According to the plan of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation, clubs that have obtained the entry qualifications of the Chinese Super League and Chinese League One in the new season must submit their participation confirmation letters no later than April 8.

The start time and selection of the professional leagues at all levels in the new season will also be officially confirmed on the 11th and 12th of this month.

　　Before the Qingming Festival, the inspection team specially dispatched by the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has left Beijing, and then went to Hangzhou, Meizhou and other cities in the Chinese Super League candidate regions to inspect.

Affected by uncertain factors such as the epidemic, the new season of the Chinese Super League is likely to be unable to start within this month, and it is expected to be unveiled at the earliest after the May Day International Labor Day holiday.

　　On the afternoon of April 3, the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team convened three-level professional league clubs to hold an online meeting on the preparations for the start of the new season.

In addition to announcing the transfer of tier 3 clubs to the primary selection list, clarifying the deadline for clubs to pay off salaries, and punishing clubs for overdue salaries, the meeting also informed clubs about the progress of the preparations for the start of the leagues at all levels.

　　According to Guo Bingyan, the head of the competition work of the preparatory group of the Chinese Football Federation, the list of clubs in the third-level professional league announced on the 3rd is a list of clubs that meet the access conditions. Whether these clubs can finally participate in the relevant leagues at all levels depends on their submission of confirmation letters. depends on the situation.

Among them, the latest deadline for the Chinese Super League and Chinese League One clubs to submit confirmation letters is April 8.

According to the requirements, the participation confirmation letter submitted by the club must be accompanied by the details of the club's salary arrears, the solution, the proportion and specific amount of the salary arrears to be solved at three time points.

The confirmation letter must also be stamped with the official seal of the club and relevant local departments to ensure the authenticity and seriousness of the club's participation.

　　For clubs that have obtained the entry qualification of the Chinese League Two in the new season, the deadline for submitting the confirmation letter for participation is appropriately delayed. There are two reasons for this: First, compared with the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League One, the new season of the Chinese League Two will start later; On the other hand, in order to ensure the normal operation of China League Two clubs and not to repeat the embarrassment that some clubs were unable to sustain in the middle of last season, the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team required all participating clubs in China League Two to submit a deposit of 600,000 yuan each. .

In the words of a related person, "If you can't pay such a little guarantee, how can you believe that such a club can operate normally?"

　　At present, the top priority of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team regarding the start of the new season professional league is to confirm the start timetable and the selection results of the competition area as soon as possible.

It is understood that just before the start of the league meeting on the 3rd, the inspection team specially dispatched by the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation has left Beijing for Hangzhou, and plans to complete the inspection of Hangzhou and Meizhou, two candidate cities for the Chinese Super League this week. .

The content of the inspection involves the conditions of the competition and training venues, the reception capacity of the competition area, the broadcasting conditions of the competition venue, and the traffic and security conditions.

Next, the preparatory team of the Chinese Football Federation will also arrange a special person to inspect the alternative divisions of the China League One and China League Two.

　　As of April 5, the event organizers have not been able to clarify which candidate cities will host the Chinese Super League matches.

This is because the epidemic has occurred in many places in my country recently, and the epidemic situation in the cities where some professional league clubs are registered is even more serious.

Under such circumstances, there are many variables and difficulties in organizing the competition.

Once the ideal candidate competition area city is affected by force majeure factors and cannot host the competition, the organizer needs to activate other emergency plans. It can be seen that the inspection and other pre-match preparations are complicated and the workload is huge.

　　According to the results of the previous communication between the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation, the new season of the Chinese Super League is scheduled to start later this month, that is, on April 28 or 29.

However, due to factors such as the epidemic and the delay of the national football team returning to China for several days, it has become increasingly difficult to implement this plan.

According to the epidemic prevention regulations, the national football and U23 football players who have arrived in Haikou will not be released from isolation until the 24th of this month at the earliest, and then return to other places.

They normally need a rest period of at least a few days.

In this way, the Chinese Super League is likely to start in early May at the earliest, that is, after the International Labor Day holiday.

　　Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Xun