Meizhou Hakka F.C.

Meizhou Hakka Football Club (Chinese: 梅州客家足球俱乐部; pinyin: Méizhōu Kèjiā Zúqiú Jùlèbù; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu), 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, Wei Real Estate Development Co Ltd and partners. The club was renamed Meizhou Wuhua Football Club according to Meizhou Daily.[1] However, the original name was still used in official documents of CFA all the time.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Meizhou Hakka
Méizhōu Kèjiā
梅州客家
Full nameMeizhou Hakka Football Club
梅州客家足球俱乐部
Founded2013 (2013)
GroundHuitang Stadium, Wuhua
Capacity30,000
Manager Marcelo Rospide
LeagueChina League One
2019League One, 10th

History

Meizhou Hakka 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Name history

According to the club's statement:

  • 2013 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
  • 2014– Meizhou Wuhua 梅州五华[1]

According to official documents of CFA:

  • 2013–2015 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
  • 2016— Meizhou Hakka 梅州客家[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Current squad

First team squad

As of 2 July 2019[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CHN Li Xinyu
5 DF  CHN Hao Qiang
6 MF  CHN Shi Hongjun
7 MF  CHN Guo Yi
9 FW  BRA Dori
10 FW  GUI Lonsana Doumbouya
11 FW  NGA Chisom Egbuchulam
14 MF  CHN Wang Pan
15 MF  CHN Yang Bin
16 DF  CHN Liu Xiaolong
18 DF  CHN Huo Liang
19 DF  CHN Lin Juyuan
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  CHN Miao Ming
21 MF  CHN Zhang Jiansheng
22 GK  CHN Hou Yu
24 DF  CHN Yang Wenji
25 MF  CHN Fan Jinrui
26 MF  CHN Du Mingyang
27 MF  CHN Li Zhilang
28 DF  CHN Xue Haoyuan
29 DF  CHN Tang Dechao
36 GK  CHN Hong Zhiyue
48 MF  CHN Che Xing
- MF  CHN Cui Wei
- DF  CHN Zhang Hongjiang
- DF  HKG Leung Nok Hang

Reserve squad

As of 7 March 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  CHN Li Zhe
41 MF  CHN Chi Zhongjie
43 DF  CHN Zhong Lang
45 MF  CHN Tan Yaoyang
46 GK  CHN Li Xinyu
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 MF  CHN Li Jiawei
55 MF  CHN Le Yutian
61 MF  CHN Li Yang
62 GK  CHN Su Jinyi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  CHN Luo Xi (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
13 MF  CHN Zhang Zhiquan (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
58 MF  CHN Tang Hai (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)
DF  CHN Xiong Zexuan (at Shenzhen Pengcheng until 31 December 2019)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Marcelo Rospide
Assistant coach Qu Gang
Goalkeeping coach Da Silva

Source: CFA

Managerial history

Honours

Winners (1): 2015

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.[13][14]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20133129303062430 15[15]DNEDNQDNQMeixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhua County Stadium
201431614024573842 14R3DNQDNQWuhua County Stadium
201531493239132630 1WR3DNQDNQ4,818
2016230116134850−23912R3DNQDNQ6,450
201723089133339−63312R2DNQDNQ5,865
2018230117124044−4409R3DNQDNQ3,583
2019230DNQDNQHuitang Stadium
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

References

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