Qingdao F.C.

Qingdao Football Club (Chinese: 青岛足球俱乐部) was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Guoxin Stadium that has a seating capacity of 45,000. The club was owned by Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. who formed the team on 29 January 2013.

Not to be confused with Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990), a team with similar historical name.
Qingdao
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Full nameQingdao Football Club
Founded29 January 2013
Dissolved13 April 2022
GroundConson Stadium,
Qingdao, China
Capacity45,000
OwnerShenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%)
Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%)
Others (9.375%)
ChairmanZhang Qing
ManagerYang Weijian (caretaker)
LeagueChina League One
2021Super League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Qingdao F.C.
Traditional Chinese青島足球俱樂部
Simplified Chinese青岛足球俱乐部
Literal meaningQingdao Yellow Sea

History

Club history

Qingdao Hainiu F.C. was established on 29 January 2013 by former players and coaches from Shandong that included Qi Wusheng as chairman, Hao Haidong as managerial director and Su Maozhen as general manager.[1] With the financial backing of 20 million Yuan from Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd the club would choose the name Hainiu (海牛), which means "The Sea Bulls" despite it once being used by Qingdao Jonoon, another football club in Qingdao between 1994 and 2004, hoping to inspire the golden era of Qingdao football. On the field the team would show their dominance within the league and go through the divisions group stage undefeated, while also beating Meixian Super-X and Shenzhen Fengpeng F.C. to reach the play-off final.[2] In the final the club would defeat Hebei Zhongji F.C. 3–1 to gain promotion to the second tier and win a million Yuan in prize money for the game with a further 3 million won throughout the season.[3]

On 31 January 2015, Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. purchased a 51% stake of the club.[4] On 3 July 2015, Serbian player Goran Gogić collapsed and lost consciousness after a training session with the club. He died later on the same day.[5] Qingdao Hainiu finished 11th place in the 2015 season. On 30 December 2015, Qingdao Hainiu F.C. changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. after Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. took full charge of the club.[6] Qingdao Huanghai finished level on 59 points with Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Zhicheng under Spanish manager Jordi Vinyals in the 2016 season, but their head-to-head points was worse than the other two clubs, thus failing to promote to the Chinese Super League.[7]

In the following 2 years, the club came close to promotion each time but fell short, earning fourth place in the League One. In the 2019 China League One the club earned first place and gained promotion.

Ahead of the 2021 season, Qingdao Huanghai changed their name to Qingdao F.C..[8]

The club dissolved after the 2021 season.[9]

Ownership and naming history
Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
2013–14 Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. Qingdao Hainiu F.C. Qingdao Hainiu
2015 Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(51%)
Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd.(49%)[4]		 Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical[10]
2016–2018 Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (90.625%)
Others (9.375%)		 Qingdao Huanghai F.C.[6] Qingdao Huanghai
2019–2020 Shenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%)[11]
Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%)
Others (9.375%)		 Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Port
2021 Qingdao F.C. Qingdao F.C.

Retired numbers
Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) The number was retired in January 2016.

Managerial history
  • China Su Maozhen (29 January 2013 – 28 July 2015)
  • China Sun Xinbo (caretaker) (28 July 2015 – 28 Dec 2015)
  • Spain Jordi Vinyals (28 December 2015 – 30 July 2019)
  • Spain Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (30 July 2019 – 18 August 2019)
  • Spain Juanma Lillo (18 August 2019 – 5 June 2020)
  • Spain Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (5 June 2020 – 22 July 2020)
  • Spain Pablo Machín (22 July 2020 – 29 July 2020)
  • China Yang Weijian (caretaker) (29 July 2020 - 4 August 2020)
  • China Wu Jingui (4 August 2020 - 13 December 2021)
  • China Yang Weijian (caretaker) (13 December 2021 - 12 January 2022)

Club honours

Results

All-time League rankings

As of the end of 2020 season.[12][13]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
201331914503653136 1WDNQDNQDNQN/A Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium
2014230710133647−113112SFDNQDNQ4,229Qingdao Conson Stadium
2015230712112639−133311R2DNQDNQ5,230
20162301929524210593R2DNQDNQ6,992
201723016410564016524R3DNQDNQ5,997
201823013107634419494R3DNQDNQ6,638
201923017 6 7 59 36 23 57 WR4DNQDNQ13,193
20201 14 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 15 1 27 1 -12 1 10 1 14 R1 DNQ DNQ N/A Suzhou (Group stage) / Dalian (Relegation stage)
20211 22 3 2 17 13 52 -39 11 16 - DNQ DNQ N/A Guangzhou (First, Second stage) / Suzhou (Relegation stage, CSL Playoffs)
  • ^1 In group stage
  • ^2 The league is in progress

Key

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

References

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