January 12, 2022
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In the second round of the Central League play-offs, Qingdao drew 0-0 with Zhejiang, and was relegated to the Central League with a total score of 0-1 in two rounds, so that in the two years of the campaign
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After that, Qingdao returned to the Central League again, and to the sadness of the staff of Qingdao Football Club, they did not play a single home game in Qingdao in two years.
Everything seemed to be back to square one, but everything was completely different again.
Previously, Qingdao Football Club (then known as Qingdao Yellow Sea) lived a carefree life and was a strong team in the Central League, but for two consecutive years, it has been fighting for the
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After that, Qingdao was burdened with a huge debt: after a 2020 season in which Qingdao performed well with generally fairly strong support, the 2021 season saw its original sponsors break their contracts and Qingdao fall into financial difficulties. Now, Qingdao, who are back in the Central League, are facing unprecedented difficulties.
Recently, Qingdao Football Club moved out of their office in Guoxin Stadium, and the new office is Baisawan Football Base in Chengyang District, Qingdao.
Because of the existence of debt disputes, the practice of Guoxin Stadium is naturally inexcusable, but the predicament of Qingdao Football Club is clearly shown. Of course, the Baisawan soccer base in Chengyang is actually in better condition. It is a key soccer base in Chengyang, with 17 soccer pitches and several high-quality natural turf soccer pitches, as well as good supporting facilities. The only trouble is that the Baisha Bay soccer base is a bit far from the old city center.
In fact, before the relocation of the club's office, Qingdao Football Club's place of registration has been transferred to Baisawan Area, Liuting Street, Chengyang District, Qingdao.
In contrast, some of the Qingdao team's ladder teams that trained at the Tiantai Stadium's outfield, Field 5, were also ordered to leave, leaving the Qingdao Football Club quite helpless. It is reported that this field is also under the management of Guoxin, but Qingdao Football Club has not owed any fees for this field, and has also renovated the stadium in terms of lighting and field.
I'm afraid that the right and wrong of the two things is not clear to outsiders, but through these two things, Qingdao's plight is clearly visible.
Back in early December last year for the 2021 season
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Qingdao had problems before the second phase started, when Qingdao owed wages for about 8 months, for which many players said they would refuse to enter the zone. In the end, Qingdao still entered the zone, but in the 8 matches of the second stage, Qingdao only got 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses, and finally ended up in the second stage with
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The bottom of the table went into the play-offs, where Qingdao were relegated after failing to score a single goal against Zhejiang, the third-ranked team in the Central League.
In the 2021 season, Qingdao moved from
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Round 6.
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In the 16th round, a record 11 consecutive defeats were recorded, in which the morale was predictably low.
It all boils down to the word money, and when it comes to Qingdao's economic woes, perhaps it can only be described in four words: the creation of the people.
Qingdao Football Club investor Qingdao Yellow Sea Pharmaceuticals took ownership in early 2015, and then quickly allowed the team to grow into a Central League powerhouse, finishing in the top four for three consecutive years in the 2016 and 2018 seasons, although Qingdao Yellow Sea Pharmaceuticals does not have the ability to operate a separate
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The strength of the team, so the club has never made up its mind to charge to the Super League.
In the middle of the 2019 season, under the coordination of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the first meeting of Qingdao Football Revitalization Promotion Joint Conference was held, and seven strong sponsors signed with the club, followed by Qingdao's sudden power, and the team made a successful run to the Super League that year.
For the 2020 season, first-time recruit
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The Qingdao Football Club in general is relatively smooth, sponsorship funds in place at a relatively high rate, so much so that at the end of the year Qingdao Football Club people also used to make a joke: "Now a lot of teams owed wages ah, our club so look at it is still the most stable it."
Tragically, for the 2021 season, only one of the seven sponsors, Tsingtao Brewery, performed as planned, while the others either gave only a portion or not a cent. Another frustrating fact is that the
Qingdao Football Club itself has a much longer history of baggage:
Huanghai Pharmaceutical was the owner of the club at the beginning of 2015, but before that the club was burdened with historical debts, after 2018 the debtors began to visit the door to collect debts and resorted to the court, Qingdao Football Club has also become a defaulter, the club's account was blocked, and this predicament has also made Qingdao Football Club very helpless.
Overall, Qingdao Football Club has a heavy historical burden and has encountered major practical difficulties.
In the second half of 2021, Qingdao's sports authorities also tried to realize the diversification of the club's investment main body by means of shareholding reform, thus laying the foundation for Qingdao Football Club's long-term development, but unfortunately, this shareholding reform plan did not receive the full support of Qingdao's relevant parties.
In fact, not only Qingdao, equity reform is almost plagued by the vast majority of domestic soccer clubs, more typical is Hebei, Guangzhou and Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic, some of which introduced the program but can not promote, some of which is to promote the process of encountering heavy obstacles, and some of which is the basic completion of the share reform is still a problem.
With no hope in sight, Qingdao's men played some good matches with professional instincts and affection for their hometown soccer team, but the overall morale was low, and in the end
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Failure.
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After the failure, Qingdao Football Club also lost the basis for the share reform: if in the
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As the only one in Qingdao
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It makes sense for the club to push for a share reform, but after being relegated to the Central League, Qingdao now boasts three Central League teams, in addition to Team Qingdao, Qingdao Hainiu and Qingdao Youth Island, who have just been promoted to the Central League. Against this background, Qingdao is naturally less likely to receive focused support from the city of Qingdao.
The news that the reporter has learned also indicates that Qingdao Football Club has not received any clear support, or a clear statement, even after Qingdao's relegation for nearly two months. In this case, Qingdao Football Club relocation is naturally not an accident.
So where does Qingdao Football Club go from here? Although there are a lot of rumors, but the club official so far there is no definite news. However, based on the current predicament, Qingdao Football Club's future survival and development strategy, I'm afraid it will be adjusted to a greater extent.
Back to the survival and development of Qingdao soccer, we must say that Qingdao city may need to introduce a soccer support package to promote the development of professional soccer in Qingdao.
On January 25, the State General Administration of Sports issued a notice identifying Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian and Qingdao as the first batch of "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
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key cities for global development. As one of the nine all
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Qingdao is one of the key cities in the development of soccer, and the development of soccer in Qingdao is one of the key cities in the development of soccer in China.
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The development of the ball is of great significance.
In fact, not only Qingdao Football Club, Qingdao also has 3 other soccer clubs, Qingdao Hainiu, Qingdao Qingdao Youth Island and Qingdao Red Lion, a total of 4 professional clubs also makes Qingdao the city with the most professional clubs in China, bar none. In addition, Qingdao has countless youth training organizations, including Qingdao Kunpeng and Qingdao Wind Chasing Boys, in addition to the youth training system of professional clubs. School soccer in Qingdao is also very well developed.
In this case, the development of professional clubs is actually even more crucial and important, because numerous soccer youths, in the future, need to have the outlet of professional clubs. In fact, this is no longer just a consideration at the level of professional soccer, but also a demand at the level of employment and the soccer industry. Taking the Qingdao Hainiu Football Club as an example, the club's first team, the U21 team, the club's staff, the coaches and staff of the first team and the echelon team, and the coaches and staff of the campus soccer, the staff who are getting paid by the Qingdao Hainiu Football Club is no less than 150, and this is not counting the young age group This is not counting the young age group players. And with 4 professional clubs, plus more youth training organizations, Qingdao's soccer industry as well as soccer practitioners is a huge number.
As a result, Qingdao City is required to introduce a package of soccer support programs, the program can be clear and concise, for example, the annual support of the B clubs not less than 2 million (just an example, the specific figures can be discussed), the annual support of the A clubs not less than 10 million.
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Clubs are supported with no less than $100 million per year, and other youth training organizations and other relevant support policies are also in place.
With such a clear support program, Qingdao's professional clubs can be targeted, and can act according to the support program, Qingdao soccer can naturally embark on the road of orderly development. It should be noted that some cities with only one professional club can focus on support through equity reform to create a leading club, while cities like Qingdao with a large number of professional soccer clubs and very good development of youth training and school soccer, it may be more reasonable for the government to introduce a fair support program and then supplement it with market adjustment.
