Zibo Cuju F.C.

Zibo Cuju Football Club (Chinese: 淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One. The team is based in Zibo.

Zibo Cuju
淄博蹴鞠
Full nameZibo Cuju Football Club
淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部
FoundedJune 1982 (June 1982)
GroundZibo Sports Center Stadium, Zibo
ChairmanHe Shihua (何世华)
ManagerHuang Hongyi
LeagueChina League One
2022League One, 15th of 18

History

Zibo Sunday was founded in June 1982 inspired by the 1982 FIFA World Cup. As the founders of the team mainly played football together on Sunday, they used Sunday as the club's name. They officially registered as an amateur club on 18 July 1996. Zibo Sunday finished the third place in the 2011 AFC Vision China Championship and won qualification for the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, which they lost to China League Two club Dongguan Nancheng 3–0.[1] On 30 September 2017, Zibo Sunday won promotion to China League Two after they advanced to semi-final of 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–0,[2] and eventually, winning the entire Championship by beating Anhui Hefei Guiguan in the final. After competing in 2018 China League Two and ending up in a mid-table finish, Zibo Sunday F.C. changed their name to Zibo Cuju F.C. in January 2019,[3] stressing the significance of Zibo being the home of Cuju, a form of proto-football sport in ancient China.

Name history
  • 1982–2018 Zibo Sunday S.C. 淄博星期天
  • 2019– Zibo Cuju F.C. 淄博蹴鞠

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
3 DF  CHN Sun Kai
5 FW  CHN Zhang Shuai
8 FW  CHN Zhang Ye
9 MF  CHN Sun Weizhe
11 MF  CHN Bai Zijian
13 DF  CHN Pan Weihao
15 MF  CHN Zhang Mengqi
16 GK  CHN Wang Zhuo
18 MF  CHN Ma Shuai
20 DF  CHN Wang Hansheng
22 GK  CHN Jiang Qinglong
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  CHN Peng Liedong
24 DF  CHN Zhang Chen
25 DF  CHN Li Chenguang
26 FW  CHN Mai Sijing
27 FW  CHN Ji Shengpan
29 DF  CHN Sun Xiaobin
32 FW  CHN Yan Yiming
33 MF  CHN Zhang Xingbo
35 MF  CHN Fan Xiaodong
40 DF  CHN Liu Zhizhi
44 DF  CHN Han Tianlin

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Huang Hongyi
Assistant coach

Source: CFA

Managerial history
  • Liu Mengyang (2015)
  • Zhang Chonglai (2016)
  • Liu Meng (2017)
  • Hou Zhiqiang (2018–2020)
  • Park Chul (2021)
  • Huang Hongyi (2021–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[5]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Other Att./G Stadium
20114DNQ 1DNQDNQDNQVCC 23
20124DNQ 1R1DNQDNQVCC 23
2013412R1DNQDNQ
20144DNQ 1R1DNQDNQ
20154DNQ 1QRDNQDNQ
20164GroupDNQDNQDNQ
20174WDNQDNQDNQZibo Sports Center Stadium
201832812511383264119R2DNQDNQ1,485
201933022356013476937R4DNQDNQ
2020310712148622RUDNQDNQDNQ
2021234109153252-203911R4DNQDNQ
2022234116173753-1733415R3DNQDNQ
  • ^1 Did not qualify to the final stage. ^2 AFC Vision China Championship. ^3 In group stage. ^4 Zibo Cuju had 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries on 23 November 2022.

Key

References
  1. "足协杯-东莞南城3–0淘汰淄博星期天 次轮对阵松江". sina. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. "新历史!淄博星期天进中丙四强 山东足球新增乙级队". sina. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. "关于淄博星期天足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. "范晓冬等18名球员加盟淄博蹴鞠，球队新赛季大名单出炉". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. "淄博星期天" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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