Suzhou Dongwu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, that competes in . Suzhou Dongwu plays its home matches at the Suzhou Sports Center, located within Gusu District.
History
The club was established on 29 May 2008 as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 苏州锦富). They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country, which have won China Amateur Football League in 2012 and, after changing their name to Suzhou Dongwu, again in 2015苏州东吴夺得业余足球联赛冠军 at js.qq.com.cn 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2016-03-17 –––the latter of which would earn them promotion to 2016 China League Two.舜天“弃将”挑大梁 苏州东吴明年踢中乙 at sports.sina.com.cn 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2016-03-17 At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes.
In the 2019 China League Two season the club finished fourth and despite this not being enough to gain promotion, China League One side Sichuan Longfor disbanded due to financial problems and Suzhou were promoted to the 2020 China League One.
Name history 2008–2014 Suzhou Jinfu F.C. 苏州锦富 2015– Suzhou Dongwu F.C. 苏州东吴
Players Current squad
Coaching staff
Managerial history Tang Bo (2012–2016) Kazuo Uchida (2017–2018) Liu Junwei (2019–2020) Gary White (2020–2022) Lu Bofei (2022–2023) Niu Hongli (2023) Kim Dae-eui (2024-2025) Sergio Zarco Díaz (2025) Yu Yuanwei (2026) Guo Hui (2026–present) Results All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2018 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2012 4 W DNQ DNQ DNQ 2013 4 10 R1 DNQ DNQ 2014 – – – – – – – – - – R4 DNQ DNQ Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium 2015 4 W R2 DNQ DNQ Suzhou University Stadium 2016 3 20 4 7 9 12 20 −8 19 14 R2 DNQ DNQ 728 Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium 2017 3 24 12 5 7 28 16 12 41 11 R4 DNQ DNQ 1,115 Suzhou Sports Center 2018 3 28 10 10 8 27 31 −4 40 12 R4 DNQ DNQ 2,062 2019 3 30 21 4 5 54 17 37 67 4 R1 DNQ DNQ 2020 2 15 4 3 8 12 20 -8 15 10 R2 DNQ DNQ 2021 2 34 7 11 16 36 53 -17 32 13 R3 DNQ DNQ 2022 2 34 16 7 11 42 33 9 55 6 R3 DNQ DNQ Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre
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
External links Official Weibo page
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