Meizhou Hakka F.C.

Meizhou Hakka Football Club (Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱乐部; pinyin: Méizhōu Kèjiā Zúqiú Jùlèbù; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu), 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, Wei Real Estate Development Co Ltd and partners. The club was renamed Meizhou Wuhua Football Club according to Meizhou Daily.[1] However, the original name was still used in official documents of CFA all the time.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Meizhou Hakka
Méizhōu Kèjiā
梅州客家
Full nameMeizhou Hakka Football Club
梅州客家足球俱乐部
Founded2013 (2013)
GroundHuitang Stadium, Wuhua
Capacity30,000
Manager Marcelo Rospide
LeagueChina League One
2019League One, 10th

History

Meizhou Hakka 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 梅州客家
  • 2014– Meizhou Wuhua 梅州五华[1]

According to official documents of CFA:

  • 2013–2015 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
  • 2016— Meizhou Hakka 梅州客家[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Current squad

First team squad

As of 2 July 2019[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 GK Li Xinyu
5 DF Hao Qiang
6 MF Shi Hongjun
7 MF Guo Yi
9 FW Dori
10 FW Lonsana Doumbouya
11 FW Chisom Egbuchulam
14 MF Wang Pan
15 MF Yang Bin
16 DF Liu Xiaolong
18 DF Huo Liang
19 DF Lin Juyuan
No. Position Player
20 DF Miao Ming
21 MF Zhang Jiansheng
22 GK Hou Yu
24 DF Yang Wenji
25 MF Fan Jinrui
26 MF Du Mingyang
27 MF Li Zhilang
28 DF Xue Haoyuan
29 DF Tang Dechao
36 GK Hong Zhiyue
48 MF Che Xing
- MF Cui Wei
- DF Zhang Hongjiang
- DF Leung Nok Hang

Reserve squad

As of 7 March 2019

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

No. Position Player
17 MF Li Zhe
41 MF Chi Zhongjie
43 DF Zhong Lang
45 MF Tan Yaoyang
46 GK Li Xinyu
No. Position Player
50 MF Li Jiawei
55 MF Le Yutian
61 MF Li Yang
62 GK Su Jinyi

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
4 DF Luo Xi (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
13 MF Zhang Zhiquan (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
No. Position Player
58 MF Tang Hai (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
DF Xiong Zexuan (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Marcelo Rospide
Assistant coach Qu Gang
Goalkeeping coach Da Silva

Source: CFA

Managerial history

Honours
Winners (1): 2015

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 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
2018230117124044−4409R3DNQDNQ3,583
2019230DNQDNQHuitang Stadium
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

References

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