The 2025 Hunan Super League, or "Xiangchao," will kick off on September 7, with the opening ceremony and the first match to be held at the Changsha Helong Sports Center.

A view of the Changsha Helong Sports Center. (Photo/Chen Fei, Changsha Evening News)

The 2025 Hunan Super League will take place from September to December 2025, spanning 17 weeks. A total of 98 matches will be held at stadiums across 13 cities and one prefecture, with matches scheduled on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The timing of each round's matches will be staggered.

According to competition rules, each city and prefecture will organize a representative team named after their respective city or prefecture, with each region limited to registering one team. The players in every match should include at least three high school students, with no restrictions on the number of college students or members of the public participants. In less than two months since late June, 14 teams comprising a total of 700 participants have been recruited.

On the evening of August 16, the Changsha team of the Hunan Super League held a warm-up match against the Central South University football team on Moon Island, Changsha. (Photo/Zou Lin, Changsha Evening News)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Kuang Zhenzhen

Chinese source: Changsha Evening News