Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.

Sichuan Jiuniu
Sìchuān Jiǔniú
四川九牛
	File:Sichuan Jiuniu logo.png
Full name	Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club; 四川九牛足球俱乐部
Founded	5 January 2017; 6 years ago
Ground	Longquanyi Stadium; Chengdu, China
Capacity	27,000
Owner	China Sports Capital (54%); City Football Group (28%); UBtech Robotics (18%)
Manager	Sergio Lobera
League	China League One
2021	League One, 8th of 18
Home colours	Away colours

Clubs owned by CFG
(listed in order of acquisition/foundation)
**Bold** indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2009–2012
2008	Manchester City F.C.*
2013	New York City FC^§
2014	Melbourne City FC*
2014	Yokohama F. Marinos*^§
2015–2016
2017	Montevideo City Torque*
2017	Girona FC*^§
2018
2019	Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.*^§
2019	Mumbai City FC*^§
2020	Lommel S.K.*
2020	ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022	Palermo F.C.*^§

Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China and their home stadium is the 27,000 seat Longquanyi Stadium.

History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.

In February 2019, City Football Group purchased the club.^[1]^[2]

On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages.^[3] As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season,^[4] which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Name history

2017– Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. 四川九牛

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2022^[5]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHN	Geng Xiaoshun
4	MF	CHN	Xiao Kun
6	MF	CHN	Li Haojie
7	MF	CHN	Zhao Xuri
8	MF	CHN	Zhou Dadi
9	FW	CHN	Xia Dalong
10	FW	ESP	Jorge Ortiz
11	FW	ESP	Edu García
13	FW	CHN	Ma Xiaolei (on loan from Chengdu Rongcheng)
14	DF	ESP	Hernan Santana
15	MF	CHN	Nan Song
16	DF	CHN	Wang Qiao
17	DF	CHN	Wang Qi
18	MF	CHN	Muzapar Muhta
19	FW	CHN	Liu Xinyu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	CHN	Zhao Shi
21	MF	CHN	Chen Yi
23	DF	HKG	Andy Russell
25	DF	CHN	Zou Zheng
27	GK	CHN	Yang Chao
28	GK	CHN	Li Zhizhao
29	MF	CHN	Wang Chu
30	MF	CHN	Li Jinqing
31	DF	CHN	Nizamdin Ependi
32	DF	CHN	Song Chen
35	DF	CHN	Chen Shuo
36	GK	CHN	Lu Yanming
37	MF	CHN	Wang Jiaqi
39	DF	CHN	Li Bowen
40	MF	CHN	Ma Canjie

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

Coaching staff

Source:^[6]


Role	Name
Head coach	Sergio Lobera
Assistant coach	Jesús Tato
Fitness coach	Manuel Sayabera
Goalkeeper coach	Juan Maria Cruz Arias

Managerial history

Zhai Biao (2006–2008)
Sun Bowei (caretaker; 2008)
Xu Jianye (2009–2010)
Zhao Lei (2010)
Sun Bowei (2011–2017)
Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018)
Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019)
Wang Hongwei (27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020)
Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021)
Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – present)

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.^[7]

Year	League	Stage	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Stadium
2017	China Amateur Football League	Second round	3	2	1	0	11	1	10	6	Qualified	DNE	DNQ	DNQ	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
2017	China Amateur Football League	Knockout stages	2	0	1	1	3	4	−3	n/a	k/o (R16)	DNE
2018	China League Two	Regular season	28	6	10	12	24	27	−3	28	24th (of 28)	QF
2019	China League Two	Regular season	30	17	5	8	47	27	20	56	8th (of 32)	R2
2020	China League One	Regular season	10	1	6	3	8	12	−4	9	5th (of 6)	R2
2020	China League One	Relegation stage	5	2	2	1	6	5	1	8	3rd (of 6)	R2
2021	China League One	Regular season	34	13	13	8	34	27	7	52	8th (of 18)	R2

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

References

^ "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "四川九牛新赛季大名单：3外援领衔，赵旭日、邹正、王楚在列". Sohu (in Chinese). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "关于聘任塞尔吉奥·洛贝拉先生担任四川九牛队主教练的公告". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

External links

http://sports.people.com (in Chinese)

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[1] "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[2] "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[3] "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[4] "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[5] "四川九牛新赛季大名单：3外援领衔，赵旭日、邹正、王楚在列". Sohu (in Chinese). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[6] "关于聘任塞尔吉奥·洛贝拉先生担任四川九牛队主教练的公告". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[team_info-7] "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

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v t e Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club
Players Managers Seasons
Football teams	First Team
Home grounds	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
Key personnel	Owners China Sports Capital City Football Group (Sheikh Mansour) UBTECH Robotics Manager Wang Hongwei

v t e China League One
2022 clubs	Beijing BIT Beijing BSU Guangxi Pingguo Haliao Heilongjiang Ice City Jiangxi Beidamen Kunshan Liaoning Shenyang Urban Nanjing City Nantong Zhiyun Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao Youth Island Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Shanghai Jiading Huilong Shijiazhuang Gongfu Sichuan Jiuniu Suzhou Dongwu Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Zibo Cuju
Seasons	Jia-B League 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

v t e City Football Group
People	Sheikh Mansour Khaldoon Al Mubarak Ferran Soriano
Shareholders	Abu Dhabi United Group (78%) China Media Capital / CITIC Group (12%) Silver Lake (10%)
Teams	Girona FC Lommel S.K. Manchester City F.C. Melbourne City FC Montevideo City Torque Mumbai City FC New York City FC Palermo F.C. Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. Troyes AC Yokohama F. Marinos
Women's teams	Girona FC Femení A Girona FC Femení B Manchester City Women Melbourne City Women Troyes AC Féminine
Development teams	Girona B Manchester City EDS Manchester City Girls' Academy Melbourne City Youth Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy New York City FC II New York City FC Academy Troyes AC Reserves
Affiliated teams	Club Bolívar Vannes
Owned stadiums	Academy Stadium (Manchester) New York City FC stadium (New York, proposed)
City Football Academies	Etihad Campus (Manchester) City Football Academy (Bolivia) City Football Academy (Melbourne) City Football Academy (Montevideo) City Football Academy (New York)
Businesses	Goals Soccer Centers (United States)