On November 28th, 2024, Shanghai Harbour FC held a grand season review ceremony at its home stadium, SAIC Pudong Football Stadium. On that day, Xie Dong, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and Xu Bin, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, were present to convey the warm congratulations and deep concern of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Sports Bureau to Seaport FC.
With an outstanding record of 25 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses for a total of 78 points in the 2024 season, Shanghai Harbour won the third Vulcan Cup in the team's history by adding glory to the Chinese Super League title they won last year. The team not only set a record of 96 goals scored in a single season in the Chinese Super League, but also won the championship with a high score of 78 points, a season high goal difference of 66 goals and a 16-game winning streak, and on November 23rd, the Harbour Team won the AFC Cup, completing the "Grand Slam" of domestic soccer tournaments.
Xu Genbao, a veteran of Chinese soccer and a famous coach, was also invited to attend the event. In a heartwarming and touching scene, his favorite student, Stanley Wang, personally hung the FA Cup Champion medal for him during the ceremony. Director Xu witnessed the transformation of these young players, who started out from Chongming Island and finally realized their childhood dream of playing soccer and fulfilled their promise to each other. He was overwhelmed with emotion: "In 1995, I led Shenhua to win the championship, and we faced Shandong in the AFC Cup, but unfortunately missed out on the title. Now can realize the double championship, really not easy, congratulations to the harbour team!" He also humorously mentioned, "I remember when Coach Muscat came to the base at the beginning of the year, he gave me a bottle of champagne and we agreed to celebrate the championship together. Congratulations to the Harbour Team, congratulations to Coach Muscat, but it looks like I'll have to return that gold medal of mine, the champagne was too extravagant."
