Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 3 (Reporter Zhao Jiantong, Gongbing) The Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team convened an online meeting of the Chinese Super League, Chinese League One and Chinese League Two clubs on the 3rd. After the meeting, the Chinese Football Association issued the "2022 Season". "Notice on the work related to the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League One and the Chinese League Two", announced the list of clubs admitted to the 2022 season's third-tier leagues, and released the club's solution to wage arrears and related penalties.
A reporter from Xinhua News Agency learned from the Chinese Football Association that in the 2022 season, 18, 17 and 22 clubs have passed the admission review of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League One and the Chinese League Two.
China League One Guizhou Football Club and China League Two Sichuan Min Football Club did not qualify for the new season.
Guizhou clubs do not meet the relevant regulations of the AFC for admission, that is, there is a situation where the international salary arrears have not been resolved within the time limit, so they have not been qualified for league admission.
Sichuan Minzu Football Club failed to submit relevant materials for admission within the specified time, so it was not qualified for league admission.
Jinan Xingzhou Football Club Co., Ltd., Nantong Haimen Kediyuan Football Club Co., Ltd., Tai'an Tiankuang Football Club Co., Ltd., Hainan Star Professional Football Club Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Jiangcheng Football Club Co., Ltd., which participated in the Chinese Champions League last season, won new awards. Qualifications for League Two in the season.
Next, the Chinese Football Association and the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation will confirm the actual situation according to the participation of the above-mentioned Chinese Super League, Chinese League One and Chinese League Two clubs, and finally decide the participating teams of professional leagues at all levels.
The focus of the 2022 season professional football league access work is that some clubs have arrears in wages.
In this regard, the Chinese Football Association has made overall consideration to protect the interests of the players and the actual situation of the club, and has issued a plan to solve the arrears of wages in batches.
It not only resolutely safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of players, coaches, and club staff, and urges clubs to solve the problem of arrears of wages as soon as possible, but also considers the actual operation of the club and gives each club a certain time limit to facilitate the club to raise funds and improve business conditions. In terms of social forces to promote reform.
In accordance with the above spirit, some clubs with wage arrears are also granted conditional access after submitting specific wage settlement solutions.
At the same time, in order to ensure the relevant interests of players, the Chinese Football Association has formulated a solution to the arrears of wages and related penalties for such clubs.
The Chinese Football Association requires that clubs should not have new wage arrears in the 2022 season.
The 2021 season and before set up three time points: the settlement of arrears before July 31, 2022 shall not be less than 30% of the total; the settlement of arrears before October 31, 2022 shall not be less than 70% of the total; December 2022 All outstanding wages will be settled by March 31st.
At the above three time points, the relevant clubs must submit the 2021 season salary repayment form signed by all coaches, players and staff to the Chinese Football Association.
At the same time, the Chinese Football Association also clarified the corresponding penalties:
First, clubs that have not repaid no less than 30% of the total salaries arrears for the 2021 season and before will be prohibited from registering new players in the second transfer window of the 2022 season and will be penalized and deducted 3 points from the league points.
The second is that clubs that fail to repay no less than 70% of the total salaries arrears for the 2021 season and before will be penalized and deducted 6 league points.
The third is that clubs that fail to settle all outstanding wages by December 31, 2022 will be punished by relegation or disqualification.
For Chinese Super League clubs that cannot fully resolve the wage arrears before December 31, 2022, the clubs must reach a settlement agreement with the owed wages, sign and confirm with each owed wages, and submit them to the Chinese Football Association for the record, which will be determined in strict accordance with the record agreement. The time node to resolve the arrears.
For clubs that fail to resolve their arrears in accordance with the time node in the filing agreement, the penalty shall be implemented with reference to the above penalties.
Due to the impact of various factors such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the economy, and the development of the main business of investors, Chinese professional football is in a cold winter.
At present, it seems that the Chinese Football Association's clearing work of arrears strives to take into account the actual situation of the club and the interests of the players.