Zibo Cuju
淄博蹴鞠
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Full nameZibo Cuju Football Club
淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部
FoundedJune 1982; 41 years ago (June 1982)
Dissolved29 March 2023; 10 months ago (2023-03-29)

Zibo Cuju Football Club (Chinese: 淄博蹴鞠足球俱乐部) is a defunct professional Chinese football club that participated in the China League One. The team was based in Zibo. The club was dissolved in March 2023.[1]

History

Zibo Sunday was founded in June 1982 inspired by the 1982 FIFA World Cup. As the founders of the team mainly played football together on Sunday, they used Sunday as the club's name. They officially registered as an amateur club on 18 July 1996. Zibo Sunday finished the third place in the 2011 AFC Vision China Championship and won qualification for the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, which they lost to China League Two club Dongguan Nancheng 3–0.[2] On 30 September 2017, Zibo Sunday won promotion to China League Two after they advanced to semi-final of 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–0,[3] and eventually, winning the entire Championship by beating Anhui Hefei Guiguan in the final. After competing in 2018 China League Two and ending up in a mid-table finish, Zibo Sunday F.C. changed their name to Zibo Cuju F.C. in January 2019,[4] stressing the significance of Zibo being the home of Cuju, a form of proto-football sport in ancient China.

Name history

Managerial history

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[5]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Other Att./G Stadium
2011 4 DNQ 1 DNQ DNQ DNQ VCC 2 3
2012 4 DNQ 1 R1 DNQ DNQ VCC 2 3
2013 4 12 R1 DNQ DNQ
2014 4 DNQ 1 R1 DNQ DNQ
2015 4 DNQ 1 QR DNQ DNQ
2016 4 Group DNQ DNQ DNQ
2017 4 W DNQ DNQ DNQ Zibo Sports Center Stadium
2018 3 28 12 5 11 38 32 6 41 19 R2 DNQ DNQ 1,485
2019 3 30 22 3 5 60 13 47 693 7 R4 DNQ DNQ
2020 3 10 7 1 2 14 8 6 22 RU DNQ DNQ DNQ
2021 2 34 10 9 15 32 52 -20 39 11 R4 DNQ DNQ
2022 2 34 11 6 17 37 53 -17 334 15 R3 DNQ DNQ

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References

  1. ^ "2023职业联赛准入名单：广州城、昆山、陕西未在列" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ^ "足协杯-东莞南城3–0淘汰淄博星期天 次轮对阵松江". sina. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "新历史!淄博星期天进中丙四强 山东足球新增乙级队". sina. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ "关于淄博星期天足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  5. ^ "淄博星期天" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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