On February 19, the 2017 National Youth Men's Football U15 Championship was held in Wuhan. In the fifth place battle, Changchun Yatai U15 team lost 0-3 to Jiangsu Kediyuan and won the sixth place in this tournament.
As a competition to review the quality of national football youth training, the National Youth Men's Football U15 Championship has undoubtedly been highly valued by many clubs, and Changchun Yatai Football Club has also set a goal for the U15 echelon to reach at least the top six.
The tournament was "tailor-made" for players in the 2002 age group across the country, with a total of 19 echelon teams from across the country. In the group stage, Changchun Yatai U15 team successively defeated Beijing Sinobo Guoan 5-1, drew 1-1 with Hebei Football Association, defeated Hunan Xiangtao 2-0, lost 1-4 to Shandong Luneng, and advanced to the quarterfinals with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the quarter-finals, Changchun Yatai U15 team was reversed by Guangzhou Evergrande with a one-goal lead and missed the final four.
The Changchun Yatai U15 team, which reached the quarterfinals, is one step away from the goal of the top six. In the next 5-8 qualifying, Changchun Yatai U15 team defeated Qingdao Zhongneng 1-0 to get the opportunity to qualify for 5-6 places. Since most of the previous 6 games were played by the main players, under the premise of completing the top six tasks, head coach Yang Haibo left the training opportunity to the substitutes. Among them, goalkeeper Liu Sichang is the first time to make his debut. Yang Haibo hopes that all players can have competition experience in national competitions and experience the atmosphere of the competition.
Although they lost the game, the young players got a chance to exercise. "We must sink our hearts into youth training, the goal of the competition is the direction of youth training, but the most important thing is to look at the next process, as long as our direction is right, stick to it, and constantly adjust, Yatai youth training will get better and better." Gao Jinggang, the club's youth director, said.
After the review of this tournament, Li Jiaqi and Zhang Baotong of Changchun Yatai U15 Team were recognized by the U16 National Junior Team. On February 19, the Chinese Football Association issued a training list for the U16 national junior team, and Li Jiaqi and Zhang Baotong were on the list, and they will train in Wuhan from February 20 to March 7. With Li Jiaqi and Zhang Baotong selected for the national junior team, Yang Haibo has 5 people under his command who have been selected for the national junior team, and the other 3 are Zhu Lei, Yan Yongxia and Zhao Hanyu. It is worth mentioning that Li Jiaqi is an authentic Changchun native player.
Starters: 36-Liu Sichang, 23-Yan Yongxia, 27-Bao Jianhui, 32-Fu Zi'an, 13-Zhu Tai'an, 25-Sun Mian, 6-Zhang Shuai, 20-Zhao Hanyu, 33-Zhu Lei, 28-Han Yue, 24-Xie Jiahao