Focus on soccer events: Suzhou becomes a "hot spot" for national tournaments
In recent years, Suzhou has made frequent moves in hosting soccer events, with international and domestic competitions landing one after another, and "Suzhou" and "soccer" are closely linked, frequently becoming the focus of national attention.
In the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Suzhou successfully hosted the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup, earning industry acclaim for its first-class infrastructure and competitive atmosphere, and on April 13, 2021, Suzhou even served as the women's soccer team's home stadium, witnessing the key game in the Asian qualifying round of the women's soccer team for the Tokyo Olympics, where China's women's soccer team successfully advanced to the qualifying round with a 4-3 comeback win over South Korea.
A national soccer preliminaries match planned for Suzhou was scaled back due to the epidemic, but a friendly match against Guam still energized the city with the enthusiasm of 29,222 fans.
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The popularity of soccer in Suzhou is extremely high, and the scale and level of social soccer is constantly rising. Suzhou is committed to building a perfect soccer system, and has gradually established a stable and orderly competition system by optimizing the competition structure, expanding the scale of competitions and increasing the types of competitions.
So far, Suzhou has built 1,487 soccer fields, including 376 social soccer fields. Social soccer tournaments are colorful, attracting the participation of many citizens, and the activity rate of the social soccer population is as high as 21%.
Suzhou Dongwu, a professional team that came out of the amateur league and was once the best amateur soccer team in the country, won honors for Suzhou soccer with their impressive results between 2015 and 2016.
Promoting professional development: Suzhou soccer moves to new heights
In 2020, the Suzhou government has made it clear that it will increase its support for professional soccer and promote the development of the two China B clubs. The team that enters the Central League will receive 20 million dollars in incentives and 10 million dollars in annual financial support. Now, Kunshan is about to be promoted to the Chinese Super League, and Suzhou Dongwu is also firmly established in the Central League.
Suzhou, the city of soccer, is making its mark in the top league of Chinese soccer with its unique charm and solid pace. In the future, Suzhou's soccer development is expected to achieve new breakthroughs and create more glory.
