China League One Awards – The Best and Worst of 2017

With 2017 on the verge of disappearing into history, WEF takes a look at the best and worst of what was...

A love supreme: How Shanghai Shenhua won my heart and changed my life

I close my eyes and I can picture it immediately. Receiving the ball with no teammates in the entire opposition half, he...

The Vìtor Pereira era begins at SIPG: who is this guy?

Your WEF home for all things SIPG. A look at the history of the new manager towards helping to figure out what...

North Terrace News: Tevez scores 1 out 10 in Shanghai Shenhua’s 2017 player ratings

Even by Shenhua’s standards, 2017 has been a season veering between extremes – crashing out of the Champions League at the...

The black three minutes which denied China a place at Italia’90

Three minutes. That’s how close China were to qualifying for the 1990 World Cup. Two goals from Qatar in the final...

“Enlightening to say the least” – Australia’s 1976 tour of China

Tim Cahill, Ryan McGowan and the Griffiths brothers may be the most famous Australians to play in China but they were...

Close but no cigar: Guangzhou R&F’s 2017 season

Guangzhou R&F fell just short of ACL qualification on the final day of the 2017 CSL season. Given the stiff competition,...

Australian Adventures: China on tour in 1975

Nineteen Chinese footballers embarked on a tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1975 as their country gradually broadened its international...

A look back at SIPG’s breakthrough year in Chinese football

With the CSL season over, the ACL still to be settled between the Saudis and the Japanese and one trophy remaining...

The 5.19 incident: China’s doomed attempt to qualify for Mexico’86

19th May 1985.The date alone is enough to chill the hearts of Chinese football fans. With the national side missing out on...