Hebei China Fortune F.C.

Hebei China Fortune
Héběi Huáxià Xìngfú
河北华夏幸福
Full name Hebei China Fortune Football Club
河北华夏幸福足球俱乐部
Founded 28 May 2010 (28 May 2010)
Ground Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Ground Capacity 33,572
Owner China Fortune Land Development
Manager Manuel Pellegrini
League Chinese Super League
2016 Chinese Super League, 7th

Hebei China Fortune Football Club (simplified Chinese: 河北华夏幸福足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 河北華夏幸福足球俱樂部; pinyin: Héběi Huáxià Xìngfú Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Qinhuangdao, Hebei and their home stadium is the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium that has a seating capacity of 33,000. Their current owners are real estate developers China Fortune Land Development who took over the club on 27 January 2015.

According to Forbes, Hebei are the 7th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $90 million, and an estimated revenue of $22 million in 2015.[1]

History

Hebei Zhongji was founded on 28 May 2010 by the Hebei football association and Hebei Zhongji Group who promised to invest three million Yuan a season for next four campaigns.[2] They registered to play within China League Two, third tier of the Chinese football league system, as Hebei Yilinshanzhuang (Simplified Chinese: 河北依林山庄) for sponsorship reason in the 2011 league season. They failed to advance into the Play-offs after finishing 5th place in the group stage. On 17 October 2011, the cooperation relationship between Hebei FA and Hebei Zhongji Group was terminated and Hebei Zhongji Group would take full ownership of the club while the players who were owned by Hebei FA split into a new team called Hebei Youth.[3] At the start of the 2012 league season, Hebei Zhongji would finish 1st place in the North Group with 18 wins, 5 draws and only 1 defeat, however they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Play-offs by Hubei Huakaier, with the score at 1–1 they lost on the away goals rule. On 16 August 2013 Guo Ruilong was brought in to manage the team for the rest of the 2013 league season, however during his brief tenure at the club he quickly lead them to promotion after coming runners-up at the end of the campaign.[4] Huang Yang was brought in to coach the team during the off season while on 26 December 2013 the club announced that Uruguayan Nelson Agresta would be the clubs first foreign manager.[5]

On 27 January 2015, They changed the team name as Hebei China Fortune (Simplified Chinese: 河北华夏幸福) after being purchased by China Fortune Land Development. Serbian manager Radomir Antić signed a three-year contract with the club on the same day.[6] They changed the club name as Hebei China Fortune F.C. in December 2015 after winning promotion to Chinese Super League in the 2015 season. The club has since expanded its bid for league success by landing international stars such as Gervinho and Ezequiel Lavezzi.[7] As of September 2016, the Chilean Manuel Pelligrini, ex-Villareal, Malaga, Real Madrid and Manchester City, will manage the club, part of a larger plan for Hebei China Fortune and Chinese football to make a great leap forward by the end of the decade..

Ownership and naming history

Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
2011 Hebei Zhongji Group Hebei Zhongji Football Club Hebei Yilinshanzhuang
2012–2014
2015 China Fortune Land Development Hebei China Fortune
2016– Hebei China Fortune Football Club[7]

Crest history

Current squad

First team squad

As of 2 March 2017 [8]

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

No. Position Player
1 China GK Ou Ya
2 China DF Zhao Mingjian
3 China MF Zhao Yuhao
4 China DF Jin Yangyang
6 China MF Luo Senwen
7 China FW Jiang Ning
8 China MF Jia Xiaochen
9 China FW Dong Xuesheng
11 China MF Gui Hong
13 China MF Li Haoran
14 South Korea DF Kim Ju-young
15 China MF Yin Hongbo
17 China MF Zhu Haiwei
18 China MF Lu Yang
19 China GK Yang Cheng
21 Brazil FW Aloísio
No. Position Player
22 Argentina FW Ezequiel Lavezzi
23 China DF Ren Hang
25 Cameroon MF Stéphane Mbia
26 China DF Jiang Wenjun
27 Ivory Coast FW Gervinho
28 China MF Zhang Chengdong
29 China MF Zhang Lifeng
30 China MF Li Hang
31 China FW Xu Tianyuan
32 China DF Ding Haifeng
33 China DF Gao Zhunyi
34 China GK Su Weichao
35 China MF Che Shiwei
47 China DF Wu Guodong
50 China MF Chen Tang
60 China MF Song Wenjie

Reserve squad

As of 1 March 2016 [9]

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

No. Position Player
20 China FW Wang Yang
41 China GK Geng Xiaofeng
42 China GK Yin Tianlong
43 China MF Zhong Jiajie
44 China DF Wei Jiye
45 China DF Zhang Ao
46 China DF Wu Qingtao
48 China MF Zhao Xiaotian
49 China DF Zhong Juzhan
No. Position Player
51 China FW Piao Lei
52 China MF Shi Hanchen
53 China MF Han Sipei
54 China MF Zhang Yi
56 China FW Ma Dongliang
57 China DF Li Yiying
59 China DF Du Wenyang
61 China DF Luan Haodong
62 China MF Wang Wenhao

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
5 China DF Du Wei (at Guizhou Zhicheng until 31 December 2017)
10 Brazil MF Hernanes (at São Paulo until 30 June 2018)
16 China DF Liao Junjian (at Chongqing Lifan until 31 December 2017)
Turkey DF Ersan Gülüm (at Adelaide United until 30 June 2018)
No. Position Player
China DF Lang Zheng (at Liaoning Whowin until 31 December 2017)
China DF Xu Xiaolong (at Shanghai Shenxin until 31 December 2017)
China MF Feng Gang (at Henan Jianye until 31 December 2017)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Chile Manuel Pellegrini
Assistant coach China Gao Yao
China Zheng Bin
Goalkeeping coach China Sun Minghan

Source: sina.com

Managerial history

Manuel Pellegrini has manged the club since August 2016
Nationality Manager Duration Departure reason
Start Finish
China Wei Yuanhao 28 May 2010 13 October 2011 Mutual consent
China Zhang Yandong 14 October 2011 15 August 2013
China Guo Ruilong 16 August 2013 3 December 2013
China Huang Yang 4 December 2013 25 December 2013
Uruguay Nelson Agresta 26 December 2013 14 August 2014 Sacked
Uruguay Alejandro Larrea 14 August 2014 31 December 2014 Mutual consent
Serbia Radomir Antić 27 January 2015 18 August 2015
China Li Tie 18 August 2015 27 August 2016 Sacked
Chile Manuel Pellegrini 27 August 2016 Present

Honours

League

Runners-up (1): 2015
Runners-up (1): 2013

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2016 season.[11][12]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2011 3 14 4 4 6 14 16 −2 16 5 1 DNE DNQ DNQ Yutong International Sports Center
2012 3 26 18 7 1 50 11 39 59 1 6[13] R2 DNQ DNQ 4,783 Yutong International Sports Center
2013 3 19 11 4 4 40 13 27 27 1 RU R2 DNQ DNQ Yutong International Sports Center
2014 2 30 6 11 13 31 54 −23 29 14 R2 DNQ DNQ 6,239 Yutong International Sports Center
2015 2 30 18 6 6 53 30 23 60 RU R4 DNQ DNQ 7,796 Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
2016 1 30 11 7 12 34 38 -4 40 7 QF DNQ DNQ 18,469 Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
2017 1 30 R4 DNQ DNQ Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Key

References

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  2. ↑ 河北中基足球俱乐部简介 (in Chinese). hebeifootball.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  3. ↑ 最新消息:河北足球正式开始职业俱乐部商业运作 (in Chinese). hebeifootball.com. 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  4. ↑ 河北中基昨日赴昆明冬训 不排除选外籍主帅 (in Chinese). news.gmw.cn. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  5. ↑ 前泰达主帅重返中国 乌拉圭人内尔松挂帅河北中基 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  6. ↑ 河北中基更名河北华夏幸福 安蒂奇上任签约三年 (in Chinese). sohu.com. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  7. 1 2 足协发布公告：河北中基正式更名为河北华夏幸福 (in Chinese). sina.com. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  8. ↑ "2017中超联赛河北华夏幸福队完全名单". sohu.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ↑ 2016赛季中甲河北华夏幸福队预备队报名名单 (in Chinese). sports.qq.com. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  10. ↑ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE – 2015". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  11. ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 2014-03-20. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  12. ↑ 河北中基 (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  13. ↑ 2012年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 fa.org.cn 2013-03-30 Retrieved 2016-04-08
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