Chinese Super League, Manatee is back! Qingdao Manatee, after 9 years, has returned to the top league of Chinese football, and the football city of Qingdao has its own Chinese Super League team! For this moment, we have waited for 9 years, 9 years of lying down to taste the courage, 9 years of hard work, 9 years of hardships and hardships, when Qiao Weiguang, chairman and president of Zhongneng Group, was unwilling to cry in the work, and finally released today!
What is the spirit of craftsmanship, 20 years of focusing on one thing, doing a good job of public welfare undertakings that all Qingdao citizens are enthusiastic about, this is the spirit of craftsmanship. After the success of the first class last year, Qiao Weiguang, chairman of Zhongneng Group, once said: I have no regrets after 17 years, rushing to the top league is not our goal, returning to the top league is our ultimate goal. In just one year, China Energy Group and Manatee Club fulfilled their original promise and returned with their heads held high!
Time flies, the years are like songs, along the way, manatees have experienced the peak of the mountain and tsunami, the trough of the long night, the unwillingness of the unpaid, and finally welcome the dawn of dawn, thanks to the care and guidance of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, thank the municipal sports bureau, the municipal sports association, the municipal football management center, the municipal football association for their guarantee and support, thank the fans, sponsors and media for accompanying us all the way, and thank the friendly clubs for their blessings and affirmation. Manatee's "rushing overtake" will help accelerate the city's steady implementation of the "six cities" master plan and accelerate its progress towards "a vibrant marine capital and a wonderful and pleasant city".
In the just-concluded 32nd round of the China League One, Qingdao Manatee defeated Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopards 7:1, setting a new record for goals in the club's history, Onuebu also set a new individual goal record in the China League One with 27 goals, due to Shijiazhuang Kung Fu failed to defeat Shanghai Jiading Huilong, with only 2 rounds left in the league, the Manatee has a lead of 9 points, successfully locked the 2023 season of the Chinese Super League spot, while surpassing Nantong Zhiyun, this season for the first time to the second place in the league, after 3312 days, Return to that familiar arena! At the moment of the final whistle, the soldiers were relieved and wept with joy, they fulfilled their solemn promise to return to the top flight, they fulfilled the ardent expectation of the people of Island City to watch the Chinese Super League on their doorstep, they are the true heroes of Football City!
The "second scene" located in the dream stadium of the Hushan base of the Manatee Club has long become a sea of orange, the old leaders of the city, Cheng Youxin, Ma Yuanpei, Xie Baojia, Chen Jingxin, Liu Benzhi, Yang Pengming, chairman of the Municipal Football Association, Qiao Weiguang, chairman and president of China Energy Group, Tian Weiguo, executive vice chairman and secretary general of the Municipal Football Association and director of the Football Management Center, Zhong Ming, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Qingdao Food Co., Ltd., Liu Hao, senior consultant of Hisense Real Estate Group, and other sponsor representatives, "sports and education integration" strategic reserve talent cooperation school, Representatives of youth training institutions, nearly 200 die-hard fans and the news media witnessed this historic moment. Qin Ning, Guo Zuojin, Tang Lepu, Yuan Sheng, Liu Leyang, Jiao Chunben, Zhu Huiqian and many other old manatees, Dai Renqing, Zhang Quanli and other football celebrities, wearing the "Chong Chao" commemorative shirt, witnessed the glorious moment of Qingdao football returning to the top league, and drew a strong stroke for Qingdao's 2022 football harvest year, and wrote the first "manatee miracle" in Chinese professional football to regenerate from the Chinese Super League after relegation to the second division.