On the morning of 24th, according to "Football News" and other media reports, Chongqing Liangjiang Competitive Football Club of Super League announced its withdrawal from the Super League and stopped its operation.
Subsequently, according to the The Paper reporter, Chongqing confirmed the news of the dissolution of the club.
A Chongqing team player told the The Paper reporter, "Now we are packing our bags, so let’s go quickly. We owe us money and let’s go quickly. It’s really helpless. It is sad and sad to the extreme. "
As for how to solve the salary arrears, people in the club said that there are only two words at the moment — — White stripes.
Goodbye, Chongqing Football.
Attachment: Statement of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Club
Since 1997, the club has represented Chongqing in the top professional football league in China. After 26 years of ups and downs, the club has set up the banner of western professional football and has become a business card of Chongqing’s urban culture and sports.
At the end of 2016, Contemporary Group spent 540 million yuan to take over the club, and accumulated more than 3 billion yuan over the past six years, which achieved the best record in the history of the Super League and successfully completed the team’s competitive and political tasks.
However, due to the epidemic situation and the development model of the football industry, the club has been heavily in debt and is unable to maintain its operation. Since the beginning of last year, Contemporary Group has discussed the share reform with relevant government departments many times, with a view to preserving the fire of Chongqing professional football.
However, today, due to the change of objective conditions, the share reform has not been promoted as scheduled, the debts of the club have been accumulated, the accounts have been frozen, and the life of employees is extremely difficult.
After careful study by the club’s shareholders’ meeting, we regret to decide to withdraw from the China Professional Football League and dissolve the team.
Thanks to all athletes, coaches and staff for their hard work and hard work; Thanks to the strong support of Chongqing Municipal Government, Sports Bureau, Football Management Center, Liangjiang Group and other sponsors.
Regarding the arrangement after the club stopped operating, especially the problem of unpaid wages that all colleagues are concerned about, the club also made it clear that it will continue to raise funds through later litigation recovery, debt collection, asset sale and group loan, so as to gradually pay off unpaid wages as much as possible.
After the club stops operating, the work arrangement is as follows:
1. At 10: 30 on May 24, 2022, an internal notice was issued to announce the withdrawal and suspension of operation.
2. Before 12: 00 on May 24, 2022, all employees are requested to pack their personal belongings and leave the office area.
3. Before 12: 00 on May 24, 2022, the club will issue resignation documents to all staff, including: resignation certificate/certificate of freedom, and debt certificate (including all unpaid wages and bonuses as of May 31, 2022, and the actual payment amount will be deducted from the payable taxes and social security, and will be determined by comprehensive reimbursement and loan). Please pick it up in the conference room on the first floor of the club.
4. At 12:00 on May 24, 2022, the club will close the office area on the first floor, the canteen, the gym on the second floor, the infirmary, the office area and the warehouse on the fourth floor, and seal them up.
5. Before 12:00 on May 24, 2022, all employees (if any) should return their company keys (office, warehouse and vehicles) to the club for unified custody, and the filing cabinet keys can be kept on the cupboard door; Company property purchased by the company and kept by individuals, including drones, cameras, laptops, mobile hard disks, etc., shall be returned to the Finance Department and signed and handed over.
If all departments need to hand over important documents and work resources, they should, in principle, complete them before 12:00 on May 24, 2022; If the transfer needs to be delayed for other reasons, the person in charge of file storage should be contacted to hand it over on another day.
The club dormitory will remain open until June 15, 2022. Please ask the relevant coaches and players to move out of the dormitory before June 15, 2022. After June 15, the dormitory will be closed and sealed.
No meals will be served in the canteen from May 24th, 2022: the elevator will be shut down and sealed from June 1st; Water, electricity and gas will be stopped in due course depending on the balance of expenses.
Club assets, including furniture, electrical appliances, equipment, vehicles, etc., all bear the mission of paying off unpaid wages. I hope everyone will try their best to ensure the safety of club property; At the same time, colleagues are also welcome to actively assist in finding buyers and complete the disposal of club assets and the settlement of unpaid wages as soon as possible.
The club will assist and cooperate with you to complete all the formalities and certificates required for joining the new company. If you can’t get them in time on the 24th, please contact us at any time.
All good things must come to an end, but if the heart is there, the dream is there, and there will always be a reunion. Finally, I wish all my colleagues and your families good health and better life.
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club Co., Ltd.
May 24, 2022