After Meizhou Hakka win promotion to CSL, there could be 4 CSL teams from Guangdong Province in all 16 teams next season. Back in 1996, 4 of the 12 teams in Jia-A (the predecessor of CSL) are from Guangdong Province: Guangzhou Apollo(Guangzhou FC today), Guangzhou Matsubishi, Shenzhen Feiyada (Shenzhen FC today), Guangdong Hongyuan.