Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C.

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
Xīnjiāng Tiānshān Xuěbào
新疆天山雪豹
Full name Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Football Club
新疆天山雪豹足球俱乐部
Founded December 2011
Ground Xinjiang Sports Centre
Ground Capacity 50,000
Owner Shenzhen China-Kyle Special Steel Corp., Ltd
Chairman China Li Jianzhong (李建忠)
Manager China Li Jun (李军)
League China League One
2015 League One, 8th
Website Club home page

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. (Chinese: 新疆天山雪豹; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Tiānshān Xuěbào) 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 Ürümqi, Xinjiang and their home stadium is the Xinjiang Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of 50,000. Their current majority shareholder is the Shenzhen China-Kyle Special Steel Corp., Ltd.

History

Hubei Huakaier was established in December 2011 by the China-Kyle Special Steel Co., Ltd and they brought in Li Jianzhong (李建忠) as their Chairman as well as Li Jun (李军) as their first manager.[1] With the aid from the Hubei Football Association they formed a team and registered to play within the third tier of the Chinese football league system in the 2012 league season. Their home location was the Huangshi Stadium and all blue was chosen as their home uniform. In their debut season they finished fourth place in the South Group and advanced into the play-offs where after beating Hebei Zhongji and Shenzhen Fengpeng they ultimately came runners-up to Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. within the division, nonetheless that position ensured promotion to the China League One division.[2]

In their first appearance within the second division the club would struggle with the higher level of finance and professionalism required within the division. Before the start of the season the team could not aford the plane tickets required to go their training camp set in Dongguan, Guangdong and had to go there by coach.[3] Despite the financial constrants Li Jun was able to avoid relegation on the final day of the season when the team beat Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. 2-0 at home.[4] At the start of the 2014 league season the club would publicly declare they were looking for investment and were willing to leave Hubei Province to obtain it.[5] This saw speculation grow that the club were going to move to Xi'an, but talks between the city broke down.[6] The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, however would express interest in investing into the club, which initially saw them take over their Under-20 team.[7] On 14 February 2014 the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau followed through with their investment by providing the Xinjiang Sports Centre, training facilities and sponsorship, which saw Hubei Huakaier moved to Xinjiang's capital city Ürümqi and changed their name to Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.[8]

Name history

Current squad

As of 14 March 2015 [9]

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

No. Position Player
2 China DF Arpati Mijiti
3 China DF Cai Xi
4 China DF Mehmud Abdukerem
5 China MF Zhou Heng
6 Brazil FW Vicente
7 China MF Wang Wenhua
8 China MF Wang Kang
11 China MF Xu Qing
12 China GK Gu Junjie
13 China MF Qi Yunfei
14 China DF Mustapa Nurahmet
16 China FW Dong Zhiyuan
17 China GK Zhu Zisen
18 China FW Jiang Sheng
No. Position Player
20 China DF Song Xie
21 China MF Tong Xiaoxing
22 China DF Yan Zhiyu
23 China MF Wang Weichen
24 China MF Exmetjan
25 China DF Elijan Alimjan
27 China GK Ding Runshan
28 China MF Liu Shun
29 China MF Yehya Ablikim
30 China FW Shewket Yalqun
31 China FW Seliqxan Damxan
42 China MF Abdul'eziz Abdusalam
- Hong Kong MF Itaparica
- Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Nusmir Fajić

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 China DF Diyar
43 China MF Hudaberdi Bekri
44 China MF Mukahali Dawul
45 China FW Irxat Kurban
46 China MF Daniyal Musajan
47 China MF Subi Parhat
48 China DF Fang Zhong
49 China GK Kudiret Ablet
50 China DF Zayirjan Tayirjan
51 China FW Chen Minghao
52 China MF Abduhamit Abdugani
53 China MF Keyserjan Abdugheni
No. Position Player
54 China MF Yermet Talaphan
55 China MF Perhat Emet
56 China DF Mehmudjan Minem
57 China MF Erkan Enwer
58 China GK Ezimet
59 China DF Ilyas
60 China DF Zulpikar Dolqun
- China DF Almas Azat
- China DF Shepket Kudus
- China MF Xirzat Helil
- China MF Argin Kongelbek

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach China Li Jun (李军)
Assistant coach China Wang Wenhua (王文华)
Assistant coach China Yan Mingchao (严明超)
Assistant coach China Yang Quanbin (杨全斌)
Goalkeeping coach China Zheng Yuebin(郑跃斌)
Physio China Bao Tonghua (鲍同华)
Physio China Cheng Chang (程畅)

Source: sina.com

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2015 season.[10] [11]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2012 3 30 15 7 8 32 22 10 44 1 RU DNE DNQ DNQ 1,645 Huangshi Stadium
2013 2 30 8 6 16 27 41 −14 30 13 R2 DNQ DNQ 2,206 Huangshi Stadium
2014 2 30 8 11 11 29 33 -4 35 10 R2 DNQ DNQ 3,161 Xinjiang Sports Centre
2015 2 30 10 9 11 43 51 -8 39 8 QF DNQ DNQ 4,114 Xinjiang Sports Centre

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

References

  1. ↑ 华凯尔处子赛季杀入中乙决赛 主帅:我负责承担压力 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. ↑ 中乙-伊力哈木江导逆转 贵州总比分2-1湖北夺冠 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  3. ↑ 湖北华凯尔险困境引援成奢望 主帅微博呼吁谁来拯救? (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  4. ↑ 中甲收官 毅腾升级华凯尔保级 (in Chinese). sports.dzwww.com. 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  5. ↑ 保级成功但承诺未兑现 湖北华凯尔可能被迫转场 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  6. ↑ 湖北华凯尔否认陕企介入 曾想零转让却无疾而终 (in Chinese). sxdaily.com.cn. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  7. ↑ 新疆博格达男足3月征战中甲 (in Chinese). news.sina.com.cn. 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  8. ↑ 关于湖北华凯尔工商迁移并更名的公示 (in Chinese). fa.org.cn. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  9. ↑ 2015赛季中甲联赛新疆天山雪豹球员报名名单
  10. ↑ "China - List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  11. ↑ 新疆天山雪豹 (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

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