On January 8, the Information Office of the Liaoning Provincial Government held a press conference to introduce the future development of football in Liaoning. Li Pengyu, director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said that he would take Liaoning Shenyang City Football Club as a pilot to promote reform, and initially planned to change the club's name to Liaoning Liudi Football Club.
In 2020, due to the failure to complete the access, the 67-year-old Liaozu lost its registration qualification and was forced to disband, which is a pain in the hearts of countless fans.
However, at that time, many people in Liaoning football said that it was only "Liaoning Hongyun" that was disbanded, and Liaozu did not disappear. In May of that year, the Liaoning Provincial Sports Bureau awarded the "New Liaozu" banner to the Liaoning Shenyang City Football Club, putting the burden of reviving Liaoshen football on them.
But in fact, the so-called "new Liaozu" is just a formality, and the city of Shenyang, Liaoning Province did not receive more support, but because of this behavior, it almost paid off the debt for the old Liaozu.
In the past four years, Liaoning Shenyang City has only managed to maintain itself, and from 2020 to 2022, they were able to survive relegation, and last season, they finished 10th in the Central League.
It is worth mentioning that from March 29 to 30 last year, the General Administration of Sports went to Liaoning to investigate the development of the "three balls" and held a symposium. In Liaoning Province, Hao Peng, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Li Lecheng, Governor of Liaoning Province, and others met with Gao Zhidan and his entourage, and Vice Governor Guo Caiyun accompanied the investigation.
During the discussion, Gao Zhidan said that Liaoning should reflect Liaoning's responsibility in the revitalization and development of the "three balls", act as the vanguard of the revitalization and development of the "three balls", stand higher, have a larger pattern, and take a stronger responsibility, and make pilots, experiences, and talents for the development of China's "three balls", strive to create a new situation of promoting the high-quality development of the "three balls", and contribute Liaoning's experience to the development of China's "three balls".
For Liaoning, football, especially men's football, has a glorious history, but now, there are major flaws, in 2023, Dalian people will be relegated from the Chinese Super League, Liaoning Shenyang City and Dandong Tengyue in the Chinese League are just relegated, and Dalian Zhixing has just rushed to the first class. According to Li Pengyu, director of the Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission, "the development of professional football clubs in our province is completely incommensurate with the status of Liaoning football in Chinese football." ”
Li Pengyu's remarks were said at a press conference held by the Information Office of the Liaoning Provincial Government on 8 July, and there is only one central theme, that is, to revitalize Liaoning football.
"The revitalization of Liaoning is a comprehensive revitalization and all-round revitalization, and the revitalization of football should also be included. Li Pengyu said: "In order to revitalize the majesty of Liaoning football, the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government proposed to take the reform and revitalization of football as an important measure to build a strong sports province and build a demonstration place for the integrated development of high-quality culture, sports and tourism. ”
At present, there are 8 professional football clubs in Liaoning Province, including 4 men's football teams, 2 women's A teams, and 2 women's B teams. Liaoning Province's plan is to use Liaoning Shenyang City Football Club as a pilot to promote relevant reforms. The reason why they were chosen is because they "have a good foundation, are representative, and can inherit the spirit of Liaoning football." ”
Li Pengyu said that the initial plan to change the club's name to Liaoning Liudi Football Club will ensure that the two-year rush will be completed, and strive to achieve the goal of surpassing this year under the condition of smooth operation.
Liaoning once had the saying of six red places, namely the starting place of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the turning point of the Liberation War, the material of the new Chinese national anthem, the land of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the industrial base of the Republic, and the birthplace of Lei Feng's spirit, but this time the six places refer to the unremitting struggle of the whole province, and strive to build Liaoning into a major national strategic support, a source of major technological innovation, a new highland of advanced manufacturing with international competitiveness, a pioneer in the development of modern agriculture, and a demonstration place for the integrated development of high-quality culture, sports and tourism. Northeast Asia is a hub for opening up and cooperation.
As can be seen from the name, the current "Liaozu" has been endowed with very important government significance.
Li Pengyu revealed that first of all, the club's "membership system + shareholding system" reform plan was determined, and the Liaoning Shenyang City Football Club was guided to sort out and optimize the equity structure, forming a multi-asset structure of the government, membership clubs, enterprises, and individuals, and widely welcomed state-owned and private enterprises to participate in the shares, and fans to invest in the shares through membership dues to enhance the stability of the club's source of funds. The membership fee investment of the membership club is mainly used for the introduction of foreign aid and high-level domestic aid, and at the same time to ensure that the introduction of domestic and foreign aid and the use of funds are open and transparent.
In addition, the new club will create a new salary mechanism, the first team players, the implementation of basic salary + performance pay + competition bonus model, according to the ability level, past performance and development potential of the comprehensive determination of the player's annual salary, combined with various data science and reasonable awards, the first team coach and coaching staff members, the use of floating salary and competition performance linked mechanism.
What is certain is that in order to surpass the competition, the new club will be "shuffled", with new coaches and teams, suitable internal and external supporters, and even managers will have to be re-recruited and selected, with a focus on matching talents with special professional skills and rich experience.
In addition, in the 2024 season, the team will strive to place its home stadium in the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center to provide the greatest convenience for fans in the province to watch the game.
In short, through a series of measures to promote the development and reform of football in Liaoning, we will build a team that 14 cities in the province jointly support and participate, Liaoning and Northeast players actively return, and fans belong together.
It is worth mentioning that Li Pengyu once served as the deputy secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, and personally presided over the selection of Dalian coaches in 2021, participating in and planning the general direction of the club's development.
However, the Liaoning Shenyang City team lineup configuration is relatively general, if you want to surpass, the introduction of reinforcements is very critical, which involves investment, from the perspective of recent years, a single season needs at least 50 million yuan, want to match, in the short term, I am afraid that it can only be funded by the government or come forward to attract investment.
For the revitalization of Liaozu, some Liaozu players who play in other places said that they are very willing to play for their hometown teams if necessary.
2024 is the year of Liaoning's comprehensive revitalization and new breakthrough three-year action, can "Liaozu" take advantage of this east wind to return to the top league stage?