Former champions Dalian Shide in acquisition turmoil

 　　YONGCHUAN, Chongqing, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Eight-time champions Dalian Shide club have to register for next season in order to keep their name in Chinese Super League despite financial problems following a failed acquisition.

　　Shide, once the most accomplished¹ club in China's top soccer league, had not been able to find enough financial support and asked for an acquisition by city rivals Aerbin late last year.

　　But the acquisition application was negated² by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) for breaching³ relative regulations which state that a Chinese Super League club (CSL) is not allowed to hold another team in the same league.

　　Although Shide already prepared to give up their qualification in next season's CSL, the club would not be written off, losing their name that was once the pride of the city.

　　Following the failed acquisition, Shide Tuesday were forced to apply for registration⁴ for next season which they may not be able to finish due to lack of fund if their application could be approved by the CFA at all.

　　CFA authorities told Xinhua that Shide's decision should be respected but whether they can compete in the CSL depends on if Shide can meet the requirements of CSL.

　　Sources, who declined to be named, told Xinhua that Shide may meet the requirements but it's most likely that the club can not hold it to the end of next season due to insufficient⁵ money.

　　Shide's swaying attitude also caused some trouble to clubs from lower leagues, such as Shanghai Shenxin and Beijing Baxy. If Shide quit the 2013 season as they had planned, Shenxin and Baxy may keep their positions in CSL and China's League (second tier of China's men's soccer leagues) respectively. If Shide stays, Shenxin and Baxy will be relegated⁶ to second and third-tier leagues respectively.

　　Dalian Shide were founded in 1982 as Dalian Football Club. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a professional club and went on to win the first fully⁷ professionalized Chinese Jia-A League in 1994.

　　Achieving a total of eight league titles from both the Jia A and the rebranded CSL, Dalian have become to date the most successful club in Chinese football, while in the tournaments organized by Asian Football Confederation, the club reached the 1997-98 Asian Club Championship and 2000-01 Asian Cup Winners'Cup finals.

　　The club were also famous for its withdrawal⁸ from football. In 2000 at the height of their success, then boss of the club Wang Jianlin decided⁹ to pull out from football after publically criticizing Chinese referees¹⁰ for match fixing.

　　On January 9, 2000, Wang Jianlin sold the club to Shide Group and the club's name was changed to Dalian Shide.

1 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

2 negated   

v.取消( negate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；否定；否认

参考例句：

• Our historical right to rule ourselves as a people had been negated. 我们被剥夺了作为一个民族治理自己国家的历史权利。 来自辞典例句
• Thus far we have negated frictional effects in the harmonic oscillator. 到现在为止，我们一直没有考虑谐和振荡器中的摩擦效应。 来自辞典例句

3 breaching   

攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
• Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。

4 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

5 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

6 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句