Hebei China Fortune F.C.
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Hebei China Fortune Football Club 河北华夏幸福足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Samba Kings | ||
| Founded | 28 May 2010 | ||
| Ground | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 33,572 | ||
| Owner | China Fortune Land Development | ||
| Manager | Manuel Pellegrini | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2016 | Chinese Super League, 7th | ||
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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 |
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| 2011 | Hebei Zhongji Group | Hebei Zhongji Football Club | Hebei Yilinshanzhuang |
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| 2015 | China Fortune Land Development | Hebei China Fortune | |
| 2016– | Hebei China Fortune Football Club |
Current squad
First team squad
As of 1 March 2016.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- ^[A] Gülüm is an Australian citizen, and counted as an Asian player, thus avoiding the foreign quota.
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.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Manuel Pellegrini |
| Assistant coach |  Gao Yao Zheng Bin |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sun Minghan |
Source: sina.com
Managerial history
- Wei Yuanhao 28 May 2010 – 13 October 2011
- Zhang Yandong 14 October 2011 – 15 August 2013
- Guo Ruilong 16 August 2013 – 3 December 2013
- Huang Yang 4 December 2013 – 25 December 2013
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Nelson Agresta 26 December 2013 – 14 August 2014 - Alejandro Larrea 14 August 2014 – 31 December 2014
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Radomir Antić 27 January 2015 – 18 August 2015 - Li Tie 18 August 2015 – 27 August 2016
- Manuel Pellegrini 27 August 2016 –
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 |
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| 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 |
- ^1 In group stage.
Key
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References
- ↑ "Chinese Soccer's Most Valuable Teams". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ 河北中基足球俱乐部简介 (in Chinese). hebeifootball.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ (in Chinese). sina.com. 2015-12-15 http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2015-12-15/doc-ifxmszek7103521.shtml. Retrieved 2016-01-17. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 2016中超联赛河北华夏队完全名单 sports.sohu.com 2016-03-01 Retrieved 2016-03-01
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE – 2015". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ↑ 河北中基 (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ↑ 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
External links
- Official site (Chinese)