SHANGHAI SIPG V SHANGHAI SHENHUA
ON BOTH SIDES
CLASSIC ENCOUNTERS
2013
Apr 28
The two sides meet in the
Chinese Super League for the first time,
with Shenhua winning 2-1.2015
May 9
SIPG come out on top for
the first time, thrashing Shenhua 5-0.2017
Nov 26
SIPG win 3-2 in the Chinese
FA Cup Final at their Shanghai Stadium but
Shenhua, having won 1-0 in the first leg,
triumph on away goals.2019
Jul 6
It’s a sixth successive victory
for SIPG as they win 3-1.XU GENBAO
O(coach) 1994-96, 2002
O(founder) 2005FAN ZHIYI
O19 9 4 - 9 8
O(coach) 2010CAO YUNDING
O2006-10
O2011-presentBAI JIAJUN
O2007-12
O2012-presentAIDI
O2 010 -11, 2 012
O2018-presentF
or most fans, supporting a team
means sticking by that club
through thick and thin, from
cradle to grave. But in Shanghai
a large number of supporters opted to
desert the more established Shenhua for
up-and-coming SIPG.
Founded in 1952, Shenhua
have been around a lot
longer than SIPG, who
started out in 2005
as Shanghai East Asia.
However, the promotion
and rebranding of the
newcomers, in 2013,
saw their support boosted
by many former fans of
Shenhua. And these days
it is SIPG who have theupper hand on the pitch, winning the
league in 2018 and finishing in the top
three for each of the past five seasons.
Those that stayed loyal to Shenhua
believe that their club is the one true
representative of Shanghai and those
that follow SIPG don't understand the
culture of the city. To prove the point,
Shenhua supporters will often
chant in Shanghainese in
order to further their claim
as being the real local side
in a city of 24million.
Unfortunately an early
season encounter between the
two at the start of this year’s
Chinese Super League had to
be postponed following the
Coronavirus outbreak.RI V^ ALS
Some fans in the Chinese city have had no qualms about swapping their allegiance
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