Zibo Cuju F.C.

Zibo Sunday
Zībó Xīngqítiān
淄博星期天
	File:Zibo Sunday F.C. logo.png
Full name	Zibo Sunday Soccer Club; 淄博星期天足球俱乐部
Founded	June 1982; 42 years ago
Ground	Zibo Sports Center Stadium, Zibo
Chairman	Song Jianshe (宋建设)
Manager	Liu Meng (刘萌)
League	China League Two
2017	Amateur League , 1st (promoted)

Zibo Sunday Soccer Club (Chinese: 淄博星期天足球俱乐部) is an amateur Chinese football club that currently participates in the China Amateur Football League. The team is based in Zibo.

History

Zibo Sunday was founded in June 1982 inspired by the 1982 FIFA World Cup. As the founders of the team mainly played football together on Sunday, they used Sunday as the club's name. They officially registered as an amateur club on 18 July 1996. Zibo Sunday finished the third place in the 2011 AFC Vision China Championship and won qualification for the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, which they lost to China League Two club Dongguan Nancheng 3–0.^[1] On 30 September 2017, Zibo Sunday won promotion to China League Two after they advanced to semi-final of 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Lhasa City Construction Investment 1–0.^[2]

Current squad

As of 27 March 2018 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CHN	Gong Linhui
2	DF	CHN	Xia Xicheng
3	DF	CHN	Yang Lei
4	DF	CHN	Zhao Chengle
6	FW	CHN	Gao Fei
8	FW	CHN	Lian Chen
9	FW	CHN	Yuan Bo
10	FW	CHN	Liu Mengyang
11	MF	CHN	Xu Li'ao
12	DF	CHN	Song Hua
17	MF	CHN	Sun Yi (on loan from Shandong Luneng )
18	MF	CHN	Sun Rui (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
20	MF	CHN	Tian Xin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	CHN	Li Song
22	MF	CHN	Feng Yang
23	GK	CHN	Jiao Bo
24	MF	CHN	Liu Changqi (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
25	DF	CHN	Li Pengcheng
26	DF	CHN	Si Xiao
27	FW	CHN	Shen Tong
28	GK	CHN	Sun Qihang (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
29	DF	CHN	Du Yuxin
32	MF	CHN	Xu Anbang (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
33	MF	CHN	He Tongshuai (on loan from Shandong Luneng)
36	MF	CHN	Li Zhuangfei
37	FW	CHN	Ji Shengpan (on loan from Shandong Luneng)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	CHN	Cheng Bo
14	DF	CHN	Du Pengcheng
15	DF	CHN	Wang Peng


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	CHN	Dong Wei
19	MF	CHN	Zhang Fengyu
30	MF	CHN	Xu Shaohua

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2017 season.^[4]

Year	Div	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Other		Stadium
2011	4	DNQ¹	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	VCC ²	3
2012	4	DNQ¹	R1	DNQ	DNQ	VCC ²	3
2013	4	12	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2014	4	DNQ¹	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2015	4	DNQ¹	QR	DNQ	DNQ
2016	4	Group	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2017	4	W	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			Zibo Sports Center Stadium
2018	3		R2	DNQ	DNQ			Zibo Sports Center Stadium

^1 Did not qualify to the final stage. ^2 AFC Vision China Championship.

Key

	China top division
	China second division
	China third division
	China fourth division
W	Winners
RU	Runners-up
3	Third place
	Relegated

Pld = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did Not Qualify
DNE = Did Not Enter
NH = Not Held
– = Does Not Exist
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4

F = Final
SF = Semi-finals
QF = Quarter-finals
R16 = Round of 16
Group = Group stage
GS2 = Second Group stage
QR1 = First Qualifying Round
QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

References

^ "足协杯-东莞南城3-0淘汰淄博星期天次轮对阵松江". sina. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "新历史!淄博星期天进中丙四强山东足球新增乙级队". sina. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ 2018中乙俱乐部报名表 fa.org.cn 2018-03-27 Retrieved 2018-03-28
^ "淄博星期天" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[1] "足协杯-东莞南城3-0淘汰淄博星期天次轮对阵松江". sina. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[2] "新历史!淄博星期天进中丙四强山东足球新增乙级队". sina. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[3] 2018中乙俱乐部报名表 fa.org.cn 2018-03-27 Retrieved 2018-03-28

[4] "淄博星期天" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

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