| Full name | 山东鲁能泰山足球俱乐部 Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. |
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| Nickname(s) | Big Scorers Double Champions (双冠王) |
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| Founded | 1988 | ||
| Ground | Shandong Stadium, Jinan, Shandong, China (Capacity: 43,700) |
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| Chairman | Sun Guoyu | ||
| Manager | Manuel Barbosa | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2011 | 5th | ||
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Shandong Luneng Taishan (Simplified Chinese: 山东鲁能泰山) is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised in April 1956. The club has a tradition of hiring foreign coaches. Their first ever foreign coach was Kim Jung-Nam who managed South Korea during 1986 FIFA World Cup. The club got their first league Champion in 1999 under ex-Yugoslavia head coach Slobodan Santrač and won the FA cup in the same year as well. After that they hired ex-Soviet Union head coach Boris Ignatiev and ex-Cameroon World Cup head coach Valeri Nepomniachi. Ljubiša Tumbaković had been managing the team from 2004 to 2009. Their current head coach is Croatia's Rajko Magić.
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The team was promoted to the top flight in 1994. During the first 4 years, the club had various financial troubles. They lost several talents such as Wang Dongning, Leng Bo in the year end transfer of 1994. In 1995, the team surprisingly won the FA cup in Nanjing. They reached the cup final again in 1996, however, they lost to Beijing Guo'an at Beijing. The team stays at 5th or 6th position in the league all through the 4 years. Su Maozhen won the top scorer award in 1996 with 13 league goals.
The team used traditional British soccer style under Yin Tiesheng. The team had solid defense and excellent attacking duo Su Maozhen and Tang Xiaocheng. Xing Rui was the captain for these 4 years.
Korean coach Kim Jung-Nam took over the team in early 1998. He dramatically changed the style of this team to an attacking style. New signing from Beijing Guo'an Deng Lejun had an excellent season. However, Kim's style didn't bring him success. He resigned later and Yin Tiesheng regained power. The team merely stayed in top flight.
Yugoslavian national teach coach Slobodan Santrač achieved immediately success in his first year in China. The keeper Saša Petrović was the key for their success in 1999. However, Slobodan Santrač was forced to resign in 2000. The youth team coach Đoko Koković took over the team.
Miroslav Blažević was linked with this club initially. However, with the step down of general manager Shao Kenan, Boris Ignatiev was picked by new general manager Dong Gang. Boris Ignatiev had two devastating group match in Asia Club Championship, by losing 2-6 to Júbilo Iwata and 0-6 to Suwon Samsung.
Another Russian coach Valeri Nepomniachi who achieved great success in the 1990 World Cup with the Cameroon took over the team in 2002. However, the team struggled to an all time low 12th position in 2003.
Ljubiša Tumbaković has been head coach since 2004. He led the team with two FA cup title (2004, 2006) and two league champions title (2006, 2008). Li Jinyu won the top league scorer award in 2006 and 2007.
In the AFC Champions League 2005, Shandong managed to reach the quarter-finals after defeating the favorites Yokohama F. Marinos home and away but lost heavily to Saudi Arabian champions Al Ittihad, who were the eventual winners. In the second leg in Jeddah, Shandong lost 7-2 with coach Tumbakovic, players Zheng Zhi and Predrag Pazin sent off for abusive and violent conduct. In CSL 2005, Shandong was tipped to be champions but finished third.
From 2004, much investment was put into the squad, including 2006 CSL top scorer Li Jinyu and 2006 MVP Zheng Zhi, who is about to return from a loan spell with Charlton Athletic in England. Talented and motivated young players include Cui Peng, Han Peng and Wang Yongpo. Finally, in CSL 2006, without ACL commitments, Shandong won the Cup and League double to get another shot at the ACL. The 2006 season was a landmark for Shandong Luneng after the team won the league by almost 20 points at one point and several matches remaining.
Kang Mengjun worked as general manager since 2006 after Dong Gang.
In ACL 2007, Shandong will be looking to improve on their performances in 2005 when they reached the quarter-finals. Currently, they are on the verge of qualification with 13 points and one match remaining. They must not lose by more than one goal to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma to avoid elimination by head to head, since both teams would be equal on goal difference and Shandong only defeated Seongnam by one goal in Jinan.
Shandong Luneng has ten straight wins in the ACL group stages from 2005 and 2007 seasons. The retirement of Li Xiaopeng and loaning out of Zheng Zhi has weakened Shandong's midfield and central defense, but Shandong is still a very strong team in Chinese football with flexibility in attack and good teamwork coached by Partizan great Tumbakovic. In recent seasons, they have currently replaced Dalian Shide as the powerhouse team. Some have compared the current Shandong team to the Manchester United team of the early 90's, as they comprise of young, talented players scoring many goals.
In early 2009, the team's midfielder Zhou Haibin was signed by Dutch giant PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer. That sudden event gave Shandong Luneng a confused and difficult pre-season preparation.The team finally ranked 4th in the league, and Ljubiša Tumbaković ended his 6-year's management in Shandong.
Branko Ivankovic took the team in December 2009.
The club signed New Zealand international striker Shane Smeltz from A-League club Gold Coast United following the World Cup in a two-year deal. However Smeltz walked out on the club after only five days into his contract, saying he and his family could not live in the city of Jinan, where Shandong are based.
Smeltz returned to Australia on July 17, 2009 and was in talks about re-signing with Gold Coast.
As of 31 March 2011[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Name | Role |
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| Rajko Magić | Manager |
| Ma Baogang | Assistant Manager |
| Zhang Haitao | Assistant Manager |
| Bojan Hodak | Assistant Manager |
| Frano Leko | Fitness Coach |
| Enver Lugušić | Goalkeeping Coach |
League rankings before 1993
| Season | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1965 | 1973 | 1974 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
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| Division | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Position | 61 | 31 | 9 | 81 | 9 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 51 |
no Division 2 league game in 1959, 1961–63, Shandong Did not compete in 1964
no league game in 1966-72, 1975;
FA Cup results before 1995
| Season | 1956 | 1960 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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| Results | Did not enter | Did not enter | 9 | 8 | 5 | Semifinals | Group Stage | First Round |
| Season | Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank | Manager |
| 1994 | Jia A | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 5 | Yin Tiesheng |
| 1995 | Jia A | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 6 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | - | Champions | ||
| 1996 | Jia A | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 5 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| 1997 | Jia A | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 28 | 6 | |
| FA Cup | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 1998 | Jia A | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 32 | 9 | Kim Jung-Nam and Yin Tiesheng |
| FA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | - | Semifinals | ||
| 1999 | Jia A | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 48 | Champions | Slobodan Santrač |
| FA Cup | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | - | Champions | ||
| 2000 | Jia A | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 40 | 5 | |
| FA Cup | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | - | Semifinals | ||
| ACC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | to Quarterfinals | ||
| 2001 | Jia A | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 45 | 6 | Boris Ignatiev |
| FA Cup | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | - | Semifinals | ||
| ACC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2002 | Jia A | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 4 | Valeri Nepomniachi |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | Second Round | ||
| 2003 | Jia A | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 33 | 12 | |
| FA Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2004 | CSL | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 36 | Runners-Up | Ljubiša Tumbaković |
| FA Cup | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | - | Champions | ||
| CSL Cup | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | - | Champions | ||
| 2005 | CSL | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 52 | 3 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| CSL Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | Semifinals | ||
| ACL | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2006 | CSL | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 26 | 69 | Champions | |
| FA Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | - | Champions | ||
| 2007 | CSL | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 29 | 48 | 3 | |
| ACL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | - | Group Stage | ||
| A3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| 2008 | CSL | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 63 | Champions | |
| 2009 | CSL | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 45 | 4 | |
| ACL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | - | Group Stage | ||
| Pan-Pacific | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
Reserve team:
U19 team:
U17 team:
U15 team:
SLT FC signed a 'sister' club relationship in 2008 with Adelaide United.
SLT FC signed a 'sister' club relationship in 2005 with Jubilo Iwata[2].
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