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Traditional giants such as Guangzhou and Harbour, or Guangzhou, Harbour and other emerging Chinese Super League, however, in the shadow of the spotlight, there is a soccer team located on the shores of the Bohai Sea, hibernating for a long time, quietly submitted an application for a name change.
On January 21, 2021, the State Industrial and Commercial System officially announced that Qingdao Zhongneng Football Club changed its name to Qingdao Hainiu Football Club.
Manatee, the starting point of carrying the soccer dreams of countless Qingdao fans, after 20 years of bouncing around, is now once again standing at the starting point of a new journey.
On May 10th, 2021, the 28th Anniversary Celebration of Qingdao Sea Cow Football Club with the themes of "Heritage", "Greetings" and "Wishes" was held, and more than 400 guests gathered together to review the past history and look forward to the future journey. More than 400 guests gathered together to review the past history and look forward to the future journey.
the brightest years of one's life
In 1992, Chinese soccer ushered in a historic turning point - the Hongshankou Conference, where professionalization became the new direction of development for Chinese soccer.
The following year, in the hot land of soccer in Jiaodong Peninsula, Qingdao Sea Cow Soccer Club was born.
In the decade that followed, Qingdao Hainiu was always a force to be reckoned with in Chinese soccer, despite shuttling between League A and League B. The team's success in the past few years has been a result of the fact that it has been a major player in China's soccer industry.
At the end of 2004, Yizhong Tobacco decided to transfer all the shares of its former Qingdao Yizhong Manatee Football Club, and Qingdao, as a "soccer city", was faced with the predicament of having only one Chinese Super League (CSL) team left in the city. Through the coordination of Qingdao Municipal Government and Municipal Sports Bureau, Qingdao Zhongneng Group Co., Ltd. and Yizhong Group signed an agreement, in which Yizhong Group transferred Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu Football Club to Zhongneng Group.
Since then, Qingdao Hainiu has entered the Zhongneng era.
Thanks to soccer, Zhongneng has become a national famous brand from a local private enterprise. At the same time, it has also made great contributions to Qingdao soccer.
Since its establishment in 2004, Zhongneng Group has invested more than 1.3 billion RMB for Qingdao's soccer cause, dedicated nearly 400 high-level matches, represented Qingdao in the Chinese Super League for 9 consecutive years, and established the medium- and long-term development plan of "building a 100-year club and reviving Qingdao's soccer city" and the civilized belief of "fighting for Qingdao". It has established the medium and long-term development plan of "building a century club, reviving the football city of Qingdao" and the civilized faith of "fighting for Qingdao", and it is one of the few working clubs in China that have invested in soccer for the longest time.
In the past ten years, more than ten players have come out from the team of Zhongneng and become international players for their country.
Chasing the wind boy Qu Bo, that is in Argentina on the stage of the World Youth Championship agile figure, face the Pampas Eagle when a dynamic pick shot, let how many Chinese fans see belong to the hope of Chinese soccer. 2002 Japan and South Korea World Cup, there is his young face.
The word "Qu Bo" has an unbreakable link with Qingdao Zhongneng and Qingdao soccer. He is a flag of Qingdao. From the 2000 season to the 2009 season, Qu Bo used the best ten years of his life to write a legend with Qingdao soccer, and also established an inseparable love with this city.
Jiang Ning, the supernova out of Qingdao's soccer scene, became a favorite of the spotlight when he scored a hat-trick in the Chinese Super League at the tender age of 20. As a result of Qingdao's soccer town, Jiang Ning has also been on the stage of the National Youth Football League, the National Olympic Committee, and the Chinese team. 2016 World Qualifier against the Maldives, Gao Hongbo returned to the Chinese team's debut, Jiang Ning stood up to the pressure and once again scored a hat-trick to keep China's hopes of qualifying for the 12-team round of the World Cup. 2020 season, Jiang Ning has chosen to return to Qingdao after many years of wandering around the outside world.
Besides Qu Bo and Jiang Ning, Yao Xia, Lv Gang, Zhou Ting, Mao Jianqing, Zhao Peng and other famous players have left their own pages in Qingdao Zhongneng. At present, nearly one hundred players from Chinese Super League, Chinese League One and Chinese League Two clubs, such as Liu Jian, Zheng Long, Zou Zheng, Liu Zhenli, Wang Ziming, Zhong Yihao, etc., have all come from the youth training of Zhongneng.
Although Zhongneng has been temporarily relegated to China B due to various reasons, the club started early, has a good foundation and sufficient experience, has a long-term development plan, and still maintains a high upward momentum and the expectation of returning to a high-level league.
Keep the faith.
Zhongneng has been able to stick to the soccer scene for decades without the support of President Qiao Weiguang.
As a native of Qingdao, Qiao Weiguang has always had a passion for soccer. 1978, when he was only 8 years old, Qiao Weiguang was selected to attend the Hai Bo He Minor Sports School and became a soccer cadet. At that time, he was crazy about soccer and regarded becoming a soccer star when he grew up as his only goal. However, at the age of 15, due to various reasons, Qiao Weiguang, who had practiced sports for 7 years, had to leave the school. Although he was very upset for a period of time, he soon got rid of it, and put all his energy into his regular studies, and eventually became a leader among his peers on this path.
In 2004, Qingdao soccer came to a point of survival when Yi Zhong Group was ready to quit soccer. Zhongneng Group stepped forward and took over the baton of Qingdao soccer, so that the heavy town of Chinese soccer did not lose the light of the torch.
Over the past ten years, Zhongneng and this team together, during this period there has been the opening seven games undefeated, topped the table of the high light, but also had relegation relegation loss, and even had the idea of quitting. But Qiao Weiguang still carried the pressure, with this team through the vicissitudes of life continue to move forward.
Qiao Weiguang said, "Joining hands with Qingdao soccer makes the growth of Zhongneng Group seem more meaningful and makes him personally feel spiritually rich. Through the 'marriage' with soccer, the popularity and reputation of Zhongneng Group has been significantly improved, and soccer has become one of the most shining business cards of the group."
Now, Zhongneng is not only an enterprise operating professional soccer, but also a diversified private enterprise group involving sports, culture, tourism industry, new energy and resource recycling industry, automobile after-market and other fields, with more than 3,000 employees, total assets of more than 6.5 billion yuan, and the brand value of "Zhongneng" reaches 3.05 billion yuan. The brand value of "Zhongneng" reaches 3.05 billion yuan.
As an entrepreneur born from a soccer player, Qiao Weiguang has a clear positioning for Zhongneng and Qingdao Hainiu. Compared with the model of real estate or state-owned enterprises, which relies on state-owned funds to develop soccer, Zhongneng, as a grassroots club invested and operated by private enterprises, is an exemplary representative of social forces running sports. Its youth training and development model, with youth popularization as a prominent feature and "combining popularization and promotion, combining sports and education, combining culture and competition, and joint efforts of the government, schools and society" as the main feature, has been praised by the industry, and Xinhua News Agency has organized 3 times of internal research and study to be affirmed, and CCTV, People's Daily and other major media also continue to give attention and coverage and report. CCTV, People's Daily and other national media also continue to pay attention to and report.
Since its establishment, Zhongneng has always attached great importance to youth training, with teams of all age groups from U9-U19, a total of 6 teams representing the club and Qingdao FA to participate in the National Youth Super League matches and FA Cup matches of all age groups, and more than a hundred school soccer cooperative schools, which is one of the few working clubs in the country with a perfect youth training system.
It is believed that in the near future, one by one, the new stars of Chinese soccer will emerge from this fertile land of Qingdao and become the new hope of Chinese soccer.
