Nanjing Shaye F.C.

Nanjing Shaye Football Club (Chinese: 南京沙叶足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two. The team is based in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

History[]

The club was originally a nondescript local amateur team named Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin from the city of Nanjing. In November 2014, Shaye Investment Management Co. Ltd. took over the club, which subsequently adopted its later widely known name Nanjing Shaye.

In 2016, the club formed a 11-a-side team to participate in the , and ended up winning the entire championship. Also competing in the China Amateur Football League for its first time in the same year, the club failed to make it out of the second round of group stages.

In 2017, the club signed to cooperate with the football section of Hohai University. After successfully defending its title as the champion of Nanjing amateur football, they participated in 2017 China Amateur Football League and advanced to the final round of 16, but was eliminated by Anhui Hefei Guiguan and failed to advance further and gain access to China League Two.

In 2018, the club won their third title in a row, and made it to the final 8 of 2018 Chinese Champions League after beating Wuhan Shangwen 1–0 in the first round of final play-offs, without losing a single goal in all previous stages. However, the club was eliminated by eventual champions Taizhou Yuanda in the quarter-finals. Despite this setback, they thrashed 4–0 in the subsequent round, finally ensuring promotion and a spot in 2019 China League Two.

Name changes[]

• –2014 Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin F.C. 南京中山园林
• 2014– Nanjing Shaye F.C. 南京沙叶

Current squad[]

As of 12 July 2019^[1]

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 4 DF  CHN Liang Jinhu (on loan from Jiangsu Suning) 6 DF  CHN 7 FW  CHN 8 DF  CHN 9 MF  CHN 10 FW  CHN 11 DF  CHN 13 DF  CHN Yuan Zheng 15 MF  CHN Zhang Bo 16 MF  CHN 17 FW  CHN 18 DF  CHN

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CHN 20 DF  CHN 22 GK  CHN Wang Yi 23 GK  CHN 27 FW  CHN 28 MF  CHN 33 MF  CHN 35 DF  CHN Zhang Zhihao 36 MF  CHN 37 FW  CHN 38 GK  CHN 39 DF  CHN 41 MF  CHN

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 40 DF  CHN — GK  CHN

Results[]

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.

• ^1 In group stage.

Key

References[]

External links[]

• Official club website (in Chinese)

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