On August 27, 2006, Beijing time, Shandong Luneng defeated Beijing Guoan at home, and Shandong Luneng won the 2006 Chinese Super League championship in a record six rounds. This is the second time in the history of Shandong Luneng to win the Chinese Professional League title, and it is also their first Chinese Super League title.
1. Shandong Luneng's five key competitions in the 2006 season
TOP 1: August 27, 2006, Shandong Luneng 1-0 Beijing Guoan
In the 24th round of the league, Shandong Luneng beat Beijing Guoan 1-0 at home, a victory of historic significance for Shandong Luneng as they won the 2006 Chinese Super League in six early rounds. In the match against the fierce opponent, Shandong Luneng always controlled the initiative of the game and did not give Beijing Guoan much opportunity. Just three minutes into the first half, Han Peng's header scored the only goal of the game. In the end, Shandong Luneng laughed to the end, and they broke the record of Dalian Shide winning the championship five rounds in advance. This is a season that belongs to Shandong Luneng!!
TOP 2: July 26, 2006, Shandong Luneng 5-1 Wuhan Optics Valley
In the 20th round of the league, Shandong Luneng slaughtered the strength of Wuhan Optics Valley 5-1 at home. The victory in this match allowed Shandong Luneng to win six consecutive league games, while the team set the longest unbeaten record in the club's history - 19 games. Foreign aid Bassin scored twice in the game, in addition to Zheng Zhi, Li Jinyu and Han Peng also scored a goal each. The victory of this game also laid a solid foundation for Shandong Luneng to win the championship early in the future.
TOP 3: July 29, 2006, Shenyang Jinde 2-7 Shandong Luneng
No one expected Shandong Luneng to create the biggest disparity in the Chinese Super League this season on the road!! In the 21st round of the league, facing the average strength of Shenyang Jinde, Shandong Luneng did not save any face for the other side, Li Jinyu faced the former owner in the game scored a hat trick and equaled the record for the highest goal score in a single season in the Yeric Professional League. In addition, Han Peng scored twice, and Zheng Zhi and Igor scored one goal each. Shandong Luneng set a record for the most goals scored in a single game in the history of the team's professional league.
TOP 4: On March 12, 2006, Xiamen Basketball Lions 1-3 Shandong Luneng
This is the first league game of the new season for Shandong Luneng, so the whole team attaches great importance to it. Although it is an away game against the Xiamen Basket Lions, Shandong Luneng still made a good start. Li Jinyu scored twice in the game, and Zheng Zhi also scored a goal. The victory in this game is very important for Shandong Luneng because the team won the first victory in the new season, which also made a good start for Shandong Luneng to win the championship this year.
TOP 5: May 7, 2006, Shandong Luneng 2-1 Shanghai Shenhua
It's a round of the league this year! In the 11th round of the league, Shandong Luneng played against shanghai Shenhua, which is not bad. Not long after the start of the first half, Li Jinyu scored twice in the game, although Zheng Kewei's long-range shot helped Shanghai Shenhua recover a goal. But in the end, Shandong Luneng still won 2-1 at home to Shanghai Shenhua. Defeating the main competitor on the road to winning the championship, this victory is of great significance to Shandong Luneng.
2. Shandong Luneng broke a number of competition records
Shandong Luneng may not be the strongest team since the professionalization of Chinese football, but they are definitely the best team in the 2006 Chinese Super League. Starting with the 5-0 away win over Liaoning Zhongyu in the 14th round of the league on May 21, Shandong Luneng won an incredible 11 consecutive wins!! After successfully defeating Beijing Guoan, Shandong Luneng won the 2006 Chinese Super League six rounds ahead of schedule.
This season, Shandong Luneng has set a number of league records. So far, the team has scored a total of 30 away goals, breaking the single-season away record of 25 goals set by Dalian in the 1998 season. Li Jinyu scored a total of 22 goals in the league, breaking the record for the most goals scored in a single season since the professional league.
In addition, Shandong Luneng has won 11 consecutive league games, equaling the 11-game winning streak set by Dalian in 1998. The 2006 season is not over, and if Shandong Luneng can beat Shanghai Shenhua away in the 26th round, then they will set a new winning streak. After beating Beijing Guoan, Shandong Luneng scored 60 points. This allowed them to win the title six rounds early, thus setting a new record for the Dalian people to win five rounds in advance in 1997. With five games left in the 2006 season, if they score six points in those remaining five games, Shandong Luneng will set a new record for the highest single-season points score of 65 points set by Dalian last season.
In addition, Shandong Luneng currently has 19 wins in the league, and if it can achieve at least three wins in the remaining five league games, shandong Luneng will set a record of 21 league wins. In the first 24 rounds, Luneng scored a total of 60 goals, just four goals away from the 64 goals set by Dalian Wanda in 1998.
In terms of Shandong's own record, the 21st round of the league swept Shenyang Jinde 7-2 away, setting a new 6-2 score record set in the 2001 season. Coincidentally, the 6-2 score was also created by Shenyang Jinde. In addition, Shandong Luneng's unbeaten record this season is 23 games, setting a new record of 18 unbeaten games set by the team from the end of the 2004 season to the beginning of the 2005 season.
3. Shandong Luneng won the championship with seven major heroes: Dayu Zheng Zhi was the first, and the fans were indispensable
1: Li Jinyu
Since transferring to Shandong Luneng, Li Jinyu seems to have found the second spring of his career. The teenager's "genius killer" continued his keen sense of smell in front of the goal at the Jinan Sports Center Stadium. In the 2006 season of the Chinese Super League, Li Jinyu established his lead early in the top scorer list. After round 24, he has scored 22 goals, which also made league history. Shandong Luneng scored a total of 60 goals in the first 24 rounds, which is the total number of goals scored by the second and third-place teams Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Shenhua, and Luneng's terrifying attack power is evident.
2: Zheng Zhi
A good team must have a leader on the field who can step up at a critical moment and help the team through it. In the Shandong Luneng team, Zheng Zhi played such a role. As the core of the attack, Zheng Zhi is always able to appear in key positions, in addition to scoring goals, his assists also give Great help to Li Jinyu and Han Peng in the front. When Luneng could not open the situation, Zheng Zhi seemed to be a golden key to victory. In the 22nd round of the league, when Luneng fell behind Tianjin Master Kang 0-1 at home, it was Zheng Zhilian who scored two goals to turn the tide, such a player is a well-deserved leader!
3: Tubbakovich
We need not doubt Tubakovich's abilities, in fact, this lovely old man does not want people to doubt his level. A league championship trophy, multiple broken records, all of which illustrate how effective Tuba's work has been. Today's Shandong Luneng, under the tutelage of Tubakovich, has been reborn, and the domineering spirit that can only be seen from Dalian Shide in the past has gradually been reflected in the Luneng team. In his time in Jinan, Tubakovic dedicated everything to Shandong football. Today, Luneng has reaped a lot of fruit. Tuba, on the other hand, is a diligent gardener.
4: Kang Mengjun
For a club to succeed, it must have a good boss. Kang Mengjun did it, and people had to admire it. This is a former table tennis club boss who was able to lead a table tennis team to national champions, and now he has succeeded in the field of football. Compared with his predecessors Shao Kenan and Dong Gang, Kang Mengjun's achievements are not inferior at all, and more importantly, he continues to work hard to help Shandong Luneng achieve greater results. Perhaps, he can create a real "galaxy battleship" in Chinese football.
5: Comfortable
Off the pitch, the leader of the players is the coach, while on the playing field, the leader is naturally the captain. As the captain of Shandong Luneng, Shu Chang showed absolute leadership in the game. In the 23rd round, Shu Chang played the full 2070 minutes, he played a key role in the defensive line and the most trusted defensive core of the players.
6: Li Leilei
Like Shu Chang, Li Leilei also played 23 rounds of 2070 minutes. As a main goalkeeper, his job is not to make any mistakes and to play at an a high level. Li Leilei, with his steady state, not only helped Shandong Luneng win the championship, but also sat more and more steadily in the position of the main goalkeeper of the national team, and he also became a new idol in the hearts of Shandong fans.
7: Fans
In addition to the efforts of the team, the credit of the fans must not be indelible. Shandong has formed the best football market in China in recent years, which is gratifying in the context of Chinese football falling into a downturn. When Shandong Luneng faced Beijing Guoan in the 24th round, the Jinan Sports Center Stadium poured in 50,000 people, and the stadium was full. It is very rare for the Chinese Super League to have such a attendance rate, and Luneng relies on the support of the fans to finally defeat the opponent to win the championship.