Let's go to Yanbian this weekend
Spicy food is loved here
You can sing and dance here
It's full of ethnic character
Over here
And a pure passion
football
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China has two "football towns", one south and one north, Meixian in Guangdong Province in the south and Yanbian in Jilin Province in the north.
Speaking of the history of Yanbian football, it can be traced back to more than 100 years ago, in 1955, Jilin Province prepared to establish a football team, due to lack of manpower, and finally the Yanbian team represented Jilin Province.
In 1964, the Yanbian team successfully won the runner-up of the National Second Division League and returned to the ranks of the First Division. The following year, it created a miracle of "promotion horse" and won the national first-class league championship.
In 1965, the Jilin (Yanbian) team won the national first-class league championship
In 1994, Chinese football entered the era of professionalism, and the Yanbian team won the reputation of "Changbai Tiger" with its all-attacking and all-defensive style of play and fierce and strong style of play. In this process, Yanbian has also cultivated more than 40 international players for the Chinese national team, including Gao Zhongxun, Jin Guangzhu, Li Hongjun and Li Shifeng, and has also sent more than 400 football talents to football teams in other provinces and cities.
At that time, every competition day was a festival for Yanbian to celebrate, and it was difficult to find a ticket for men, women and children with their families. The Yanbian team in the era of A A can attract nearly 40,000 fans to watch each home game, and fans who can't buy tickets climb the trees around the stadium to watch the game, which is the famous "tree hanging" in the history of Chinese football.
Yanbian football has always been famous in Chinese football for its tenacious and tough style of play and all-attacking and all-defensive play. In 1997, the Yanbian Aodong team led by Cui Yinze became famous for its fourth place in the A League.
Due to many reasons, the Yanbian team was relegated and reorganized in the early 21st century, falling into a low ebb of more than 10 years, in the 2015 season, the Yanbian team that should have been relegated was qualified as a substitute and was able to participate in the Chinese League that year.
In the 2015 season, the average attendance at the Yanji People's Stadium, which can accommodate just over 30,000 people, was close to 30,000 per game. This year, the Yanbian team won the championship of the Chinese League with 17 wins, 10 draws, 3 losses in 30 rounds, 59 goals, 23 goals conceded, 36 goal difference, and 61 points, advancing to the Chinese Super League and returning to China's top league.
Yanbian fans are happy, they will not forget Ji Wenyi, Choi Min, Kim Bo, the "Oreo" foreign aid combination, and the head coach Park Tae-ha who leads this team. After being promoted to the Chinese Super League, the name of the Yanbian team's "giant killer" made many Chinese Super League teams fearful.
Hit the longest time and never complain about the referee...... Many eye-catching statistics reflect the heritage of Yanbian football, a Chinese Super League team composed mostly of local players, which has impressed fans across the country.
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Under the offensive of Jinyuan Football, Yanbian Fude Football Club was forced to dissolve in 2019.
Founded in 2017, Yanbian Longding Club started from the China Champions League, and entered the national finals of the China Champions League for two consecutive years in 2019 and 2020, and in the 2021 season, this "youth army" with an average age of less than 20 years old successfully entered the China Second League, continuing the blood of Yanbian professional football.
In the 2022 season, the Yanbian Longding team, which was once ranked at the bottom, relied on the excellent performance of a group of young players and finally won the ticket to the Chinese League as the third place.
"Yanbian can't live without football", this is the heartfelt voice of Yanbian people. Gao Zhongxun, the former number one star in Yanbian, said: "I have experienced the glory of Yanbian football, which is known as the killer of giants, and I have also experienced the trough of being relegated and leaving for other places. But after all these years, I still haven't left football. If Yanbian football wants to develop, it must be paid attention to in all aspects, and everyone must work together. Now is a great opportunity to take it. ”
In 2022, the Arirang Football Park will be completed, which integrates elements such as Yanbian football development, football trajectory and Olympic spirit, integrates with the natural ecology, integrates various sports venues and facilities, and creates a multi-functional park integrating national sports and fitness, sports and leisure, competition and entertainment and leisure.
Covering an area of 148977 square meters, Arirang Football Sports Park is composed of four parts: football sports area, football play area, football leisure area and football competition area, including 8 football fields, 1 basketball court, 1 tennis court, 1 table tennis court, 1 shuttlecock court, 1 physical training area, as well as a variety of children's entertainment facilities and various public intelligent fitness equipment.
This year, Yanbian Prefecture will hold high-quality football events and special football activities, the location is mainly Yanji City, Longjing Hailanjiang Football Culture Town, covering all football venues in 8 counties (cities) in the state, the scale will cover professional football, youth football, amateur football, the old, middle, young and young people, all ages, all levels of all kinds of high-quality football events and special football activities, the total number of games is expected to exceed 1,300 times, more than 30,000 domestic and foreign athletes will be invited, and it is expected to attract more than 400,000 people to watch and participate in the game.
This weekend, Yanbian Longding will meet the challenge of Shijiazhuang Kung Fu at home, and Yanji People's Stadium will become a sea of red again.
Yanbian, the hometown of football
Football here is pure
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