Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan FC, formerly known as Zhenjiang Huasa was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They participated in the Chinese Super League, under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It was founded on 12 December 2014 as an amateur membership club called Zhenjiang Huasa F.C., before moving to Kunshan where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. The club was dissolved in March 2023.[1]
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| Full name | Kunshan Football Club 昆山足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 12 December 2014 (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.) 2018 (as Kunshan F.C.) | ||
| Dissolved | 29 March 2023 | ||
| Ground | Kunshan Stadium Kunshan | ||
| Capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Chairman | Fu Qiang | ||
| 2022 | League One, 1st of 18 | ||
| Website | http://kunshanfc.cn/ | ||
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History
editZhenjiang 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.[2] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.[3] Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.[4] In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C.[5] 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 ninth and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season.[6] While the club finished in ninth at the end of the season they were granted promotion to the second tier, due to the expansion of the league and disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.[7]
In their debut season within the second tier, the clubs Head, Gao Yao was able to guide the team to a third-place finish, however unable to improve upon these results in the following season he was let go by the club on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz.[8] In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio was able to gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in the clubs history by winning the division with the highest recorded points total in Chinese history for the division.[9] However, the participation did not happen because the club was dissolved. All matches were scratched and awarded 3-0 (or 0–3) to their opponents.
Name history
edit| Year | Team name | Club name |
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| 2015 | Zhenjiang Huasa glory | Zhenjiang Huasa Football Club |
| 2015 | Danyang Henglu | |
| 2015 | Zhenjiang Hua Sahenglu | |
| 2017-2018 | Zhenjiang Cultural Tourism Huasa | |
| 2019-2021 | Kunshan FC | Kunshan Football Club |
| 2019-2021 | Kunshan team |
Crest history
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Zhenjiang Huasa logo used between 2014 and 2015 -
Zhenjiang Huasa logo used in 2017 -
Kunshan logo used since 2018
Managerial history
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Li Dong (2016–2017)
Dragan Stančić (caretaker) (2017)
Goran Miscevic (2017)- Li Xiao (2017)
- Tang Jing (2018)
- Dragan Okuka (2019)
- Gao Yao (2019–2021)
Sergio Zarco Díaz (2021–2023)
Honours
edit- China League One
- Champions (1): 2022
Results
editAll-time league rankings
As of the start of 2023 season.[10]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2015 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | –1 | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| 2016 | 5 | –1 | 1 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 11 | 21 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 927 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 43 | 13 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 2,598 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 552 | 9 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,534 | Kunshan Stadium |
| 2020 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 3 | QF | DNQ | DNQ | 927 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 51 | 9 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 19 | 61 | 89 | 1 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
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References
edit- ^ "2023职业联赛准入名单：广州城、昆山、陕西未在列" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 29 March 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "华萨足球俱乐部FOOTBALL CLUB HUASA". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ 镇江华萨获省业余联赛冠军 并获大区赛资格 Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine at weitiyuba.com 2016-08-30 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "足协公布三级联赛准入名单：深足递补天海进入中超". sports.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2020-05-23. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "发布会宣！昆山已完成换帅，球队预备队教练萨尔科取代高尧". m.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 2021-09-17. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "2022中甲联赛圆满落幕 昆山强势打破两项记录". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-08. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "昆山FC" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 2022-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)