Chinese professional football clubs clarify the time limit for settlement of salary arrears
At the three specified time points, the relevant clubs must submit the 2021 season salary repayment form to the Chinese Football Association
The Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team convened an online meeting on the 3rd for clubs of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League One and the Chinese League Two. The list of clubs admitted to the third-tier league in the 2022 season has been released, and the club's salary arrears solution and related penalties have been released.
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 respectively.
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 did not submit the relevant materials for admission within the specified time, so it did not obtain the qualification 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.
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Club wage penalty scheme
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 club must reach a settlement agreement with the owed wages, sign and confirm with each owed wages, and submit it to the Chinese Football Association for the record, which is determined in strict accordance with the record agreement. The time node to resolve the arrears.
Clubs that fail to resolve their arrears according to the time point in the filing agreement will be punished 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.
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The Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team will "issue red envelopes" to the Chinese Super League
"I hope everyone will tighten their belts, get through the hard days, and increase the attention of our league." This is Liu, the deputy head of the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation after the end of the online working meeting of the professional league on the afternoon of April 3. Sincere appeal from the army.
Although so far, the schedule and venue of the new season of the Chinese Super League have not been confirmed due to factors such as the epidemic, but the preparations for the leagues at all levels have been carried out in an orderly manner.
At the meeting, the Chinese Football Association announced the primary selection list for clubs at all levels in the new season, and clarified the time limit for clubs to pay off wages and specific penalties for clubs overdue wages.
The Chinese Football Association and the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation also made it clear that although the first 8 rounds of the Chinese Super League in the new season have confirmed that the group competition system will be adopted, the restoration of the home and away game system of the league is still the constant pursuit of the event organizers and league participants.
Recently, the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation also plans to distribute an average of several million yuan per club for the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League entry fee, which is commonly known as the league "dividend" to the clubs.
Through a series of practical measures, the Chinese Football Association and the preparation team of the Chinese Football Federation expressed their sincerity and confidence in joining hands with all parties to enhance the appeal of domestic professional leagues, thereby restoring the image of Chinese professional football.
Although the final list of participating clubs in the third-tier professional league still needs feedback from various parties, and there are many complicated practical difficulties in assisting clubs and players to properly deal with the issue of unpaid wages, the "Chinese Football Association on the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League, the Chinese The "Notice on Related Work of League Two" will still clearly state the time limit for solving the problem of wage arrears and the specific penalties.
In the words of one participant, "The Football Association, the preparatory group of the Chinese Football Federation and the club have common interests in maintaining the league environment and ensuring the healthy start of the league as soon as possible. It is urgent to solve difficulties and punish chaos, but the specific response measures are indeed There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and you need to be realistic." Similar expressions also appeared from time to time in the mouths of Liu Jun, deputy head of the preparatory group of the Chinese Football Federation, and Guo Bingyan, the head of the competition work of the preparatory group.
At the league meeting on the 3rd and the media communication meeting after the meeting, "difficulty" was a keyword that was repeatedly mentioned by the delegates.
For example, due to the impact of the epidemic, the first 8 rounds of the Chinese Super League in the new season will inevitably adopt a group match system.
But even so, which clubs can participate, it still needs to be clarified after the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation collects the participation confirmation letters from the third-level clubs at the latest on April 8.
And the ensuing issues such as league schedule arrangement and venue arrangement are also closely linked.
The new season of the Chinese Super League is going to start before the May 1st International Labor Day. The problems that need to be sorted out and the work to be implemented are particularly complex. It can be said that the time is tight and the task is heavy.
Equally difficult work is "how to stop losses in time, inject new vitality into the league, and restore the image of Chinese professional football".
Taking the Chinese Super League as an example, the league schedules in the past two seasons have been greatly reduced due to the impact of the epidemic. The centralized game system has also temporarily frustrated the desire of a considerable number of fans to watch the game on the spot. Under the influence of various force majeure factors, the income of the Chinese Super League in the past two seasons has been dramatically drop.
To rejuvenate the professional league, "open source" is far more important than "throttling".
Liu Jun explained: "Since last year, we have adopted a multi-platform sales strategy in copyright cooperation. We plan to add 1 or 2 new copyright platforms in the new year. To increase revenue, expand influence, and increase sponsorship revenue in an all-round way is our goal. The goal."
Liu Jun revealed that the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation plans to distribute an average of several million yuan per league entry fee to the Chinese Super League clubs in the near future.
Compared to the tens of millions of yuan a few years ago, the "dividends" of Chinese Super League clubs in a single season may seem insignificant, and it cannot fundamentally solve the economic crisis that plagues most clubs, but it can encounter huge difficulties in the industry as a whole. The Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team have at least expressed their sincerity to join hands with the club to overcome difficulties and actively improve the league situation.
This group of articles / the reporter Xiao Xun co-ordinator / Wang Haozhou