CSL side Qingdao Huanghai renamed as Qingdao – Sports


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Video Player Close QINGDAO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Qingdao Huanghai FC has been renamed as Qingdao FC, the Chinese Super League (CSL) club announced on Monday. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) unveiled a series of policies in December 2020, requiring all the Chinese professional football clubs to remove corporate titles in their club names before the 2021 season. Qingdao Huanghai had applied to keep the original name as Huanghai means Yellow Sea in Chinese and the city Qingdao is bordered by the sea. However, the CFA rejected that application as "Huanghai" is in the name of the club's investor, according...