Meizhou Hakka F.C.
Meizhou Hakka Football Club (simplified Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱樂部; pinyin: Méizhōu Kèjiā Zúqiú Jùlèbù) 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 Wuhua County, Meizhou in the province of Guangdong and their home stadium is the 6,800 capacity Wuhua County Stadium. Their current majority shareholders are the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau and Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
History
Meizhou Kejia F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau.[1] He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong.[2] The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.[3]
Name history
- 2013–2015 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
- 2016– Meizhou Hakka 梅州客家
Crest history
- Meizhou Kejia
2013–2015
- Meizhou Hakka
2016–
Current squad
As of 20 May 2017 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player
|
| 41 |
 |
MF |
Li Zhe
|
| 60 |
|
GK |
Li Zehua |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player
|
| 61 |
|
DF |
Zhou Zihao |
|
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching staff
Managerial history
- Cao Yang (2013)
- Tan Ende (2014–26 May 2015)
- Zhang Jun (26 May 2015 – 3 July 2015)
- Qi Wusheng (3 July 2015–31 Dec 2015)
Luc Nijholt (1 Jan 2016–19 Jul 2016)- Cao Yang (caretaker) (19 Jul 2016–31 Dec 2016)
Vjekoslav Lokica (16 Feb 2017–29 Apr 2017)- Cao Yang (caretaker) (29 Apr 2017–23 Jul 2017)
Aleksandar Stankov (23 Jul 2017–)
Honours
- Winners (1): 2015
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2016 season.[6][7]
Key
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- Pld = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
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- 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
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- 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
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References
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