The 2013 Chinese Super League Winners - Guangzhou Evergrande

Just 2 days ago, Guangzhou Evergrande won the Chinese Super League for the 3rd consecutive year. Evergrande staff just released this image with the quote "be the best forever" but just how long will their dominance last?

However, this doesn't come as much of a surprise seing as they have players such as Dario Conca, Muriqui, Elkeson and Gao Lin. Furthermore, their coach, Marcello Lippi won the 2006 WC with the Italian national team, quite an impressive résumé for the coach of a Chinese league team. His move to china may have been slightly influenced by the two and a half year deal that Lippi currently has with the club, worth around 30 million euros, whereas Conca is earning around 12.5 million euros a year, placing him within the top 20 highest paid footballers of 2012 (above Ribery and Buffon).

Within the Chinese super league, Guangzhou Evergrande make clubs such as Monaco and PSG seem stingy when taking into consideration the amounts invested by surrounding clubs within their league. Not surprising when taking into consideration the fact that Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd., the country's leading property developer, has the been the owner of the club since 2009.

The club has greater ambitions than just their relatively simple dominance on domestic turf. They are currently in the final of the AFC champions league and are due to play the first leg vs FC Seoul on the 26th of October  with the 2nd leg taking place on the 9th of November. Thus, the international stage is their new target, however it may still be a while before they're ready to take on teams such as Real Madrid(click here to see the highlights of the 7 - 1 bloodbath vs RM that took place in 2011).