Leonid Slutsky / Photo: © VCG / Contributor / Visual China Group / Gettyimages.ru
Shanghai Shenhua took second place in the 2024 season of the Chinese Football Championship.
In the match of the final 30th round, Leonid Slutsky’s team beat Chengdu with a score of 2:1. Wu Xi (45th minute) and Yu Hanchao (81st minute) scored goals for the winners.
Shanghai Shenhua scored 77 points, but could not get past the leading Shanghai Port (78), which defeated Tianjin (5:0) in the last round and retained first place.
Shanghai Port won the national championship for the third time in their history (and the second time in a row).
Slutsky is 53 years old, the Russian has been heading Shanghai Shenhua since this season. In 2024, the team won the Chinese Super Cup.
