Zibo Cuju F.C.

Zibo Cuju Football Club (Chinese: 淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部) is an amateur Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two. The team is based in Zibo.

Zibo Cuju
淄博蹴鞠
Full nameZibo Cuju Football Club
淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部
FoundedJune 1982 (June 1982)
GroundZibo Sports Center Stadium, Zibo
ChairmanSong Jianshe (宋建设)
ManagerHou Zhiqiang (侯志强)
LeagueChina League Two
2019League Two, 7th

History

Zibo Sunday was founded in June 1982 inspired by the 1982 FIFA World Cup. As the founders of the team mainly played football together on Sunday, they used Sunday as the club's name. They officially registered as an amateur club on 18 July 1996. Zibo Sunday finished the third place in the 2011 AFC Vision China Championship and won qualification for the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, which they lost to China League Two club Dongguan Nancheng 3–0.[1] On 30 September 2017, Zibo Sunday won promotion to China League Two after they advanced to semi-final of 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–0.[2], and eventually, winning the entire Championship by beating Anhui Hefei Guiguan in the final. After competing in 2018 China League Two and ending up in a mid-table finish, Zibo Sunday F.C. changed their name to Zibo Cuju F.C. in January 2019[3], stressing the significance of Zibo being the home of Cuju, a form of proto-football sport in ancient China.

Name history
  • 1982–2018 Zibo Sunday S.C. 淄博星期天
  • 2019– Zibo Cuju F.C. 淄博蹴鞠

Current squad

As of 12 July 2019[4]

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 Gong Linhui
3 DF Yang Lei
4 DF Zhao Chengle
5 DF Guo Mingyue
6 FW Gao Fei
7 MF Li Zhongyi
8 MF Ling Sihao
9 FW Men Yang
10 FW Cheng Yuan (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
11 MF Xu Li'ao
12 DF Song Hua
14 MF Yang Jiawei (on loan from Jiangsu Suning)
15 MF Li Wei
17 MF Han Guanghui
No. Position Player
18 FW Ma Dongliang
19 MF Zhang Fengyu
20 MF Tian Xin
21 MF Li Song
22 GK Lin Xiang
29 DF Du Yuxin
30 FW Ji Shengpan (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
33 DF Li Zhuangfei
35 MF Wu Yue (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
36 MF He Tongshuai
37 MF Liu Changqi
39 GK Sun Qihang
40 DF Xie Xiaofan (on loan from Jiangsu Suning)

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
23 GK Jiao Bo

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
DF Si Xiao (at Shanxi Metropolis until 31 December 2019)
FW Shen Tong (at Shanxi Metropolis until 31 December 2019)
MF Sun Yi (at Shanxi Metropolis until 31 December 2019)
No. Position Player
FW Han Yuhao (at Baoding Yingli Yitong until 31 December 2019)
DF Xia Xicheng (at Kunshan F.C. until 31 December 2019)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Hou Zhiqiang
Assistant coach

Source: CFA

Managerial history
  • Liu Mengyang (2015)
  • Zhang Chonglai (2016)
  • Liu Meng (2017)
  • Hou Zhiqiang (2018–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[5]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Other Att./G Stadium
20114DNQ 1DNQDNQDNQVCC 23
20124DNQ 1R1DNQDNQVCC 23
2013412R1DNQDNQ
20144DNQ 1R1DNQDNQ
20154DNQ 1QRDNQDNQ
20164GroupDNQDNQDNQ
20174WDNQDNQDNQZibo Sports Center Stadium
201832812511383264119R2DNQDNQ1,485
201933022356013476937R4DNQDNQ
  • ^1 Did not qualify to the final stage. ^2 AFC Vision China Championship. ^3 In group stage.

Key

References

  1. "足协杯-东莞南城3–0淘汰淄博星期天 次轮对阵松江". sina. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. "新历史!淄博星期天进中丙四强 山东足球新增乙级队". sina. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. "关于淄博星期天足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. 2018中乙俱乐部报名表 fa.org.cn 2018-03-27 Retrieved 2018-03-28
  5. "淄博星期天" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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