The players of Du's team could not meet his request to score one more goal with only five minutes left so they went creative and tried to get one in their own goal.

Du and captain of his team in the September match have been arrested.

The two other clubs disciplined were the Chinese Super League sides Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Sheffield United, two top football clubs in China. They were both demoted to the second division.

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical was penalized for paying bribes to two other teams in August and September 2006 respectively. Chengdu Sheffield United paid bribes to Hailifeng in September 2007.

The punishments will potentially reduce the Chinese Super League, the country's top football league, to 14 teams.

Ma Yong, an official in charge of football in the Shandong provincial administration of sport, said the problems in China's football industry had not come about over night.

Some industry players have developed close links with each other and used them for personal gain by taking advantage of the industry, Ma said.

Seasoned football journalist Yin Bo believed the key to solving the problems facing China's football industry was to drastically reform the operating mechanism.

Yin suggested that the CFA should just be the supervisor and make the rules rather than be a business player.

"It should also look to improve transparency," he said.

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