This afternoon, the last round of the Chinese Super League championship group ended, Shandong Taishan, who won the championship three rounds in advance, finally lifted the Chinese Super League Vulcan Cup, which is the team's second crown of the Chinese Super League championship after 11 years, and coach Hao Wei became the first local coach of the team to lead the team to win the Chinese Super League championship.
This season's Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan performed well, achieving 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the first stage, ranking first in the standings with 33 points, and continuing the good momentum in the second stage, winning the Chinese Super League championship in advance on the 26th of last month, and winning the top league championship for the fifth time in the history of the team.
Shandong Taishan introduced Sun Zhunhao, Jia Desong, Xu Xin, Shi Ke, Ji Xiang and many other new signings this season, coupled with the influence of the medium and super environment, there is the strength to win the championship, there is also a luck component, if it is not for the early termination of many naturalized players of the Guangzhou team, the suspense of the Chinese Super League championship may continue to the last round.
After the competition between Shandong Taishan and Changchun Yatai, the Chinese Super League championship award ceremony was held on the spot. In the past few seasons, the Chinese Super League company has arranged the award ceremony in a city, not awarded to the winning team on the spot, and this year the Football Association decided to hold a live award ceremony in the last round of the Chinese Super League.
Shandong Taishan and Shandong fans have waited for this for 11 years, and the last player who won the championship with the team was only Zheng Zheng, Wang Tong and Zhang Chi.
At the on-site award ceremony, the president of the Football Association, Chen Shuyuan, attended and put on the championship medal to the champion players, smiling all the way, and also chatting with the players. This is the second time that Chen Shuyuan has presented medals and trophies to the champion team on the spot after Shanghai SIPG won the championship in 2018.
Fellaini took the Chinese Super League Vulcan Cup from Chen Shuyuan's hand, Shandong Taishan's whole team celebrated wildly, and coach Hao Wei was very happy on the side, which was the moment they had been waiting for for 11 years. Next season, the Chinese Super League will be expanded to 20 teams, and due to the influence of the environment, Shandong Taishan is still the number one favorite team to win the championship.