Qingdao FC
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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.
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. 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. 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.
On 31 January 2015, Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. purchased a 51% stake of the club. 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. 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. 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.
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..
The club dissolved after the 2021 season.
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%) |
Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical | |
| 2016–2018 | Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (90.625%) Others (9.375%) |
Qingdao Huanghai F.C. | Qingdao Huanghai |
| 2019–2020 | Shenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%) Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%) Others (9.375%) |
Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Port | |
| 2021 | Qingdao F.C. | Qingdao F.C. |
**Historik**
Qingdao FC har en lång och framgångsrik historia. Klubben vann sitt första stora trofé, kinesiska FA-cupen, 1997. De har också vunnit den andra kinesiska ligan vid två tillfällen, 1994 och 2013.
**Nutid**
Under de senaste åren har Qingdao FC varit en konsekvent utmanare i kinesiska Superligan. De slutade som 10:e plats under säsongen 2021 och kvalificerade sig för AFC Champions League 2022.
**Hemmaarena**
Qingdao FC spelar sina hemmamatcher på Guoxin Stadium i Qingdao. Stadion har en kapacitet på över 30 000 åskådare.
**Tränare**
Den nuvarande tränaren för Qingdao FC är Wu Jingui. Han är en erfaren tränare som tidigare har tränat flera lag i kinesiska Superligan.
**Truppen**
Qingdao FC har en trupp med både kinesiska och utländska spelare. Några av klubbens nyckelspelare är anfallaren Alexandre Pato, mittfältaren Liu Jianye och målvakten Han Jiaqi.