Qingdao Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Guoxin Stadium that has a seating capacity of 45,000. The club was owned by Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. who formed the team on 29 January 2013.
History
Club history Qingdao Hainiu F.C. was established on 29 January 2013 by former players and coaches from Shandong that included Qi Wusheng as chairman, Hao Haidong as managerial director and Su Maozhen as general manager. With the financial backing of 20 million Yuan from Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd the club would choose the name Hainiu (), which means "The Sea Bulls" despite it once being used by Qingdao Jonoon, another football club in Qingdao between 1994 and 2004, hoping to inspire the golden era of Qingdao football. On the field the team would show their dominance within the league and go through the divisions group stage undefeated, while also beating Meixian Super-X and Shenzhen Fengpeng F.C. to reach the play-off final. In the final the club would defeat Hebei Zhongji F.C. 3–1 to gain promotion to the second tier and win a million Yuan in prize money for the game with a further 3 million won throughout the season.
On 31 January 2015, Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. purchased a 51% stake of the club. On 3 July 2015, Serbian player Goran Gogić collapsed and lost consciousness after a training session with the club. He died later on the same day. Qingdao Hainiu finished 11th place in the 2015 season. On 30 December 2015, Qingdao Hainiu F.C. changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. after Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. took full charge of the club. Qingdao Huanghai finished level on 59 points with Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Zhicheng under Spanish manager Jordi Vinyals in the 2016 season, but their head-to-head points was worse than the other two clubs, thus failing to promote to the Chinese Super League.
In the following two years, the club came close to promotion each time but fell short, earning fourth place in the League One. In the 2019 China League One the club earned first place and gained promotion.
Ahead of the 2021 season, Qingdao Huanghai changed their name to Qingdao F.C.
The club dissolved after the 2021 season.
Ownership and naming history Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name2013–14Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. Qingdao Hainiu F.C.Qingdao Hainiu2015Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(51%) Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd.(49%)Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical2015赛季中甲联赛青岛海牛队球员报名大名单2016–2018Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (90.625%) Others (9.375%) Qingdao Huanghai F.C.Qingdao Huanghai2019–2020 Shenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%) Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%) Others (9.375%)Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Port2021Qingdao F.C.Qingdao F.C.
Retired numbers
12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) The number was retired in January 2016.
Managerial history Su Maozhen (29 January 2013 – 28 July 2015) Sun Xinbo (caretaker) (28 July 2015 – 28 December 2015) Jordi Vinyals (28 December 2015 – 30 July 2019) Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (30 July 2019 – 18 August 2019) Juanma Lillo (18 August 2019 – 5 June 2020) Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (5 June 2020 – 22 July 2020) Pablo Machín (22 July 2020 – 29 July 2020) Yang Weijian (caretaker) (29 July 2020 - 4 August 2020) Wu Jingui (4 August 2020 - 13 December 2021) Yang Weijian (caretaker) (13 December 2021 - 12 January 2022)
Club honours China League Two (tier-III) Winners (1): 2013 China League One (tier-II) Winners (1): 2019
Results All-time League rankings
As of the end of 2020 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2013 3 19 14 5 0 36 5 31 36 W DNQ DNQ DNQ N/AQingdao Hongcheng Stadium 2014 2 30 7 10 13 36 47 −11 31 12 SF DNQ DNQ 4,229 Qingdao Conson Stadium 2015 2 30 7 12 11 26 39 −13 33 11 R2 DNQ DNQ 5,230 2016 2 30 19 2 9 52 42 10 59 3 R2 DNQ DNQ 6,992 2017 2 30 16 4 10 56 40 16 52 4 R3 DNQ DNQ 5,997 2018 2 30 13 10 7 63 44 19 49 4 R3 DNQ DNQ 6,638 2019 2 30 176759362357W R4 DNQ DNQ 13,193 2020 1142481527 -121014R1DNQDNQ N/ASuzhou (Group stage) / Dalian (Relegation stage)2021 1 22 3 2 17 13 52 -39 1116 -DNQDNQN/AGuangzhou (First, Second stage) / Suzhou (Relegation stage, CSL Playoffs) In group stage The league is in progress
Key
China top division China second division China third 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
Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries.
China
Qu Bo Wan Houliang Jiang Kun Zhang Jiaqi Deng Zhuoxiang Wang Dong Zou Zheng Liu Jian Zhu Ting
Africa
Joseph Minala Yves Ekwalla Hermann Kelly Youga Yaya Touré Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
Asia
Yaki Yen Godfred Karikari Kim Seung-Yong
Europe
Vladimir Voskoboinikov Romain Alessandrini Fredrik Ulvestad Ricardo Vaz Tê Jagoš Vuković Goran Gogić Đorđe Rakić Denis Popović Martí Crespí Joan Verdú Francisco Sandaza
South America
Cléo Yuri de Souza
References
External links
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