CFA Chief: China to establish professional football league union
A Chinese football professional league union, an independent organisation to manage the country's professional leagues, will be established by the end of January – as announced by Chinese Football Association (CFA) President Song Kai, Xinhua reports
"The plan of a Chinese football professional league union has already been approved, and we will try to establish the organisation by the end of January," Song Kai noted in his annual work report at the CFA general assembly.
In his report, the official revealed that China has a total of 148,700 football pitches, including 35,000 11-a-side pitches, and China now has 92,979 elite youth players, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent.
By the end of 2024, 150 new A-license coaches, 625 new B-license coaches and 1,559 new C-license coaches had been added into CFA's coach system, which now has over 100,000 licensed coaches.
