As the U21 League is in full swing, Shanghai Shenhua's youngster Liu Chengyu has become the leading scorer with his outstanding performance, scoring 14 goals in three stages of the tournament.
The U19 national soccer team played Iran's U19 team in a warm-up match in August, winning the first match 2-0 before suffering a 0-2 defeat in the second match.
The 27-player roster for the U19 National Youth Team has been officially released (Note: The following list is for reference only and the number of players and positions are subject to change).
In the stands, the core of the midfield No. 7 Mao Weijie (Dalian Yingbo), No. 17 Wang Yifan (Shanghai Shenhua), No. 11 Wang Yudong (Zhejiang), Wang Haobin (Shandong Taishan), Yan Yihan (Shanghai Shenhua), Min Zixi (Wuhan Sanzhen), Kui Jifen (Shanghai Port), Bai Yutao (Guangzhou), No. 18 Yimulan Baimaiti (Shandong Taishan), Zhang Zhixiong (Guangzhou), No. 6 Qu Ge Ping (Dalian Yingbo), No. 8 Chen Zeshi (Shandong Taishan) and other elites were all present.
In goal, Liu Tiwei (Shandong Taishan), No. 1 Yao Hao Yang (Yunnan Yukun), No. 22 Xu Zhenyao (Zhejiang), and Zhang Haoran (Tianjin Jinmen Tiger) played their respective roles.
In the backline, Li Wenle (Zhejiang), Huang Kaijun (Hubei Youth Star), No. 4 Shi Songchen (Shandong Taishan), No. 30 He Yiran (Changchun Yatai), No. 5 Peng Xiao (Shandong Taishan), No. 21 Zhang Aihui (Zhejiang), No. 3 Xu Junchi (Shijiazhuang Kungfu), and No. 25 Huang Ming (Shanghai Shenhua) are the players to hold down the defense.
On the forward line, Liu Chengyu (Shanghai Shenhua), No. 28 Zhu Pengyu (Dalian Yingbo) and No. 29 Huang Wenzheng (Hubei Youth Star) are the team's scoring tools.
In order to prepare for the China A-League and China B-League, many of the main players chose to stay in the team after communicating with the Football Association and the coaching staff of the youth team, such as Dalian Yingbo striker Zhu Pengyu and Yunnan Yukun goalkeeper Yao Hao Yang. And due to the accumulation of four yellow cards, Dalian Yingbo's Mao Weijie decided to join the national youth team.
Mao Weijie and Qu Geping's performances in the youth team are under scrutiny, so can the U19 national football team win this match?
