BEIJING, December 25 (Xinhua) — on the 25th, the Chinese Football Association released an announcement on the punishment decisions of relevant units and individuals for the men’s group A finals of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games football item. Guangzhou Football Association shall be temporarily suspended from membership of China Football Association for 2 years. He made informed criticism to Qingyuan football team and Evergrande Football School. He criticized the Guangdong Football Association and ordered it to make a profound inspection. Xie Zhiguang, Ya-Jun Wang, Zhang Xiuyu, Cai Guanghui and other four people are forbidden to engage in any activities related to football under the management of the Chinese Football Association; Li Zifei, chen Weihua and other two engaged in any activities related to football under the management of the Chinese Football Association, and canceled their coach qualifications.
The Chinese Football Association announced that on August 7, 2022, the Guangzhou football team won the championship after defeating Qingyuan football team 5:3 in the final of men’s Group A in football item of the 16th Guangdong games. The process of this game has been widely questioned by public opinion, which has aroused the attention of all sectors of society.
The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to it and sets up a special investigation team under the guidance of the State Sports General Administration to go to Guangzhou to conduct a joint investigation with relevant departments of Guangdong province.
After investigation, Xie Zhiguang, president of Guangzhou Football Association, president of Evergrande Football School ya-Jun Wang, vice president Zhang Xiuyu, director of player management department Cai Guanghui, head coach of Qingyuan football team Li Zifei (staff of Evergrande Football School), Qingyuan city football team assistant coach Chen Weihua (Evergrande Football School staff) and others have the disciplinary behavior of controlling the game to ensure that the Guangzhou football team won the championship. This incident seriously violated sports ethics, corrupted the industry atmosphere, and had a bad impact on the image of Chinese football.
The Chinese Football Association will severely crack down on such incidents with a “zero tolerance” attitude, resolutely do a good job in the management of the Gypsy style competition period, and purify the atmosphere of the stadium. (Finished)
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