The Qingdao Hainiu Herald
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Liu Jun keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Qingdao Hainiu may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Qingdao Hainiu
Fredy Colmán and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Samir Memišević falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market12 Oct 2026
Hu Zheng steps up from the Qingdao Hainiu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hu Zheng has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Cao Lei joins the Qingdao Hainiu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cao Lei is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Yang Shuai
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
He Xinjie signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” He Xinjie and Qingdao Hainiu agree another 3 years.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Samir Memišević goes back to face Beijing Guoan
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Samir Memišević’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Qingdao Hainiu needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Carlos Strandberg question follows Qingdao Hainiu around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Carlos Strandberg’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Squad Malcom Edjouma wants to know why he earns less
- Market Qingdao Hainiu shop where it costs nothing
- The dugout Jin Yangyang has been promised minutes