Alexandre Pato, right, and Tianjin Quanjian edged past Kitchee on Wednesday night.
Anthony Modeste’s late header guaranteed Tianjin Quanjian would advance to the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night as the Frenchman’s goal saw off Hong Kong’s Kitchee and secured a place in the last 16 for the Chinese Super League side.
Modeste headed home from close range with just over a minute left in regulation time as tournament debutants Tianjin joined compatriots Shanghai SIPG in qualifying for the next round of the competition.
A draw would have been enough for…
Shanghai Shenhua crashed out of the Asian Champions League on
Guizhou Zhicheng climbed off the bottom of the Chinese Super League standings as Gregorio Manzano’s side brought Shandong Luneng’s perfect start to the campaign to an end with a 2-0 win on Sunday afternoon.
Shandong had won their first three games of the season and were looking for a fourth to keep pace with table-toppers Shanghai SIPG, who had defeated Chongqing Lifan on Friday evening.
But goals from Babacar Trawally and Mario Suarez earned Guizhou all three points to move them up to 14th while…
Roger Schmidt’s Beijing Guoan enjoyed a big win over rivals Renhe on Saturday.
Beijing Guoan handed newly promoted cross-city rivals Beijing Renhe a 4-0 thrashing as Roger Schmidt’s side notched up a third Chinese Super League win in a row on Saturday evening.
A crowd of more than 53,000 turned out at Workers’ Stadium to see goals from Jonathan Soriano, Yu Yang, Jonathan Viera and Yu Dabao give Guoan a comfortable win over last season’s second division runners-up.
“Our players performed well, it was a tough game and our opponents performed very well,” said Schmidt.
“Today…
Former Brazil and Portugal head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Cristiano Ronaldo has been interested in the Chinese Super League.
Shanghai SIPG maintained their perfect start to the 2018 Chinese Super League campaign on Friday with a 2-1 win over Chongqing Lifan.
Wu Lei and Yu Hai scored after Yang Ke had given Chongqing the lead as SIPG picked up their fourth win in a row.
“It was a difficult game,” said SIPG boss Vitor Pereira. “We could have scored more goals but after the return of the national team players we did not have the opportunity to work together.
“We didn’t have the opportunity to practice technical issues. But…
Fabio Capello was appointed manager of Jiangsu Suning in June 2017.
Fabio Capello has quit as head coach of Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning, the club confirmed in a statement on their official website on Wednesday.
The Italian, who join…
Bernd Schuster’s last managerial role was in charge of Malaga in La Liga.
Bernd Schuster has been appointed head coach of Dalian Yifang, replacing Ma Lin at the helm of last season’s second division champions, the Chinese Super League club has announced.
The 58-year-old German, who has not coached since leaving his role at the helm of Malaga at the end of the 2014 season, takes charge of a team that has lost their three opening games in the 2018 campaign and is rooted to the bottom of the standings.
Dalian kicked off the season with an 8-0 thrashing at the hands of Shanghai…
Vitor Pereira’s Shanghai SIPG overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Guangzhou R&F.
Wu Lei single-handedly dismantled Guangzhou R&F’s defence on Sunday afternoon as the China international scored four times to steer Shanghai SIPG to a 5-2 come-from-behind win that kept the club’s perfect start to the Chinese Super League campaign intact.
Eran Zahavi and Xiao Zhi gave R&F a two-goal lead inside the first nine minutes as the home side raced out of the blocks, but by the 29th minute, SIPG were in front with Wu having claimed a hat trick.
Hulk put the visitors further ahead after the…
Diego Tardelli scored a brace in Shandong Luneng’s victory.
Diego Tardelli scored twice as Shandong Luneng continued their winning start to the Chinese Super League campaign with a 2-1 win over Manuel Pellegrini’s Hebei China Fortune to move to the top of the table on Saturday.
Tardelli netted either side of a close range effort from Song Wenjie as Shandong claimed their third win in a row to go into the international break with a perfect record.
“We’ve had some luck with this three-game winning streak and Hebei had quite a few chances in the first half,”…
Guangzhou Evergrande’s Nemanja Gudelj celebrates after scoring in a victory over Jeju United.
Nemanja Gudelj scored his first goal for Guangzhou Evergrande as the two-time Asian Champions League winners moved a step closer to the knockout rounds with a 2-0 win over South Korea’s Jeju United on Wednesday evening.
The Serbia midfielder smashed his rising shot into the top corner from the edge of the area to give Guangzhou the lead before Alan Carvalho claimed his eighth goal in seven games in all competitions.
Gudelj has come under scrutiny since joining Guangzhou in the winter as the replacement…