Heilongjiang Ice City F.C.

Heilongjiang Ice City
Hēilóngjiāng Bīngchéng
黑龙江冰城

Full name	Heilongjiang Ice City Football Club
Founded	December 31, 2015; 5 years ago (December 31, 2015)
Ground	Harbin ICE Center Stadium
Capacity	50,000
Manager	(段鑫)
League	China League One
2021	League One, 7th of 18
Home colours Away colours

Heilongjiang Ice City Football Club (Chinese: 黑龙江冰城足球俱乐部) , previously known as Heilongjiang Lava Spring Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Harbin, Heilongjiang and their home stadium is the Harbin ICE Center Stadium, which has a capacity of 50,000. Their majority shareholder is the Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd.

History[]

The club was established by Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd. on December 31, 2015, and took over Anhui Litian to participate in China League Two.^[1] They appointed Zoran Janković as their head coach, and finished tenth at the end of the 2016 league season. Upon the next season, became the Head coach of the team on December 1, 2016 and he was able to guide the club into not only the play-offs but also surprised the entire league by winning the 2017 China League Two championship, and gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the team's history.^[2]

Name history[]

• 2016–2020: Heilongjiang Lava Spring 黑龙江火山鸣泉
• 2021–: Heilongjiang Ice City 黑龙江冰城

Current squad[]

First team squad[]

As of 31 July 2021^[3]

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 2 DF  CHN 3 DF  CHN 5 DF  CHN 6 DF  CHN Zhang Hao 24 FW  CMR Messi Bouli 8 MF  GHA 9 FW  CHN Yan Peng 10 MF  CHN Li Shuai 11 FW  CHN Pan Chaoran 13 MF  CHN Zhou Dadi (on loan from Changchun Yatai) 15 DF  CHN 17 MF  CHN Yang Lei 18 FW  CHN 20 DF  CHN 21 GK  CHN Qi Yuxi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  CHN Wen Xue 23 FW  GHA Evans Etti 77 DF  CHN Chico Chen (loan from Cova da Piedade) 25 MF  CHN 26 MF  CHN 27 MF  CHN Chen Yi 28 MF  CHN 29 DF  CHN Sun Yifan 30 MF  CHN Nizamdin Ependi 31 MF  CHN Bai Zijian 32 DF  CHN Liu Yi 33 DF  CHN Xu Dong 34 MF  CHN Xu Yang 35 GK  CHN 36 DF  CHN 45 DF  CHN Liu Xinyu

Reserve squad[]

As of 31 July 2021

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  CGO Thievy Bifouma (on loan from Shenzhen) 37 DF  CHN 38 MF  CHN Li Chenglong 41 MF  CHN 42 GK  CHN 43 MF  CHN

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  CHN - DF  CHN - MF  CHN Lin Jinghao - MF  CHN - MF  CHN

Out on loan[]

As of 31 July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW  CHN Shao Shuai (at Xiamen Egret Island until 31 December 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  CHN (at Xiamen Egret Island until 31 December 2021)

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Head coach
Assistant coach

Managerial history[]

• Zoran Janković (2016)
• (2017 – )

Honours[]

• China League Two: 2017

Results[]

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.^[4]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2016	3	20	9	4	7	28	24	4	31	10	R2	DNQ	DNQ	8,598	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2017	3	27	15	9	3	44	14	30	54	W	R4	DNQ	DNQ	10,860	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2018	2	30	10	11	9	37	33	4	41	7	R4	DNQ	DNQ	13,550	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2019	2	30	15	9	6	46	34	12	54	4	R4	DNQ	DNQ		Harbin ICE Sports Center

• ^1 in South Group.

Key

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