China News Service, Beijing, January 19th (Reporter Bian Liqun) At the end of the year, Chinese football continues to be turbulent.

　　On the 19th, according to the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the General Administration of Sports, Liu Yi, a member of the 11th Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association and former Secretary-General, and Chen Yongliang, the executive deputy secretary-general and head of the National Team Management Department, are suspected of serious violations of the law and are currently being accepted by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Commission in the General Administration of Sport of China and the supervision and investigation of the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission.

　　This is another important figure in Chinese football being investigated after Li Tie, the former coach of the Chinese men's football team.

Liu Yi may have already faded out of the core of the Football Association

　　In fact, as early as a few days ago at the Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association, it had already begun to emerge.

　　In addition to discussing the work situation of the Chinese Football Association in 2022 and the work plan for 2023, the work situation of the professional league in 2022 and the work plan for 2023, it was also decided to remove Liu Yi, the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association.

　　A reporter from Chinanews.com learned that as early as mid-2022, Liu Yi had basically faded out of the main work of the Chinese Football Association.

　　Liu Yi first joined the Football Association in August 2019 and was elected as a member of the 11th Executive Committee, and was further elected as the Secretary-General of the Chinese Football Association.

Liu Yi (middle).

Photo by Chinanews reporter Bian Liqun

　　In October 2019, Liu Yi, who had just taken office at the time, attended a press conference held by the Chinese Football Association to announce the preparations for the professional league and other matters.

　　He once said: "The preparatory work of the professional league is progressing very fast this year (2019). The professional league will complete its listing before the end of the year. Next season, the Chinese Super League will be completely autonomous by the professional league. The Chinese Football Association owns the property rights and supervision rights of the Chinese Super League. Management, only supervises major matters, and has the right to veto major matters."

　　However, since then, the professional league has not completed its listing at the end of 2019, and until today it only exists as a preparatory group for the Chinese Football Federation.

Data map: Chinese Super League.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Luo Yunfei

　　The 2020 season of the Chinese Super League was affected by the epidemic and was held in a closed game system. After the season ended, Liu Yi once summed up the season in four words-"responsibility, scientific management, igniting millions of hearts, and carrying on the past and ushering in the future."

　　However, in the following 2021 season, Liu Yi began to gradually fade out of public view.

　　It is worth mentioning that, according to public information, Liu Yi also operated Sun Jihai to transfer to Manchester City in the early years, and operated the famous British coach Wilkinson to coach Shanghai Shenhua.

In an exclusive interview, he talked about his blueprint concept in the sports agent industry.

Liu Yi (second from right).

Image source: IC photo

Chen Yongliang was involved in the last anti-gambling campaign

　　Compared with Liu Yi who has been "working behind the scenes" for a long time, Chen Yongliang at the front desk is more well-known by fans.

　　He has served as the head of the management department of the national team, the head of the Chinese Super League, and the director of the Chinese Super League, and he often appears in public.

　　In the last anti-gambling and anti-crime storm in Chinese football, Chen Yongliang also appeared.

　　According to public reports, Chen Yongliang had close contact with Li Dongsheng, who was in charge of refereeing work.

　　"From February 2005 to March 2008, the two used false invoices six times to extract public funds of 46,300 yuan from the local organizers of referee training, and Li Dongsheng actually got 23,300 yuan. In February 2007 From January to May 2009, the two took advantage of their duties to organize the training of referees by the Technical Department of the Chinese Football Association. The project will write off part of the training funds in the financial accounts of the foot management center or the local sponsoring unit, and get a total of 71,500 yuan, and Li Dongsheng actually got 36,900 yuan."

　　In 2012, Li Dongsheng was sentenced to 9 years in prison for accepting bribes and embezzlement, and was punished for several crimes.

Chen Yongliang.

Image source: IC photo

Looking forward to becoming an opportunity for Chinese football to get out of the trough

　　Ten years later, Chinese football has once again come to the forefront.

Before Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang, Li Tie, the former coach of the Chinese men's football team, was suspected of serious violations of the law and was investigated by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee.

　　The match-fixing incident also occurred last summer in the Men's Football Group A (U15) final of the Guangdong Provincial Games.

In the end, 16 cadres including Wang Yuping, party secretary and director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, were severely held accountable. The Chinese Football Association imposed industry penalties on 6 people including Xie Zhiguang, chairman of the Guangzhou Football Association, and Wang Yajun, principal of Evergrande Football School.

　　All these have caused the image of Chinese football in the current trough to fall again and again.

Data map: In the Qatar World Cup qualifiers, the national football team played 1:3 Vietnam away, completely missing the Qatar World Cup.

Image source: Visual China

　　On the evening of the 19th, the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association held an enlarged meeting immediately. Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and the vice chairman of the association, the executive committee and other participants expressed their opinions one by one.

　　Everyone unanimously stated that the decision of the discipline inspection and supervision agency to investigate Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang fully demonstrated the strong determination and firm will to resolutely implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and promote the anti-corruption struggle in the football field; A clear attitude of full coverage and zero tolerance.

The Chinese Football Association firmly supports and firmly supports the investigation of Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang by the discipline inspection and supervision organs.

　　It is expected that after "digging up the radish and bringing out the mud", the development environment of Chinese football can be further clarified, so that there is nowhere to hide for violations of laws and disciplines.

I also hope that this time, it can become an opportunity for Chinese football to get out of the trough.

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