Zhejiang Yiteng F.C.

Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club (simplified Chinese: 浙江毅腾; traditional Chinese: 浙江毅騰; pinyin: Zhèjiāng Yìténg), or Yiteng Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 毅腾足球俱乐部, for official ownership reasons) is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home stadium is the Shaoxing City Sports Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 20,000. Their majority shareholder is Cui Yi (崔毅) and the Yiteng Group.

Zhejiang Yiteng
Zhèjiāng Yìténg
浙江毅腾

Full name	Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club 浙江毅腾足球俱乐部
Founded	1988 (1988) (Amateur) 1994 (Professional)
Ground	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Cui Yi 崔毅
League	China League Two
2019	League Two, 16th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

They were founded as an amateur team in 1988 and called Dalian Tielu (Railway). They took part in China's national leagues before becoming a professional team when the Yiteng Group gained ownership of the club. After years of stagnation the club was moved to Harbin where they have since predominantly remained and gained their first silverware, which was the 2011 China League Two title. Since then, they gradually improved their league standing and gained promotion to China's top tier when they came second within the 2013 China League One division.

History

In April 1988 the club was established as Dalian Tielu (Railway) and soon joined the Chinese national leagues at the bottom of the pyramid in the third tier at the beginning of the 1989 league season.[1] After the team's debut performance the club's appearances within the national leagues became sporadic because they were an amateur team at a time when the league was being restructured as a fully professional unit. When professionalism arrived to the Chinese leagues in the 1994 league season, the club had started being funded by the Yiteng Group on February of that year. The funding helped to establish them as semi-professional unit and then soon after a fully professional team in the third division.[2] Xu Yin and Cheng Xianfei were appointed as joint managers. They came third in the league and were promoted to the second tier.[3]

The club's time in the second tier was not a success and at the end of the 1995 league season they finished tenth in the league and were relegated back into the third division.[4] The Yiteng Group took full control of the club in 1996, and by the following season merged the team with local lower league rivals Dalian Shunfa. With the merger the owners were hoping for promotion and by the 1999 league campaign they believed that they had assembled a squad capable of achieving this. They did not reach the division play-offs that season because Mianyang Fenggu had exactly the same points and goal difference as them after the last-placed odd number team was taken out of the equation.[5] The Chinese Football Association decided that the only way to settle the issue was that the two teams should draw lots to see who would qualify for the play-offs, however the club lost. The chairman Cui Yi and the Yiteng Group were so aggrieved that they decided to pull out of the competition the following season and sold their squad to Dalian Shide F.C. for 8 million Yuan.[6]

After the Yiteng Group had formed significant business ties within Harbin, Heilongjiang, Cui Yi decided that it was a good time for the club to re-enter the national leagues on December 20, 2005. They registered with the Chinese FA the new name of the club called Harbin Yiteng and took part at the bottom of the Chinese pyramid in the third tier for the start of the 2006 Chinese league two division. The club moved in the 30,000 capacity Hagongda Stadium and they quickly won promotion at the end of the season after coming runners-up to Beijing Institute of Technology FC.[7] The club struggled in the division and had a Chinese record sixteen game winless streak, however the team were able to avoid relegated that season. They moved to Yantai in Shandong on March 2008 and played in the 45,000 capacity Yantai Sports Park Stadium. They also replaced their red kit with a new all-blue outfit, however the changes did not work and they were relegated at the end of the 2008 league season. They briefly moved back to Dalian until April 1, 2011 when they returned to Harbin where their fortunes changed and they won their first championship, the 2011 China League Two division, and promotion back into the second division.[8] Under Duan Xin reign as manager Harbin continued their good form in the second tier and at the end of the 2013 league season he would guide the club to second within the division and promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.[9]

At the start of the start of the 2014 Chinese Super League, former assistant Wang Helong was promoted to Head coach while Duan Xin remained as manager.[10] The club started in the Chinese Super League with a nine-game losing streak. It ended on the 4 May 2014 when they beat local rivals Changchun Yatai 3–1 to claim their first top flight win, thanks to goals from Dori, Han Deming and Ricardo Steer.[11] On 19 July 2014 Marijo Tot was brought in as the new head coach, however he was unable to reverse the club's fortunes and the team were relegated at the end of the season.[12]

Yiteng F.C. moved to Shaoxing and changed their name as Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. in the 2016 season. In October 2018, when Yiteng back to Harbin and play with Heilongjiang F.C., they experienced a horrible treatment from fans. People called them "go back to Dalian""idiots", and game result end with 1:1.[13] In January 2019, they relegated to the third-tier after failing to apply a League One license, despite finishing 12th in the last season.[14]

One thing needs to be mentioned, the club press officer Yuhao Zhang plays an important role in team management. He always stands out to fight people who against Yiteng and already became the core value of team diplomacy.

Ownership and naming history

Year	Owner	Club name	Sponsored team name
1988–93	Dalian Railway Bureau	Dalian Tielu (Railway) Football Team
1994			Dalian Lichuang
1995			Dalian Tielu Yiteng
1996	Yiteng Group	Dalian Yiteng Liantie Football Club
1997			Anshan Yiteng Liantie
1998–99
2000–05		Dalian Yiteng Football Club
2006			Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Yiteng
2007			Harbin Yiteng
2008			Yantai Yiteng Hurricane
2009–10
2011			Harbin Songbei Yiteng
2012–13			Harbin Yiteng
2014–15		Harbin Yiteng Football Club
2016–		Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club

Current squad

As of 15 July 2019[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  CHN Yu Tao 7 MF  CHN Wang Xin 10 MF  CHN Xie Zhaoyu 11 MF  CHN Abdusalam Wal 12 GK  CHN Lai Xiaoyu 17 MF  CHN Ge Yuxiang 18 MF  CHN Zhao Zhihao 19 MF  CHN Wang Tianci 20 MF  CHN Yang Fan 22 DF  CHN Liu Yusheng 23 MF  CHN Fan Yang

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  CHN Li Xudong 26 MF  CHN Sheng Jun 27 GK  CHN Chen Yongxin 30 DF  CHN Ren Xin 31 DF  CHN Zhang Song 32 MF  CHN Azimatjan Alim 33 MF  CHN Azmat Ikram 34 MF  CHN Tan Zhenyu 37 MF  CHN Yang Qiang 39 MF  CHN Memet-Rasat Memet-Seyit 40 MF  CHN Merdan Turdi

Reserve squad

As of 15 July 2018

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 Wang Jingping 2 DF  CHN Shan Haiyang 8 MF  CHN Zhang Jiarui 9 MF  CHN Han Jiabao 13 GK  CHN Li Luning 15 DF  CHN Dai Shunli 21 MF  CHN Wei Jiawei 35 GK  CHN Wu-Yao Shengxuan 36 DF  CHN Liu Chunlong 41 MF  CHN Tian Yafei 42 GK  CHN Wang Xizhe 44 FW  CHN Qi Xiongfei 45 MF  CHN Tang Guoliang 46 MF  CHN Zhang Xiaoyu

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 MF  CHN Wang Zhaoqiang 48 MF  CHN Wang Zihao 49 DF  CHN Yang Xinpeng 50 DF  CHN Gui Jiamin 51 MF  CHN Almas Akli 52 MF  CHN Ouyang Shangkun 53 FW  CHN Wang Yan 54 MF  CHN Wang Xintong 56 DF  CHN Chen Haoyang 57 DF  CHN Li Jiaqi 58 FW  CHN Chen Shilong 60 DF  CHN Zhang Kaihao 61 MF  CHN Kang Yingkai 62 MF  CHN Zheng Guowei — DF  CHN Chen Yuhao

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Giles Stille
Assistant Coach	Lin Tao 林涛
Assistant Coach	Mathaus Cardoso Sodre
Fitness Coach	Rodrigo Garcia Quito
Goalkeeping Coach	Robson De Oliveira Agondi
Team Physician	Wang Zhaojun 王兆钧

Source: yitengfc.com

Managerial history

Information correct as of end of 2015 league season.[16][17][18]

Xu Yin 徐来贤 and Cheng Xianfei 程显飞 1994–1999 Li Hongwu 李洪武 March 2006 – May 2006 Wang Jun 王军 May 2006 – March 2007 Wang Hongli 王洪礼 March 2007 – April 2007 Wang Jun 王军 April 2007 Cho Yoon-hwan 赵允焕 April 2007 – June 2007 Wang Jun 王军 June 2007 – Nov 2007 Gai Zengjun 盖增君 Nov 2007 – June 2008 Wang Jun 王军 June 2008 – June 2010 Duan Xin 段鑫 13 June 2010 – March 2014 Wang Helong 王贺龙 March 2014–19 July 2014[10] Marijo Tot 马里奥·托特 19 July 2014 – 31 December 2014

Duan Xin 段鑫 (caretaker) 31 December 2014 – 5 June 2015 Gai Zengjun 盖增君 (caretaker) 5 June 2015 – 17 June 2015 Duan Xin 段鑫 17 June 2015 – December 2015 Goran Tomić 戈兰·托米奇 10 Jan 2016  – 22 Mar 2016 Duan Xin 段鑫 (caretaker) 22 Mar 2016 –1 Dec 2016 Maurício Copertino 毛里西奥·科佩尔蒂诺 1 Dec 2016 –28 May 2017[19] Wang Jun 王军 (caretaker) 28 May 2017 –6 June 2017 Marijo Tot 马里奥·托特 6 June 2017 –2 January 2018 Maurício Copertino 毛里西奥·科佩尔蒂诺 2 January 2018 –24 September 2018 Hu Zhaojun 胡兆军 (caretaker) 24 September 2018 – 3 March 2019 Giles Stille 吉尔斯·斯蒂尔 3 March 2019–

Honours

• China League Two (Third Tier League)[20]

Winners (1) : 2011

Results

• As of the end of 2019 season.[21][22]

All-time League Rankings

Year	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos	Cup	Asia	Avg league att	Stadium
1989	3									5	NH	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1991	3									5^1	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1994	3	8	3	5	0	20	15	+5	6^2	3	NH	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1995	2	22	6	4	12	20	36	−16	22	10	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1996	3	3^2	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0	4^2	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1997	3	3^2	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	3^2	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1998	3									3	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1999	3	10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	14	3^2	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
2006	3	16	9	5	2	26	16	+10	32	2	DNQ	DNQ		Hagongda Stadium
2007	2	24	4	7	13	18	36	+18	19	12	NH	DNQ		Hagongda Stadium
2008	2	24	5	10	9	28	35	−7	25	13	NH	DNQ		City Sports Centre
2009	3	12	4	2	6	17	15	+2	14	5^1	NH	DNQ		Liaoning Normal University
2010	3	21	9	6	6	28	22	+6	27^1	4	NH	DNQ		Liaoning Normal University
2011	3	19	14	2	3	38	9	+29	36^1	W	DNQ	DNQ		Harbin ICE Sports Center
2012	2	30	13	6	11	53	43	+10	45	4	R2	DNQ	4,002	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2013	2	30	18	6	6	55	29	+26	60	2	R3	DNQ	6,540	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2014	1	30	5	6	19	35	56	−21	21	16	R3	DNQ	26,126	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2015	2	30	11	14	5	43	31	12	47	5	R2	DNQ	20,477	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2016	2	30	11	5	14	39	49	−10	38	13	R2	DNQ	2,351	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2017	2	30	8	8	14	35	46	−11	32	13	R2	DNQ	4,005	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2018	2	30	10	7	13	43	53	−10	37	12^3	R3	DNQ	3,730	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2019	3	30	12	5	13	34	41	−7	41^1	16	R3	DNQ		Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center

Yiteng didn't compete in 1990, 1992–1993 and 2000–2005.

• ^1 in group stage.
• ^2 in Final round group stage.
• ^3 fail to apply League One license.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third 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 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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

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