On November 12, Beijing time, officials reported a major and vicious case of a collision with citizens in Zhuhai City, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries. The Zhuhai Sports Center, where the incident occurred, has a deep connection with football.
Zhuhai once had a professional team called Zhuhai Anping Football Team, whose predecessor was the 2002 A-B runner-up Dalian Cederon. On January 14, 2003, Anping Football Club invested 36 million yuan to acquire Cedelon, using Zhuhai Sports Center as their home stadium.
On June 7, 2003, Dong Mingzhu, general manager of Zhuhai Gree Group, invested 8 million to purchase the naming rights and advertising of the team. "Zhuhai Anping Team" was officially renamed "Zhuhai Gree Team".
In January 2004, Shanghai Zhongbang Group officially acquired the club and renamed it Zhuhai Zhongbang City Team. They compete in the Chinese League One and the home court is the Zhuhai Sports Center. The biggest star in the team at that time was Fan Zhiyi. However, in 2005, the team went to Shanghai and became the Shanghai Zhongbang Team that was later known to fans.
In addition, Zhuhai Sports Center is also one of the filming locations for Stephen Chow's famous movie " Shaolin Football ". The best scene in the film, the decisive battle between the "Shaolin Football Team" and the "Devil Team", lasts about 20 minutes and was filmed here for a whole month. On November 12, Beijing time, officials reported a major and vicious case of a collision with citizens in Zhuhai City, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries. The Zhuhai Sports Center, where the incident occurred, has a deep connection with football. Zhuhai once had a professional team called Zhuhai Anping Football Team, whose predecessor was the 2002 A-B runner-up Dalian Cederon. On January 14, 2003, Anping Football Club invested 36 million yuan to acquire Cedelon, using Zhuhai Sports Center as their home stadium. On June 7, 2003, Dong Mingzhu, general manager of Zhuhai Gree Group, invested 8 million to purchase the naming rights and advertising of the team. "Zhuhai Anping Team" was officially renamed "Zhuhai Gree Team". In January 2004, Shanghai Zhongbang Group officially acquired the club and renamed it Zhuhai Zhongbang City Team. They compete in the Chinese League One and the home court is the Zhuhai Sports Center. The biggest star in the team at that time was Fan Zhiyi. However, in 2005, the team went to Shanghai and became the Shanghai Zhongbang Team that was later known to fans. In addition, Zhuhai Sports Center is also one of the filming locations for Stephen Chow's famous movie " Shaolin Football ". The best scene in the film, the decisive battle between the "Shaolin Football Team" and the "Devil Team", lasts about 20 minutes and was filmed here for a whole month.