| Full name | Hubei Wuhan Professional F.C. 湖北武汉职业足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | Jiu Tou Niao (Nine Heads Phoenix), Han Jun (Han Army) |
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| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Dissolved | 2008 | ||
| Ground | Xinhua Road Sports Center and Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, Hubei, China (Capacity: 36,000 and 60,000) |
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Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. is a defunct Football Club, which was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. The clubs predecessor was the Hubei football team while the professional football team was founded in February, 1994. Their fans were mainly from Hubei province and the club had solid supporters from the city of Wuhan, as well as the surrounding cities of Ezhou, Huangshi and Xiaogan. In 2008, Wuhan FC would quit the Chinese Super League for the reason of unfair punishment.
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Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. is promoted from the Chinese first division to the Chinese Super League in 2005. Coached by Pei Encai, and led by the captain Central-Defender Li Hao, Chinese national team midfielder Zheng Bin and two skilful forwards from Brazil. They finished with 5th ranking in CSL, with a seven straight win opening. After the coach Pei Encai was promoted to the headcoach of Chinese national women's football team, Wuhan had a hard time with inappropriate tactics and key players' injuries. But with team members' effort, they nailed the 5th position in the league. And in the CSL cup's Final 2005, Wuhan beat Shenzhen Jianlibao with 1:1 for away match, and 2:0 for home match, and holds the cup with the total score of 3:1.
This Club's players are mainly from Hubei province. Its foreign players are mainly from Brazil, as the team is more likely to play the "Skill-Style" football which is similar to Brazil's style. The present starting forwards Gilsinho and Vincent, and central defender Emerson are all from Brazil. Especially Gilsinho is highly regarded by the club's supporters, for both his scoring ability and loyalty.
In 2005, a lot of players from Wuhan were involved in the Chinese national team, including the defenders Ai Zhibo and Cai Xi, midfielders Zheng Bin, Zhou Yi and Zhang Xinxin. The defence midfielder Zhou Heng was selected to China U23 national team. The youngster Deng Zhuoxiang was called for China U19 national team.
In 2006, Captain Zheng Bin was selected to China Super League All-Star team. Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng was called to China U23 national team, and successfully became the starting goalkeeper. Rong Hao and Di You were also called for China U23, but both leave the team with knee injury.
In 2007, Wuhan's captain Zheng Bin has made his most recent China national team for U.S. touring matches. While Goalkeeper Zeng Cheng and defender Cai Xi were called for China U23 national team for Toulon tournament in France. Wuhan cooperated with Bolton Wanderers of England.
In 2008, Wuhan FC quits the CSL for the reason of unfair punishment by the Chinese Football Association[1].
| Season | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Division | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
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