Suzhou Dongwu F.C.

Suzhou Dongwu Football Club (Chinese: 苏州东吴) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Suzhou Dongwu
Sūzhōu Dōngwú
苏州东吴

Full name	Suzhou Dongwu Football Club 苏州东吴足球俱乐部
Founded	29 May 2008 (amateur) 7 November 2015 (professional)
Ground	Kunshan Stadium, Suzhou, China
Capacity	30,000
Manager	Liu Junwei
League	China League One
2019	League Two, 4th (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was established as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu New Materials(Simplified Chinese: 苏州锦富新材) On 29 May 2008. They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country. In 2015, they reached the final rounds of the East Region amateur championship. They also won their local league championship that year and the Chinese amateur division.[1] Since 2016, they have been members of the China League Two.[2] At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes.[3]

Current squad

As of 12 July 2019[4]

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 Gao Chuang 3 DF  CHN Liu Xiaofeng 4 MF  CHN Xiao Kun 5 DF  CHN Hu Mingfei 6 MF  CHN Chen Wei 7 MF  CHN Jin Shang 8 FW  CHN Wu Yufan 11 FW  CHN Zhang Jingzhe 12 GK  CHN Chen Nancun 14 MF  CHN Pan Hao 16 MF  CHN Li Zhi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  CHN Shen Tianfeng 21 MF  CHN Tan Fucheng 26 DF  CHN Gou Junchen 27 MF  CHN Zheng Yi 29 MF  CHN Hamit Shepket 30 DF  CHN Zhang Linguang 34 DF  CHN Cheng Mouyi 35 DF  CHN Pei Zhanpeng 36 MF  CHN Li Lan 39 GK  CHN Yuan Weihao

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CHN Zhang Jieqi - DF  CHN Li Minhui

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Liu Junwei
Assistant coach

Source: CFA

Managerial history

• Tang Bo (2012–2016)
• Kazuo Uchida (2017–2018)
• Liu Junwei (2019–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.[5]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2012	4									W	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2013	4									10	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2014	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	-	–	R4	DNQ	DNQ		Kunshan Stadium
2015	4									W	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Suzhou University Stadium
2016	3	20	4	7	9	12	20	−8	19	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ	728	Kunshan Stadium
2017	3	24	12	5	7	28	16	12	41	11	R4	DNQ	DNQ	1,115	Suzhou City Stadium
2018	3	28	10	10	8	27	31	−4	40	12	R4	DNQ	DNQ	2,062
2019	3										R1	DNQ	DNQ

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth 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. 苏州东吴夺得业余足球联赛冠军 at js.qq.com.cn 2015-11-22 Retrieved 2016-03-17 (in Chinese)
2. 舜天“弃将”挑大梁 苏州东吴明年踢中乙 at sports.sina.com.cn 2015-11-10 Retrieved 2016-03-17 (in Chinese)
3. 苏州东吴2018赛季主客场球衣 (in Chinese). kitstown.com. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
4. 2018中乙俱乐部报名表 fa.org.cn 2018-03-27 Retrieved 2018-03-28
5. 苏州东吴 (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.