2025 Jiangsu Urban Football League Opens, Xu Kunlin attends

This newspaper (reporter Wang Tuo and Wu Yuyang) On the afternoon of May 10, the opening ceremony of the 2025 Jiangsu Urban Football League with the theme of "City Glory, Green Green Farm Contest" was held at the Zhenjiang Sports Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium. Governor Xu Kunlin attended.

Jiangsu Provincial Urban Football League is jointly sponsored by the Provincial Sports Bureau and the governments of various prefecture-level municipalities, and co-organized by the Sports Bureaus of various prefecture-level municipalities, the Provincial Football Association and the Provincial Sports Industry Group. 13 prefecture-level municipalities in the province form a team to participate in the competition. A total of 516 people were qualified for the competition, with the oldest players 40 years old and the youngest players 16 years old, with an average age of 24.09 years old. The diverse team strength demonstrates the extensive participation and vigorous vitality of Jiangsu football. The league will be held from May to November and is divided into two stages: regular season and knockout stage. Through wonderful competitions between cities, football has become a carrier for spreading urban culture and promoting sports consumption, and create a new league model for the integrated development of "sports + cities". After the opening ceremony of

, the athletes and referee representatives took oaths respectively. Vice Governor Chen Zhongwei kicked off for the opening match. The Zhenjiang City team vs. Yangzhou City team in the opening game. The two teams are full of fighting spirit, and they cooperate tacitly in offense and defense, showing their own style. In the end, under the witness of nearly 18,000 spectators on the scene, the Zhenjiang City team defeated the Yangzhou City team 3:2. During the intermission, young players from Zhenjiang Jiangbin Experimental Primary School and Zhenjiang Experimental School brought training displays. They interpret the infinite vitality of campus football with tacit pass-through cooperation, flexible bracelet breakthroughs, and creative fancy football performances.

Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, Lu Deming, responsible persons of relevant provincial departments, responsible persons of Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, and responsible persons of some provincial enterprises participated in the event.