1BSPORTS 1B Sports June 9th News Recently, the “Su Chao” Xuzhou team was training at Luneng Football School. New Yellow River reporters made a special trip to Weifang to interview the Xuzhou team. Li Feng, chairman of the Xuzhou Football Association and leader of the Xuzhou team, revealed that “Su Chao” has not yet met the conditions for profit, and players only have basic salary and certain bonuses.
Li Feng is the chairman of Xuzhou Football Association and the leader of the “Suzhou Super League” Xuzhou team. At the age of 50, he started organizing football events in Xuzhou in his early years, but he never thought that one day his team could also feel the atmosphere comparable to professional football at home.
“Our first round of the game was held at the Xuzhou Sports Center, and there were only a few thousand people, and there were only about two thousand spectators. At that time, I didn’t feel that the game was very popular. But when the second game was played in Suqian, I felt the atmosphere different. More than 10,000 fans came to their home court, and the momentum of shaking flags and shouting really shocked us. In this context, in the third game, the main leaders of Xuzhou City asked the team to go to the Xuzhou Olympic Sports Center to compete, so that all fans who could watch the game would cheer. Unexpectedly, when we were in the third game, more than 20,000 tickets were instantly killed. When I entered the stadium, I had goose bumps.” Li Feng recalled.
22198 people, this is the number of spectators when Xuzhou team defeated Lianyungang team 2-1 in the third round of the “Soviet Super League”. This data has exceeded the average attendance data of 19,431 people per game in the 2024 Chinese Super League. However, Li Feng admitted that Due to low ticket prices and operating costs, the “Su Chao” has not yet met the conditions for profit.
“Our ticket price is only 5 yuan per ticket. It is difficult for the team to operate independently without security and other costs. However, our investment work has begun and we have a relatively clear direction. Because the event has received a lot of attention, in addition to the official partners of the event, we have also connected with many companies that are interested in sponsoring.” said Li Feng.
As for the outside world’s concerns about the salary of players, Li Feng said: “The government provides basic guarantees for players, with certain wages, but not particularly high, which is equivalent to the average level of Xuzhou. There will be certain bonuses in each game.In addition, we will also help coordinate players’ work, study and other matters during the game.”
Xuzhou team goalkeeper Wang Yulong was in his early years.He struggled in the professional league and became the head of a youth training institution after retirement. In this “Su Chao”, Wang Yulong not only guarded the goal for the Xuzhou team, but his disciples also served as goalkeepers for the Xuzhou team. “If they were all here, I would be the fourth goalkeeper.” Wang Yulong teased.
Wang Yulong said that he did not value the rewards for fighting in the “Su Chao”. “The salary of several thousand yuan a month may be OK for some college students, but for us, because we are also operating youth training institutions, we may not even be able to meet the salary level of our youth training coaches, but we don’t care at all, because Xuzhou football has never received so much attention. I now enjoy every training class and strive to do my part for my hometown team.” He said.
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