Changchun Xidu, China League Two, stated: There is a phenomenon of wage arrears and there are difficulties in team operation

August 26th News Today, Changchun Xidu Club of the China League Two released a situation statement, revealing that the club's operations are now unsustainable.

The official situation of Changchun Xidu is as follows:

Recently, on the online platform, our club players have reported that the club has a problem of wage arrears. With a realistic attitude and restored facts, the club made the following positive response. First of all, I would like to thank the fans for their encouragement, the attention of all sectors of society, and the concern of the elders in the industry. At this stage, the club has indeed encountered the dilemma of operational difficulties. As of August 24, 2025, a total of two months of salary and 5 game bonuses were owed, but before the deadline, the club had repaid one month's salary and part of the bonuses, and the remaining salary and bonuses are being worked hard to solve. The reasons are as follows:

1. The club is young and motivated, players need to be encouraged, and the budget is limited.

Club competed in the China League Two for the first time, and its operational experience is still insufficient; the reserve funds are insufficient, and the goal is to relegate at the beginning of the season, and no bonuses and winning prizes are set. Due to the years of motivation for the Chinese championship, coupled with the continuous away match at the beginning of the season, the players saw hope and dared to try. The club's points once occupied the top spot in the North District. Based on this, the club leaders decided to open a certain bonus as the motivation for the players to continue moving forward, and strive to make the club to a higher level and bring higher glory to the city of Changchun.

2. Geographic factors, taking into account the fluctuations in the entire schedule, resulting in operating expenses exceeding the budget.

Changchun Xidu is located in Changchun City, the capital of Jilin Province. It is the only team in the China League Two in the Northeast. Therefore, the away game is far away and mostly air travel. The initial budget is more than 150,000 yuan for a single away game, and the single travel cost in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen is more than 200,000 yuan. In addition, in order to take into account the full schedule, in the first phase, the club experienced consecutive away games, traveling back and forth between Northwest and East China, and the average away game cost seriously exceeds the budget, and our club lost the holiday market; resulting in the initial budget being seriously exceeded, and the capital arrangements were disrupted, and the balance in the plan was not reached.

3. The achievements are gratifying, but they can’t support them alone; the support they receive is a drop in the bucket. Since its establishment in 2022, the club has been competing in the China Champions League in 2022 and upgrading to the China League Two in 2025. The club has always supported the club's operations with the local group companies behind it. Over the years, the cumulative investment in various football fields has exceeded hundreds of millions of yuan. The club's funding budget set at the beginning of the season is to achieve the relegation goal, but various changes in the operation process have made actual expenditures gradually deviate from the budget. As of now, the club's available budget has been stretched.

Faced with the above many difficulties, the group company and the club will not give up easily, and will actively solve the difficulties currently facing the club, concentrate on preparing for the battle, play every next game, and continue to fight for Changchun.

At the same time, I hope that more fans and friends will come to the scene to cheer for Changchun Xidu; I hope that knowledgeable people from all walks of life will support the club, and I believe that the integration of football and various industries will definitely bring classic interactive cases; and I also ask the elders in the industry to provide more sincere assistance to the club. Let the club continue to make great progress and take it to a higher level.