The squad was assembled with former players from Shenzhen Ruby first and youth teams, notably the three veterans Yuan Lin, Chen Yongqiang and Xiao Jianjia, Fan Yuhong's Nanshan Academy (the 2nd graduates, born in 1993 to 1994 and have been representing Shenzhen in various teenage competitions), and former players of Hubei Province clubs where manager Zhang Jun is from and has many connections with.
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Zhang Jun served his pre-season swear of "promotion or my resignation", and was succeed by another Shenzhen based coach, also former international, Zhu Bo, who recruited 13 new players after losing the majority of the 1st team of 2012 season to transfer market and retirements to rebuild a new team for a much more competitive season of 2013.
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