Nanjing City
南京城市
Full nameNanjing City Football Club
南京城市足球俱乐部
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
GroundNanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Capacity18,000
ManagerKim Jong-boo
LeagueChina League One
2023China League One, 5th of 16

Nanjing City Football Club (Chinese: 南京城市足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nánjīng Chéngshì Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Nanjing City plays its home matches at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, located within Pukou District.

History

The club was founded on 29 December 2014 as Nanjing Fengfan F.C. and participated within the Nanjing City League Second Division by the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau. Initially formed as youth football training club, on 1 November 2017, the club completed their Chinese Football Association (CFA) registration to participate within the Nanjing Football Association Super League and take part within the Chinese football pyramid.[1] A seventh place finish and eighth place finish in the 2018 league season would be enough to qualify for the 2019 Chinese Champions League where they won the division title and promotion to the China League Two.[2]

In January 2021, Nanjing Fengfan F.C. changed their name to Nanjing City.[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 22 February 2024[4]

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 Huang Zihao
2 DF China CHN Sun Ningzhe
4 MF China CHN Zhang Xinlin
5 DF China CHN Deng Biao
6 FW China CHN Duan Yunzi
7 FW China CHN Huang Peng
8 MF China CHN Jiang Shichao
9 MF China CHN He Yang
12 FW China CHN Qu Cheng
14 MF China CHN Gao Yuyang
15 DF China CHN Zhou Yu
16 MF China CHN Zhang Zimin
18 MF China CHN Ni Yin
19 MF China CHN Huang Zhenfei
20 MF China CHN Nie Aoshuang
21 GK China CHN Qi Yuxi
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF China CHN Meng Zhen
24 DF China CHN Lu Chaoyu
25 GK China CHN Wang Lipeng
26 MF China CHN Ding Yunfeng
29 DF China CHN Ihsan Iskendaq
30 DF China CHN Ababekri Erkin
31 DF China CHN Zhu Jiayi
32 DF China CHN Zhang Tianlong
35 DF China CHN Yang Chaohui
39 DF China CHN Jiang Zhe
41 FW China CHN Zhang Xianbing
— FW China CHN Zhang Xianbing
— FW China CHN Meng Zhen
— FW Brazil BRA Matheus Moresche
— FW Nigeria NGA Kingsley Onuegbu
— FW Nigeria NGA Moses Ogbu

Managerial history

Honours

League

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2020 season.

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2019 4 Group J 4 4 0 0 26 0 26 12 1 W - - - - -
North Group 7 7 0 0 23 2 21 21 1
2020 3 Group A 9 8 1 0 16 4 12 25 1 3 - - - - -

Key

References

  1. ^ "企业简介" (in Chinese). fengfanguoji.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "枫帆纪实丨怀抱梦想，在新的起点上展望2020！" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ "官方：南京枫帆足球俱乐部正式更名为南京城市足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2022赛季南京城市足球俱乐部一线队报名名单出炉". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "南京枫帆足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). thecfa.cn. 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

External links

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