Reporter Wang Wei and Xi reporter Huang Hao reportOn December 3, the Shunde Football Association and the Hong Kong Super Oriental Club reached a cooperative relationship on building a professional youth training system to jointly promote the development of youth football in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Dai Weijun's father, Dai Wenkang, director of the Oriental Club, said that this cooperation focuses on building a youth professional youth training system, and the longer-term plan is to build a professional team in Shunde.
Founded in 1932, the Oriental Athletic Club is a strong team in the Hong Kong Super League, having won 5 league titles, 11 senior championships, 5 FA Cup titles and two FA Championship titles. Youth training is a top priority in the East, and the club currently has four teams (U12 U14 U16 U18), all of which have finished in the top four, including the U18 Super Youth League runner-up. The club's youth team has a clear youth training concept, material selection standards and youth training system. At the same time, with the goal of cultivating international talents, the echelon is composed of a professional coaching team and retired Hong Kong players, and has established deep cooperative relations with many European clubs such as England, France and the Netherlands, which can provide players with rich exchange and learning Xi and professional channels. The club's youth training has cultivated many professional players, active in the Hong Kong Super League and the mainland league, and Dai Weijun is produced by the Oriental Echelon.
The Shunde Football Association has always listed youth training as a priority, and Li Daquan, head of the youth training department, said: "The association has trained more than 20,000 students, and now there are 1,800 trainees. ”
Both sides attach great importance to the construction of the youth training system, and after a long period of investigation and exchanges, they finally reached a cooperation intention.
It is understood that the Shunde Football Association will work with the Oriental Club to build a youth elite echelon, through the existing Shunde students, in accordance with the Oriental Club training system, excavation standards, coach training system, focusing on the formation of 2016 2015 2014 2013 four age groupsThe establishment of Shunde Oriental Football Club is an attempt to establish a new model of football cooperation in the Greater Bay Area, and to promote the cooperation between new clubs and Oriental Clubs and the MainlandAt the same time, the Shunde training base of the Oriental Football Club was officially launched, and the training base of the Shunde Football Association became the designated station for the first team of the Hong Kong Oriental Club and the echelons of all ages to train and compete in the mainlandOn the other hand, the two sides will jointly promote cultural exchanges between young people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Dai Wenkang, director of the Oriental Club and Dai Weijun's father, said that in cooperation with the Shunde Football Association, he focused on building a youth professional youth training system, and the long-term plan was to build a professional team belonging to Shunde. "In recent years, young people from Hong Kong and Guangdong have been integrated and exchanged in many aspects, and this cooperation hopes to further expand the cooperation between the two places in the sports sector and jointly build a professional football youth training system. At the same time, it is also hoped that through the cooperation between the Oriental Club and Shunde District, more high-level football talents can be sent to Guangdong Province in the future, and it is hoped that the two sides can form a team representing Shunde District in the future to participate in the mainland professional football league. ”
Liang Zhennan, executive vice president of Shunde Football Association, said: "Through the cooperation with the Hong Kong Oriental Club, Shunde District and the Hong Kong Oriental Club use sports as a platform to serve the construction and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote regional complementary advantages, and promote win-win cooperation in sports. ”
During his stay in Shunde, Ye Xiquan, chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Football Association, Cheng Zhiwen, vice chairman, and Liang Jishen, president of the Shunde Football Association, met and exchanged views with Dai Weijun. Cheng Zhiwen said: "This cooperation has three important significance, firstly, youth training is the core and basic work of football development, and it is a work to ensure the sustainable development and high-quality development of footballSecondly, this cooperation fully reflects the development strategy of the construction of the Greater Bay Area, which can be said to grasp the historical opportunity, and is an action to take advantage of the situation, complement each other's advantages and develop togetherFinally, in addition to the signing of the contract, the opening ceremony of Dai Weijun's football academy was held, and the football star plays a leading and exemplary role in the youth training work, and the growth of young players can be driven by the football star, so that they can see a good goal and set an example for the growth of children in the future. ”