On the afternoon of June 6, Beijing time, the Chinese men's national team announced a new round of national football training list. From the list itself, not much has changed, still consisting of 24 players. However, it is worth mentioning that the national football team leader has changed from Shao Jiayi in the previous edition to Cui Enlei. This is the fourth leader of the national team since 2022. As a Chinese assistant coach, Shao Jia assists Yankovic in his work and is no longer the national football team leader. This increases Yankovic's team of Chinese assistant coaches to three in addition to Shao Jiayi, along with Zheng Zhi and Chen Tao.
During Li Tie's tenure as head coach of the national team in 2021, the leader had been Zhang He, the vice minister of national management, and Li Xiaopeng took over the team after Li Tie's dismissal at the end of 2021.In January 2022, the national team was re-centralized, and the leader was changed from Zhang He to Qi Jun. Qi Jun has been the leader of the national team for the last four Top 12 group matches, with full responsibility.
In March 2023, the national football team was re-centralized and the head coach changed from Li Xiaopeng to Jankovic.The team traveled to Haikou for training from March 1-27, flew to New Zealand, and played two matches against the New Zealand national team. The leader once again became easy and became Shao Jiayi. However, at the time, Shao was also the leader of the U20 national team, following the U20 national team to the Asian Youth Championships in Uzbekistan. As a result, Shao Jiayi's name has a (part) behind it in the national soccer team training list published by the CFA. As the U20 national team was able to break through the group, Shao was not able to finish the tournament with the national team until around March 10th.
Surprisingly, the leader of the new national soccer roster, which was announced on June 6, has changed positions again. From Shao Jiayi to Cui Enlei. Cui Enlei is also a veteran of the CFA. He has been working in the FA for many years. Duy and Furado used to be in charge of the management of the national soccer team. He had been dedicated and worked hard. Later, due to his work, he was transferred to the national management. In the last few seasons, Traynoré has been working in the referee department.
Notably, Shao has also accompanied Yankovic to a number of fixtures in recent rounds of the Chinese Super League, helping them scout together for players to select.
