On May 14, the Guangdong Football Training Base held a ceremony for the 2024 Guangdong Minto Football Club Champions League departure on the afternoon of May 13, according to Football Daily. The team, which consists of Guangdong's U17 boys' soccer team, is a new force in Guangdong's soccer. Investors said they hope the team will reach the level of Central B in two to three years.
Guangdong U17 men's soccer team was established at the end of 2022. Players from Meizhou Hakka, R&F Football School, Shenzhen Football Association, Zhanjiang, Guangzhou and other soccer clubs of the echelon, including Wei Xiangxin and other players have been selected for the national junior team. 13 departure ceremony, the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Sports deputy director cadres Lei Inspection Jun, on behalf of the Provincial Bureau of Sports to congratulate the Guangdong Provincial Football Association and the Guangdong Minto Football Club successfully married to the Guangdong Minto Club investor Wang Gang to express my heartfelt thanks. Lei said: "We have Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Meizhou teams, but there is no Guangdong team in the professional team for a long time. We hope Guangdong Minto soccer will be able to in the future."
Talking about this "marriage", Wang Gang, the investor of Guangdong Minto Club, said that it is all about right place, right time and right people. At the same time, he believes that Guangdong soccer should take a long-term view. "The main task of this newly established team is to prepare for next year's National Games. I hope they can keep the style of southern soccer and get more training opportunities before the National Games."
Wang Gang said:Â "The future of the team should be professionalized. First of all, we should start with the Chinese Championship, to the Chinese B Grade, Chinese A Grade and Chinese Super League. We hope to reach the China B level in two to three years. Currently, Minto Soccer Youth Training has been running for five years, maintaining the integrity of the team and establishing a better style. In the past five years, we have spent a lot of time building a technical system. Frankly speaking, there is no shortage of people in Chinese soccer, what is lacking is patience and a scientific system. This is a systematic project. I think if we do it patiently, we can do it well. In two years, we will have more good players."
When it comes to carrying the flag of Guangdong soccer, Wang Gang thinks it is an expectation and a very meaningful thing to do. "Guangdong soccer established an important position in Chinese soccer in the early years and a very good team has emerged in recent years. They have also encountered some difficulties due to various reasons. Soccer itself needs a long-term development process. The club's goal is to reach the top league within ten years. We hope to develop more excellent players in this process and truly inherit the style of southern Guangdong soccer. On this basis, we must move from the Chinese Championship, Chinese B, Chinese A to the Chinese Super League."
It is understood that the 2024 China Champions League regional tournament is divided into 8 regions and 16 groups, with a total of 64 teams participating, and the top two in each region advancing to the finals. Guangdong Minto is in Group F with hosts Qiandongnan Miaoling, Guangxi Busan and Hainan Shuangyu, and belongs to the same Guigang Region as Group G. The tournament will be held on May 17 at the Guigang Sports Center Stadium. The match will be held on May 17 at the Guigang Sports Center Stadium. According to the tournament system, the top two teams in Group F will play two rounds of promotion against the top two teams in Group G on May 24th and May 26th, thus deciding the two teams in Guigang that will advance to the finals of the China Champions League.
