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1994 Chinese Jia-A League

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Chinese Jia-A League
Season1994
ChampionsDalian Wanda
RelegatedShenyang Liuyao
Jiangsu Maint
Asian Club ChampionshipWithdrew
Matches played132
Goals scored354 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerHu Zhijun (17 goals)
Biggest home winBeijing 6-0 Shenyang (Aug 28)
Biggest away winShanghai 1-6 Guangzhou (Aug 14)
Highest scoringLiaoning 6-3 Sichuan (Jul 24)
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The 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season was the inaugural season of professional association football and the 33rd top-tier overall league season held in China. The league was expanded to twelve teams, started on April 17 and ended on November 13 with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.

Overview

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By the start of the 1994 league season, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) had been demanding full professionalism since 1992. This meant that private businesses were allowed to own or sponsor football clubs for the first time. The CFA would also sell the television rights to CCTV for 450,000 Yuan and gain sponsorship for the league from Marlboro. Clubs were awarded with a 700,000 Yuan season appearance fee which saw the average monthly players wages jump up significantly from 100 Dollars to 2000 Dollars.[1] With better wages, clubs could now transfer professional foreign players except for Bayi who because they're part of the People's Liberation Army had to have active military members. The league was also expanded to twelve teams compared to eight from the previous season, while the four teams promoted came from the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League league season because there was no promotion or relegation held in the 1993 Chinese Jia-A League season. By the end of the season Dalian Wanda won their first ever championship while Shenyang Liuyao and Jiangsu Maint were relegated at the end of the season.[2]

Name changes

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With clubs now operating as professional units, they were allowed to gain sponsorship and would often change the clubs names to accommodate the sponsor. Below is a list of the dates on when the clubs officially became professional as well as when they gained their first sponsor and changed their name to accommodate this.

  • Dalian football club was reorganized as a professional unit on July 3, 1992 and renamed Dalian Wanda on March 8, 1994.
  • Guangdong Province football team football club was reorganized as a professional unit on September 15, 1992 and renamed Guangdong Hongyuan.
  • Beijing football team was reorganized as a professional unit on December 31, 1992 and renamed Beijing Guoan.
  • Guangzhou City football team was reorganized as a professional unit on January 8, 1993 and renamed Guangzhou Apollo.
  • Sichuan Province football team was reorganized as a professional unit on November 8, 1993 and renamed Sichuan Quanxing.
  • Shandong Province football team was reorganized as a professional unit on December 2, 1993 and renamed Shandong Taishan on January 29, 1994.
  • Shanghai football team was reorganized as a professional unit on December 10, 1993 and renamed Shanghai Shenhua.
  • Liaoning Province football team was reorganized as a professional unit on February 26, 1994 and renamed Liaoning Yuandong
  • Jiangsu Province football team was reorganized as a professional unit on March 28, 1994 and renamed Jiangsu Maint
  • Jilin Province football team was reorganized as a professional unit in 1994 and renamed Jilin Samsung
  • Shenyang City football team was reorganized as a professional unit at the end of 1995 and renamed Shenyang Liuyao.

Personnel

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Team Manager
Bayi
Beijing Guoan
Dalian Wanda China Zhang Honggen
Guangdong Hongyuan China He Jinlun
Guangzhou Apollo China Zhou Sui'an
Jiangsu Maint China Liu Pingyu
Jilin Samsung
Liaoning Yuandong China Wang Hongli
Shandong Taishan China Yin Tiesheng
Shanghai Shenhua China Xu Genbao
Shenyang Liuyao Ukraine Serhiy Morozov
Sichuan Quanxing

Managerial changes

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Club Outgoing Manner When Incoming
Liaoning Yuandong China Yang Yumin Resigned After Round 4 China Wang Hongli

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former players
Bayi
Beijing Guoan
Dalian Wanda
Guangdong Hongyuan England Darren Tilley England Ian Docker England Richard Crossley England Craig Allardyce
England Murray Jones
Guangzhou Apollo Japan Isamu Tsuji Scotland Neil Armour
Jiangsu Maint Japan Satoshi Katsumata Kazakhstan Vitaly Sokolovsky
Jilin Samsung South Korea Park Young-soo
Liaoning Yuandong
Shandong Taishan
Shanghai Shenhua Russia Aleksandr Zakharikov Russia Dmitry Kuts Russia Vladimir Nakhratov
Shenyang Liuyao Russia Aleksandr Alfyorov Russia Evgeniy Dolgov
Sichuan Quanxing

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Dalian Wanda 22 14 5 3 43 21 +22 33
2 Guangzhou Apollo 22 11 5 6 36 27 +9 27
3 Shanghai Shenhua 22 10 6 6 36 36 0 26
4 Liaoning Yuandong 22 11 3 8 47 36 +11 25
5 Shandong Taishan 22 10 4 8 22 22 0 24
6 Sichuan Quanxing 22 8 7 7 31 24 +7 23
7 Guangdong Hongyuan 22 8 7 7 28 21 +7 23
8 Beijing Guoan 22 7 8 7 42 34 +8 22
9 Bayi 22 6 9 7 15 19 −4 21
10 Jilin Samsung 22 6 7 9 25 31 −6 19
11 Shenyang Liuyao 22 1 9 12 16 39 −23 11 Relegated to Jia League
12 Jiangsu Maint 22 1 8 13 13 44 −31 10
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 China Hu Zhijun Guangzhou Apollo 17
2 China Wang Tao Dalian Wanda 12
China Zhuang Yi Liaoning Yuandong
4 China Xie Feng Beijing Guoan 11
5 China Gao Feng Beijing Guoan 10
China Li Bing Liaoning Yuandong
Russia Vladimir Nakhratov Shanghai Shenhua
8 China Fan Zhiyi Shanghai Shenhua 9
China Gao Xu Dalian Wanda
China Li Xiao Shanghai Shenhua

References

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  1. ^ 1994：中国足球拉开竞技体育职业化大幕 at news.qq.com
  2. ^ China League 1994 at rsssf.org
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