On the evening of December 7, Beijing time, a major news came from the Chinese football world. The Tianjin Discipline Inspection Commission and the Tianjin Supervision Commission issued an official notice, Former chairman of Tianjin TEDA Club Dong Wensheng and general manager Li Guangyi were under supervision investigation .
official website shows that Tianjin TEDA Football Club was established on February 16, 1998 and was reorganized into a limited liability company in April 2003 with a registered capital of 50 million yuan. It is jointly invested by Tianjin TEDA Investment Holding Co., Ltd. , Tianjin TEDA Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin Development Zone Construction Group, Northern International Trust and Investment Company, and the Development Zone State-owned Assets Operation Company. The controlling party is TEDA Investment Holding Co., Ltd.
Tianjin TEDA was once a strong team in the Chinese Super League . He has won the honors of the FA Cup and the runner-up of the Chinese Super League, and has represented the Chinese Super League in the Asian Champions League many times.
In early 2021, the investor Tianjin TEDA Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. withdrew from the football world, and the club was hosted by the Tianjin Sports Bureau.
former chairman of Tianjin Teda Club Dong Wensheng was investigated
Previously rumored to be reported on the Internet by real name
On December 7, according to the WeChat public account of the Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Dong Wensheng, former chairman of Tianjin Teda Football Club Co., Ltd., was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation.
Image source: Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision website
According to China Youth Network , Dong Wensheng replaced Gao Yingqin as the chairman of TEDA Football Club in July 2017. In recent seasons, TEDA Club has performed mediocrely and struggled to relegate. Starting last season, TEDA Football Club experienced a serious financial crisis, owing players and employees hundreds of millions of yuan in salary. After the investor Tianjin TEDA Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. withdrew from the football world, the club was hosted by the Tianjin Sports Bureau.
Public information shows that Dong Wensheng, graduated from Nankai University in 1987, has served as deputy director of the office of Tianjin TEDA Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., secretary of the party branch of TEDA Bus Company, secretary of the Party Committee, chairman and general manager of Binhai Bus Company. Since 2017, he has served as chairman of Tianjin TEDA Football Club.
According to the Football News, as early as July this year, Dong Wensheng, former chairman of Tianjin TEDA Football Club, was taken away by relevant departments in Tianjin for investigation. Since then, former assistant coaches of Tianjin TEDA, Chi Rongliang , Wang Xiao and others have been investigated one after another.
Announcement issued by the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the People's Congress of Tianjin Binhai New Area at the end of September showed: "In accordance with the relevant provisions of the " National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Delegates of the People's Congress at all levels of local levels, Dong Wensheng (53rd Constituency)'s qualification for the third People's Congress of Tianjin Binhai New Area was terminated. . "
At the end of 2020, TEDA Holdings intends to withdraw from Chinese football . That is, in December of that year, a document circulated on the Internet. The content of was that Dong Wensheng, then chairman of TEDA Club, was reported under his real name, accusing him of suspected corruption and bribery .
In April this year, after Tianjin Football made a comeback after a baptism, although the registration of the new club in the industrial and commercial department has not changed yet, due to TEDA's actual withdrawal, an audit work has also triggered within TEDA. Then, from Chairman Dong Wensheng to Assistant Coach Chi Rongliang and other relevant personnel were investigated one after another. The content of Dong Wensheng's real-name reporting disclosed on the Internet, which was disclosed on , is related to his suspected embezzlement and bribery in the introduction of foreign aid and foreign coaches during his tenure in the club.
It is understood that the accounts of Tianjin TEDA Football Club have also been fully audited.
This matter has been investigated for several months. The focus is of course on the corruption issue of state-owned enterprise clubs investing in football. It is currently only involved in the Tianjin football circle. Whether it will trigger a new round of anti-gambling and anti-gangster crackdown in Chinese football depends on the specific progress of the investigation.
Former general manager of Tianjin TEDA Club Li Guangyi was investigated
During his tenure, he encountered many controversies
At the same time, Li Guangyi, former general manager of Tianjin TEDA Football Club Co., Ltd., was suspected of serious violations of the law and is currently under supervision and investigation.
Image source: Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision website
Public information shows that Li Guangyi, male, born in 1965, bachelor's degree, Assistant Engineer , has served as the director of the Information Department of Tianjin Development Zone Information Consulting Center, deputy manager of Tianjin Development Zone TEDA Industrial Company, assistant general manager of Zhongao Sports Company, Deputy General Manager of Tianjin TEDA Co., Ltd. , and general manager of Tianjin TEDA Football Club Co., Ltd. After the news of
immediately attracted the attention and heated discussion of many fans, because Li Guangyi was once the butler of the TEDA era. On the one hand, he witnessed Tianjin TEDA reaching its peak, and on the other hand, it also caused controversy about "strike strike" and became a witness of TEDA's decline from prosperity. Looking back at Li Guangyi's TEDA years, controversy has always been with him, and he has become a typical figure in Chinese professional football.
According to Sports Weekly , in 2008, Li Guangyi took over Li Bo as general manager of TEDA. When the season, TEDA tied the best record in the club league history and entered the AFC Champions League with fourth place. This was also the first time that TEDA entered the Asian intercontinental arena. At that time, TEDA was a powerful Chinese Super League player and was stable in the fourth to sixth place in the league for many years. His beautiful offensive style attracted many fans.
2009 season, Li Guangyi offered a strict contract to reduce costs. At that time, TEDA players were asked to sign until they were 30 years old and had to reach a 90% appearance rate each year before they could get full salary. As a result, the conflict between Yu Genwei and his old ministers intensified. At the end of that year, a "training strike" occurred. Four international players took the lead in bombarding the TEDA club and refused to board the winter training bus .
In a critical moment, Li Guangyi exerted his ability to dance, and finally stopped the training of the player Cao Yang bowed his head, TEDA downplayed the issue of salary cuts as the contradiction between the "Tianjin Gang" and the "Northeast Gang" and survived the crisis.
After that, TEDA team lost serious players from youth training and Tianjin, but the club ushered in the best period of competitive level. In the 2010 season, TEDA failed to win seven rounds, but finally got up and caught up to second place; in the 2011 season, TEDA not only qualified in the AFC Champions League group, also successfully won the club's first championship trophy in 30 years - the FA Cup . It is still the only trophy in the club's professional history. Teda has achieved excellent results, and Li Guangyi's reputation has also changed. Still, some fans miss his "domineering style".
Tianjin TEDA won the FA Cup. Image source: Visual China
However, as TEDA Group 's interest in football continued to decline, Li Guangyi almost broke up his club, allowing the strong aids in the team to gradually leave, becoming a witness of TEDA's decline from prosperity. In particular, his charity football proposal once made Tianjin fans extremely dissatisfied and performed a farce.
2011 and 2012 seasons, Li Guangyi once advised the Football Association to control hilarious clubs such as Evergrande by limiting salary and winning prizes, but in the end, , so the Chinese Super League opened the era of gold and yuan.
Under the golden age, TEDA's way of dealing with the rise in football recruitment is to gradually sell assets. The echelons, stadiums, and youth training teams, all the assets belonging to TEDA were sold, and the Tuanbowa training base became a public property. The Tuanbo stadium land prepared for TEDA finally built Songjiang's home court and was later abandoned.
However, Li Guangyi finally left at the end of 2015. Previously, TEDA suffered a penalty and completed the mid-season for two consecutive seasons.In the 2015 season, Quanjian took over TEDA and had a fierce conflict with Li Guangyi. In the end, both sides left TEDA Club.
Source: Daily Economic News is comprehensive from the website of Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, China Youth Network, Football News, Sports Weekly, Public Information, etc.
Original title: "Football Anti-corruption has taken another heavy blow! The former chairman and general manager of Tianjin TEDA Club were both investigated》
Editor: Liu Mengge Li Yingxuan Miao Yaxiang
