Yanbian Changbaishan F.C.

Yanbian Changbaishan
연변장백산

Full name	Yanbian Changbaishan Football Club(연변장백산축구구락부,延边长白山足球俱乐部)
Nickname(s)	Baekdu Tiger
Short name	YCFC
Founded	1955 (1955) as Jilin FC 1994 (Professional)
Ground	Yanji People Stadium, Yanji City
Ground Capacity	35,000
Chairman	China 박성웅(Park Sung-wong,朴成雄)
Manager	South Korea 박태하(Park Tae-ha,朴泰夏)
League	China League One(Second Level)
2014 Season	16th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Yanbian Changbaishan FC (simplified Chinese: 延边长白山; traditional Chinese: 延邊長白山; pinyin: Yánbiān Chángbáishān, Korean: 연변 장백산) is a Chinese football club that is based in Yanji, Yanbian, Jilin province where they play their home games in the Yanji City Stadium and currently participate in the Chinese Football Association Jia League. The club's predecessor was originally called Jilin FC and they achieved one top tier domestic league title before 1994, when the club was reorganised to become a completely professional football unit.

At the end of the 2000 league campaign the club was relegated from the top tier of Chinese football, however the club faced financial difficulties and sold the first team as well as the franchise to Zhejiang Lücheng. After the sale, the club assembled the reserve team and joined the lowest division where they eventually won the promotion to China League One in 2004 where they've since remained.

History

In 1955 the local Jilin government sports body would form Jilin football club to take part in the recently expanded Chinese football league and built a team composed mostly of Koreans, taken from the large local Korean population.^[1]After predominantly establishing themselves as a top tier side the club achieved their first piece of silverware when they went on to win the 1965 league title.^[2] The Chinese Cultural Revolution unfortunately saw football in China halted and Jilin were unable to immediately defend their title until football returned in the 1973 league season where they finished seventh.^[3] The following seasons would see the club struggle within the league and spend several short spells within the second tier until at the end of the 1988 league season saw the Chinese Football Association restructure the league, which not only saw the club relegated but to the third tier.^[4]

After a brief period within the third tier the club would have a resurgence and win the 1990 division title as well as promotion back into the top division after coming second within the 1992 second tier and a guaranteed spot in China's first fully professional 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season.^[5] To conform to full professionalism they were allowed to be sponsored by Samsung and changed their name to Jilin Samsung Football Club. The club's foray into professionalism would see them gradually establish themselves within the division under the management of Li Huen.^[6] With a foundation to build on former South Korean Head coach Choi Eun-taek was brought into the team at the beginning of the 1997 league season and he immediately guided them to become title contenders with a fourth place finish at the end of the season.^[7] Unfortunately the team were unable to build upon their previous seasons results and Choi Eun-taek left the club, which saw Gao Hui take over the team until the club experienced relegation in 2000. The demotion was taken exceptionally hard and the club had to sell their Chinese FA registration and entire first-team to Zhejiang Lücheng for 25 million Yuan. The following 2001 league campaign saw the club start at the bottom of the Chinese pyramid in the third tier with a team assembled from their former reserve squad. After taking time to gell the team would eventually come second within the 2004 season and win promotion into the second tier.^[8]

On February 18, 2013 The Chinese FA issued the club with a three point deduction and a fine of 500,000 Yuan for accepting a bribe from Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. to lose their June 3, 2006 eleventh round league game.^[9] The clubs officials would attempt to appeal the decision, but failed after the game in question had already seen Guangzhou fined and relegated for their involvement three years earlier in China's long running battle against match-fixing.^[10] The clubs manager at the time Gao Hui was already found to be guilty of facilitating the match-fixing and was given a three year prison sentence on February 18 2012.^[11]

Yanbian Baekdu Tigers changed their name to Yanbian Changbaishan in February 2014.^[12]

Previous names

• 1955-1956 / 1959-1993: Jilin FC (길림성팀,吉林队)
• 1957-1958：Changchun team (장춘시팀,长春队)
• 1994: Jilin Samsung (길림삼성,吉林三星)
• 1995-96: Yanbian Hyundai (연변현대,延边现代)
• 1997-98: Yanbian Aodong (연변오동,延边敖东)
• 1999-00: Jilin Aodong (길림오동,吉林敖东)
• 2001-10: Yanbian FC (연변FC,延边队)
• 2004:Yanbian Shiji (연변세기,延边世纪)
• 2011-13:Yanbian Changbai Tiger (연변장백호랑이,延边长白虎)
• 2014-:Yanbian Changbaishan (연변장백산,延边长白山)

Results

All-time league rankings

• As of the end of 2013 season.^{[13] [14]}

No league games in 1959, 1966–72, 1975; Jilin didn't compete in 1984

• ^1 In group stage. ^2 In final group stage. ^3 In North League. *^3 ^4 Promoted to 1994 top tier. ^5 Retrospectively deducted 3 points for a match-fixing scandal in 2006.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third 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

Current squad

As of 14 march 2015 ^[15]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Yin Guang 2 MF Li Haojie 3 DF Han Guanghua 4 DF Zhao Ming 5 DF Chen Xiao 6 FW Li Xun 7 FW Gao Wanguo 8 MF Li Hao 9 MF Bubacarr Trawally 10 FW Jaílton Paraíba 11 FW Li Chenglin 12 DF Jiang Hongquan 13 FW Jin Bo 14 MF Wang Zhipeng

No. Position Player 15 DF Jin Hongyu 16 FW Wu Yongchun 17 DF Piao Shihao 18 FW Ha Tae-goon 20 DF Cui Min 21 DF Jin Xian 22 GK Chi Wenyi 23 DF Pei Yuwen 25 MF Exmetjan Ekber 26 MF Wen Xue 29 GK Gao Chuang 30 DF Wang Meng 32 MF Shen Feng 33 FW Sun Jun

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 41 FW Wen Huyi 42 DF Yi Changji 43 MF Wu Qingsong 44 GK Jin Xin 45 GK Li Junyu 46 MF Zheng Chunfeng 47 MF Nan Song 48 MF Li Qiang 49 DF Li Long 50 DF Zhang Hongkui

No. Position Player 51 MF Jiang Xuecan 52 FW Liu Yongjie 53 FW Lian Renjie 54 FW Shen Guo 56 DF Li Xianjun 57 DF Jin Changguo 58 MF Liu Chun 59 MF Li Jun 60 FW Piao Wanzhe

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Park Tae-ha(박태하,朴泰夏)
Assistant coach	Oh Myeng-guan(오명관，吴明官) Kim Cung(김청，金青)
Goalkeepers coach	Yu Lim(유림，俞林)

Source: sina.com

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Africa Daniel Quaye Emiliano Té Former coaching staff Li Huen(리호은) (1991-1995) Zheng Zhongxie(정종섭) (1995) Li Huen(리호은) (1996) Choi Eun-taek(최은택) (1997-1998) Gao Hui(고훈) (1998-2000) Li Huen(리호은) (2000-2003) Gao Hui(고훈) (2004-2007) Zhao Yongyuan(조영원) (2008-2009) Jin Guangzhu(김광주) (2009-2011) Zheng Xianglong(정상룡) (2011-2012) Cho keung-Yeon(조긍연) (2012) Jin Guangzhu(김광주) (2012,Caretaker) Cho Keung-Yeon(조긍연) (2013) Li Guanghao(리광호) (2013,Caretaker) Li Huen(리호은) (2014) Li Guanghao(리광호) (2014) Gao Zhongxun(고종훈) (2014,Caretaker) Park Tae-ha(박태하) (2015-Present) Crest References ↑ "概要". Yanbianfc.comli.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.  ↑ "China 1965". Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-01.  ↑ "China 1973". Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-01.  ↑ "China 1988". Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-01.  ↑ "China 1992". Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-25.  ↑ "细数延边13年六大主帅 崔殷泽缔造历史高珲谱写新篇". Sports.sina.com.cn. 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2014-08-29.  ↑ "追忆十年之前长白虎旋风 崔殷泽曾是中韩足球纽带". Sports.sina.com.cn. 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2014-08-29.  ↑ "China 2004". Rsssf.com. 7 Apr 2005. Retrieved 2013-03-25.  ↑ "延边缺钱难支付50万罚款 申诉足协网开一面遭驳". Sports.163.com. 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-03-25.  ↑ "延边确定不会就足协处罚上诉 担心带来其他麻烦". Sports.163.com. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-03-25.  ↑ "前延边主帅高晖获刑3年 助教金光柱获刑2年". Sports.qq.com. 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2014-08-29.  ↑ 关于延边长白虎足球俱乐部更名并更换法定代表人的公示 (Chinese) ↑ "China - List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-25.  ↑ "延边长白山". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.  ↑ 2015赛季中甲联赛延边长白山队球员报名名单 (Chinese) External links Official website Sina Weibo China League One 2015 clubs Beijing BG Beijing BIT Dalian Aerbin Guizhou Zhicheng Harbin Yiteng Hebei CFFC Hunan Billows Jiangxi Liansheng Nei Mongol Zhongyou Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao Jonoon Shenzhen F.C. Tianjin Songjiang Wuhan Zall Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Yanbian Changbaishan Seasons 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015