Nei Mongol Zhongyou F.C.

Nei Mongol Zhongyou
Nèiménggǔ Zhōngyōu
内蒙古中优
Full name Nei Mongol Zhongyou Football Club
内蒙古中优足球俱乐部
Founded 8 October 2011 (8 October 2011)
Ground Hohhot City Stadium
Capacity 51,632
Manager Wang Bo
League China League One
2017 League One, 10th

Nei Mongol Zhongyou Football Club (Chinese: 内蒙古中优) 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 Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and their home stadium is the 51,632 capacity Hohhot City Stadium. Their current majority shareholders are the Hohhot Sports Bureau and Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group.

History

On 8 October 2011 Shanxi Jiayi football club was officially established by the Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group who formed a senior team predominantly comprised from players from the Taiyuan University of Technology.[1] With the aid of the Sports Bureau of Shanxi Province a youth team and women's team was also established and the Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium was chosen to be the clubs home ground.[2] They registered to play within the third tier of the Chinese football league system in the 2012 league season while the club chose white shirts and black shorts as their home uniform. In their debut season they however decided to move to the artificial turf ground Wanbolin Stadium and later Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium to play their home games.[3] On the field the club made their debut in the 2012 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first round by Shanghai Pudong Zobon F.C. 3–1 while in their first season they finished ninth within their group.[4]

The club owners decided not to compete within the 2013 league season after a disappointing debut campaign. Wang Bo replaced Wu Jianwen as the clubs manager and the team went through an extensive rebuilding process in preparation for the 2014 league season as well as changing the clubs name to Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi.[5] The rebuilding process would be a big success and the club would come runners-up within the league to Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. that saw them gain promotion to the second tier for the first time.[6] Despite the promotion the club officially admitted the financial difficulties required with the higher level of professionalism and would consider relocating the team to gain the necessary investment.[7] On 5 January 2015 the Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Government Information Office held a press conference to announce that the Hohhot Sports Bureau would be investing and relocating the team to their city, which resulted in the name change of Nei Mongol Zhongyou.[8]

Name history

  • 2011–2013: Shanxi Jiayi (Chinese: 山西嘉怡)
  • 2014: Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi (Chinese: 太原中优嘉怡)
  • 2015–present: Nei Mongol Zhongyou (Chinese: 内蒙古中优)

Current squad

As of 2 March 2018 [9]

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 Fang Zihong (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
3 China DF Chen Fangzhou
4 China DF Zhang Tianxiang
5 China DF Li Chenguang
6 China DF Liu Ruicheng (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
7 China DF Duan Jieyi
8 China MF Li Gen
10 Brazil FW Dori
11 China MF Exmetjan Ekber
13 China FW Lei-Lu Dekun
15 Senegal FW André Senghor
16 China GK Zhu Zilin
17 China DF Geng Tianming
19 China MF Luo Andong
No. Position Player
20 China MF Hu Hao
22 China FW Qiu Lingfeng
23 China MF Mou Shantao
25 China DF Zhang Tianlong
27 China DF Wang Bo
28 China MF Ren Chenchao
29 China GK Han Fangteng
30 China DF Mirdan Ablikim
31 China FW Yu Shuai
33 China DF Li Jian
35 China MF Zou Yucheng
36 China MF Merdan Ali
37 China MF Gao Zengxiang

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
41 China GK Chen Chang
42 China MF Xu Kaiming
43 China MF Jiang Bin
44 China MF Song Ziwei
45 China GK Su Yang
48 China DF Wang Zhenxiang
49 China MF Wang Haozhi
50 China DF Li Yi
51 China DF Pei Gangnan
52 China DF Zhou Hongtao
53 China DF Tang Chunlei
No. Position Player
54 China MF Wang Ze
55 China MF Lin Ziqi
57 China DF Wang Ping'an
58 China MF Ling Wei
59 China DF Feng Tangchao
60 China DF Zeng Haochuan
61 China MF Li Cida
69 China MF Zheng Yixin
71 China MF Kerchinv
72 China MF Yang Zongyu
73 China MF Zhang Shuai

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

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach China Wang Bo
Assistant coach China Yue Songtao
Assistant coach China Piao Junjie
Goalkeeper coach China Ma Longfei
Goalkeeper coach Portugal Vítor Valente
Fitness coach Chile Dudley Hitchman
Physio China Cai Puwang
Physio China Fu Dongming
Physio China Mao Jie
Scout China Jiang Chao

Source: CFA

Managerial history

  • China Wu Jianwen (2012)
  • China Wang Bo (2014–2017)
  • Spain Raül Agné(2018)
  • China Wang Bo (2018–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2017 season.[10][11]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
201232484123136−5289 1R1DNQDNQ715Wanbolin Stadium/Taiyuan IEE Stadium
2014319116230102033 2RUDNEDNQDNQ2,500Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium
20152301271138326436R3DNQDNQ18,238Hohhot City Stadium
20162301251337352417R3DNQDNQ9,468
201723098134047-73510R4DNQDNQ7,656
2018230R3DNQDNQ

Shanxi Jiayi did not compete in 2013.

  • ^1 in North Group. ^2 In group stage.

Key

References

  1. ↑ "山西嘉怡足球俱乐部简介" (in Chinese). zhongyou888.com. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  2. ↑ "山西足球新军"交学费"在所难免 目标5年冲中超" (in Chinese). chinanews.com. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ↑ "山西战中乙 主场今日首演" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  4. ↑ "中乙积分榜：河北贵州夺头名 新疆男足无缘复赛" (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  5. ↑ "明日在海埂开始春训" (in Chinese). sports.dzwww.com. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  6. ↑ "中乙-江西2–0擒太原夺冠 贵州2–0胜梅州获季军" (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  7. ↑ "中甲新军山西嘉怡或外迁 场地资金困难重重" (in Chinese). chinanews.com. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  8. ↑ "关于太原中优嘉怡足球俱乐部有限公司工商迁移并更名的公示" (in Chinese). fa.org.cn. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  9. ↑ 2018赛季中甲联赛16强全名单 sports.sina.com 2018-03-02 Retrieved 2018-03-05
  10. ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  11. ↑ "呼和浩特中优" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
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