China News Service, Urumqi, February 21 (Gou Jipeng) On the 21st, Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard Football Club announced that the admission of professional league clubs for the 2023 season is in progress. After Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard Football Club and investor Urumqi Juntai Real Estate Co., Ltd. has carefully considered and plans to withdraw from the professional football league organized by the Chinese Football Association in the 2023 season.
Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards is the first professional football club in the history of Xinjiang. Since its establishment in 2014, it has played in the Chinese Football League for nine consecutive seasons.
The club stated in the announcement that since 2020, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic and the regulation of the real estate market, investors have continued to invest in preserving the fire of professional football in Xinjiang despite their own extremely difficult circumstances.
However, due to limited investment, insufficient team signings and preparations, the Chinese League One was relegated due to poor performance. The club's youth training echelon was absent from the National Youth League, and the club's development was severely restricted.
In addition, the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Federation preparatory team announced the principle of supplementary qualifications for the 2023 professional league. According to the principle, it is equivalent to directly disqualifying the Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards from the Chinese Premier League.
In view of this, the club plans to apply to the Chinese Football Association to withdraw from the 2023 professional league in the near future.
It is reported that the Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards have returned to the Chinese Premier League three times before.
Recently, the Chinese Football Association has formulated a new access policy, stipulating that clubs that have been relegated consecutively will not be allowed to make consecutive replacements.
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