Nanjing City F.C.

Nanjing City Football Club (Chinese: 南京城市足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nánjīng Chéngshì Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Nanjing City plays its home matches at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, located within Pukou District.

Nanjing City
南京城市
Full nameNanjing City Football Club
南京城市足球俱乐部
Founded2014 (2014)
GroundNanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Capacity18,000
ManagerCao Rui
LeagueChina League One
2022League One, 8th of 18

History

The club was founded on 29 December 2014 as Nanjing Fengfan F.C. and participated within the Nanjing City League Second Division by the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau. Initially formed as youth football training club, on 1 November 2017, the club completed their Chinese Football Association (CFA) registration to participate within the Nanjing Football Association Super League and take part within the Chinese football pyramid.[1] A seventh place finish and eighth place finish in the 2018 league season would be enough to qualify for the 2019 Chinese Champions League where they won the division title and promotion to the China League Two.[2]

In January 2021, Nanjing Fengfan F.C. changed their name to Nanjing City.[3]

Players

Current squad
As of 1 January 2023[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK China CHN Huang Zihao
2 DF China CHN Sun Ningzhe
3 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Yaki Yen
4 MF China CHN Zhang Xinlin
6 MF China CHN Zhao Mingyu
7 FW China CHN Huang Peng
11 FW China CHN Li Rui
12 MF China CHN Deng Yubiao
14 GK China CHN Hao Kesen
15 MF China CHN Jiang Shichao
16 MF China CHN Zhang Zimin
17 DF China CHN Mou Shantao
18 MF China CHN Ni Yin
20 DF China CHN Zhou Yu
21 GK China CHN Zhang Jingyi
22 MF China CHN Xie Zhiwei
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF China CHN Meng Zhen
24 DF China CHN Lu Chaoyu
25 GK China CHN Wang Lipeng
26 MF China CHN Ding Yunfeng
27 DF China CHN Chen Zepeng
28 FW Cameroon CMR Messi Bouli
29 FW China CHN Hu Shuming
31 DF China CHN Zhu Jiayi
32 GK China CHN Wang Kailong
35 DF China CHN Yang Chaohui
36 MF China CHN Cao Zhenquan
37 MF China CHN Sun Zewen
40 FW Kenya KEN Ayub Masika
41 FW China CHN Zhang Xianbing
— MF Burkina Faso BFA Abdou Traoré

Managerial history

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2020 season.

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20194Group J440026026121W-----
North Group770023221211
20203Group A9810164122513-----

Key

References
  1. "企业简介" (in Chinese). fengfanguoji.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. "枫帆纪实丨怀抱梦想，在新的起点上展望2020！" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. "官方：南京枫帆足球俱乐部正式更名为南京城市足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. "2022赛季南京城市足球俱乐部一线队报名名单出炉". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. "南京枫帆足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). thecfa.cn. 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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