Kunshan F.C.

Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan F.C., is an association football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They currently play in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football.

Kunshan FC
昆山FC
Full nameKunshan Football Club
昆山足球俱乐部
Founded12 December 2014 (12 December 2014) (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.)
GroundKunshan Stadium
Kunshan, China
Capacity30,000
ManagerGao Yao
LeagueChina League One
2021League One, 9th of 18

History

Zhenjiang Huasa, whose members are mainly the fans of FC Barcelona in China, was founded on 12 December 2014. Huasa, meaning Chinese Barca, was used as the club's name.[1] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.[2] Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.[3] In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C..[4] With the support of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as well as private financing the club were able to gain stability, improve their position to 9th and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season.[5]

Name history
  • 2014–2018 Zhenjiang Huasa F.C. 镇江华萨
  • 2018– Kunshan F.C. 昆山FC

Current squad

First team
As of 31 July 2021[6]

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 Wang Xijie
4 MF  CHN Liu Boyang
5 MF  CHN Cui Peng
6 DF  CHN Sun Guoliang
8 FW  CHN Wu Yufan
9 FW  CHN Zhu Zhengrong
10 MF  CHN Ruan Yang
11 MF  CHN Gu Wenxiang
12 GK  CHN Mewlan Jappar
13 GK  CHN Peng Peng
14 MF  CHN Liu Zefeng
16 FW  CHN Yang Yun
17 DF  CHN Zhang Wei
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  CHN Wang Jiajie
19 FW  CHN Feng Boyuan
20 MF  CHN Zhang Yudong
21 MF  CHN Abduwahap Aniwar
23 DF  CHN Liu Ruicheng
24 MF  CHN Zhang Chen
25 FW  CHN Liu Yuhao
26 MF  CHN Liu Yi
27 DF  CHN Tu Dongxu
28 DF  BRA Bruno Pires
29 MF  CHN Xu Junmin
31 MF  CPV Hildeberto Pereira
35 MF  CHN Gong Chunjie
36 MF  CHN Cheng Xianfeng

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
22 DF  CHN Pan Yongzhu
- GK  CHN Chen Kang
- MF  CHN Sun Zhaoliang
- DF  CHN Pan Jiajun
- FW  CHN Zhang Tianhan
- DF  CHN Gao Mingqi
- DF  CHN Wang Yuyang
- DF  CHN Guo Ziyin
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF  CHN Li Yupeng
- GK  CHN Ma Chenrui
- DF  CHN Tang Kangbeiyi
- MF  CHN Song Qi
- DF  CHN Han Chao
- DF  CHN Lu Jiawei
- DF  CHN Li Long
- MF  CHN Xu Quan

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Gao Yao
Assistant coach Nedim Tutić

Source: CFA

Managerial history

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
201646DNQDNQDNQZhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center
201732425172250−281121R1DNQDNQ927
201832812793133−24313R2DNQDNQ2,598
201933017494523225519R1DNQDNQ5,534Kunshan Stadium
202021574414122253QFDNQDNQ
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

References

  1. "华萨足球俱乐部FOOTBALL CLUB HUASA".
  2. 镇江华萨获省业余联赛冠军 并获大区赛资格 at weitiyuba.com 2016-08-30 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
  3. 关于2017年中乙联赛预报名情况的公示 Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at fa.org.cn 2017-02-06 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
  4. 中乙镇江华萨官宣改名昆山 发布新队徽主场迁移. Sina.com (in Chinese). 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  5. 人民日报:由专业公司运营管理 昆山FC运营值得关注. Sina.com (in Chinese). 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  6. "列阵点兵！2021赛季昆山队大名单！". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. "昆山FC" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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