January 5 According to the "Beijing Youth Daily" report, in the 2023 Super League season, the U23 player policy has
likely to be abolished.
In the 2017 season, the Chinese Football Association and the professional league management department officially launched the "New Deal for U23 Players" in light of the scarcity of excellent domestic players at all levels of clubs and the lack of talent supply for professional leagues and national teams.
However, the disadvantages of the U23 policy have gradually emerged in practice.
Since the U23 policy was first launched in the 2017 season, the tournament organizers will adjust the specific rules of the policy in each season. For example, the policy implemented in the 2018 season is that the number of U23 players in each Super League team must be linked to the number of foreign players.
In order to prevent frequent chaos, the Chinese Football Association adjusted the U23 policy from the 16th round of the 2019 Chinese Super League to the following: each team must have at least one U23 player on the field in each game.
In the 2022 season, the Chinese Super League and various clubs have encountered unprecedented difficulties. Most clubs have tightened their money and can only reuse local players, especially young players.
For example, the Guangzhou team and the Hebei team both use an all-China lineup, and young players have a lot of opportunities to play.
In most rounds of the league, the teams’ use of U23 players has already changed from passive to active.
Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the U23 policy will be abolished in the new season, and it will become a trend for Chinese league teams at all levels to reuse young players.
(Tiger)