Guangzhou FC, China’s most successful football team, kicked out of professional leagues over debt
[HKFP] - 01/8/2025
Guangzhou FC, China’s most successful football team and former Asian champions, have been thrown out of the country’s professional leagues because of “heavy historical debt”, the club say. The effective demise of the eight-time Chinese Super League (CSL) winners, once managed by Marcello Lippi (…)
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