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| Full name | Meizhou Meixian Techand Football Club 梅州市梅县区铁汉足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 3 July 2003 | ||
| Ground | Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 20,221 | ||
| Chairman |  Tan Dong | ||
| Manager | Fu Bo | ||
| League | China League One | ||
| 2017 | League Two, 2nd (promoted) | ||
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Meizhou Meixian Techand Football Club (simplified Chinese: 梅州市梅县区铁汉足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 梅州市梅縣區鐵漢足球俱樂部; pinyin: Méizhōu Méixiàn Tiěhàn Zúqiú Jùlèbù) or simply Meixian Techand (simplified Chinese: 梅县铁汉; traditional Chinese: 梅縣鐵漢) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium that has a seating capacity of 20,221. Their current majority shareholder is engineering, and construction company Shenzhen Tiehan Ecological Environment Co., Ltd.[1]
History
The club was founded on 3 July 2003 as Dongguan Nancheng Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 东莞南城足球俱乐部) by the Dongguan City Sports Bureau who created them as a Phoenix club to Guangdong Hongyuan F.C. who were sold-off and moved cities in 2001.[2][3] The club would then gain entry to participate within the 2003–04 Hong Kong First Division League as a foreign team within the league.[4] The Dongguan City Sports Bureau gained sponsorship and investment from real estate developers South City Real Estate Development Company, Guangdong Hongyuan Real Estate Development Company, Guangdong Enterprises Group Co., Ltd., China Everbright, Huang City Development Co., Ltd., Dongguan City Royal Garden residential construction Limited, Carnation New Garden Construction Co., Ltd., The new Bank of Development and Construction Co., Ltd., Dongguan Kuari Footwear Holdings Limited and Dongguan CITIC Group before participating within the league where they finished sixth.[5][6] The club only spent one season within the Hong Kong league, which was mired by their on-field disciplinary issues against Buler Rangers on March 7, 2004 that saw nine players from Dongguan Nancheng and six from Buler Rangers suspended for their behaviour.[7][8] After the season ended the club deciding to switch to the Chinese league system in the 2005 league season where they started within the third tier. In the campaign they topped the group stages and reached the semi-final within the play-off's where they lost 3–2 to Nancheng August 1st in extra time, missing out on promotion.[9] After that disappointment the club pulled out of the league and disbanded their first team, however they still maintained their youth system after the season ended.
The club rejoined the China League Two division in 2011 and made significant changes to the club, such as changing their home ground to Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Stadium, altering their uniforms from red to yellow tops with blue shorts, building a new squad from their existing youth team, changes that saw the club reach the semi-finals of the division play-offs.[10] The club moved to the city of Meizhou and changed their name as Meixian Hakka F.C. on 12 December 2012 making them the first professional football club in Meizhou, which the city like to proclaim as the "Homeland of football" in China due to it being where the Europeans introduced Association football to the country as well as paying homage to the former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong who grew up there.[11] This was followed by a move into Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium and a new Head coach in Hirokazu Sakuma. On March 2015 engineering, and construction company Shenzhen Tiehan Ecological Environment Co., Ltd. took over the club.[12] Once again the club changed its name to Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. in January 2016.[13] On 30 December 2016, Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. changed their name to Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. so as not to be confused with local rivals Meizhou Hakka F.C..[14] A new badge, a change in home colours to red over the previous yellow tops and blue shorts would complete their transformation of the club.[15] In the 2017 league season under the management of Li Haiqiang the club came runners-up to Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. in the division and gained promotion to the second tier for the first time, which saw the players given a bonus of £2.86 million.[16]
Name history
- 2003–2012 Dongguan Nancheng 东莞南城
- 2013–2015 Meixian Hakka 梅县客家
- 2016 Meizhou Meixian Hakka 梅州市梅县区客家
- 2017– Meizhou Meixian Techand 梅州市梅县区铁汉
Current squad
As of 15 July 2018 [17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
As of 15 July 2018
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 | Fu Bo
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| Assistant coach |  Paco Imbernón Li Haiqiang Poon Man Chun
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| Goalkeeping coach | David Pérez
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| Fitness coach | Javier López
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Source: CFA
Managerial history
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Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2017 season.[18]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2003/04 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −8 | 20 | 6 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | Dongguan Stadium | |
| 2005 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 3[19] | DNE | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| 2011 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 36 2 | 4[20] | DNE | DNQ | DNQ | Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Stadium | |
| 2012 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 40 | 6 2 | DNE | DNQ | DNQ | 1,488 | Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park, Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium |
| 2013 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 15 2 | 7[21] | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium | |
| 2014 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 5 2 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 24 2 | 5[22] | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| 2016 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 7 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,219 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 49 | RU | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 3,863 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 30 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ |
Dongguan Nancheng didn't compete in 2006–2010.
- ^1 At Hong Kong First Division League
- ^2 In group stage.
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See also
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