At the end of each year, for some referees have to say goodbye, born in 1975 of the international assistant referee Song Xiangyun, has now reached the age of 45, although FIFA canceled the 45-year-old mandatory retirement regulations, but the current Chinese Football Association still implements this regulation, this year the Chinese Football Association no longer declares for its international assistant referee, although the Chinese Football Association also canceled the 45-year-old retirement regulations in line with international standards, but there is not yet an assistant referee more than 45 years old, Including Huo Weiming, who has now become the referee supervisor of the Chinese Super League, he also retired at the age of 45, at present, we have not yet known whether Song Xiangyun retired at the end of this season, no matter what, we all express our gratitude and blessings to him!
In 2020, teacher Huo Weiming retired, Sun Kai revoked the international assistant referee, the Chinese Football Association declared the National Jingtao of Shandong and Yang Yang of Beijing, and the international referees Li Haixin and Wang Jing, who were declared that year, were over 35 years old and did not have the qualifications to promote the elite referees of the AFC, especially Yang Yang, who had very few law enforcement games this year, and this season's Super 0 law enforcement, so under the route of cultivating young referees in the Chinese Football Association, this year the Chinese Football Association also revoked the declaration of Yang Yang's international assistant referee.
The old people retired, the new ones came out, and two young referees were recommended, one was Luo Zheng from the Shenzhen Football Association, and the other was Tang Chao from the Beijing Football Association.
Luo Zheng, born in 1989, began to enforce the Chinese Football Association's Second Division, First Division and FA Cup matches in 2016. In 2019, he won the "Silver Flag Award" for the best assistant referee in the Chinese Football Association First Division League with his excellent and stable law enforcement performance in the season! Last year, shanghai SIPG won 3-0 against Chongqing contemporary in the 7th round of the Chinese Super League, and Luo Zheng made his debut in the Chinese Super League as the second referee of the game.
Compared with Luo Zheng, Tang Chao, who has just been promoted to the Chinese Super League this year, can be said to be the labor model of the assistant referee of the Chinese Super League, the Chinese Super League participated in the whole process, the first round, Qingdao 2:1 Cangzhou Lions game, Tang Chao as the second assistant referee, which is also the premiere of the Super League. However, Tang Chao, who was born in 1986, has turned 35 years old this year, just on the edge of the age stipulated by the AFC, hoping that both of them can successfully pass the examination of the elite referees of the AFC and can smoothly stand on the international court to enforce the law!
Finally, I would like to send my best wishes to Mr. Song Xiangyun again, and congratulations to the two newly promoted international assistant referees! Bless the Chinese referees getting better and better!