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 name	Meizhou Hakka Football Club 梅州客家足球俱乐部
Founded	2013 (2013)
Ground	Huitang Stadium, Wuhua
Capacity	30,000
Manager	Marcelo Rospide
League	China League One
2019	League One, 10th
Home colours Away colours

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

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 2017–18 Dec 2017) Rusmir Cviko (18 Dec 2017–28 Aug 2018) Li Weijun (carettaker) (28 Aug 2018–19 Dec 2018) Zheng Xiaotian (19 Dec 2018–6 Nov 2019) Marcelo Rospide (12 Nov 2019–)

Honours

• China League Two (Third Tier League)[12]

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
2013	3	12	9	3	0	30	6	24	30^1	5[15]	DNE	DNQ	DNQ		Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium Wuhua County Stadium
2014	3	16	14	0	2	45	7	38	42^1	4	R3	DNQ	DNQ		Wuhua County Stadium
2015	3	14	9	3	2	39	13	26	30^1	W	R3	DNQ	DNQ	4,818
2016	2	30	11	6	13	48	50	−2	39	12	R3	DNQ	DNQ	6,450
2017	2	30	8	9	13	33	39	−6	33	12	R2	DNQ	DNQ	5,865
2018	2	30	11	7	12	40	44	−4	40	9	R3	DNQ	DNQ	3,583
2019	2	30										DNQ	DNQ		Huitang Stadium

• ^1 In group stage.

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  – = 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

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