The 2016 CFA Super cup will be held on February 27, Jiangsu Suning VS Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, Two of the most valuable club in Asia,opens the New season of China Professional football.

the CSL season starts from March 4, the schedule for the first round:

March 4
Guangzhou R&F VS Hebei China Fortune
March 5
Hangzhou Greentwon VS Changchun Yatai
Henan Jianye VS Shanghai SIPG
Jiangsu Suning VS Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua VS Yanbian Fude
March 6
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright VS Liaoning Whowin
Chongqing Lifan VS Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
March 16
Tianjin Teda VS Beijing Guo'an, the match is postponded to march 16 as home stadium of Tianjin is still under maintanance

the 2015 season scores a lot of new record in CSL history, the League had sign a record high broadcast deal, the total attendance reaches 5,326,304, the highest in the Leagues history, the CSL 2015 average attendance reach 22,193, the avg number for china league 1 is 9,007, and 2,577 for China League 2.

CSL average attendance changes:



this year, the League will starts expansion, the CL2 will be expand to 20 clubs in 2016, and the expansion plan is like this:

CSL: 17 clubs in 2021, 18 clubs in 2022
CL1: 17 clubs in 2017, and in the following 4 years there will be 1 more club added to the League every year, CL1 will have 20 clubs in 2020
CL2: expand starts from 2016, 2016 CL2 will have 20 clubs, until 2027, the CL2 will keep a scale of 48 clubs!
4th Level will be added and there will be promotion/relegation between 4th level and CL2.

Independent research institute Weining Sports had published financial report for CSL 2015, and in 2015 season, the League as a whole has a total income of 3.2 billion RMB (440.64 million EUR),

The League's management company, The CSL Company has a total income of 96.39 million EUR, 20.66 million EUR from title sponsor,73.81 million EUR from other sponsorship and adervitising, includes 10.1981 million EUR from broadcasting rights.the CSL company has a revenue of 53.75 million EUR

Main Income of the CSL company in 2015

Official Title sponsor :
Ping An insurance 20.925 million EUR
Official partener
Nike:15.345 million EUR
Ledman Optoelectronic: 6.2775 m EUR
Ford:5.301 m EUR
JD.COM: 4.185 m EUR
DHL: 4.185m EUR
Carlsberg: 2.79m EUR
Blueflame Media: 2.79m EUR
Official supplier:
Shell:2.79m EUR
Braodcasting Rights: 10.1981 m EUR

the 16 CSL clubs has a total income of 2.5 billion RMB (344.25 million EUR), includes the share bonus from CSL company, each club gots 2.15 million EUR.

the League (CSL Company + 16 clubs) has a total expenditure of 4 billion RMB (570.86 million EUR), CSL Loses 130.22 million EUR last season, the highest losses in CSL history.

Expendture of CSL clubs in genaral


Under the new broadcast deal (1.1 billion EUR for five years and 137.7 million for next season), the CSL officers estimated the total incomes of CSL 2016 will exceed 4 billion RMB (570.86 million EUR), ant least 6 clubs will reach profitablity.the CSL company is expecting to have total income of 192.9 million EUR in 2016 season, and a revenue of 165.4 million EUR, each club is expecting to recoeve a share bonus of at least 9.26 million EUR.

Guangzhou is still the best, Is not because they have better attacking line but they have the best defensive collection in CSL.

CSL is not like a walk in the garden to Guangzhou Evergrande in recent seasons, the top 2 or 3 clubs all have European class forwards so some times the results is decided by who lost fewer.

But this year Shanghai SIPG has better chances to win the Vulcan Cup (CSL Trophy) than previous season, Shandong and Beijing are also potentiallly contenders, Jiangsu is also hopeful although they ********ed themself off in Vietnam, but I think it is a expectable results as the team actually only played together for 5 or 6 days, Hebei CFFC still need further observision as newly promoted team while Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, they are wankers

the most interesting part is most of these above clubs had annouced or indicated they want to win the ACL in five years or some simmilar plan etc, so it made the CSL looks like a ambitious League to people outside China, I still believe the big spending tendency is bacause these clubs have no chioce but to do so in order to catch up teams like GE or SIPG and to make fans and sponsors happy so that the clubs could keep their face as "powerhouse" etc.

Edited by greenlionii: 27/2/2016 07:10:32 下午

Thanks for the update Greenlionii! That's a lot of awesome info. :)

It's amazing watching the CSL grow the way it is. Quite incredible. Expanding their lower levels will see a lot of professional clubs start to rise. China has the a LOT of cities with millions of people, so it may as well.

Hopefully this will be Guoan's year.

And an Aussie broadcast would be awesome too. Maybe beIN would pick it up eventually...

Thanks mikedude,Forza Guo'an! We are not in the ACL so I believe it is a little advantage for us as GE and SIPG etc has much more busy schedule, and the club actually did well in transfer, really a promising season to me.

LeEco has snapped up the Internet rights for the league in Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Taiwan, India, the United States, Canada and several Southeast Asian countries for the next two seasons. it is the same company that shows A-League,K-League and J-League online in China, so I guess maybe a negotiation of CSL rights in Australia is in progress

Edited by greenlionii: 27/2/2016 09:45:22 下午

Edited by greenlionii: 27/2/2016 09:44:23 下午

IMG scores global rights to Chinese Super League

http://www.sportbusiness.com/sport-news/img-scores-global-rights-chinese-super-league

Can you copy and paste it in here? I can't view the article.

Alright

Guangzhou R&F 1-2 Hebei CFFC 9,889


Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1-1 Yanbian Fude 23,835


Jiangsu Suning 3-0 Shandong Luneng Taishan 48,795


Henan Jianye 1-0 Shanghai SIPG 20,889

Chongqing Lifan 2-1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 48,855
Shijiazhuang Everbright 0-1 Liaoning FC 22,352

Unknown superstar Fernandinho scores 2 to down the might of Evergrande. Jiangsu took only 1 ACL draw to get into full swing this last week with wins over Joenbuk and 3-0 against Shandong today.

Of 16 goals scored in CSL's 1st weekend all scored by foreigners (well 1 by a Taiwanese player) & all 5 red cards went to Chinese players

Goal against Svens Shanghai

http://tv.aftonbladet.se/abtv/articles/112804

Pitch is appalling. Defense even worse.

If we had those sort of names they have, the money they have and the population they have we'd blow the CSL out of the water.

Our crowds, considering all this are quite good.

Chinese players did quite well in Round 2 though

CSL Round 2
Shanghai SIPG 1 : 1 Shanghai Shenhua 46,537
Jiangsu Suning 2 : 1 Yanbian Fude 35,193
Shandong Luneng Taishan 3 : 2 Liaoning Whowin 12,486
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 3-0 Changchun Yatai 45,931
Tianjin Teda 0-1 Guangzou R&F 28,736

China League One Round 1
Dalian Yifang 2-0 Zhejiang Yiteng 15,390
Shenzhen FC 2-1 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 20,801
Qingdao Jonoon 1-0 Neimenggu Zhongyou 4,512
Wuhan Zall 1-1 Beijing BG 8,316

Edited by greenlionii: 13/3/2016 02:51:36 上午

Not CSL but this from Wild East Football.

China League One (2nd tier) teams spent 47 million Euro on players this window - 4th highest of any world league, says Chinese media.
10:01 PM - 10 Mar 2016


Edited by AEK Spartan: 14/3/2016 09:23:06 PM

I've seen a footage from my friend who support Shenhua, that few SIPG fan punched a Shenhua fan after the match...

CSL Round 2

Chongqing Lifan 0-1 Henan Jianye 38,120
Shijiazhuang Everbright 1-0 Hangzhou Greentown 20,489

China League one Round 1
Guizhou Zhicheng 1-1 Meizhou Kejia 30,568
Hunan Xiangtao 0-0 Beijing Renhe 15,650
Qingdao Huanghai 0-3 Tianjin Quanjian 6,581
Shanghai Shenxin 1-3 Dalian Chaoyue 5,070

Please share mon!!!

LOL here we go

http://view.inews.qq.com/a/SPO201603100605330H?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

He he

Looks like he was getting a kicking too. The English disease.

Nedved becomes Chinese Super League ambassador

http://lucenainformacion.com/2016/03/31/nedved-becomes-chinese-super-league-ambassador/

And still no tv deal lolk

CSL 2016 Round 3
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2-0 Guangzhou R&F 46,993
Hangzhou Greentown 2-0 Shandong Luneng Taishan 12,190
Yanbian Fude 1-0 Beijing Guo'an 22,251
Chongqing Lifan 1-1 Shanghai SIPG 44,160
Liaoning Whowin 1-1 Henan Jianye 48,157
Hebei China Fortune 1-1 Jiangsu Suning 24,368

April 3
Changchun Yatai VS Tianjin Teda
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua VS Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Update to April 2
Total attendance 648,626
Average attendance 30,887

http://gbtimes.com/china/french-broadcaster-acquires-chinese-super-league-rights

French broadcaster acquires Chinese Super League rights

Finally.
That's great news.

Ooft. World domination

CSL 2016 Round 6
Hangzhou Greentown 1-1 Chongqing Lifan 7,128
Yanbian Fude 1-2 Henan Jianye 21,150
Guangzhou R&F 1-1 Jiangsu Suning 10,978
Beijing Guoan 0-0 Liaoning Whowin 39,771
Changchun Yatai 1-3 Shanghai SIPG 18,526
Tianjin Teda 0-4 Guangzhou Evergrande 20,860
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2-1 Shandong Luneng 22,048
Shanghai greenland Shenhua 2-0 Hebei China Fortune 23,859

Update to April 25, Total attendance 1,273,411, Average attendance 27,094

TABLE CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE 2016
1    Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao   15pts
2    Jiangsu Suning                   14
3    Shanghai SIPG                   11
4    Henan Jianye                   10
5    Shanghai Greenland Shenhua       9
6    Shijiazhuang Ever Bright         8
7    Hebei China Fortune              8
8    Hangzhou Greentown            7
9    Chongqing Lifan                  7
10    Shandong Luneng Taishan            7
11    Tianjin Teda                    6
12    Liaoning FC                    6
13    Yanbian Funde                    5
14    Guangzhou R&F                    5
15    Beijing Guoan                    5
16    Changchun Yatai                    2

CSL Round 7
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2-1 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 48,396
Chongqing Lifan 1-1 Beijing Guo'an 41,258
Jiangsu Suning 2-0 Changchun Yatai 35,069
Shanghai SIPG 3-0 Yanbian Fude 28,829
Liaoning Whowin 0-2 Hebei China Fortune 21,047
Tianjin Teda 2-0 Shijiazhuang EverBright 20,898
Henan Jianye 1-0 Hangzhou Greentown 19,519
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2-3 Guangzhou R&F 16,327

Round 7 Total attendance 231,343, Average 28,918
Update to May 1, Total attendance 1,504,754 Average 27,359

Currently average attendance by club

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 46964
Beijing Guoan 46426
Jiangsu Suning 41110
Chongqing Lifan 40991
Liaoning Whowin 33110
Shanghai SIPG 30210
Tianjin Teda 24578
Hebei China Fortune 24062
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 23255
Yanbian Fude 21701
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 21320
Henan Jianye 20547
Changchun Yatai 18900
Shandong Luneng Taishan 16523
Guangzhou R&F 10990
Hangzhou Greentown 10222

CSL Round 8

Hebei China Fortune 4-3 Henan jianye 20,211
Liaoning FC 0-0 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 21,307
Guangzhou R&F 2-0 Chongqing Lifan 9,122
Yanbian Fude 2-0 Chanchun Yatai 19,550
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 1-2 Shanghai SIPG 23,207
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2-3 Tianjin Teda 13,288
Hangzhou Greentown 1-2 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 22,739
Beijing Guo'an 1-2 Jiangsu Suning 41,755

Update to May 8, Total attendance 1,675,933 Average attendance 26,602

Table
1    Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao   21
2    Jiangsu Suning         20
3    Shanghai SIPG         17
4    Hebei China Fortune      14
5    Henan Jianye         13
6    Tianjin Teda         12
7    Guangzhou R&F         11
8    Shanghai Greenland Shenhua   10
9    Yanbian Funde         8
10    Chongqing Lifan   CQ Lifan   8
11    Shijiazhuang Ever Bright   8
12    Hangzhou Greentown      7
13    Shandong Luneng Taishan      7
14    Liaoning FC         7
15    Beijing Guoan         6
16    Changchun Yatai         2

That average attendance is pretty damn awesome. This league has exploded out of nowhere.

Alan Carvalho scored 4 goals in 3 CSL matches, playes important role in Guangzhou's current winning streak

Round 6 Tianjin Teda 0-4 Guangzhou Evergrande
http://sports.le.com/video/topic/s/12526_25206793.html
Round 7 Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 Shanghai Greeland Shenhua
http://sports.le.com/video/topic/s/12885_25255949.html
Round 8 Hangzhou Greentown 1-2 Guangzhou Evergrande
http://www.lesports.com/video/topic/s/13327_25315637.html

Edited by greenlionii: 9/5/2016 04:12:07 下午

Singapore to Broadcast CSL

In eraly news published by Le Sports that the CSL broadcast rights had been sold to 51 coutries outside China includs:

Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Syria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Europe: Russia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg

Africa: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia

South America: Brazil

North America: United States, Canada

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=328963



Edited by greenlionii: 9/5/2016 04:38:54 下午

That's great growth, thanks for posting Greenlion. Still can't believe Foxtel haven't gone for the CSL with half our NT there.

Looks like ill unsubscribe to bein and sign up for vpn bein. Ridic.

It's fucking bullshit that CSL isn't shown in Australia yet, I use Bet365 or a chinese vpn on Le Sports/CCTV 5 website.

I can't believe it yet either. Maybe next year will be the year.

Huge Chinese population here in Oz, plus the league is exploding in terms of growth. I'm sure the CSL would be happy to expand the broadcasting to other countries, especially if they want their league to be numero uno in Asia.

Round 9

Henan Jianye 0-0 Tianjin Teda 17,566
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2-0 Hebei China Fortune 48,586
Jiangsu Suning 0-0 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 37,513
Changchun Yatai 0-0 Shandong Luneng Taishan 15,061
Beijing Guo'an 2-1 Shanghai SIPG 38,058
Hangzhou Greentwon 0-0 Liaoning FC 5,376
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 5-1 Guangzhou R&F 19,692
Yanbian Fude 1-1 Chongqing Lifan 10,168

Round 9 Total attendance 192,020 Average 24,003
2016 Season total attendance update to May 15 1,867,953 Average 26,309

Average attendance by club

Club         Average
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao   47289
Beijing Guoan         43166  
Chongqing Lifan         40991
Jiangsu Sainty         40390
Shanghai SIPG         30210 
Liaoning Whowin         30160  
Tianjin Teda         24578 
Hebei China Fortune      22778
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua   22542 
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright   21697
Henan Jianye         19802 
Yanbian Fude         18280 
Changchun Yatai         17941    
Shandong Luneng   Taishan      15714 
Hangzhou Greentown      11501 
Guangzhou R&F         10523 

Table
Guangzhou Evergrande     24
Jiangsu Suning           21
Shanghai SIPG            17
Hebei CFFC               14
Henan Jianye             14
Shanghai Shenhua         13
Tianjin Teda             13
Guangzhou R&F            11
Beijing Guo'an            9
Chongqing Lifan           9
Yanbian Fude              9
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright  9
Hangzhou Greentown        8
Shandong Luneng           8
Liaoning Whowin           8
Changchun Yatai           3

On June 1 2016, the Preparatory committee of the Chinese Professional Football Association established, all of the three professional level leagues of China, the Chinese Super League, China Football League one and China Football League two will break away from the League structure of the CFA, The PFA will be a private company wholly owned by its Member Clubs who make up the League at any one time.(currentlly the CFA holds 36% shares of CSL, 100% Shares of CL1 and CL2), the CFA will nolonger holds any shares of the League, but as national governing body for football in China the CFA is responsible for sanctioning competition Rule Books,and regulating on-field matters. It also organises The CFA Cup competition, in which 52 PFA Member Clubs compete. under specific agreement between CFA and PFA, The CFA will also has the ability to exercise a vote on certain specific issues, but has no role in the day-to-day running of the CSL, CL1 and CL2.

the assignment and duty of the PFA preparatory committee, is to discuss and establish the regulations and the structures of the PFA, holds the elections of the PFA president,all of the above works should be done before Spetember 1st, 2016, and the PFA will be founded within this year.

The Professional Football Association, will be the organising body of the CSL, CL1 and CL2 with responsibility for the competition, its Rule Book and the centralised broadcast and other commercial rights.

10 members of the PFA Preparatory committee

From Chinese Super League: Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, Jiangsu Suning, Shanghai SIPG, Liaoning Whowin, Chongqing Lifan
From Chinese Football League one: Qingdao Jonoon, Dalian Chaoyue, Wuhan Zall.
From Chinese Football League two: Shenyang Chengjian, Nantong Zhiyun.

Edited by greenlionii: 3/6/2016 04:38:03 下午

https://wildeastfootball.net/2016/06/chinese-fa-mulls-rule-change-to-cut-number-of-foreign-players-in-csl/

CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE TABLE
#   Team                      MP   W   D   L   F   A   G   P
1   Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao   14   10   3   1   28   7   +21   33
2   Hebei China Fortune      14   9   3   2   22   14   +8   30
3   Jiangsu Suning         14   8   5   1   20   9   +11   29
4   Shanghai SIPG         14   6   5   3   20   11   +9   23
5   Shanghai Greenland Shenhua   14   5   7   2   23   13   +10   22
6   Henan Jianye         14   6   4   4   13   11   +2   22
7   Tianjin Teda         14   5   5   4   16   18   -2   20
8   Beijing Guoan         13   4   5   4   13   12   +1   17
9   Guangzhou R&F         14   4   4   6   12   17   -5   16
10   Liaoning Whowin         13   3   5   5   12   21   -9   14
11   Shijiazhuang Ever Bright   13   3   5   5   9   13   -4   14
12   Yanbian Funde         14   3   4   7   13   17   -4   13
13   Chongqing Lifan         14   2   6   6   13   19   -6   12
14   Shandong Luneng   Taishan      13   2   4   7   12   20   -8   10
15   Changchun Yatai         14   2   4   8   10   23   -13   10
16   Hangzhou Greentown      14   2   3   9   7   18   -11   9

Update to June 19, Total attendance 2,798,464
Average attendance 25,441

Club   Average
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao   44137
Beijing Guoan         41334
Chongqing Lifan         38025
Jiangsu Suning         37841
Shanghai SIPG         29140
Liaoning Whowin         28289
Tianjin Teda         24333
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua   22480
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright   22356
Hebei China Fortune      19386
Henan Jianye         18844
Yanbian Fude         18474
Shandong Luneng   Taishan      18196
Changchun Yatai         14702
Hangzhou Greentown      10591
Guangzhou R&F         10446

Edited by greenlionii: 21/6/2016 01:03:20 上午

https://twitter.com/CarolineBobo/status/745818849036034049

CSL to be shown to African family through Startimes

Edited by greenlionii: 23/6/2016 11:35:47 下午

interesting
havent been to china for about 3 years , but before that was there regularly for work... I wonder how the sporting landscape has changed there.
Given china might change their foreigner ruling , and other codes making inroads there it has the possibility of making the league weaker

Jackson Martinez wants out already apparently. Saw some rumours on Twitter.

What other codes are making inroads there ? Afl ?

Edited by greenlionii: 10/7/2016 02:17:39 上午

Vidosic scores as Liaoning beat Shijiazhuang 2-1

http://sports.le.com/video/25971440.html

What other codes are making inroads there ? Afl ?[/quote]

Well yes AFL for one... A lot of noise about how Port and AFL have secured TV deals with chinese tv and going by reports ( very anecdotal ) millions of viewers have tuned it..
But also NBA is making inroads to China as well

on a side note. NFL tried expanding in Europe and failed big time... So next market for them would be China

http://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1934960/alisports-and-world-rugby-join-forces-develop-sport-china


http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/04/05/roger-goodell-expansion-global-china-london

Edited by scott21: 11/7/2016 10:20:28 PM

Chinese Super League to be shown on Sky Sports

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10512505/chinese-super-league-to-be-shown-on-sky-sports

Thank allah i can stream on my phone.

Chinese FA Cup semi finals - 1st leg:
Guangzhou Evergrande v Guangzhou R&F
Shanghai Shenhua v Jiangsu Sainty

Chinese FA Cup semi finals - 2nd leg:
Guangzhou R&F v Guangzhou Evergrande
Jiangsu Sainty v Shanghai Shenhua

First Leg: August 16-17
Second Leg: September 20-21

Chinese Super League On TV
Live coverage of the Chinese Super League on TV will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports during the 2016 season.

Subscribe To Sky Sports Now

Saturday 30th July 2016
Shanghai Shenhua v Jiangsu Suning Chinese Super League12:35Sky Sports 3 / Sky Sports 3 HD
Sunday 31st July 2016
Guangzhou R&F v Shanghai SIPG Chinese Super League12:35Sky Sports 3 / Sky Sports 3 HD
Saturday 13th August 2016
Shanghai Shenhua v Guangzhou Evergrande Chinese Super League12:35Sky Sports 3 / Sky Sports 3 HD
Sunday 14th August 2016
Hebei China Fortune v Liaoning Chinese Super League12:35Sky Sports 3 / Sky Sports 3 HD

Beijing up against it at home to Lifan. 2 zip to the away side at the half and the crowd is not happy.

Live on Bet365 get around it.

Ends 1-2 to Lifan. What a final 10 minutes. Goalie pulled off miraculous saves meanwhile Beijing scored a pen. Guoan in #trouble.

Chinese Super League standings round 22:
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 22 15 4 3 42 14 +28 49
2 Jiangsu Sainty 22 12 5 5 37 24 +13 41
3 Shanghai Shenhua 22 10 7 5 36 23 +13 37
4 Shanghai SIPG 22 9 8 5 39 24 +15 35 
5 Hebei CF 22 10 5 7 25 26 −1 35
6 Yanbian Funde 21 8 5 8 29 25 +4 29
7 Guangzhou R&F 22 8 5 9 29 33 −4 29
8 Henan Jianye 22 8 4 10 18 30 −12 28
9 Beijing Guoan 20 7 7 6 18 16 +2 28
10 Chongqing Lifan 22 7 6 9 28 35 −7 27
11 Liaoning Whowin 21 6 8 7 27 33 −6 26
12 Hangzhou Greentown 22 7 4 11 20 26 −6 25
13 Tianjin Teda 21 5 9 7 26 32 −6 24
14 Shandong Luneng Taishan 22 6 5 11 27 31 −4 23
15 Shijiazhuang Everbright 22 4 8 10 18 31 −13 20
16 Changchun Yatai 21 4 4 13 17 33 −16 16

Shanghai SIPG will be managed by Andre Villas-Boas who is replacing Eriksson.