Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.

Sichuan Jiuniu
Sìchuān Jiǔniú
四川九牛
Full name	Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club; 四川九牛足球俱乐部
Founded	5 January 2017; 4 years ago
Ground	Longquanyi Stadium; Chengdu, China
Capacity	27,000
Owner	China Sports Capital (54%); City Football Group (28%); UBtech Robotics (18%)
Manager	Li Yi
League	China League One
2021	League One, 8th of 18
Home colours	Away colours

Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) 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 Chengdu, Sichuan, China and their home stadium is the 27,000 seat Longquanyi Stadium.

History[]

The club was founded on 5 January 2017. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.

In February 2019, City Football Group purchased the club.^[1]^[2]

On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages.^[3] As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season,^[4] which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Name history[]

2017– Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. 四川九牛

Current squad[]

First team[]

As of 31 July 2021^[5]

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	Zhao Heng
2	DF	CHN	Geng Xiaoshun
3	DF	CHN	Long Cheng (on loan from Zhejiang)
4	MF	CHN	Wang Jiao
5	DF	CHN	Zhao Jun
6	MF	CHN	Li Haojie
7	MF	CHN	Su Junfeng
8	FW	AUS	Pierce Waring
9	MF	CHN	Nan Xiaoheng
10	MF	CHN	Ruan Jun
11	MF	CHN	Wang Chu
12	GK	CHN
13	DF	CHN	Wang Qi
15	MF	CHN	Wei Jingzong (on loan from Zhejiang)
16	DF	CHN	Liu Jing (on loan from Hebei)
17	MF	CHN	Li Jiahe
18	MF	CHN


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	GUI	Mohamed Yattara
20	MF	CHN	Zheng Shengxiong (on loan from Guangzhou)
21	MF	CHN	Nan Song
22	MF	CHN	Xiao Kun
23	MF	CHN
25	GK	CHN	Lu Zheyu
27	GK	CHN	Yang Chao
28	FW	CHN	Xia Dalong
29	MF	CHN	Zhang Jiaqi
31	DF	CHN	Lü Wei
32	DF	CHN	Song Chen
35	GK	CHN	Fan Jinming (on loan from Zhejiang)
37	MF	CHN	Wang Jiaqi
39	DF	CHN	Li Bowen
40	DF	SRB	Nemanja Vidić
41	MF	CHN	Nuali Zimin

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
-	GK	CHN	Lu Zheyu
-	DF	CHN
-	DF	CHN


No.	Pos.	Nation
-	DF	CHN
-	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
-	DF	CHN	Ötkür Hesen (at Zibo Cuju until 31 December 2021)
-	DF	CHN	(at Sichuan Minzu until 31 December 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	CHN	(at Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei until 31 December 2021)
-	MF	CHN	Wang Song (at Hebei Kungfu until 31 December 2021)

Coaching staff[]


Role	Name
Head coach	Li Yi
Assistant coach
Goalkeeper coach

Managerial history[]

Zhai Biao (2006–2008)
(caretaker) (2008)
(2009–2010)
(2010)
(2011–2017)
Cheng Liang (31 December 2017–30 May 2018)
Dario Dabac (7 June 2018–11 January 2019)
(27 February 2019–18 May 2020)
Li Yi (22 July 2020–)

Results[]

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.^[6]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2017	4									10	DNE	DNQ	DNQ		Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
2018	3	28	6	10	12	24	27	−3	28	24	QF	DNQ	DNQ	4,872
2019	3	30	17	5	8	47	27	20	56¹	8	R2	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[]

^ "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "四川九牛大名单：王楚、汪嵩在列，双外援出征". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

External links[]

http://sports.people.com (in Chinese)

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[1] "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[2] "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[3] "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[4] "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[5] "四川九牛大名单：王楚、汪嵩在列，双外援出征". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[team_info-6] "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

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v t Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club
Players Managers Seasons
Football teams	First Team
Home grounds	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
Key personnel	Owners City Football Group (Sheikh Mansour) Manager

v t China League One
2021 clubs	Beijing BIT Beijing BSU Chengdu Rongcheng Guizhou Heilongjiang Ice City Jiangxi Beidamen Kunshan Liaoning Shenyang Urban Meizhou Hakka Nanjing City Nantong Zhiyun Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Sichuan Jiuniu Suzhou Dongwu Wuhan Three Towns Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Zhejiang Zibo Cuju
Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

v t City Football Group
People	Sheikh Mansour Khaldoon Al Mubarak Ferran Soriano
Shareholders	Abu Dhabi United Group (78%) China Media Capital / CITIC Group (12%) Silver Lake (10%)
Teams	Girona FC Lommel S.K. Manchester City F.C. Melbourne City FC Montevideo City Torque Mumbai City FC New York City FC Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. Troyes AC Yokohama F. Marinos
Women's teams	Girona FC Femení A Girona FC Femení B Manchester City Women Melbourne City W-League Troyes AC Féminine
Development teams	Girona B Manchester City EDS Manchester City Girls' Academy Melbourne City Youth Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy New York City FC Academy
Affiliated teams	Atlético Venezuela NAC Breda
Owned stadiums	Academy Stadium (Manchester) New York City FC stadium (New York, proposed)
City Football Academies	Etihad Campus (Manchester) City Football Academy (Bolivia) City Football Academy (Melbourne) City Football Academy (Montevideo) City Football Academy (New York)
Businesses	Goals Soccer Centers (United States)