song Kai has taken office, he has announced the relevant policies for the 2024 season, although the neutral name policy has not been cancelled, but it is allowed to title the first team and echelon, which can relieve the pressure on the club to a certain extent. At the same time, the relocation policy is opened, although it has reversed, but it is still the first priority to solve the problem of survival.
The 2024 season hasn't started yet, and the entry list hasn't been announced, but there is no doubt that there will definitely be quite a few disbanded teams. At least the 16 teams of the Chinese Super League can pass the admission bar, and from this season onwards, the problems of each team can be alleviated, which is what everyone wants to see, I hope that the domestic league can get better little by little, so that there is hope and hope. Song Kai's tenure should not be greatly improved, but at least it can stabilize the situation, even if it is successful.