The Story of Lung Jin Football Team
In 2021, Long Jin soccer team once again embarked on a journey to join the fierce China B League. Facing widespread skepticism at the beginning of the year, Shanxi Longjin, against the backdrop of many teams ebbing and flowing, with tenacity, regrouped under the heavy pressure of the epidemic gloom and shortage of funds, hired a professional coaching team and rose to the challenge. They started an intense training in Yuncheng and moved to Yangqu soccer base, and their strength improved significantly. In the first stage of the league, Longjin achieved a brilliant record of 14 games undefeated, jumped to the top of the table, reshaped the image of Shanxi soccer, so that the three Jin fans are excited. Finally, in the second stage, Long Jin won the sixth place in the CFA 2021 B League with a record of 12 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses. 2020 to 2021, the Provincial Sports Bureau allocated a total of 6 million yuan of working sports support funds to Long Jin Football Club according to the regulations.
On April 2, 2022, the CFA issued a notice on the confirmation of the eligibility of clubs for the 2022 China B League, requiring clubs to remit the participation deposit of 600,000 RMB to the designated account before April 19th. However, by the morning of April 20, CFA staff called Shanxi Football Association and informed Longjin Football Club that it had not yet paid the deposit and hoped that Shanxi Football Association would assist in the coordination. After learning of this situation, the provincial football association immediately contacted Longjin soccer club, but never connected to the phone. Shanxi Football Association anxious, again to the CFA staff to report the situation, requesting assistance to contact Long Jin Football Club call back. Until the afternoon of April 20, Long Jin Football Club only call back, said the team is facing financial difficulties, requesting the Shanxi Football Association to help raise funds and issue a letter of guarantee.
Shanxi Football Association of the situation of urgent consultation, agreed to Long Jin Football Club to collect part of the arrears. The Shanxi Football Association asked the CFA staff for advice on how to issue a letter of guarantee, and the CFA replied that the Shanxi Football Association could assess the team as a whole, and if it thought that the team was able to complete the game normally in terms of training, preparation and financing, it could provide the team with a "letter of guarantee for participation". April 24, Shanxi Football Association in order to ensure that Long Jin Football Club on time to participate in and successfully complete the game, to be issued to the CFA formal "participation guarantee letter". To this end, the leadership of the Shanxi Football Association specifically called the main person in charge of the Longjin Club, hoping to further understand the team's formation, training, financial security and other circumstances. However, Long Jin club has not answered the Shanxi Football Association's phone. Despite sending WeChat, but never got a reply.
On the afternoon of April 25, the Chinese Football Association released the list of participants in the Chinese B League. Long Jin Football Club was not in the list. The leaders of Shanxi Football Association were very anxious and communicated with the leaders in charge of the Provincial Sports Bureau at the first time. The leaders in charge of the Provincial Sports Bureau and the leaders of Shanxi Football Association contacted with the leaders of CFA by phone respectively to try to salvage the situation. However, because the list has been released, can not be changed at will.
Looking back, it seems like yesterday. Shanxi, as an underdeveloped province for soccer, Long Jin Football Club brought short-lived joy to San Jin fans, but withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties, leaving the fans hurting and the Shanxi Football Association deeply saddened. Looking back at the development of professional soccer in Shanxi, from the first year of A A, Bayi soccer team in Taiyuan to establish the home field, to Shanxi Zhonglian, Shanxi Yabao, Shanxi Watson Luhu, Shanxi Zhongyou Jiayi, to Xindu, until today's Shanxi Longjin, has traveled a tortuous road. Now, once again, it is back to the starting point.
In any case, the Shanxi Football Association and Shanxi fans would like to thank Long Jin two years of hard work, thank Long Jin club in the financial difficulties to persist in moving forward, in the three Jin land left Long Jin had made efforts, Shanxi football will leave the memories of Long Jin.
