Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C.

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Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
Xīnjiāng Tiānshān Xuěbào
新疆天山雪豹/شىنجاڭ قار لەيلىسى
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. logo.png
Full nameXinjiang Tianshan Leopard Football Club
新疆天山雪豹足球俱乐部
FoundedDecember 2011
GroundXinjiang Sports Centre, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China PR
Capacity50,000
OwnerUrumqi Juntai Real Estate Co. Ltd.
ChairmanLi Jianzhong (李建忠)
ManagerPei Encai
LeagueChina League Two
2021League One, 18th of 18 (relegated)

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. (Chinese: 新疆天山雪豹; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Tiānshān Xuěbào) 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 Ürümqi, Xinjiang and their home stadium is the Xinjiang Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of 50,000. Their majority shareholder is the Urumqi Juntai Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Juntai Group)

History[]

Hubei China-Kyle was established in December 2011 by the China-Kyle Special Steel Co., Ltd and they brought in Li Jianzhong (李建忠) as their chairman as well as Li Jun (李军) as their first manager.[1] With the aid from the Hubei Football Association they formed a team and registered to play within the third tier of the Chinese football league system in the 2012 league season. Their home location was the Huangshi Stadium and all blue was chosen as their home uniform. In their debut season they finished fourth place in the South Group and advanced into the play-offs where after beating Hebei Zhongji and Shenzhen Fengpeng they ultimately came runners-up to Guizhou Zhicheng within the division, nonetheless that position ensured promotion to the China League One division.[2]

In their first appearance within the second division the club would struggle with the higher level of finance and professionalism required within the division. Before the start of the season the team could not afford the plane tickets required to go their training camp set in Dongguan, Guangdong and had to go there by coach.[3] Despite the financial constraints Li Jun was able to avoid relegation on the final day of the season when the team beat Chengdu Tiancheng 2–0 at home.[4] At the start of the 2014 league season the club would publicly declare they were looking for investment and were willing to leave Hubei Province to obtain it.[5] This saw speculation grow that the club were going to move to Xi'an, but talks between the city broke down.[6] The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, however would express interest in investing into the club, which initially saw them take over their Under-20 team.[7] On 14 February 2014 the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sports Bureau followed through with their investment by providing the Xinjiang Sports Centre, training facilities and sponsorship, which saw Hubei China-Kyle moved to Xinjiang's capital city Ürümqi and changed their name to Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.[8] The club would gain sponsorship from local real estate company Urumqi Juntai Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Juntai Group) who decided to become the club's main investor throughout the season.[9]

In the 2018 China League One, Xinjiang suffered a shock as they finished last in the division, but due to the dissolution of Dalian Transcendence and Yanbian Funde, and Zhejiang Yiteng being unable to apply for a League One license, Xinjiang miraculously managed to stay afloat in the League One.

Name history[]

  • 2011–2013 Hubei China-Kyle F.C. 湖北华凯尔
  • 2014– Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 新疆天山雪豹

Current squad[]

First team[]

As of 31 July 2021[10]

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 China CHN Salajidin Akramjan
2 DF China CHN Wu Hang
3 DF China CHN Eniwar Ekremjan
4 DF China CHN Zheng Yiming (on loan from Beijing Guoan)
5 DF China CHN Mirza'ekber Alimjan
6 DF China CHN Mijit Arapat
7 FW China CHN Abdulla Abduwal
8 MF China CHN Shirzat Halil
9 MF China CHN Zhuang Jiajie
10 FW China CHN Shi Jian
11 MF China CHN Danyar Musajan
12 DF China CHN Ma Chao
13 DF China CHN Minem Mehmudjan
14 DF China CHN Mehmud Abdukerem
15 DF China CHN Mustahan Mijit
16 DF China CHN Zhang Ao
17 MF China CHN Huang Wenzhuo
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF China CHN Li Jingrun
19 GK China CHN
21 MF China CHN Dilxat Ablimit
22 DF China CHN Bebet Murat
23 MF China CHN Kurban Ibrahim
24 FW China CHN Elizat Abdureshit
25 DF China CHN Muhamet Ghopur
26 FW China CHN Elbug Chagtsel
27 MF China CHN Rahimjan Ekber
28 MF China CHN Behtiyar Memetimin
29 MF China CHN Ilyas Ilhar
32 GK China CHN Huang Yuandong
35 DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Spasojević
36 FW Serbia SRB Uroš Tomović
37 MF China CHN Wu Chengru (on loan from Guangzhou City)
38 MF China CHN Wang Peng (on loan from Guangzhou City)

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
20 GK China CHN
30 FW China CHN
31 DF China CHN
41 GK China CHN
43 MF China CHN
45 FW China CHN
46 MF China CHN
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 MF China CHN
51 DF China CHN
54 MF China CHN
55 MF China CHN
56 DF China CHN
57 DF China CHN
58 DF China CHN

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach China Pei Encai
Assistant coach Spain
Assistant coach China
Goalkeeping coach Spain
Chief Analyst China

Source: sina.com

Managerial history[]

Results[]

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[11][12]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2012 3 30 15 7 8 32 22 10 44 1 RU DNE DNQ DNQ 1,645
2013 2 30 8 6 16 27 41 −14 30 13 R2 DNQ DNQ 2,206
2014 2 30 8 11 11 29 33 −4 35 10 R2 DNQ DNQ 3,161 Xinjiang Sports Centre
2015 2 30 10 9 11 43 51 −8 39 8 QF DNQ DNQ 4,114
2016 2 30 11 6 13 31 36 −5 39 11 R3 DNQ DNQ 2,615
2017 2 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35 11 R2 DNQ DNQ 2,450
2018 2 30 3 9 18 24 61 −37 18 16 R3 DNQ DNQ 1,246
2019 2 30 9 6 15 39 55 -16 33 13 R3 DNQ DNQ
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

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