😱 Championship kicks off with nine of 16 clubs on negative points 🇨🇳 | OneFootball

It will be hard to top the 2026 Chinese Super League as the CRAZIEST championship in recent football history.

Of the 16 clubs competing in the league, NINE (that is, more than half) started with a NEGATIVE points tally.

This bizarre situation is the result of a punishment imposed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

In total, 13 clubs were penalized after the revelation of a match-fixing and corruption scheme in the country.

Of the 13 penalized clubs, two were relegated in 2025. And two others were already in lower divisions.

Shanghai Shenhua, for example, won their opening match 5-3 and reached -7 points (that's right, minus seven).

Dalian Zhixing, who lost that 5-3 match, ended up in fifth place, with a total of ZERO points.

The most desperate situation is that of Tianjin Jinmen, who debuted with a draw and reached -9 points.

Featured photo: Shanghai Port/Instagram

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