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 (2014-12-12)
ManagerDragan Okuka
LeagueChina League One
2019League Two, 9th (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

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
  • 2015–2018 Zhenjiang Huasa F.C. 镇江华萨
  • 2019– Kunshan F.C. 昆山FC

Current squad

First team

As of 12 July 2019[6]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Chen Anqi
3 DF Yu Jiawei
4 MF Ruan Yang
6 DF Sun Guoliang
7 MF Liu Zefeng
8 DF Wang Yuyang
9 FW Zhu Zhengrong
11 MF Gu Wenxiang
12 GK Chen Kang
14 MF Zhong Jiajie
15 DF Zhang Wei
No. Position Player
16 MF Xu Quan
17 MF Li Yupeng
19 GK Ma Chenrui
20 MF Zhang Yudong
22 DF Pan Jiajun
23 MF Song Qi
27 DF Tu Dongxu
29 FW Zhang Tianhan
30 DF Han Chao
39 DF Lu Jiawei
42 DF Li Long

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
5 DF Gao Mingqi
10 DF Guo Ziyin
21 DF Tang Kangbeiyi
24 DF Li Zhiyu
No. Position Player
31 MF Luo Jiacheng
33 DF Qian Ziwei

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Dragan Okuka
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
  • ^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. 2018中乙俱乐部报名表 Archived 2018-03-28 at the Wayback Machine fa.org.cn 2018-03-27 Retrieved 2018-03-28
  7. "昆山FC" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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