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December 17, 2005 Ma Liangxing returns as Head Coach of China National Team By Jia Ailing The China Football Association has chosen Ma Liangxing to lead the China National Team.The 48-years-old coach led the "Iron Roses" in the 2003 World Cup, but after the team failed to reach the semi-finals he had to resign. In 2004, Ma Liangxing became the head coach of Zhuhai Zhongbang, a China men's second division team. He led the team to promotion to the top league in 2005. The China National Team begin training on December 18th. and will play in the Four-nations tournament in Guangzhou in January 2006. Ma has selected a 34 player squad for the training camp. China National Team training camp pool From Beijing team Li Jie Chen Yanhong Shi Mengyu Ren Liping Liu San From Shanghai team Sun Wen Bai Lili Pan Lina Zhang Ying Shi Xuewen Yuan Fan Xi Dingying From Bayi team Qu Feifei Meng Jun From Hebei team Wang Kun Zhang Na Liu Yali From Henan team Zhao Xiaoyan From Jiangsu team Ge Yang Zhang Yanru Yu Weiming Wen Xiaojie From Dalian team Han Duan Bi Yan Ma Xiaoxu Han Wenxia Bi Shuai Hou Lijia From Shandong team Jin Xiaomei From Tiamjin team Sun Yongxia From Shanxi team Liu Huana From Changchun team Guo Yue Staff Head Coach Ma Liangxing Team Manager Guo Hui Assistant coaches Wang Haiming Zhang Haitao Sun Wei Shi Lianzhi Team doctors Wang Heshan, Meng Zhaojin Administrator Lu Yi