After weeks of speculation, Shanghai Shenhua finally confirmed this morning that head coach Jean Tigana was indeed dimissed from the team. more ›

The Shanghai Shenhua coaching drama took another turn yesterday, as former(?) head coach Jean Tigana denied media reports that he had resigned from the organization over the weekend. more ›

In yet another setback for Shanghai Shenhua, the team lost to Tianjin Teda 0-1 Friday night. Following the loss Jean Tigana formally resigned as the team's head coach Sunday night, putting the organization in a coaching meltdown. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua announced today that Nicolas Anelka will help coach the team in addition to playing. Anelka's new role as player-coach will certainly be needed as the team just fired three assistant coaches this morning. But management denied reports that it had also fired French head coach Jean Tigana. more ›

With the China Super League season in full bloom and Olympic trials on the horizon, here are some of the most interesting sports stories coming out of China this weekend. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua drew 1-1 with Jiangsu Sainty in their first game of the season on Saturday, thanks to a goal from Aussie forward Joel Griffiths in the match's second half. With approximately 30,000 tickets sold, fans were disappointed to see injured star signing Nicolas Anelka watching the entire game from the stands. more ›

ooooOOOoooh. Shanghai Shenhua is reportedly keeping the No.11 jersey warm for Didier Drogba, with no player on the Shenhua team having been assigned the number in its newly released roster for the new season. more ›

In Shanghai Shenhua's 'friendly' match against new crosstown rivals Shanghai Shenxin last weekend, a brawl broke out involving a number of players and backroom staff from each of the teams. more ›

At around 11.30pm, Wu Zhaoming, nicknamed Xiao Ji, was crossing Dalian West Road near Dongtiyuhui Road in Hongkou District, not far from Shenhua’s home stadium, when he was hit by a vehicle which did not stop afterwards. A passer-by called for an ambulance, and he was taken to hospital, where he now lies in a coma with serious head injuries. more ›

Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings' 3-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua on Tuesday was at best a tepid affair, and at worst an achingly sad defeat for the several thousand Shenhua faithful in attendance at Hongkou Stadium. more ›

Cammy from Wild East Football wanted to warn all footie fans: "Shanghai Shenhua will play their next home game against Shenzhen at Shanghai Stadium on Friday night, instead of their home field, Hongkou Football Stadium. The club made the announcement yesterday on its official website, but as usual, a clear explanation for the unusual choice of venue was lacking. However it should be pointed out that neither the date nor venue of the fixture had been set at all until yesterday, again for reasons unknown." You can reach Shanghai Stadium using Metro Line 1 or 4 line. More info here. more ›

How much of this quote would you agree with?: "The quality of Shanghai's high-profile architecture is now world class," says Dodington. "While early versions of the city's skyscrapers were mostly boxes covered in glass, today each structure needs to embody China's ascendancy. Subtle, avant garde exteriors fuse Western and oriental aesthetics, while massive dimensions embody the city's economic might." From Asia Times. more ›

The chairman of China League side Shanghai East Asia FC has raised eyebrows by saying he hopes his club can merge with city rivals Shanghai Shenhua. more ›

Longtime Shanghaiist contributor Cammy Wilson caught an interview with Shanghai Shenhua coach Miroslav Blažević, in which he lambasted critics for complaining about the team's recently mediocre record. Uploaded onto Shenhua's website and official news channel, the video sees Blažević defending Shenhua's performance while raging against detractors. more ›

China's biggest grudge match is even spicier than usual today. For the first time ever, Beijing Guoan come to Shanghai as defending CSL champions in the most eagerly-awaited fixture on the Chinese football calendar - the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战) more ›

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A 2-1 victory for Shenhua was the outcome of Saturday's challenge match against its sister club Sydney FC at Hongkou football stadium. A healthy 10,000 crowd turned up to pay their respects to club legend and Chinese sports personality Xie Hui, for which the match doubled as a testimonial of sorts. more ›

From Jake Newby:

Following Shanghai Shenhua's 1-1 draw with Beijing Guo'an, fans take to the streets and burn a Guo'an mascot, sending plumes of toxic smoke into the air.

In previous years it was the most eagerly awaited fixture on the Chinese football calendar. Dalian and Shanghai Shenhua, the two pre-eminent footballing powers in the country, have 10 championship titles and seven runners-up honours between them in the 14-year history of the Chinese professional league. The fact that all the runners up spots, and only two of the ten titles belong to Shenhua, made it all the more poingant in their crushing 3-1 victory over Dalian at Hongkou Stadium on Saturday night. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua won their fourth home game on the trot at Hongkou stadium last night, comfortably sweeping aside Henan Jianye 2-0. (video highlights here) more ›

An absolute peach of a goal from young midfielder Shen Longyuan was the highlight of yet another entertaining win for Shanghai Shenhua at Hongkou Stadium last night. more ›

After referring to out-of-date information on the club website, Shanghaiist thought Shanghai Shenhua's next home match was next Wednesday. It is fact tonight, against Changsha Ginde at Hongkou Stadium. more ›

Last year's Shenhua v Tianjin fixture was one of the best games of football Shanghaiist had seen for years (youtube highlights) and once again the teams did not dissapoint when they met again last night. more ›

Following their solid opening-day win over Shenzhen last week, (video highlights here) Shanghai Shenhua welcome Tianjin to Hongkou Football Stadium tonight for their second fixture of the 2008 CSL season. more ›

Fluent passing, solid defending and a winning performance were the unexpected hallmarks of Shanghai Shenhua's 2-0 victory over Shenzhen in their first CSL fixture of the season at Hong Kou stadium last night. more ›

After a forgettable 2007 exiled in Pudong, Shanghai Shenhua return to their beloved Hongkou Football Stadium to kick off their 2008 Chinese Super League season against Shenzhen Shangqingyin tomorrow. more ›