Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.

Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China and their home stadium is the 27,000 seat Longquanyi Stadium.

Sichuan Jiuniu
Sìchuān Jiǔniú
四川九牛
Full nameSichuan Jiuniu Football Club
四川九牛足球俱乐部
Founded5 January 2017 (5 January 2017)
GroundLongquanyi Stadium
Chengdu, China
Capacity27,000
OwnerChina Sports Capital (54%)
City Football Group (28%)
UBtech Robotics (18%)
ManagerSergio Lobera
LeagueChina League One
2021League One, 8th of 18
Clubs owned by CFG
(listed in order of acquisition/foundation)
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2008Manchester City F.C.*
2009–2012
2013New York City FC§
2014Melbourne City FC*
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
2017Montevideo City Torque*
Girona FC*§
2018
2019Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.*§
Mumbai City FC*§
2020Lommel S.K.*
ES Troyes AC*

History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.

In February 2019, City Football Group purchased the club.[1][2]

On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages.[3] As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season,[4] which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Name history
  • 2017– Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. 四川九牛

Current squad

First team
As of 31 July 2021[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  CHN Geng Xiaoshun
5 DF  CHN Zhao Jun
6 MF  CHN Li Haojie
7 MF  CHN Su Junfeng
10 MF  CHN Ruan Jun
11 MF  CHN Wang Chu
12 GK  CHN Chen Zhe
13 DF  CHN Wang Qi
18 MF  CHN Zhu Xu
22 MF  CHN Xiao Kun
23 MF  CHN Zhang Ziyouyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 GK  CHN Yang Chao
28 FW  CHN Xia Dalong
32 DF  CHN Song Chen
37 MF  CHN Wang Jiaqi
39 DF  CHN Li Bowen
41 MF  CHN Nuali Zimin
- FW  ESP Jorge Ortiz
- DF  ESP Hernan Santana
- FW  ESP Edu García
- DF  HKG Andy Russell

Reserve squad
As of 31 July 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF  CHN Fang Kuimin
- DF  CHN Liu Sheng
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF  CHN Xiao Yifeng
- MF  CHN Zhou Minghao

Out on loan
As of 31 July 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF  CHN Ötkür Hesen (at Zibo Cuju until 31 December 2021)
- DF  CHN Li Endian (at Sichuan Minzu until 31 December 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
- FW  CHN Milathan Yerdana (at Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei until 31 December 2021)
- MF  CHN Wang Song (at Hebei Kungfu until 31 December 2021)

Coaching staff

Source:[6]

Role Name
Head coach Sergio Lobera
Assistant coach Jesús Tato
Fitness coach Manuel Sayabera
Goalkeeper coach Juan Maria Cruz Arias

Managerial history
  • Zhai Biao (2006–2008)
  • Sun Bowei (caretaker; 2008)
  • Xu Jianye (2009–2010)
  • Zhao Lei (2010)
  • Sun Bowei (2011–2017)
  • Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018)
  • Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019)
  • Wang Hongwei (27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020)
  • Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021)
  • Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – present)

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[7]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2017410DNEDNQDNQChengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
2018328610122427−32824QFDNQDNQ4,872
201933017584727205618R2DNQDNQ

Key

References

  1. "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  5. "四川九牛大名单：王楚、汪嵩在列，双外援出征". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  6. "关于聘任塞尔吉奥·洛贝拉先生担任四川九牛队主教练的公告". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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