July 23, after Liaoning Ironman Club, Yunnan Yukun Club issued an official statement in response to the official account of Heilongjiang Bingcheng Club's reply to a private letter insulting the behavior of Yunnan Yukun fans.
solemn declaration
On July 20, 2024, my club's first team drew 0-0 on the road against Heilongjiang Bingcheng in the 18th round of the 2024 season of the Chinese Football Association First Division League. After the match, my club received a large amount of reported materials from fans, showing that the official account of Heilongjiang Bingcheng Football Club's Jitterbug, when replying to private messages in the background, used very vulgar language to insult my club's fans and made extremely irresponsible and unwarranted defamation of my club. In this regard, my club expresses strong indignation and condemnation of such remarks and behavior!
This year, the State General Administration of Sports and the CFA have attached great importance to the work of match style and discipline in the Chinese professional soccer league, and how to positively guide the attitude of the fans and the media has become the focus of this work. In a certain round of matches in this season's Central League, my club took the initiative to contact and organize the club's fans' association to hang banners welcoming Heilongjiang Bingcheng in the stadium and warmly welcome the fans of Heilongjiang Bingcheng who came to support the match with slogans before the home match with Heilongjiang Bingcheng. However, our club's move to treat the visiting fans in a friendly manner was met with inappropriate comments and behavior from the Heilongjiang Bingcheng Football Club.
In sports, clubs are rivals with each other on the field, and fans are often at odds with each other. But instead of trying to mediate and channel positive energy, the club's official social media account actively participates in inflaming the conflict by insulting the opposing fans and smearing the opposing club. This kind of behavior is unheard of in both domestic and international soccer circles, and is difficult to understand and even more difficult to accept.
As we all know, Chinese soccer has been in the doldrums in recent years, and the rebuilding of the overall image requires the joint efforts of all parties. As an important part, each club shoulders an important responsibility. Since the establishment of our club, we have been committed to maintaining a positive image of ourselves, the league and Chinese soccer while pursuing competitive results. Therefore, we are very saddened and regretful that such a situation has arisen. Not only does it cause great emotional harm to Yunnan fans, it also has a negative impact on our club and its investors, and is an insult to all those who care about and support the development of Chinese soccer and work hard for it.
We strongly demand Heilongjiang Bingcheng Football Club and the relevant responsible persons to apologize to our club and Yunnan fans for such irresponsible remarks and behavior, and to seriously deal with the relevant responsible persons. Our club reserves the right to pursue responsibility through other means.
Finally, my club would like to call on every practitioner of Chinese soccer to respect their opponents and fans, and to have respect for the professional soccer industry, and to work together to create and maintain a healthy and positive environment for Chinese soccer.
