Chen Xuyuan (; born 1956) is a Chinese politician. He served as the president of
Chinese Football Association
The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...
from August 2019 to October 2023. He was president of Shanghai International Port Group before being elected to serve as CFA president.
Election
He was elected in the Xianghe National Football Training Center,
Hebei
Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
at the 11th membership Congress conference meetings.
SIPG
Shanghai International Port Group
Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) is the exclusive operator of all the public terminals in the Port of Shanghai. It is a component of SSE 180 Index as well as CSI 300 Index and sub-index CSI 100 Index.
Its headquarters a ...
owned the
Shanghai SIPG, a
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...
club.
Chen did not serve in any sports administrative body before becoming the head of CFA.
Downfall
On 14 February 2023, Chen was probed by the
Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog
Commission for Discipline Inspection for "serious disciplinary violation", which typically indicates corruption. On 26 March 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Huangshi City, Hubei Province, sentenced Chen Xuyuan, former president of the Chinese Football Federation, in the first instance for accepting bribes. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, deprived of political rights for life and confiscated all personal property.
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1961 births
Living people
People from Shanghai
Shanghai Maritime University alumni
Chinese football administrators
Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress
Chinese criminals
People expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2023
Chinese politicians convicted of corruption