Kick-Off to Glory: Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team Joins the 10th Heritage Football Star League in 2024
A few days ago, the Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Stars Team held a grand departure ceremony in Linqing Wanyuan, officially announcing that the team will embark on the journey of the 10th Heritage Football Stars League in 2024. Zhou Chao, Deputy Secretary of Linqing Municipal Party Committee, Kong Xiangyu, Deputy Secretary of Linqing Municipal Party Committee, Chen Hai, Secretary of Liaocheng Audit Center of Shandong Agricultural Federation, Wan Qiusheng, Chairman of Linqing Sanhe Textile Group Co., Ltd., Cha, Chairman of Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Club Kejun, head coach Zou Xinguang attended the expedition ceremony with player representatives such as Xing Rui, Zhang Pengsheng, Han Peng, Geng Yujie, and Yang Cheng. The expedition ceremony also attracted many guests and fans to show support, which also boosted the morale of the whole team and made sufficient mental preparations for the upcoming fierce competition. In order to further strengthen preparations, the Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team held a warm-up match with its strategic partner Shandong Hi-Speed Xinlian Football Team on November 3. This game is the team’s last training match before the official match, providing the team with a valuable opportunity to test tactics and improve their competitive status.
As the highest level retired professional players league in the country, the Heritage Football Star League has gone through more than ten years. The event first originated from the “Old A” Star Football League in 2012, aiming to provide a stage for continued competition for retired professional players in China while conveying the spirit of professional football culture. This year’s competition will be held at the Dingnan (National) Youth Football Training Center in Ganzhou, Jiangxi from November 8th to 13th. The theme is “Inheriting Football Dreams, Great Beauty and Dingnan Love”, attracting a total of 14 star teams from all over the country. Participate. The scale of the competition continues to expand and it has become an important carrier of the inheritance of Chinese football culture. It not only allows former players to return to the game, but also injects vitality into the continuation of the Chinese football dream.
This tournament has two levels: Super Group and Championship Group. The 14 participating teams are divided into groups based on their previous results. The Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team was divided into the championship group B and will compete with the Shaanxi Jiaxin Weiye Team, the Shenzhen Heritage Star Team and the Guangdong Nanyue Eurasian Star Team, which is participating for the first time. The group stage adopts a single round-robin points system. The top two teams will advance to the semi-finals and compete for the championship group championship. The winning team will be promoted to the super group. This event arrangement not only increases the competitiveness of the event, but also allows participating teams to experience the fun of level-by-level challenges.
In the 9th Heritage Football Star League in 2023, the Shandong Heritage Star Football Team worked hard all the way and finally achieved the runner-up result in the championship group. With the team’s excellent performance last season, it also attracted more sponsors to cooperate this year. In this competition, Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team received strong sponsorship from Sanhe Textile Group. Sanhe Textile Group integrates textile, wax printing, scenic spots, hotels, supermarkets, breeding and other businesses. It is one of the top 500 private enterprises in the country and is currently the world’s largest wax printing cloth production base. The Wanyuan Scenic Area invested and constructed covers an area of 116 acres and is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. It is a Su-style cultural landscape garden integrating “Jiangnan ancient architecture and water town style”. Dongwanyuan Scenic Area covers an area of 494 acres and is functionally formed into six major functional areas: canal cultural experience area, theme cultural creative area, canal park sightseeing area, hotel supporting service area, cultural leisure and entertainment area, and commercial operation and shopping area. . The two scenic spots are dynamic and quiet, complementing each other. It has formed the best tourist theme route in Linqing City that integrates food, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment, and has become a new business card of Shandong tourist destinations. Inject new impetus into the high-quality development of Linqing’s cultural tourism industry. In addition, the Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team has also received strong support from professional football sports equipment produced by Lux Co., Ltd.
In this expedition, the Shandong Wanyuan Heritage Football Star Team has a clear goal, striving to break through themselves and once again launch a strong impact on the championship. The whole team will show the style of Shandong football people with full spirit and firm belief, and practice the belief of “inheriting the football dream” with practical actions. Let us look forward to their continued success in this Heritage Football Star League!
Duty supervisor: Liu Ke
Author: Yu Hongwei
Editor in charge: Liu Ke