Since 1994 (the first year of China's soccer professionalization reform), Hubei Wuhan soccer has been a participant and witness of China's professional soccer. From Wuhan Iron and Steel to Wuhan Yaqi, from Wuhan Walnut K, Wuhan East Lake Hi-Tech to Wuhan Optics Valley, Wuhan is full of greenery, no matter peaks and valleys, no matter happiness and sadness, the flag of "Han Army" is always fluttering over Wuhan's Jiangcheng.
At the end of November, a company called Wuhan Hengdare surfaced and said it would take over Hubei Zhongbo. on December 1, Hubei FAAC, Hubei Zhongbo, and Wuhan Hengdare signed a tripartite contract. on December 7, representatives of Hengdare held a press conference at Wuhan Optics Valley Training Base to face all the Hubei Wuhan media and talk about the concept of the new season. However, only 5 days later, that is, on December 12, Hendari last contacted the media, said that they and Hubei Zhongbo, Hubei Football Management Center, December 1 signed the agreement there are a lot of errors and omissions, and ultimately all the shareholders unanimously approved the cancellation of the contract. At this time, less than 20 days from January 1, 2012 player transfer window open, then the "Han Army" is about to usher in an empty situation, Wuhan, Hubei soccer into the darkest moment.
However, just two days after Hendricks made it clear that it would not accept the Hubei Zhongbo team, Yan Zhi, chairman of Zall Holdings, announced on microblogging: Zall Development (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Wuhan Zhongbo Real Estate Co., Ltd, and Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau Soccer Management Center formally signed a transfer agreement at 12:30 p.m. on December 14, 2011, and Zall signed the contract to pay the transfer fee immediately after signing the contract. Zall Holdings took over the Hubei Wuhan Football Team and changed its name to "Wuhan Zall Professional Football Club Co.
Fate is sometimes so magical! According to the reporter later learned that the afternoon of December 12, Yan Zhi and Wuhan Sports Bureau of the relevant leaders of the first official meeting. In just two hours of the meeting, Yan Zhi in the takeover of Wuhan, Hubei soccer without "entanglement", but frankly speaking, Zall Group is willing to contribute to the local soccer cause, that's all.
On the 13th, the parties carried out a day of consultation on the details of the transfer agreement of the club. 14th at noon, Yan Zhi on behalf of the Zall Development (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. and Hubei Zhongbo chairman Wang Xiannan, Hubei Provincial Football Management Center Director Song Lijun formally signed the transfer agreement.
With the passage of time, today's soccer in Wuhan, Hubei province has reached its most glorious moment. With Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team and Wuhan Sanzhen Men's Football Team winning the Women's Super League and the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season, Wuhan has become the first city to win both the men's and women's top soccer leagues in the same season after the reform of professionalization of soccer in China, realizing the unprecedented "two champions in one city".
Every grateful Jingchu fans will not forget that at the end of 2011, Wuhan, Hubei Province is less than 20 days away from losing its only "child soldier". It can be said that if there was no Wuhan Zall war, Hubei Wuhan soccer do not know how long to wander in the dark?
11 seasons of honor and disgrace
They are the longest running Wuhan club
"Hubei soccer from today began to turn over a new chapter," "Thank you Zall, Hubei soccer back from the dead!" After hearing that Wuhan Zall has completely taken over the "Han Army", fans were very happy on the internet. Fans said, "The richest man in Hubei can take over Hubei soccer, and I believe it will bring a different situation.
Chu Feng, president of the Orange Storm Fan Association, said, "I must thank Zhuoer for helping Hubei soccer at such a difficult time. I hope Hubei Wuhan soccer can really usher in a new spring and develop steadily." Zhang Zhi, president of E-Devil Fans Association, said, "After more than three years of turmoil, we were even fooled. We sincerely hope that Zhuoer can do professional things and invite professionals to do a good job in Hubei soccer as they said!
It should be said that Wuhan Zall didn't let the fans wait too long. 2012 season, they completed the great cause of "beyond" in the first year of the professional league.
On October 6, 2012, in the 27th round of the game, Chongqing Lifan lost 2-3 away to Yanbian Changbaihu, Wuhan Zall with 9 points advantage in advance of the three rounds of the "beyond". At that moment, countless Hubei Wuhan fans were in tears. 4 years and 4 days, from Wuhan Guanggu's "exit" on October 2, 2008 to Wuhan Zhuoer's overtaking on October 6, 2012, the "Han Army" finally returned to the realm of China's top professional soccer league! The "Han Army" has finally returned to the top tier of Chinese professional soccer.
Although Wuhan Zall returned to the Central League in the 2013 season due to lack of experience, he did not give up his commitment to soccer. Since the 2014 season, Wuhan Zall began to adhere to and accumulate in the trough.2014 season third in the Central League, 2015 season tenth in the Central League, 2016 season sixth in the Central League, 2017 season fifth in the Central League ...... Finally, on October 6, 2018, Wuhan Zall home 2:2 draw Meizhou Tiehan ecological, again Three rounds ahead of schedule "beyond" success. After nearly 2,000 days and nights of 147 league games, Wuhan Zhuoer Club integrity and perseverance, Wuhan Zhuoer soldiers blood bath, finally won the "Han army return" again.
In Yan Zhi's view, soccer has never been a business, but a social responsibility. In fact, Zhuoer Group from 2012 can not support the hands of Hubei Zhongbo took over the "Han Army" flag from the moment, Wuhan Zhuoer's main goal is to keep the "child soldiers" in Wuhan, so that the Jingchu fans at home to see exciting games, feel the soccer! The main goal of Wuhan Zall is to keep the "child soldiers" in Wuhan, so that the fans in Jingchu can see exciting games at home and feel the happiness of soccer. Since 2012, Wuhan Zall has been the owner of the "Han Army", he has never blindly followed the wave of gold, and never rely on big-name players to play in the world. 2019 season, in the German transfer market, Wuhan Zall team value is only 14.08 million euros, ranked 11th in the Chinese Super League.
In the past 11 years, although Zall Group has invested more than 3 billion yuan in soccer, the cost is not "simple and crude" piling up on the club's first team. But the cost is not "simply and roughly" piled up on the club's first team.In 2013, Zall, together with the provincial education department, provincial and municipal sports authorities, promoted the development of regional youth and grassroots soccer, and launched the "442 Hubei Football Innovation and Development Plan".In June 2019, Wuhan Zall Professional Football Club held the opening ceremony of its training base, which was the first time for a professional football club in Hubei. ".In June 2019, Wuhan Zall Professional Football Club held a training base opening ceremony, which was the first time a professional soccer club in Wuhan, Hubei had its own training base. The new base is divided into three parts: soccer school, soccer base and soccer park, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan. The base is fully equipped with 8 standard natural grass training fields. The indoor training ground includes a 7-a-side indoor soccer field, a 500-square-meter swimming pool, a nearly 900-square-meter gymnasium, a hot and cold therapy room, a wet and dry steam room, a sauna room and other related facilities.
However, due to the outbreak of the new Champions League at the beginning of 2020, Wuhan Zall suffered an "existential crisis" like most domestic private companies, and investment in soccer became increasingly difficult. However, in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the music department worked hand in hand with the team and the fans, but also firmly adhered to the field of the Chinese Super League, and also realized the glory of Wuhan's "one city, three super" in the 2022 season.
In the 2022 season, Wuhan fans in Hubei Province felt the pride of the "Chinese Super League Derby" for the first time, and the renamed Wuhan Changjiang really spared no effort to fight in the Chinese Super League. In the league, Wuhan Changjiang was at the top of the Chinese Super League table (after the third round). They played 34 matches. They achieved 5 wins and 1 draw in 6 "life and death" matches against their main rivals for relegation, Guangzhou City, Guangzhou and Hebei ...... However, due to well-known reasons, Wuhan Changjiang was deducted 9 points and eventually had to regret their relegation.
