Meizhou Hakka F.C.

Meizhou Hakka
Méizhōu Kèjiā
梅州客家
Full name Meizhou Hakka Football Club
梅州客家足球俱乐部
Founded 2013 (2013)
Ground Wuhua County Stadium, Wuhua
Capacity 15,000
Manager Li Weijun (caretaker)
League China League One
2017 League One, 12th

Meizhou Hakka Football Club (Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱乐部; pinyin: Méizhōu Kèjiā Zúqiú Jùlèbù; pronounced [měi ʈʂóu kʰɤ̂ tɕjátsǔ  tɕʰjǒu tɕŷ lɤ̂ pû]),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 Wuhua County, Meizhou in the province of Guangdong and their home stadium is the 6,800 capacity Wuhua County Stadium. Their current majority shareholders are the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau and Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. The club was renamed Meizhou Wuhua Football Club according to Meizhou Daily.[1] Nevertheles, the original name was stilled uesed in official documents of CFA all the time.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

History

Meizhou Kejia F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau.[8] He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong.[9] The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.[10]

Name history

According to the club's statement:

  • 2013 Meizhou Kejia (or Meizhou Hakka) 梅州客家
  • 2014– Meizhou Wuhua 梅州五华[1]

According to official documents of CFA:

Current squad

As of 15 July 2018 [11]

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

No. Position Player
1 China GK Li Zheng
2 Hong Kong DF Tsui Wang Kit
3 China DF Wang Weilong (on loan from Shenzhen F.C.)
4 China DF Luo Xi
6 China MF Shi Hongjun
7 China MF Guo Yi (on loan from Tianjin Teda)
8 Ivory Coast FW Serges Déblé
9 China MF Chen Kerui (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
10 China MF Cui Wei (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
11 China DF Zhang Hongjiang
12 Cameroon FW John Mary
13 China MF Zhang Zhiquan
14 China MF Wang Pan
15 Nigeria MF Izunna Uzochukwu
No. Position Player
17 China MF Li Zhe
18 China DF Huo Liang
19 China DF Lin Juyuan
22 China GK Hou Yu
23 China DF Chen Jianlong
24 China DF Yang Wenji
25 China MF Fan Jinrui (on loan from Gondomar)
27 China MF Li Zhilang
29 China DF Tang Dechao
31 China MF Tan Yaoyang
32 China DF Wei Liping
35 China DF Zhou Zihao
36 China GK Hong Zhiyue
39 China MF Ouyang Xue

Reserve squad

As of 2 March 2018

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

No. Position Player
42 China DF Xiong Zexuan
46 China GK Li Xinyu
47 China MF Chi Zhongjie
48 China MF Le Yutian
No. Position Player
52 China FW Gao Zhilin
53 China DF Zhong Lang
61 China MF Tang Hai

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
21 China MF Tan Jiajun (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2018)
China GK Luo Zuqing (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2018)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach China Li Weijun (caretaker)
Assistant coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Hidić
China Qu Gang
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Da Silva

Source: CFA

Managerial history

Honours

Winners (1): 2015

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2017 season.[13][14]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20133129303062430 15[15]DNEDNQDNQMeixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhua County Stadium
201431614024573842 14R3DNQDNQWuhua County Stadium
201531493239132630 1WR3DNQDNQ4,818
2016230116134850-23912R3DNQDNQ6,450
201723089133339-63312R2DNQDNQ5,865
2018230R3DNQDNQ
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

References

  1. 1 2 "Wǒ shì liǎng duì běn lún yī shèng yī fù Méizhōu Kèjiā duì gēngmíng wéi Méizhōu Wǔhuá duì" 我市两队本轮一胜一负 梅州客家队更名为梅州五华队 [One of two Meizhou teams won, the other lost in this roundwork Meizhou Kejia (or Hakka) team is formally renamed Meizhou Wuhua team]. Meizhou Daily (in Chinese). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "2013年中乙联赛球队报名表（南北区）" (in Chinese). CFA. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  3. 1 2 "2014中国足球协会乙级联赛秩序册" (PDF) (in Chinese). CFA. 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  4. 1 2 "关于足协杯第3轮开球时间及上报第4轮比赛地点时间的通知" (PDF) (in Chinese). CFA. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  5. 1 2 "2015中乙联赛俱乐部报名表" (in Chinese). CFA. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  6. 1 2 "2016中国足球协会甲级联赛秩序册" (in Chinese). CFA. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  7. 1 2 "2017年58同城中甲联赛秩序册" (PDF) (in Chinese). CFA. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  8. ↑ "梅州足球的好时光 组两中乙队冲甲". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  9. ↑ "球王李惠堂故里广东五华首迎职业足球联赛". gd.chinanews.com (in Chinese). 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  10. ↑ "梅州五华升甲!广东又多一支中甲球队". epaper.oeeee.com (in Chinese). 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  11. ↑ 2018赛季中甲联赛16强全名单 sports.sina.com 2018-03-02 Retrieved 2018-03-05
  12. ↑ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE – 2015". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  13. ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  14. ↑ "梅州客家". sodasoccer.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  15. ↑ "2013年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次". fa.org.cn (in Chinese). 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-11-06.


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