New Guoan 2025 to compete for the championship: the new coach has been finalized recently, and contract renewal and reinforcements are on the way

Reporter Liu Xiangyu reports On the evening of December 2, Beijing Guoan successfully appeared in the list of the first batch of clubs to complete debt repayment for the 2025 season of professional league admission announced by the Chinese Football Association. In the 2025 season, there is a high probability that Guoan will return to the Asian arena, and various preparations have been in full swing.

At the beginning of 2024, the Beijing Municipal Government coordinated with the municipal state-owned enterprises to provide an interest-bearing loan of 210 million yuan to Guoan Club through the Municipal Sports Bureau, most of which was used to complete the 2024 season access work (i.e., part of the related expenses of the 2023 season), and the remaining part was used to pay the salaries of some first team teams in the 2024 season. All other expenses in 2024 will be borne by Sinobo Group independently, including all the expenses for the 2024 season, the bonuses of the first team in the 2024 season, the salaries of some first-team players, the salaries of the first-team coaches and teams, the salaries of all members of the club, the operation and wages of the youth training team, and the operating expenses of the club.

Contrary to rumors, the Guoan Club has never actually been entrusted in 2024, and the working group of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau only supervises the use of borrowed funds to ensure that the funds are earmarked, and when the borrowed funds are used, the supervision will end.

In the 2024 season, among the teams in the top half of the Chinese Super League rankings (Haigang, Shenhua, Rongcheng, Guoan, Taishan, Jinmen Tigers, Zhejiang, Henan), only Guoan is a club wholly owned by private enterprises, and in the end, they ranked fourth in the Chinese Super League, which is not easy. It is understood that Sinobo Group, as the sole shareholder of Guoan Club, has borne all the club's historical debts alone in the past two years, and also welcomes companies or partners who are willing to invest in football to invest in the club and jointly operate the club, but so far, no company has expressed its willingness to cooperate. At present, in the 2025 season, all the expenses of Guoan Club will still be borne by Sinobo Group independently.

However, the economic environment is still difficult, and the industrial and sports business has not yet been put into use, which cannot bring income to Sinobo Group, and it is foreseeable that the club's financial difficulties will continue in the future.

At the end of the 2024 season, Suarez is out of class. Club chairman Zhou Jinhui highly recognized Suarez's personal efforts, professionalism and his dedication to the team, but was not satisfied with Guoan's results in 2024 and was also dissatisfied with the game process, so he decided to say goodbye to Suarez and change to a new head coach for the 2025 season.

It is understood that the new coach has three target candidates, which are currently being communicated and compared, including a European foreign coach who has coached in the Chinese Super League and loves attacking football. The new coach will be confirmed in the near future, and Guoan's winter training and preparations for the 2025 season will be completed under his leadership.

In the 2025 season, Guoan has a high probability (unless Zhejiang team wins the 2024 AFC Champions League 2 championship) to enter the AFC Champions League 2 League, in order to ensure the width and thickness of the lineup, several veterans whose contracts expire at the end of the year are likely to renew, among which Wang Gang and Chi Zhongguo are basically determined to renew their contracts. Among the 10 young players on loan this year, except for Li Boxi and Duan Dezhi, whose contracts expire at the end of the year, the other players still have contracts or have been renewed in advance. Among them, He Xiaoqiang, Liang Shaowen, Ruan Qilong and Yan Yu, who performed well during the 2024 season on loan, will participate in winter training with the team and be inspected by the new coach.

Reinforcements are also ongoing. It is reported that the relevant procedures for Serginho's joining are being handled in an orderly manner, and he is already in the squad planning for the new season of Guoan. In addition, Guoan will also bring in a strong midfielder, who has a strong midfield defensive ability and excellent forward ball ability.

In the two world preliminaries in November, 6 Guoan people were selected for the national football team, and the national security elements shined, Zhang Yuning and Lin Liangming all scored, and Li Lei, Wang Ziming and Cao Yongjing also had bright spots.

In addition to several international players, players such as Han Jiaqi, Zhang Yuan, Yang Liyu, and Fang Hao are also in their playing years.

In addition, the bonus of the home stadium of Gongti will also continue to provide energy for Guoan in the 2025 season. According to the statistics of the "Transfer Market" website, Guoan's average attendance per game at home in the 2024 season will reach 46,444, continuing to rank first in Asia, and ranking 32nd in the world, beating Barcelona, Manchester City and other European giants. In several strong dialogues, Guoan relied on the tsunami of 50,000+ fans to defeat strong opponents in the "devil's home field".

In Chinese football, Guoan has always been a force to be reckoned with, and now they have basically completed the replacement of the old and the new, with the new coach confirmed and the squad strengthened, the upcoming 2025 season, Guoan will undoubtedly be a strong contender for the Chinese Super League title.