Nantong Zhiyun F.C.

Nantong Zhiyun Football Club (Chinese: 南通支云足球俱乐部) is a Chinese professional football club based in Rugao, Jiangsu, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Nantong Zhiyun plays its home matches at the Rugao Olympic Sports Center, located within Rugao. The club was founded on 13 March 2016 by Fan Bing with the support from the Rugao and Nantong municipal governments, and the Jiangsu provincial government. The club name Zhiyun derives from Zhiyun Tower, a tower of historic significance in Nantong, and is depicted on its club badge.

Nantong Zhiyun
Nántōng Zhīyún
南通支云
Full nameNantong Zhiyun Football Club
南通支云足球俱乐部
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundRugao Olympic Sports Center, Rugao, Jiangsu
Capacity14,603
ChairmanFan Bing
ManagerDavid Patrício
LeagueChinese Super League
2022League One, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed when the Nantong Municipal Football Association bought the first team of Guangxi Longguida F.C. as well as their registration and position in the Chinese Football Association China League Two division.[1][2] Nantong Zhiyun F.C. was officially established on March 13, 2016 in a launching ceremony held in Rugao, Nantong in the Jiangsu province where the Chairman Fan Bing, with the support from the Rugao, Nantong and Jiangsu Province Municipal Government, announced that the club was named after the Zhiyun Pagoda situated on the top of the Langshan hill overlooking the city of Nantong. The club's badge would utilise a wolf as reference to Langshan hill's history with wolves while blue was chosen as the team's home colours.[3] Former Chinese referee Li Jun was appointed as the club's general manager and former Chinese international Wei Xin as the club's Head Coach.[4]

In the 2018 China League Two season, they gained promotion to the China League One for the first time in its history after beating Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 1–0 at Shaanxi Province Stadium in front of 48,869 spectators on October 27, with a last minute goal by Nan Yunqi sealing the game.[5] With that victory the club were able to gain investment after several shareholders left the club while they were in the third tier.[6] In the second tier the club would struggle and Wei Xin was replaced with Gary White as Head Coach on 20 August 2019, who ensured the clubs survival within the division.[7] On 31 March 2020, Xie Hui was brought in as the new Head Coach, however his vocal behaviour and critical options, particularly on the President of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan saw him resign.[8] On 26 August 2021, Cao Rui would be brought in to manage the team and he would go on to lead the team to third within the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.[9]

In 2022, Nantong Zhiyun secured promotion to Chinese Super League for the first time in history from 2023 season after finishing third place in China League One in 2022 season.

Name history
  • 2016 – Nantong Zhiyun F.C. (南通支云)

Players

Current squad
As of 30 June 2023[10]

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 Li Huayang
2 DF China CHN Wei Lai
3 MF China CHN Wang Jie
4 DF China CHN Yeljan Shinar
5 DF China CHN Ma Sheng
6 MF Switzerland SUI Yang Mingyang
7 MF China CHN Jiang Zilei
8 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Morelatto
9 FW Honduras HON Rubilio Castillo
10 MF China CHN Xu Junmin
11 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Romário Baldé
14 DF Brazil BRA Bressan
15 DF China CHN Liu Wei
16 MF Croatia CRO David Puclin
17 MF China CHN Kamiran Halimurat
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF China CHN Liu Huan
20 MF China CHN Huang Cong
21 MF China CHN David Wang
22 GK China CHN Sun Le
23 GK China CHN Shi Xiaodong
24 MF China CHN Li Junju
25 MF China CHN Cao Kang
26 DF China CHN Ye Daochi
27 DF China CHN Xu Wu
28 FW China CHN Gui Hong
29 MF China CHN Zheng Haoqian
30 MF China CHN Li Xiangbin
31 MF China CHN Xue Tian
33 MF China CHN Wang Song
36 DF China CHN Qiu Zhongyi

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Spain Gabri
Assistant manager Spain David Gauses
China Jia Jin
Goalkeeping coach Spain David Pérez
Serbia Srđan Soldatović
Fitness coach Spain Xerman Figuerias
Spain Pablo Vieites
Technical assistant China Yang Yang
Technical director Portugal David Patricio

Last updated: 20 May 2023
Source: 20 May 2023

Managerial history

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2022 season.[11]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20163203981422−81816R1DNQDNQ4,825Rugao Olympic Sports Center
201724116724195398R2DNQDNQ3,371
201831215558223668RUR16DNQDNQ9,126
201923089133538-33312R3DNQDNQ
202015573161602212DNQDNQDNQ
2021342059623032655R4DNQDNQ
2022342176622240703R1DNQDNQ
20231340000000TBDR1DNQDNQ
  • ^1 in group stage.

Key

References
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  2. 关于广西龙桂达足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示 Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine fa.org.cn 2016-01-13 Retrieved 2016-04-08
  3. 南通支云俱乐部召开新赛季誓师大会 魏新挂帅 (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  4. 魏新出任南通中乙队主帅 目标尽早冲甲冲超成功 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  5. "China 2018 > China League Two". RSSSF. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. 南通支云投资人：曾卖房子和股权给球员发工资 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  7. 最新！英国籍教练盖瑞·怀特正式出任南通支云主教练！ (in Chinese). sohu.com. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  8. 谢晖：我决定辞去南通支云主教练一职，偷拍事件我也有反思 (in Chinese). m.dongqiudi.com. 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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  10. "南通支云一线队大名单出炉，今天球队登狼山憧憬展望新赛季". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  11. 南通支云 (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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