The 2023 season was the first season in the existence of Shaanxi Union Football Club, and the last officially competing as Binzhou Huilong Football Club. It was their first season in the CMCL, the Chinese fourth-tier. The season saw Shaanxi Chang'an Union promoted to the Chinese third-tier as they were victorious in the promotion play-offs. The attendance of 25,696 against Dalian Huayi at the Weinan Sports Center Stadium on 3 September 2023 broke the CMCL record. The record was beaten two weeks later against Guangzhou E-Power, with 26,156 supporters in Weinan.
First-team squad
No. Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth (age) Club apps Club goals Signed from Date signed Transfer fee Contract end Goalkeepers1Jia XinyaoGKAnlu40Guangxi Pingguo Haliao21 April 2023Free25Li ChenGKHuai'an100Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 202327Bai MingyuGKXi'an00Wuhan Three Towns U1922 August 2023Free31 December 2023 Defenders2Wang ZihaoCBHuantai71Zibo Qisheng20 April 2023Free4Wang WeipuCBShenyang91Wuxi Wugo12 July 2023Free31 December 20235Zhou JiahaoCBLishui10Nanjing City20 April 2023Free6Ding JieCBDalian135Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 202312Zhao ShuhaoLBDancheng120Nantong Zhiyun20 April 2023Free31 December 202316Ma YangyangRBTaihe83Zibo Qisheng20 April 2023Free31 December 202326Sun XiaobinCBLixin121Zibo Cuju20 April 2023Free31 December 202329Mi HaolunLBXi'an82Shenzhen3 August 2023Free31 December 202330Yalqunjan MamutLBAksu20Jingchuan Wenhui20 April 2023Free31Xu ChenCBDalian80Hefei City20 April 2023Free Midfielders7Huang PuRMXi'an61Jinan Xingzhou20 April 2023Free8Wen WubinCMXiangyang81Nanjing City12 July 2023Free31 December 20239Fu JieRMYan'an70Heilongjiang Ice City20 April 2023Free11Wen ShuoLMXi'an51Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 202315Su ShunDMTianjin91Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free17Huang ZhaoyiCMFoshan10Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free19Zhang YuxuanCMZhengzhou123Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 202320Xu ZhaojiDMDalian50Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free21Chen XingDMGuangzhou80Meizhou Hakka20 April 2023Free31 December 202323Liu HaoCMJingbian302023Free32Xu WuLMTiantai122Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 202333Liu TianyangRMShijiazhuang72Shijiazhuang Gongfu21 April 2023Free Forwards10Nan YunqiRWDalian126Yunnan Yukun20 April 2023Free13Ma XiaoleiRWBeijing93Chengdu Rongcheng21 April 2023Free31 December 202322He ShaolinSTLijiang71Guangzhou U2121 April 2023Free28Xi ZhenyunSTLijiang20Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free34Pang ZhiquanSTQingdao129Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic20 April 2023Free31 December 2023
Transfers Transfers in DatePosPlayerTransferred fromFeeRef 20 April 2023 DM Chen Xing Meizhou Hakka Free transfer 20 April 2023 CB Ding Jie Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 RM Fu Jie Heilongjiang Ice City Free transfer 20 April 2023 RM Huang Pu Jinan Xingzhou Free transfer 20 April 2023 CM Huang Zhaoyi Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 GK Li Chen Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 RB Ma Yangyang Zibo Qisheng Free transfer 20 April 2023 LB Yalqunjan Mamut Jingchuan Wenhui Free transfer 20 April 2023 RW Nan Yunqi Yunnan Yukun Free transfer 20 April 2023 ST Pang Zhiquan Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 DM Su Shun Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 CB Sun Xiaobin Zibo Cuju Free transfer 20 April 2023 CB Wang Zihao Zibo Qisheng Free transfer 20 April 2023 LM Wen Shuo Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 ST Xi Zhenyun Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 CB Xu Chen Hefei City Free transfer 20 April 2023 LM Xu Wu Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 DM Xu Zhaoji Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 RB Yang Peng Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 CM Zhang Yuxuan Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Free transfer 20 April 2023 LB Zhao Shuhao Nantong Zhiyun Free transfer 20 April 2023 CB Zhou Jiahao Nanjing City Free transfer 21 April 2023 ST He Shaolin Guangzhou U21 Free transfer 21 April 2023 GK Jia Xinyao Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Free transfer 21 April 2023 RM Liu Tianyang Shijiazhuang Gongfu Free transfer 21 April 2023 RW Ma Xiaolei Chengdu Rongcheng Free transfer 12 July 2023 CB Wang Weipu Wuxi Wugo Free transfer 12 July 2023 CM Wen Wubin Nanjing City Free transfer 3 August 2023 LB Mi Haolun Shenzhen Free transfer 17 August 2023 RB Nureli Tursunali Free agent(previously Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard) Free transfer 22 August 2023 GK Bai Mingyu Wuhan Three Towns U19 Free transfer
Friendlies On 4 July, Shaanxi Chang'an Union announced a friendly against Uzbekistan Super League side FC Surkhon Termez to be played at the Yulin Sports Center on 22 July. On 15 August, the club announced they would host a behind closed doors friendly against Shenzhen Juniors at Union's training ground on the following day. Three days later, they announced a second behind closed doors friendly against Xi'an Chongde Ronghai to be played on 19 August.
CMCL
Regionals
Group stage table Group B
Group stage results by matchday
Group stage matches
On 26 April, the fixtures for the regionals stage were announced.
Qualifying round table Rizhao region
Qualifying round results by matchday
Qualifying round matches
Final round
Final round table Group B
Final round results summary
Final round results by matchday
Final round matches
After Binzhou Huilong's qualification to the final round, the subsequent fixtures were announced on 26 August.
Promotion play-offs
On 15 October, the ties for the 2023 CMCL promotion play-offs were confirmed. Binzhou Huilong were to play Changchun Shenhua in the first knock-out tie. Should Binzhou Huilong advance to the second knock-out tie, they were to face Guangzhou E-Power away.
Statistics Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Binzhou Huilong. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
+ Players not included in matchday squadsNumberPositionNationalityName27GKBai Mingyu–RBNureli Tursunali–RBYang Peng
Goals record Rank Number Nationality Position Name CMCL Total!rowspan=1|1 |34 | |ST |Pang Zhiquan |9 |9!rowspan=1|2 |10 | |RW |Nan Yunqi |6 |6!rowspan=1|3 |6 | |CB |Ding Jie |5 |5!rowspan=3|4 |13 | |RW |Ma Xiaolei |3 |3|16 | |RB |Ma Yangyang |3 |3|19 | |CM |Zhang Yuxuan |3 |3!rowspan=3|7 |29 | |LB |Mi Haolun |2 |2|32 | |LM |Xu Wu |2 |2|33 | |RM |Liu Tianyang |2 |2!rowspan=8|10 |2 | |CB |Wang Zihao |1 |1|4 | |CB |Wang Weipu |1 |1|7 | |RM |Huang Pu |1 |1|8 | |CM |Wen Wubin |1 |1|11 | |LM |Wen Shuo |1 |1|15 | |DM |Su Shun |1 |1|22 | |ST |He Shaolin |1 |1|26 | |CB |Sun Xiaobin |1 |1!colspan=5|Own goals |1 |1Total 4141
Awards CMCL Bronze Ball Award SeasonPlayerRef2023 Pang Zhiquan
CMCL Bronze Glove SeasonPlayerRef2023 Li Chen
CMCL Team of the Season SeasonPosPlayerRef2023DF Ding JieFW Pang Zhiquan
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