Thanks, blessings! Meritorious head coach-Seo Jung won

Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club (hereinafter referred to as the "club") and the head coach of the first team, Mr. Xu Zhengyuan, reached an agreement on follow-up cooperation matters after friendly consultations: the two parties will not renew the contract, and Mr. Xu Zhengyuan will officially resign as head coach of the first team.

Mr. Xu Zhengyuan officially joined the club in January 2021. During his tenure, he injected advanced football concepts, rigorous professional attitude and tenacious fighting spirit into the team, leading Chengdu to achieve leapfrog development: it successfully surpassed in 2022, allowing Chengdu Football to return to the top professional league in China after many years; In the 2022 season, it won the fifth place in the Super League, and entered the semi-finals of the Super League in 2023. In the 2024 season, it won the third place in the Super League and entered the semi-finals of the FA Cup in history. In the 2025 season, the team entered the AFC Champions League for the first time. The elite league stage demonstrated the strength and style of Chengdu football to Asian football.

In recognition of Mr. Xu Zhengyuan's outstanding contribution to the club and Chengdu football, the club officially awarded him the title of "Meritorious Head Coach". Here, the club would like to extend its most sincere thanks to Mr. Xu Zhengyuan and the coaching team for their hard work and unremitting efforts over the years, and wish Mr. Xu Zhengyuan a smooth future career and everything goes well!

The club sincerely thanks the fans, media and all walks of life for their constant support and love. At present, the club has started the selection of a new head coach, and at the same time, it is steadily advancing the recruitment and renewal of players. In the future, Chengdu Rongcheng will continue to uphold the original intention of "fighting for the glory of the city" and go all out to strive for good results in various competitions, live up to the expectations of fans and add glory to Chengdu, a football city!

Xu Zhengyuan's core achievements as head coach

• 2022: Lead the team to successfully surpass and achieve the return of Chengdu's top football league
• 2022 season: Fifth place in the Chinese Super League, achieving great results in the first place in the top league
• 2023 season: Fourth place in the Chinese Super League, steadily improving the team's competitiveness
• 2024 season: Third place in the Chinese Super League (best in team history)+ semi-finals in the FA Cup (breakthrough in team history)
• 2025 season: Advance to the AFC Champions League for the first time and appear in Asia

Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club

December 18, 2025

Thanks, blessings! Meritorious head coach-Seo Jung won

Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club (hereinafter referred to as the "club") and the head coach of the first team, Mr. Xu Zhengyuan, reached an agreement on follow-up cooperation matters after friendly consultations: the two parties will not renew the contract, and Mr. Xu Zhengyuan will officially resign as head coach of the first team.

Mr. Xu Zhengyuan officially joined the club in January 2021. During his tenure, he injected advanced football concepts, rigorous professional attitude and tenacious fighting spirit into the team, leading Chengdu to achieve leapfrog development: it successfully surpassed in 2022, allowing Chengdu Football to return to the top professional league in China after many years; In the 2022 season, it won the fifth place in the Super League, and entered the semi-finals of the Super League in 2023. In the 2024 season, it won the third place in the Super League and entered the semi-finals of the FA Cup in history. In the 2025 season, the team entered the AFC Champions League for the first time. The elite league stage demonstrated the strength and style of Chengdu football to Asian football.

In recognition of Mr. Xu Zhengyuan's outstanding contribution to the club and Chengdu football, the club officially awarded him the title of "Meritorious Head Coach". Here, the club would like to extend its most sincere thanks to Mr. Xu Zhengyuan and the coaching team for their hard work and unremitting efforts over the years, and wish Mr. Xu Zhengyuan a smooth future career and everything goes well!

The club sincerely thanks the fans, media and all walks of life for their constant support and love. At present, the club has started the selection of a new head coach, and at the same time, it is steadily advancing the recruitment and renewal of players. In the future, Chengdu Rongcheng will continue to uphold the original intention of "fighting for the glory of the city" and go all out to strive for good results in various competitions, live up to the expectations of fans and add glory to Chengdu, a football city!

Xu Zhengyuan's core achievements as head coach

• 2022: Lead the team to successfully surpass and achieve the return of Chengdu's top football league
• 2022 season: Fifth place in the Chinese Super League, achieving great results in the first place in the top league
• 2023 season: Fourth place in the Chinese Super League, steadily improving the team's competitiveness
• 2024 season: Third place in the Chinese Super League (best in team history)+ semi-finals in the FA Cup (breakthrough in team history)
• 2025 season: Advance to the AFC Champions League for the first time and appear in Asia

Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club

December 18, 2025