Meizhou Hakka
梅州客家
Full nameMeizhou Hakka Football Club
梅州客家足球俱乐部
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
GroundHuitang Stadium, Wuhua
Capacity27,000
ManagerPablo Villar
LeagueChinese Super League
2023Chinese Super League, 11th of 16

Meizhou Hakka Football Club (simplified Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱樂部; pinyin: Méizhōu Kèjiā Zúqiú Jùlèbù; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhua, Meizhou, Guangdong, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Meizhou Hakka plays its home matches at the Huitang Stadium, located within Wuhua County. Their current majority shareholders are the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau, Wei Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. and partners.

History

Meizhou Hakka F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau.[1] He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong.[2] The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.[3]

Kejia Football club logo in 2013

Former Chinese national team head coach Qi Wusheng was brought in during the 2015 China League Two season.[4] He would go on to help guide the club to win the division title in a penalty shoot-out against Dalian Transcendence and promotion to the second tier for the first time in the club's history.[5] Qi Wusheng would not extend his contract with the club and Dutch football manager Luc Nijholt was brought in on 1 January 2016 as well as 80 million yuan to invest within the team.[6] Luc Nijholt would leave the team on 19 July 2016 as the club sat twelfth within the league and marginally above the relegation zone, a position they would remain in for the rest of the season.[7] After several managerial changes with limited success, Serbian manager Milan Ristić was brought in on 6 February 2021 and he was able to guide the team to promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season.[8]

Name history

According to the club's statement:

According to official documents of CFA:

Current squad

First team squad

As of 22 February 2024

[16] [17]

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 China CHN Mai Gaoling
3 DF China CHN Pan Ximing
5 DF China CHN Tian Ziyi
6 DF China CHN Liao Junjian
7 DF China CHN Ye Chugui
8 FW Suriname SUR Tyrone Conraad
9 FW Cameroon CMR Rooney Eva
10 MF China CHN Yin Hongbo
11 DF Croatia CRO Darick Kobie Morris
12 MF China CHN Yin Congyao
13 FW China CHN Shi Liang
14 MF China CHN Li Ning
15 DF China CHN Chen Zhechao
16 FW China CHN Yang Chaosheng
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW China CHN Yang Yihu
18 GK China CHN Cheng Yuelei
20 DF China CHN Wang Jianan
23 MF China CHN Cui Wei
25 MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Henrique
27 MF Montenegro MNE Nebojša Kosović
29 DF Hong Kong HKG Yue Tze Nam
30 MF China CHN Chen Jie
31 DF China CHN Rao Weihui
35 GK China CHN Deng Xiongtao
36 DF China CHN Zhang Sijie
38 MF China CHN Li Yongjia
41 GK China CHN Guo Quanbo
42 MF China CHN Wei Zhiwei

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
— GK China CHN Hong Zhiyue
— MF China CHN Shi Hongjun
— MF China CHN Li Yang
— MF China CHN Yang Bin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
44 MF Slovenia SVN Andrej Kotnik (at Dalian Young Boy until 31 December 2024)
— MF China CHN Tao Zhilüe (at Ganzhou Ruishi until 31 December 2024)
— MF China CHN Cui Wei (at Ganzhou Ruishi until 31 December 2024)
— MF China CHN Chen Guokang (at Ganzhou Ruishi until 31 December 2024)
— FW China CHN Guo Yi (at Ganzhou Ruishi until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Spain Pablo Villar
Assistant coach China Qu Gang
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Da Silva
Fitness coach Serbia Zdravko Peric

Source: CFA

Managerial history

Honours

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.[18][19]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2013 3 12 9 3 0 30 6 24 30 1 5[20] DNE DNQ DNQ Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhua County Stadium
2014 3 16 14 0 2 45 7 38 42 1 4 R3 DNQ DNQ Wuhua County Stadium
2015 3 14 9 3 2 39 13 26 30 1 W R3 DNQ DNQ 4,818
2016 2 30 11 6 13 48 50 −2 39 12 R3 DNQ DNQ 6,450
2017 2 30 8 9 13 33 39 −6 33 12 R2 DNQ DNQ 5,865
2018 2 30 11 7 12 40 44 −4 40 9 R3 DNQ DNQ 3,583
2019 2 30 11 6 13 44 41 3 39 10 R3 DNQ DNQ 5,984 Huitang Stadium
2020 2 15 8 4 3 27 16 11 28 5 R2 DNQ DNQ
2021 2 34 24 3 7 79 35 44 75 RU R3 DNQ DNQ
2022 1 34 14 7 13 43 41 2 49 9 R3 DNQ DNQ
2023 1 30 9 7 14 42 54 −12 34 11 R4 DNQ DNQ 15,004

Key

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