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......

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) The home side were looking to get back on track after two dissapointing recent results on the road - a 0-0 draw against Qingdao and a last-gasp 2-1 defeat to newly-promoted Chengdu last weekend. However Shenhua were in full control throughout the match and got back into their stride when midfielder......

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. The Chinese Olympic squad member picked up a loose clearance right at the corner of the penalty box and lashed the ball into the opposite top hand corner of the net to put his side 2-0 up after 47 minutes and send the home fans wild. Earlier, Hamilton......

After referring to out-of-date information on the club website, Shanghaiist thought Shanghai Shenhua's next home match was next Wednesday.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. This makes it three home games within the space of 11 days for Shenhua, who will be hoping to add to their two fine victories against Shenzhen and Tianjin, respectively. The match kicks off at 7.45pm, check the public calendar entry on upcoming for all the......

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. All manner of entertainment was on offer during Shenhua's 2-1 victory, not least of which an amusing incident in which a fan invaded the pitch, seemingly to lecture Hamilton Ricard on his finishing. Confusion reigned as the middle-aged looking man......

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. The start of the football season in China has seen the usual very modest flurry of stories across the English-language media, Goal.com has an interview with Shenhua coach Wu Jinggui by John Duerden, who also wrote a similar piece for The Guardian after attending last......

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. Shenhua normally make somewhat sluggish starts to their championship campaigns but if last night's showing was anything to go by, 2008 might just be their year. Most impressive of all were the performances of new foreign signings Erick Scott and Emil Martinez.......

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. The two-time domestic champions of China spent an unhappy year at the unatmospheric athletics sports facility on the other side of town whilst their home was refurbished, somewhat needlessly for the women's world cup. A corresponding fall in attendances, a troublesome merger, a first-ever defeat at......