November 29 - Qingdao Hainiu beat Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard 7-1 in the 32nd round of the China First Division League, returning to the stage of the top domestic professional league after 9 years and 3312 days. In an interview with Qingdao Morning Post, Zhang Dong, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Qingdao Hainiu Club, talked about the plans for the Chinese Super League.
Zhang Dong said, "In my opinion, returning to the Chinese Super League is only the first step, and Hainiu has to move forward towards the goal of building a century-old club, which is the focus of our future work. Through humanistic feelings and hometown sentiment, using soccer to show the spirit of Qingdao people's struggle and bring vitality to Qingdao's development is the next focus of the club's work."
"As for the restructuring of the team's personnel after its return to the CSL, the club will focus on attracting high-level Qingdao players from Manatee, hoping that they will fight for Qingdao and their hometown with Manatee." Zhang Dong is also looking forward to building the "Devil's Home Stadium" for the CSL next year, "In the past nine years, fans and friends have been accompanying the team as supporters of Manatee. Next year in the Super League, I hope the fans can cheer for their hometown team, and the team side by side."
