Beijing Guoan Officially Enters AFC Champions League Period, Club Places Great Importance on Competition

Recently, tickets for Beijing Guoan's AFC Champions League Elite League home match against Pohang Steelers have officially gone on sale. Before this, Guoan had also completed sales of its home season ticket packages for the AFC Champions League league stage, and Beijing Guoan has officially entered its AFC Champions League period.

Guoan currently ranks third in the Chinese Super League. In a season considered to be one for transition, the team's results have already exceeded many people's expectations. Guoan also faces relatively little pressure regarding league results at present, so the club as a whole has shifted its focus to the AFC Champions League.

It is understood that everyone at Guoan attaches great importance to the AFC Champions League. On one hand, Guoan has been away from the top-level AFC Champions League competition for five years. Due to the impact of the pandemic, Guoan only sent young players to compete in the 2021 AFC Champions League. Although the young players performed well, the gap in experience and ability meant they could not fully show Beijing Guoan's true level. After returning to the top-level AFC Champions League competition this time, Beijing Guoan hopes to display the club's best level and provide fans with an experience befitting a continental competition.

On the other hand, the club believes that participating in the AFC Champions League Elite League represents Beijing and, more importantly, China. Over the past few seasons, the AFC has gradually relaxed restrictions on foreign players in the AFC Champions League, while Chinese clubs' performances in the competition have declined significantly. This season, with the support of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Professional League, Guoan specifically signed two foreign players designated for the AFC Champions League, hoping to use strong performances to restore the reputation of Chinese Super League teams and change outside perceptions of them.

The AFC Champions League journey is about to begin, and the entire Guoan team will be fully committed to it. Everyone at the club is making intensive preparations. Staff members responsible for logistics, preparation, commercial operations and other areas have all put in a great deal of effort, with the goal of showing the best version of 'Guoan' on the AFC Champions League stage.

On September 15, facing old rivals Pohang Steelers, whom they have not met for 13 years, will you be there in person?