Henan F.C.

The football club was originally known as Henan Provincial team and was founded in 1958 by the local government sports body to take part in the 1959 Chinese National Games before joining the gradually expanding Chinese football league system. The team often spent much of its time in the second tier, except for a short period during the late 1970s when the league was expanded to accommodate more teams. When the Chinese football league system grew to accommodate a third tier, Henan found themselves in it when they were relegated from the second tier in the 1981 league season. However, they were able to quickly return to the second tier when they came out as top of the table to win promotion in the 1982 league season. It wasn't long until they won promotion to the top tier once more in the 1985 league season, where they would remain until the 1988 league season when they were relegated at the end of the season.

By the 1994 league season, the entire Chinese football league system had become professional and Henan would quickly follow when they became professional on August 27, 1994, by selling a 40% stake of the club to Jianye Residential Group (China) Co., Ltd. and renamed themselves Henan Construction.[4] Henan's transition toward professionalism was difficult and they were once more relegated at the end of the 1994 league season to the third tier.[5] Once again, they would have to win promotion from the third tier when they came runners-up in the table at the 1995 league season. For several seasons, they were a second tier club fighting against relegation until Henan Jianye Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. decided to take full control of the club on January 15, 1999. With this sure financial footing, the club would go on to win the division title and establish themselves back into the second tier.[6]

The club won promotion to the Chinese Super League at the end of the 2006 league season after winning the division title.[7] In their debut season in the top tier playing professional football, Henan brought in Pei Encai to add experience to their management and to help them avoid relegation, which he achieved when they finished the season in 12th position, narrowly avoiding relegation after defeating Changchun Yatai 3–2. While he helped them avoid relegation, Henan demanded results in the 2008 league season and this saw them go through several managers before they settled with Tang Yaodong to help them avoid relegation once more. His appointment ended up extremely successful, and throughout the 2009 league season he would lead them to a third-place finish, which is the highest league position they have ever achieved.

Shenzhen Ruby v Henan Construction in 2009

The third-place finish led to the club's first and only appearance in the AFC Champions League in 2010, after they changed their English name to Henan Jianye, while its Chinese name remained the same. Henan finished the championship with 3 draws and 3 losses in the group stage, and from then on, the club's performance dropped from year to year. In 2011, they finished the season in 13th position. After an even more chaotic and unsatisfying season in 2012, the club was relegated to the second division.

Henan appointed Tang Yaodong again in 2013, who helped the team return to the Chinese Super League after the season. However, Tang was dismissed once again halfway through the 2014 season due to the team's disastrous performance. Jia Xiuquan took the position. The team fought hard against Beijing Guoan in the last game of the season. This goalless game helped the club stay in the Chinese Super League by a narrow one point margin.

• 1958–1994 Henan (河南)
• 1994–2009 Henan Construction (河南建业)
• 2010–2020 Henan Jianye (河南建业)
• 2021–2022 Henan Songshan Longmen (河南嵩山龙门)
• 2023– Henan (河南)

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  Henan logo used in 1995
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  Henan Contruction F.C. logo used in 1996
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  Henan Construction logo used between 1997 and 2004
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  Henan Jianye logo used between 2005 and 2021
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  Henan F.C. logo used since 2022

All-time honours list including semi-professional Henan Provincial team period.[11]

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2022 season.[12][13]

no league game in 1966–72, 1975;
no Division 2 league game in 1961–63;

• ^1 In final group. ^2 In group stage. ^3 No promotion.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did not qualify DNE = Did not enter NH = Not Held  – = Does Not Exist R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

Continental results

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Rank /Agg.
2010	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Singapore Armed Forces	0–0	1–2	4th
			Gamba Osaka	1–1	1–1
			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–2	0–2

References

1. "THE ASIAN FOOTBALL STADIUMS". www.FussBallTempel.net. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. "俱乐部". jianyefc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
3. "China League Tables 2009". RSSSF. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
4. "简 介". jianyefc.com. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
5. "China League Tables 1994". RSSSF. 19 June 2003. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
6. "China 1999". RSSSF. 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
7. "China 2006". RSSSF. 2014-09-04. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
8. "2023中超河南队一线队大名单" (in Chinese). 新浪网. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
9. "Henan Jianye " Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
10. "Henan Jianye". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
11. "China – List of Champions". RSSSF. 2015-11-05. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
12. "China League History". RSSSF. 22 Oct 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
13. "河南建业". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

External links

• Official website of Henan Jianye Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine