The national football team announces the return of Fernando and Exxon, the new 31 member national team

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Ivankovich: new players will be selected to join the national football team, and Zheng Zhi and Shao Jiayi will stay in the team as teaching assistants

In order to prepare for the third and fourth rounds of the top 36 Asian qualifiers of the 2026 US Canada Mexico World Cup, the Chinese national men's football team is scheduled to go to Shenzhen, Singapore and Tianjin, Guangdong Province, to organize training and participate in the competition from March 11 to 27, 2024, after the research of the national team coach team and the approval of the China Football Association.

Compared with the big list of the Asian Cup in January this year, Wu Xi, Tan Long and other veteran players were not included in the current list, Liu Binbin and Xu Xin were not included in the list, and three naturalized players Li Ke, Exxon and Fernando returned.

Head Coach: Branko Ivankovic

Assistant coaches: Mario Tokic, Shao Jiayi, Zheng Zhi, Chen Tao

Goalkeeper coach: Igor Panadic

Physical fitness coach: Marco Stilenovich

Fernando (left) and Exxon are back.

Athletes (31): Shanghai Harbor Football Club: Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Yan Junling

Jiang Guangtai, Wang Zhen'ao, Li Shuai, Li Ang

Shandong Taishan Football Club: Wang Dalei, Liu Yang, Gao Zhunyi, Chen Pu, Xie Wenneng, Li Yuanyi, Fernando

Zhejiang Professional Football Club: Zhao Bo, Cheng Jin

Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club: Wei Shihao, Exxon

Shanghai Shenhua Football Club: Dai Weijun, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong, Gao Tianyi, Xie Pengfei

Beijing Guoan Football Club: Li Lei, Lin Liangming, Zhang Yuning, Li Ke

Wuhan Three Town Football Club: Liu Dianzuo, Deng Hanwen

Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club: Barton

Henan Football Club: Wang Shangyuan