Qingdao Red Lions F.C.
36°05′25″N 120°26′59″E / 36.090156°N 120.449844°E
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Full name | Qingdao Red Lions Football Club 青岛红狮足球俱乐部 | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Red Lions | ||
Founded | 14 March 2016 | ||
Ground | Zhonglian Sports Center, Jimo, Qingdao | ||
Training Base | Laoshan Football Park, Laoshan, Qingdao | ||
President | Piet van der Pol | ||
Head Coach | Guo ZuoJin | ||
League | CFA MA Champions League | ||
2018 | CMCL, R16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions Football Club [1] is a football club and academy from Qingdao in Shandong province, China. The club has its home base in the Laoshan district of the city. Former notable players include David Löfquist,[2] Kwame Quansah, Milan Perić and Qiu ZhongHui.
Qingdao Red Lions was established in early 2016. The club aims to contribute to the development of Chinese football, both on youth level as in competitive league football. Within its first season the club established itself firmly on the fourth level of Chinese football and is now aiming for promotion to the third, fully professional level.
Club name and name sponsor
At a sponsor event organized by the football club in the summer of 2017 the club established a name sponsor partnership with Sino-German agricultural company Fortschritt Agritech, based in Qingdao. During the 2017 and 2018 football season the club will be playing their games in the Qingdao Super League and the China Champions League finals as Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions. Fortschritt has a rich history in the agricultural industry as well as in football, particularly in the former German Democratic Republic.
Club badge and colours
The club badge consists of a shield containing a lion's head—a symbol for strength—and Wuyue Feng (May Wind), the iconic monument on Qingdao's May Fourth Square.
The 2018 home and away kit for Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions are designed and manufactured by Guangzhou based sports clothing company UCANSport.
Stadium and training ground
Training takes places at a football park in Laoshan. All games in the 2018 Qingdao League will also be played at the same football park, located at the intersection of MeiLing east road and YunLing road. During the 2018 CFA Champions League finals national stage Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions will play its home games in the Zhonglian Sports Center in the northern Jimo district of Qingdao.
During the 2017 Qingdao Super League the club played its home games at the newly developed football pitch within the Fushan Mountain Ecologicial Park. In the 2016 football season Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions had their training base in the Jihongtan subdistrict of Chengyang, a district of Qingdao. The club played their home games in a nearby stadium with 10.000 seat capacity, located on the premises of the local Sanli factory.
Results
- 2018 Qingdao FA Cup Tournament: Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions reached the semi finals, in which it drew with Qingdao Yinglian (1-1), but lost the penalty shoot out.
- 2018 Qingdao City Super League: Ten teams take part in the competition that starts on march 17 and finishes august 18. All games are played at Laoshan Football Park, intersection of MeiLing East road and YunLing road.
- 2018 CFA MA Champions League finals: In the 2018 season the competition was re-branded China FA Member Associations Champions League (CMCL). Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions in August finished second in the regional final (group 4 North) and qualified for the national finals stage, which takes place between September and November.
- 2017 Qingdao FA Cup Tournament: Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions reached the semi finals, in which it lost to Qingdao Yinglian (0-1).
- 2017 Qingdao City Super League (6 teams): Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions finished second in the league, one point behind champions MaiDiShen.
- 2017 China Amateur Football League Finals: Qingdao Fortschritt Red Lions qualified for the regional final tournament in Zibo, Shandong province. It finished second after wins against JinZhong (9-0) and Luoyang (2-1) and a loss against Zibo Sunday (0-1), meaning the team did not qualify for the final phase of the national finals.
- 2016 Qingdao FA Cup Tournament: Qingdao Red Lions did not participate.
- 2016 Qingdao City Super League (6 teams): Qingdao Red Lions finished in third place, qualifying for 2016 China Amateur League finals.
- 2016 China Amateur Football League Finals: Qingdao Red Lions played the Southeast Regional final tournament that took place October 1–7 in Shanghai. It did not qualify for the national stage phase.
Team
- As of 9 February 2018
Current squad
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 | Name | Nationality |
Head coach | Guo ZuoJin | |
Assistant coach | Shi HanJun | |
Goalkeeper coach | Chen Ming |
Management
- Piet van der Pol (President)
- Lon Weijers (General Affairs)
- Anna Zhang (Commercial Affairs)
- Roel Cramer (Head of Youth Development)
Former notable head coaches
Name | Nationality | |
Jan Poortvliet | 19 caps for the Dutch national team. Played during the World Cup final 1978 against Argentina. | |
Gert Heerkes | Former head coach at Willem II and Heracles, both in Dutch Eredivisie, the highest league level. |
Former notable players
Name | Nationality | |
Kwame Quansah | 2 caps for Ghana. Played for Ajax and Heracles Almelo | |
David Löfquist | Played for Parma, Malmö FF and Mjällby AIF | |
Milan Perić | 6 caps for Serbia U21. Played for Ferencvaros, Partizan Belgrade, Kaposvári and Panegialios | |
Qiu ZhongHui | Played in the China Super League over ten seasons with Beijing Guoan and Qingdao Jonoon |
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2017 season.
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 41 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||
2017 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||
2018 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 61 | R16 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
- ^1 In group stage.
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References
- ^ Chinese: 青岛红狮足球运动俱乐部; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Hóngshī
- ^ http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/forre-allsvenska-stjarnans-jobb-i-kina/