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League points will be deducted if the total club spending exceeds the standard. Players who do not report income as required will be suspended for 24 months
New rules for the new Super League rules for the maximum salary of local players of 5 million
On the morning of November 25, the China Football Association held a Chinese Super League Working Conference in Suzhou. At the meeting, the China Football Association announced to representatives of the Chinese Super League clubs the specific rules for the “salary cap increase” for Chinese and foreign players. Among them, the maximum salary for local players is 5 million yuan before tax, and the maximum salary for foreign players is 3 million euros before tax.
To ensure that salary cap work is practical and effective, the China Football Association has introduced meticulous and strict supervision measures, along with unprecedented disciplinary measures for violations.
Salary standard
The maximum salary for local players is 5 million before taxes and the maximum salary for foreign players is 3 million before taxes.
The plan shows that the total spending of each club in the Super League in the 2021 season will not exceed 600 million yuan.
In the new season, the maximum salary of local players in Super League clubs was reduced by half from the previous 10 million yuan (12 million yuan for the international soccer team) to 5 million yuan before tax. . The total salary of local players in a single season of Chinese Super League clubs shall not exceed 75 million yuan, and the average annual salary of local players The maximum salary of foreign players in Chinese Super League is 3 million euros before tax. The total foreign aid salary of each Chinese Super League club in a single season will not exceed 10 million euros, and the average annual foreign aid salary in a single season will not exceed 2 million euros.
The plan also made it clear that, in principle, the annual salary of local Under-21 players should not exceed 300,000 yuan before taxes. However, once the total playing time of such players in a single season in the professional league plus the FA Cup reaches more than 900 minutes, their salary may exceed this limit.
Supervision and punishment
League points will be deducted if the total spend exceeds the standard.
Compared to the salary cap plan, what surprised delegates the most was the introduction of the “Supervision and Punishment” rules. In the eyes of all parties, compared to the introduction of the plan, the key is whether the salary cap can be implemented. In this regard, the China Football Association will not only implement the supervision of the salary cap policy through one or two recognized accounting firms, but also introduced an unprecedented set of strict and detailed punishment regulations for violations.
According to regulations, if the total spending of a single season in the Super League exceeds the standard, 6 league points will be deducted if the excess rate is less than 20%, and 12 points will be deducted if the excess rate is between 20% and 40%, and there will be more excesses. The club will face a hefty penalty of up to 24 deduction points.
For the player salary of a club season that exceeds the standard, the regulations also have the corresponding sanctions. Specifically, if a club’s total foreign aid salary expenditure exceeds the ceiling of € 10 million in a single season, 9 league points will be deducted; If the spending of local players exceeds the limit of 75 million yuan, 9 points will also be deducted; The total salary expenses of the Chinese and foreign players exceed the standard, thus the club faces a hefty deduction penalty of 18 points.
In addition, if a club pays a salary in violation of the regulations, once verified, the club will be disqualified and sanctioned with the maximum penalty of demotion. If a player does not declare income (income) as required, once verified, they will face a 24-month suspension.
The club will not issue cash or any other remuneration to players or direct family members through affiliated companies. Some experts analyzed this and said: “From the point of view of sanctions, the Chinese Football Association has done a lot of investigative work before the plan was launched and at the same time, through professionals, they have covered several gaps in the revision of the rules. “
Income range
Including salaries, values and real estate are unified as salary before taxes, excluding bonuses
It is necessary to emphasize that the Chinese Football Association mentioned in the plan that “player income” includes salaries, securities, real estate, etc. It does not include bonuses. Players’ income is consolidated as pre-tax salary; If a player signs a business contract with a third party, he must be recognized by the China Football Association or an authorized institution, otherwise his income will be included in the salary.
It should be noted that if the salary amount involved in a Chinese Super League player’s current contract exceeds the standard, it must be further agreed through a supplementary agreement. The new contract and the supplementary agreement will be reported to the China Football Association for registration at the same time, and the excess salary amount will not be included in the club’s total spending limit. In other words, the new salary cap is aimed at players’ newly signed contracts.
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The expansion of the Chinese Super League will take place from the 2022 season
At yesterday’s Chinese Super League Working Conference, as one of the “Major Issues Related to the Development of Professional Leagues”, “League Expansion” was also the focus of professional league clubs in all levels. It is reported that due to various realistic conditions, the expansion of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese League and the Chinese B League will not take place next year, and the expansion of the Chinese Super League will not be until the 2022 season at the earliest.
At the special internal meeting of the China Football Association Professional League held in Suzhou last Thursday, the expansion of the league was also mentioned. In accordance with the situation discussed at that time, some representatives at the meeting expressed specific opinions on the military expansion schedule. For example, some representatives proposed increasing the number of super leagues in the Chinese League next season, so that the size of the Chinese Super League increases from the current 16 teams to 18 teams in the 2022 season. future of the Chinese A and B after the expansion of the army, there are 20 teams and 32 teams respectively. However, in light of the current situation of domestic professional football, the expansion of the Chinese B League should precede the expansion of the Chinese League. As for the specific schedule, it’s likely to be the 2023 season.
The Chinese Football Association frequently communicates with clubs at all levels on the subject of “league expansion” because this content does not exist in isolation. In fact, the “salary cap increase” for professional club players promoted by the China Football Association is also related to the “expansion of the league”. The value and salary standards of domestic professional players generally rise to an inflated level, which is largely due to an excessive shortage of high-quality players. Therefore, the importance of the expansion of the league is not only to expand the scale of the league, but also to expand the employment options for professional players. .
After the expansion of the low-level leagues, such as the league’s middle and second leagues, it will also optimize the competition mechanism for league talents while creating job opportunities for more young players. Survival of the fittest will also allow more potential youngsters to emerge, be recognized by high-level teams, or enrich the club’s front-line main camp to help the team reach a higher level.
The name of the divestiture club will be implemented next year
In the work meeting, the demarketing of the club (team) name was mentioned again. It is understood that this work should be implemented within 2021. The China Football Association will issue detailed rules similar to the “club name specification”, and illegal clubs will be sanctioned such as cancellation of registration qualifications.
Regarding the de-commercialization of the names of professional soccer clubs in China, at the end of November 2018, the China Soccer Association issued a “Specifications for the names of professional soccer clubs of the China Soccer Association “. The opinion draft also emphasizes that, considering the national conditions and the state of development of professional leagues, if the name or abbreviation of the club was not originally neutral, but the club uses it for a long time and continuously, its name has a great reputation in the soccer industry. Those who have formed a club brand or have a general influence on the fan community can apply for the approval of the Chinese Football Association within the prescribed time limit, and the name can be identified as a neutral name. However, clubs applying for such name recognition must be clubs that have participated in League A or League B prior to the 2004 China Super League and have participated continuously up to the present day. At the same time, the club has not changed its local membership association.
This group of articles / Coordinator of reporter Xiao Zong / Photo courtesy of Wang Haozhou / Xinhua News Agency
