Wuhan Yangtze River F.C.
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| Full name | Wuhan Zall Football Club 武汉卓尔职业足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Han Army, Nine-headed Bird | ||
| Founded | February 17, 2009 | ||
| Ground | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
| Capacity | 54,357[1] | ||
| Manager | Chen Yang | ||
| League | China League One | ||
| 2017 | League One | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Wuhan Zall Football Club[2] (simplified Chinese: 武汉卓尔; traditional Chinese: 武漢卓爾; pinyin: Wǔhàn Zhuó'ěr) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Wuhan, Hubei and their home stadium is the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium that has a seating capacity of 60,000.[3] Their current majority shareholder is the investment company Wuhan Zall Development Holding Co. Ltd.
The club was founded in 2009 after the withdrawal and then dissolution of its predecessor Wuhan Guanggu from the league after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over their on-field behaviour. The Hubei Province soccer association decided to help form a new team with players mainly from the former Wuhan Guanggu and Hubei youth teams. They entered at the start of the 2009 league campaign at the bottom of the professional Chinese football league pyramid in the third tier. The team won promotion to the 2013 Chinese Super League after coming runners-up in the 2012 China League One division and spent only one season in the top flight.
History
Hubei Greenery was founded in February, 2009 after its predecessor Wuhan Guanggu withdrew from the top tier for the reason of unfair punishment on October, 2008 after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over the clubs on-field behaviour against Beijing Guoan in a September 27, 2008 league game where a scuffle broke out.[4] Due to their withdrawal they were unable to register and participate in any professional Chinese tournaments, however the Hubei Province soccer association decided that due to the lack of representation of any Hubei teams within the Chinese soccer league system they would help create a new team to represent Hubei and use the Wuhan U-19 team as well as the Hubei youth team as the foundation for the squad. This saw the establishment of a new soccer club on the 26 February 2009 when the Hubei Greenery officially registered itself within the Chinese Soccer association and start at the bottom of the professional football system in the third tier.[5] The club would show their unusual strength in depth when they would breeze through the regional section of the league campaign and enter into the play-off finals where they lost their only game of the season Hunan Billows F.C. in a penalty shoot out. Despite the defeat the club would win promotion to the second tier and to strengthen their team they bought back the contracts of several Wuhan Guanggu players who were not permanently sold off.
With the club in the second tier they would go through a period of joint investment from several parties until December 14, 2011 saw the Zall Group take ownership of the club and rename them Wuhan Zall Football Club as well as changing the teams colours back to orange, which was the clubs predecessors main colours.[6] Initially the new owners saw the team struggle throughout the 2012 league season and decided to sack the existing manager Jose Carlos de Oliveira and replace him with Zheng Xiong on a caretaker basis.[7] As the season went on the results considerably improved under Zheng Xiong who was given a full-time contract before guiding Wuhan Zall to second within the league and promotion to the Chinese Super League.
In 2015 the football club was sold to a private company of the chairman Yan Zhi and his relatives, for RMB 20,630,000 .[8]
Name history
- 2009–2010: Hubei Greenery F.C. (湖北绿茵)
- 2011: Wuhan Zhongbo F.C. (武汉中博)
- 2012–: Wuhan Zall F.C. (武汉卓尔)
Crest history
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Hubei Greenery
2009–2010 -
Wuhan Zhongbo
2011 -
Wuhan Zall
2012–
Current squad
As of 3 March 2017 [9]
First team
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
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Chen Yang
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| Assistant coach | Ma Yongkang
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Liu Junfeng
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| Coach | Li Sheng
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| Physio | Pan Chao
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Source: sina.com
Managerial history
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Results
All-time League Rankings
| Year | Tier | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2009 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 24 1 | 2 | NH | DNQ | Xinhua Road Sports Center | |
| 2010 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 37 | 5 | NH | DNQ | Xinhua Road Sports Center | |
| 2011 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 33 | 7 | R1 | DNQ | Xinhua Road Sports Center | |
| 2012 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 54 | 2 | R2 | DNQ | 6,701 | Xinhua Road Sports Center |
| 2013 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 58 | −36 | 16 | 16 | R3 | DNQ | 14,403 | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium |
| 2014 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 57 | 3 | R2 | DNQ | 8,457 | Xinhua Road Sports Center |
| 2015 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 36 | 10 | R2 | DNQ | 5,300 | Xinhua Road Sports Center |
| 2016 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 43 | 6 | R2 | DNQ | 4,853 | Xinhua Road Sports Center |
| 2017 | 2 | 30 | R2 | DNQ | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium |
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Key
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.worldofstadiums.com/asia/china/hubei/wuhan-sports-centre-stadium/
- ^ 关于中甲联赛版权声明及正确使用中甲联赛名称的函 fa.org.cn 2015-04-16 Retrieved 2016-03-04
- ^ "卓尔新赛季主场场地将迁至武汉体育中心" (in Chinese). Changjiang Times. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Wuhan ejected from soccer league". english.people.com.cn. November 10, 2008. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ "湖北绿茵足球俱乐部"注册成功 参加中乙成定局 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ 武汉中博易主卓尔集团接手 湖北首富入主成老板 (in Chinese). sports.enorth.com.cn. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ 卓尔宣布卡洛斯正式下课！高层称赞敬业精神可嘉 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ 2015 Annual Report Zall Group (in Chinese)
- ^ 2017赛季中甲联赛名单之武汉卓尔 sports.sina.com 2017-03-03 Retrieved 2017-03-08
- ^ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 10 Oct 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "武汉卓尔". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.