Kunshan F.C.
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| Full name | Kunshan Football Club 昆山足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 12 December 2014 (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.) | ||
| Ground | Kunshan Stadium Kunshan, China | ||
| Capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Manager | Sergio Zarco Díaz | ||
| League | China League One | ||
| 2021 | League One, 9th of 18 | ||
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Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan F.C., is an association football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They currently play in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football.
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.[1] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.[2] Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.[3] In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C..[4] 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 9th and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season.[5]
Name history
- 2014–2018 Zhenjiang Huasa F.C. 镇江华萨
- 2018– Kunshan F.C. 昆山FC
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 September 2022[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Sergio Zarco Díaz
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| Assistant coach |  Nedim Tutić
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Source: CFA
Managerial history
Li Dong (2016–2017)
Dragan Stančić (caretaker) (2017)
Goran Miscevic (2017)- Li Xiao (2017)
- Tang Jing (2018)
- Dragan Okuka (2019)
- Gao Yao (2019–2021)
Sergio Zarco Díaz (2021–)
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2021 season.[7]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2016 | 4 | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center | |||||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 11 | 21 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 927 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 43 | 13 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 2,598 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 551 | 9 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,534 | Kunshan Stadium |
| 2020 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 3 | QF | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 51 | 9 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ |
- ^1 In group stage.
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References
- ^ "华萨足球俱乐部FOOTBALL CLUB HUASA".
- ^ 镇江华萨获省业余联赛冠军 并获大区赛资格 at weitiyuba.com 2016-08-30 Retrieved 2017-09-09 (in Chinese)
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "昆山FC公布新赛季大名单：31名球员包括2名外援". Sina (in Chinese). 10 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "昆山FC" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.