Target China League One! Can Anhui football stand up this time?

Recently, Anhui Wanmei Football Club was established in Anqing, which has attracted widespread attention from fans.

Anhui Mei Club, the dream of footballers

As the only club in Anhui Province currently built according to professional standards, the emergence of Anhui Mei Team has filled the gap in Anhui's professional football system. It is neither located in Hefei, a rapidly developing provincial capital, nor is it in Wuhu, the center of the Wanjiang urban belt. The Anqing Club is located in Anqing. The Anhui Club has a strong "grassroots" atmosphere. The owner Mr. Chen has a registered capital of only 5 million yuan. He and several friends who like football have jointly invested to build this aspiring club.

recruited soldiers and won the championship, and the Anhui American Club hired Cheng Liang, who had won the Asian Cup championship with the Chinese women's football team as the head coach. The recruitment of players has been completed. According to the plan of the boss Mr. Chen, Anhui Team will participate in the Anhui Division of the 2025 Chinese Championship League in the second half of this year and strive for tickets to the 2026 Chinese Championship League. Due to financial resources, Anhui and American Club set their goal as China League One. In fact, it is already difficult for them to maintain the ranking of China League Two for many years.

The hope of football desert is coming, Anhui needs the Trail Blazers

As a well-known "football desert", Anhui football history has also had teams such as Anhui Lepusheng, Anhui Laomingguang, Anhui Jiufang, Hefei Chuangyi, Anhui Litian, Hefei Lai Guan, etc., continuing the football fire in the Jianghuai region. With the dissolution of Hefei City, Anhui football has entered a vacuum period without professional teams. In the 2025 season, there are only three provinces in the country without professional teams, and Anhui Province is one of them.

"Our goal in the future is to enter the China League One, and I hope Anhui's football career can develop better and better." The words of the boss Mr. Chen represent the voice of Anhui fans. Although there is a lack of high-level professional football here, there is no shortage of enthusiastic fans. The craze for watching games caused by Anhui Jiufang in Wuhu and Hefei is still fresh in memory. The football desert needs pioneers like Anhui Mei Club.