Qingdao Hainiu F.C.

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Qingdao Hainiu Football Club(Chinese:Thanh đảo hải ngưu túc cầu câu nhạc bộ;pinyin:Qīngdǎo Hǎiniú Zúqiú Jùlèbù;lit.'Qingdao Sea Bull F.C.') is a Chinese professionalfootballclub based inQingdao,Shandong,that competes in theChinese Super League,the top tier ofChinese football.Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at theQingdao Youth Football Stadium,located withinChengyang District.Their current owners are the privately owned cable manufacturers Qingdao Jonoon Group.

Qingdao Hainiu
Qīngdǎo Hǎiniú
Thanh đảo hải ngưu
Full nameQingdao Hainiu Football Club
Thanh đảo hải ngưu túc cầu câu nhạc bộ
Nickname(s)Hainiu(Sea Bull, hải ngưu )
Founded1990;34 years ago(1990)(asShandong Economic and Trade Commission F.C.)
31 December 1993;30 years ago(1993-12-31)(asQingdao Hainiu F.C.)
GroundQingdao Youth Football Stadium
Capacity50,000
OwnerQingdao Jonoon Group
ChairmanQiao Weiguang
Head coachYasen Petrov
LeagueChinese Super League
2024Chinese Super League,12th of 16

The club was founded as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission Football Club in 1990 and started at the bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid in the third tier. On December 31, 1993, they became the first professional club inQingdaoand changed its name to Qingdao Manatee. They went on to establish themselves as a top-tier club and won their first major trophy in 2002 by winning theChinese FA Cupon November 16, 2002, when they beatLiaoning Bird.In the mid-2010s the club started to decline and fell down two leagues, being relegated twice in 4 seasons.

History

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Qingdao Jonoon Football Club started out asShandong Economic and Trade Commission F.C.in 1990 by some retired footballers at the corporation affiliated with Shandong economic and trade commission associated with some workers at Qingdao Municipal Sanatorium. After playing in theChinese Yi Leaguefor three seasons, the club finished as Second Division Champions and won promotion to theChinese Jia-B Leaguein 1992 – the club's first league title. As required byChinese Football Association,on 31 December 1993, the club set up a professional system and became the first professional football club in Qingdao. Subsequently, the club was renamed toQingdao Manatee F.C.,the Chinese name formanatee,"Hải ngưu (hainiu, literally 'sea bull')", also being the nickname for thefoghornin TuandaoLighthousedue to the sound it emits.[1]

Qingdao Manatee finished as theChinese Jia-B LeagueChampions and won promotion to theChinese Jia-A Leaguein 1994.[2]In the following season, the club was invited to compete theTainland Queen's Cupand achieved the third place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss – the club's first international honour. However, in domestic league the club was relegated to theDivision 1Bafter losing an epic battle againstSichuan Quanxing2–3. In 1996, the club appointed Wu Hongyue as manager, who led the team to a second-place league finish and regained promotion to theDivision 1A.Soon after that season, the state-run tobacco producer – Qingdao Etsong Group started to invest the club, which changed its name toQingdao Etsong Hainiu F.C.the following year. From 1997 season, the club became a regular member of the top division and was never relegated since then. On November 16, 2002, after beatingLiaoning Bird2–0 inEtsong Sports Center,the club won its first major trophy: the 2002Chinese FA Cup.[3]

After eight-year management by Etsong Group, the club was transferred to a privately owned cable manufacturer – Qingdao Jonoon Group and dropped the long term icon "Hainiu" from its name in December 2004.[4]The club's new owner slashed down the budget greatly, sold up all notable players and assigned the formerJinan taishan's coachYin Tieshengas manager, who is famous for his defending style. In the following three seasons, Yin brought Jonoon to stay firmly in the middle position of the league. In 2008, after Yin's assignment as assistant coach ofChina Olympic team,the club promoted the assistant coach Guo Kanfeng as head coach and retained eighth place in that season. After six-round terrible management in the following season, Guo was sacked by the club and former notableSerbiancoachSlobodan Santračtook over as manager. Though finished at thirteenth place, the team played a beautiful attacking soccer style and even the attacking combination was duplicated by theNational Teamhead coachGao Hongbo.Soon after 2009 season, the club surprisingly sacked Santrač and reassigned Guo as actual head coach, with Dragan Jovanovič assigned as nominal head coach due to Gu's lack of qualification. In 2010, the club endured a horrible season and lost the last match againstHangzhou Greentown0–1, but surprisingly survived from relegation in the fourteenth place.[5]

In the 2013 league season the team's managerChang Woe-Ryongwas sacked from the club despite the team sitting in tenth.[6]The club would experience relegation at the end of the season and the club's owners publicly declared that one of their own players inGabriel Melkamwas match fixing, which resulted in their relegation.[7]Gabriel Melkam would claim that the accusations of match-fixing were a ploy by the owners not to pay his wages and he took his case to FIFA. While this was going on further claims of mismanagement would arise with the transfer of the club's captainLiu Jianmove toGuangzhou Evergrandewhen it was discovered that the club had forged an extension in his contract.[8]In the2014 league seasonthe club were found guilty for breaking the Chinese FA's rules and were deducted 7 points.[9]

In 2016 Qingdao Jonoon finished second-to-last in theLeague Oneand were relegated to thethird levelof the Chinese league system.Qingdao Huanghai,another team in the League One in the same city, started to get more attention. Qingdao had no more foreign players by 2019. In the 2019 season, there were deducted six points for a rule violation.

Ownership and naming history

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Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
1990–1993 Shandong Economic and Trade Commission Shandong Economic and Trade Commission
1994–1996 Qingdao Manatee Qingdao Manatee
1997 Qingdao Etsong Group Qingdao Etsong Hainiu
1998–2000 Qingdao Etsong Hainiu
2001 Qingdao Beer
2002 Qingdao Hademen
2003–2004 Qingdao Sbright
2005–2006 Qingdao Jonoon Group Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Zhongneng
2007 Qingdao Handicraft City
2008 Qingdao Shengwen Jonoon
2009–2020 Qingdao Jonoon
2021–present Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao Hainiu

Kits and colours

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The club's first choice of home kit colors were all red and they did not have a badge until they won promotion. When they won promotion they changed the club's home kit colors to yellow and their name to Qingdao Manatee (Hải ngưu), which Chinese name also literally means "Sea Bull", which directly influenced their badge design, which was simply a bull.[10]The owners Etsong Group decided to rebrand the club once more with a new badge, which was a simple striped design with the new owners name at the top while the new kit colors became red and white.[11]With Jonoon Group coming in as their new sponsor the club changed their colors once again to blue while using red as their new away colors.[12]When the Jonoon Group took over they incorporated their own logo of two tigers merged as the club's new badge and chose orange as the new home colors because they believe it represents "passion and energy" as well as also being the same color of their own brand.[13]

Kit evolution

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1992–94
1995–97
1998–99
2000–03
2004

Crest history

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Grounds

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The current home stadium of Qingdao Hainiu is the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, which opened in 2023.

The previous stadium of Qingdao Hainiu Football Club wasQingdao Tiantai Stadium,which is also known as Qingdao First Stadium. Tiantai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in 1933 as Qingdao Municipal Stadium, and was renamed Qingdao First Stadium in 1955. Qingdao Jonoon started to play in Tiantai Stadium in the first three professional seasons, and resided there permanently from 2007 to 2019.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 12 July 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK CHN Liu Jun
3 DF CHN Liu Junshuai
5 DF CHN Sha Yibo
6 MF CHN Liu Weicheng
7 MF BIH Elvis Sarić
8 MF CHN Ma Xingyu
10 FW ZAM Evans Kangwa
11 FW ITA Martin Boakye
12 MF CHN Chen Chunxin
13 GK CHN Сao Zheng
15 MF CHN Xu Yang
16 DF CHN Li Hailong
17 FW CHN Hu Jinghang
18 MF CHN Wang Zihao
19 FW CHN Song Wenjie
20 MF BRA Diego Lopes
21 FW CHN Jiang Ning
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK CHN Liu Zhenli
23 DF CHN Song Long(on loan fromShandong Taishan)
24 DF CHN Xu Dong
25 DF TPE Wang Chien-ming
26 DF SRB Nikola Radmanovac
28 GK CHN Mu Pengfei
29 MF CHN Liu Chaoyang
30 MF CHN Zhong Jinbao
32 MF CHN Long Wei
33 DF CHN Liu Jiashen
34 MF CHN Jin Yonghao
37 FW BRA Wellington Silva
38 FW CHN Zhang Wei(on loan fromShanghai Shenhua)
39 DF CHN Qiao Junxi
40 FW CHN Zhao Yi
41 DF CHN Huang Yinghao
43 DF CHN Han Chengzhi

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF MNE Miloš Milović
27 MF CHN Zheng Long

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF CHN Sun Xu(atQingdao Red Lionsuntil 31 December 2024)
14 DF CHN Li Suda(atShanghai Jiading Huilonguntil 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF CHN Sun Weijia(atQingdao Red Lionsuntil 31 December 2024)
FW CHN Chen Jiaqi(atDalian K'un Cityuntil 31 December 2024)

Club officials

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Current coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Yasen Petrov
Assistant coach Georgi Iliev
Aleksandar Georgiev
Su Maozhen
Hu Jun
Goalkeeping coach Yan Fang
Fitness coach Wang Xinbo

Source:Dongqiudi.com

Managerial history

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Information correct as of end of 2023 league season.[14][15]

Honours

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Qingdao Jonoon's first trophy was theChinese Yi LeagueChampions, which it won as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission in 1992.[16]In 1995, the club won its first international honour as Qingdao Hainiu – theThailand Queen's Cupthird place. In 2002, the club won its first major trophy – theChina FA Cup,which allowed to enter theChinese FA Super Cupwhere they came Runners-up that season.[17][18]

Domestic

Reserve team

  • Coca-Cola Olympic League Champions: 2
1998, 1999

Youth team:

  • U19 FA Cup Winners: 1
2006

International

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1995

Player honours

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Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year

Best 11 in the Chinese Football Association Team of the year

Results

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All-time league rankings

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup League Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
1990 3 10 71 3 DNQ
1991 3 9 3 DNQ
1992 3 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 51 C DNQ
1993 2 9 5 2/1 1 14 5 +9 61 RU2 NH
1994 2 20 11 6 3 28 15 +13 283 C NH Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1995 1 22 5 7 10 20 32 −12 22 11 R1 DNQ 13,364 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1996 2 22 14 2 6 38 27 +11 44 RU R2 DNQ Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1997 1 22 6 7 9 16 27 −11 25 9 R2 DNQ 10,545
1998 1 26 8 8 10 24 30 −6 32 6 R2 DNQ 11,538
1999 1 26 8 6 12 30 37 −7 30 10 R2 DNQ 12,192 Hongcheng Stadium
2000 1 26 6 11 9 22 29 −7 29 11 R1 DNQ 16,923
2001 1 26 5 7 14 22 35 −13 22 134 QF DNQ 15,308 Etsong Sports Center
Zibo Sports Center Stadium
2002 1 28 9 9 10 30 34 −4 36 8 C RU 6,214 Etsong Sports Center
2003 1 28 10 5 13 40 50 −10 35 11 R16 DNQ 12,429 Etsong Sports Center
2004 1 22 4 9 9 21 28 −7 21 114 QF NH R1 4,645 Etsong Sports Center
2005 1 26 9 7 10 26 31 −5 34 7 R1 NH QF 4,500 Etsong Sports Center
2006 1 28 6 7 15 25 36 −11 25 14 R1 NH NH 6,071 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2007 1 28 10 6 12 36 42 −6 36 8 NH NH NH 7,179 Etsong Sports Center
2008 1 30 10 9 11 39 36 +3 39 8 NH NH NH 6,600 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2009 1 30 8 12 10 36 36 0 36 13 NH NH NH 8,774 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2010 1 30 6 12 12 31 44 −13 30 14 NH NH NH 6,247 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2011 1 30 12 9 9 37 33 +4 45 6 R1 DNQ NH 8,464 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2012 1 30 10 6 14 26 34 −8 36 13 R4 DNQ NH 9,538 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2013 1 30 7 10 13 26 41 −15 31 15 QF DNQ NH 8,284 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2014 2 30 15 8 7 43 29 14 465 5 R3 DNQ NH 3,602 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2015 2 30 11 8 11 30 39 −9 41 7 R4 DNQ NH 5,093 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2016 2 30 8 9 13 30 43 −13 33 15 R3 DNQ NH 2,702 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2017 3 24 12 9 3 29 11 18 45 5 R2 DNQ NH 762 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2018 3 28 16 3 9 44 29 15 51 8 R3 DNQ NH 433 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2019 3 30 14 9 7 39 18 21 456 14 R4 DNQ NH Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2020 3 9 4 4 1 14 7 7 16 6 DNQ DNQ NH
2021 3 28 18 7 3 52 18 34 61 C R1 DNQ NH
2022 2 34 23 7 4 77 24 53 76 RU R2 DNQ NH
2023 1 30 7 7 16 34 45 -11 28 13 SF DNQ NH 17,945 Qingdao Youth Football Stadium
  • ^Note 1:In final group stage.^Note 2:No promotion.^Note 3:2 points each win.^Note 4:No relegation.^5:Deducted 7 points.^6:Deducted 6 points.
Queen's Cupresults
Season 1995
Results 3

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All-time top scorers

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Since1994the first professional league season.CFA Cupand CSL Cup are included. Correct as the end of season 2011.

Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Asia Other Total
1 Qu Bo 2000–2009 051 003 003 000 000 057
2 Jiang Ning 2004–2010 035 001 003 000 000 039
3 Liu Jian 2004–2013 035 000 003 000 000 038
4 Gao Ming 2000–2004 019 004 000 000 000 023
5 Zheng Long 2007–2013 019 000 000 000 000 019
6 Zuo Wenqing 1994,1996–1999 017 000 000 000 000 017
7 Dragan Vukoja 2002–2003 012 004 000 000 000 016
8 Tang Lepu 1994–1996 014 000 000 000 000 014
9 Fan Xuewei 1994–1999 013 000 000 000 000 013
10 Jiao Chunben 1994–1999 012 000 000 000 000 012

Top league scorers each season

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Since1994the first professional league season. Correct as of 2 July 2012.

Season Top scorer Goals
1994 Fan Xuewei 07
1995 Tang Lepu 06
1996 Jiao Chunben
Tang Lepu
Zuo Wenqing
Ji Yujie
06
1997 Zhang Jun 04
1998 Cao Xiandong 06
1999 Gilberto William 07
2000 Qu Bo 08
2001 Emerson 05
2002 Dragan Vukoja 08
2003 Gao Ming 09
2004 Sun Xinbo 05
2005 Qu Bo
Jiang Ning
06
2006 Jiang Ning 07
2007 Liu Jian 08
2008 Mitchel Brown 07
2009 Qu Bo 12
2010 Aleksandar Rodić 08
2011 Song Wenjie
Zhu Jianrong
06
2012 Bruno Meneghel 09
2013 Bruno Meneghel 10
2014 Cristian Dănălache 10
2015 Reis 06
2016 Eddie Hernández 07

Records

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Team records

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Matches

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Record wins

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vGuizhou Zhicheng,27 June 2012

Record defeats

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vShandong Luneng,22 August 2007
vTianjin Teda,8 September 2007
vJiangsu Sainty,22 August 2010

Player records

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Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries.

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