On March 18th, a special city derby was held at the Nantong Haimen Sports and Culture Football Stadium in Jiangsu Province, with both sides playing against the Chinese Super League promotion horse Nantong Yun U21 and the Chinese B team Nantong Haimen. After a battle, Nantong Haimen Kotanyi won 2-1 against Nantong Zhiyun U21.
Nantong Zhiyun finished third in the 2022 season of the Central League with 21 wins, 7 draws, 6 losses, 62 goals, 22 goals conceded and 70 points, and managed to overtake. Entering the new season, Nantong Zhiyun started to gather and prepare for the game very early, and introduced 10 powerful internal and external reinforcements one after another, which greatly improved the team's fighting strength. At the same time, their youth army is also growing, ready to deliver fresh blood for the first team.
Nantong Haimen Cosplayers first ranked 3rd in the Yancheng Division with a record of 5 wins, 3 draws, and 2 losses, netting 20 goals and conceding 8, earning them 18 points in the 2022 China B League, but were not in the promotion group. Then, in the relegation match, they scored 8 goals and conceded 4 with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, earning 8 points, and moving into the top 3 of the relegation group while maintaining a successful relegation finish.
Recently, Nantong Zhiyun and Nantong Haimen Kejian Yuan both topped the list of the first batch of clubs to complete debt settlement announced by the CFA. They will work towards new goals in the new season.
