On November 17th, in the second round of the knockout stage of the FA Cup, the Chinese Super League powerhouse Beijing Guoan suffered an unexpected defeat to an amateur team - the Chinese championship team Jingchuan County Wenhui Football Club - after a fierce penalty kicks battle, and was eliminated. Fans in Xinjiang, while marveling, found that the amateur team's player lineup, but there are many faces from the distant Xinjiang.
In recent years, Xinjiang's soccer players have made a name for themselves in the domestic soccer world, not only in the Chinese Super League, but also in the Chinese B team and the Chinese Championship team. With the development of youth training in Xinjiang, generations of young players are emerging. In the Jingchuan Wenhui Football Club's team that beat Beijing Guoan, there were four Xinjiang players: No. 6 Shi Letian, No. 21 Dierdine Akbayr, No. 36 Eladin Abduheni, and substitute Yerdana Milatihan.
Jingchuan County Wenhui Football Club's roster also includes Nutifullah Mirshati No. 11, substitute goalkeeper No. 22 - Buyati Aili, No. 14 Abu Rehman Yusup Kadir, Jiang Yusup Kadir - Abdushala No. 99 and Abdushalamu - five Xinjiang players, as well as Sticky, among others.
In the joy of victory after the match, some players could not hide their excitement, this photo records the moment of Emin County Football Association. Yerdana Milati Khan, a player from Emin County, thrilled his hometown FA chairman - Slamubek: "I was thrilled to see this kid's amazing performance in the FA Cup. In the future, we want to learn from Jingchuan County Football Association, gradually build our own amateur soccer club, and continue to promote the development of Emin County Amateur Football League."
19-year-old Shi Letian, from Changji City, started his soccer career at the age of five or six. Zhang Ye, Secretary General of the Changji State Football Association, commented: "He received systematic training under the Spanish youth training system, and the Chinese Champions League provided a platform for him to show his talent. Now that he is playing with adult players, his technical ability will steadily improve. I look forward to his early promotion to the Chinese First Division and even the Chinese Super League teams."
The Chinese soccer league system is divided into four levels, with the Chinese Super League being the highest, followed by the Chinese First Division League in which Xinjiang Snow Leopard plays. The China Second League is somewhere between professional and amateur, while the China Champions League team is a purely amateur team. The top teams in provincial amateur soccer leagues will qualify.
