Kunshan F.C.

Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan FC, formerly known as Zhenjiang Huasa was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They participated in the Chinese Super League, under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It was founded on 12 December 2014 as an amateur membership club called Zhenjiang Huasa F.C., before moving to Kunshan where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. The club was dissolved in March 2023.[1]

Kunshan FC
昆山FC
Full nameKunshan Football Club
昆山足球俱乐部
Founded12 December 2014 (12 December 2014) (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.)
2018 (as Kunshan F.C.)
Dissolved29 March 2023 (2023-03-29)
GroundKunshan Stadium
Kunshan
Capacity30,000
ChairmanFu Qiang
2022League One, 1st of 18
WebsiteClub website

History

Zhenjiang Huasa, whose members are mainly the fans of FC Barcelona in China, was founded on 12 December 2014. Huasa, meaning Chinese Barca, was used as the club's name.[2] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.[3] Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.[4] In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C.[5] With the support of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as well as private financing the club were able to gain stability, improve their position to ninth and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season.[6] While the club finished in ninth at the end of the season they were granted promotion to the second tier, due to the expansion of the league and disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.[7]

In their debut season within the second tier, the clubs Head, Gao Yao was able to guide the team to a third place finish, however unable to improve upon these results in the following season he was let go by the club on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz.[8] In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio was able to gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in the clubs history by winning the division with the highest recorded points total in Chinese history for the division.[9] However, the participation did not happen because the club was dissolved. All matches were scratched and awarded 3-0 (or 0-3) to their opponents.

Name history
Year Team name Club name
2015 Zhenjiang Huasa glory Zhenjiang Huasa Football Club
2015 Danyang Henglu
2015 Zhenjiang Hua Sahenglu
2017-2018 Zhenjiang Cultural Tourism Huasa
2019-2021 Kunshan FC Kunshan Football Club
2019-2021 Kunshan team

Crest history
  • Zhenjiang Huasa logo used between 2014 and 2015
    Zhenjiang Huasa logo used between 2014 and 2015
  • Zhenjiang Huasa logo used in 2017
    Zhenjiang Huasa logo used in 2017
  • Kunshan logo used since 2018
    Kunshan logo used since 2018

Managerial history

Honours

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the start of 2023 season.[10]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20155630320119–16DNQDNQDNQ
20165–11DNQDNQDNQ
46DNQDNQDNQZhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center
201732425172250−281121R1DNQDNQ927
201832812793133−24313R2DNQDNQ2,598
201933017494523225529R1DNQDNQ5,534Kunshan Stadium
202021574414122253QFDNQDNQ927
202123413129563521519R4DNQDNQ0
20222342851801961891R2DNQDNQ
  • ^ ^ In final stage.
  • ^ In group stage.

Key

References

  1. "2023职业联赛准入名单：广州城、昆山、陕西未在列" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. "华萨足球俱乐部FOOTBALL CLUB HUASA". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. 镇江华萨获省业余联赛冠军 并获大区赛资格 Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine at weitiyuba.com 2016-08-30 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
  4. 关于2017年中乙联赛预报名情况的公示 Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at fa.org.cn 2017-02-06 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
  5. 中乙镇江华萨官宣改名昆山 发布新队徽主场迁移. Sina.com (in Chinese). 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  6. 人民日报:由专业公司运营管理 昆山FC运营值得关注. Sina.com (in Chinese). 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  7. "足协公布三级联赛准入名单：深足递补天海进入中超". sports.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2020-05-23. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  8. "发布会宣！昆山已完成换帅，球队预备队教练萨尔科取代高尧". m.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  9. "2022中甲联赛圆满落幕 昆山强势打破两项记录". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  10. "昆山FC" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
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