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Football in China includes the practice of American football, arena football, association football, paper football and other "football"-termed sports in the territory of People's Republic of China that does not include Hong Kong and Macau.

American football

See also: Chinese National Football League

Association football

Association football in China
Governing bodyCFA
National team(s)China
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

The Chinese Super League (中超联赛, CSL) is the highest tier of professional association football in Mainland China operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association (CFA).[1] The Super League was created by the re-branding of the former top division, Chinese Football Association Jia-A League, in 2004. While the league originally consisted of 12 teams, 16 teams now compete in it. The league has witnessed match-fixing, illegal betting and violence on and off the pitch[2][3] which the government of the People's Republic of China has promised to fix.[4] Two former top executives of the Football Association of China were arrested and prosecuted for taking bribes.[5] The Super League is criticized for overusing of foreign players in clubs including some record-breaking transfers of foreign players.[6][7] The racist sentiment against foreign players including African ones has been seen.[8][9]

The sport is covered by the media.[10] National competitions are generally televised on CCTV-5 and CCTV-5+. Guangdong Television reserves rights, however, for the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. Since 1996, CCTV-5 has weekly programmes televising live games in the Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga to Football Night (足球之夜). Serie A, Bundesliga and La Liga are broadcast on CCTV-5. Shanghai's Dongfang Sports channel also has coverage.

Initiatives have been developed including Vision China, a part FIFA Vision Asia. The programmed covers marketing, development, training, sports medicine, competitions, media and fans. It also includes assessments on association football in China, planning matches and monitoring them. Goal Project for China part of FIFA Goal Project invested in China to help build new headquarters of CFA.[11] The government has created at least 70,000 fields and 24,000 schools.[12]

Cuju

China was recognized by Sepp Blatter as the first place to invent a form of football over 2,000 years ago (3 or 2 century BC <sportskeeda.com>) through Cuju, a ball game.

Reference

  1. ^ Sheringham, Sam (8 January 2013). "BBC Sport - Didier Drogba & Nicolas Anelka put Chinese football on the map". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ Osnos, Evan. "Corruption in Chinese Soccer". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. ^ Reuters in Beijing (13 June 2012). "China soccer match-fixing: former football chief and top players jailed | World news | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2012. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Barboza, David (13 June 2012). "Lengthy Prison Terms in Chinese Soccer Corruption Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  5. ^ Barboza, David. "Soccer Officials Sentenced in China", The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-9
  6. ^ Price, Steve (5 January 2017). "Why Chinese clubs are breaking transfer records – and why players are wise to go" – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. ^ "Shock new foreign player rules could burst China football bubble". South China Morning Post. 16 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Demba Ba enraged by alleged racism during Chinese Super League match - SupChina". 6 August 2018.
  9. ^ Sui, Celine. "China's Racism Is Wrecking Its Success in Africa".
  10. ^ "Let professionals run Chinese soccer | South China Morning Post". Scmp.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  11. ^ "AFC to support Chinese football". English.people.com.cn. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  12. ^ Turner, Greg (18 March 2021). "Why Chinese soccer has to die before it can really learn to live". SportsPro. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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