Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia F.C.

Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia
Shàoxīng Kēqiáo Yuèjiǎ
绍兴柯桥越甲
Full name	Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club; 绍兴柯桥越甲足球俱乐部
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (Amateur) ; 1994 (Professional)
Dissolved	25 April 2022; 23 months ago
Ground	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Cui Yi 崔毅
League	Chinese Champions League
2021	League Two, 22nd of 24 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club (simplified Chinese: 绍兴柯桥越甲; traditional Chinese: 紹興柯橋越甲; pinyin: Shàoxīng Kēqiáo Yuèjiǎ) were a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home stadium is the Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center that has a seating capacity of 20,000. Their majority shareholder is Cui Yi (崔毅) and the Yiteng Group.

They were founded as an amateur team in 1988 and called Dalian Tielu. They took part in China's national leagues before becoming a professional team when the Yiteng Group gained ownership of the club. After years of stagnation the club was moved to Harbin where they have since predominantly remained and gained their first silverware, which was the 2011 China League Two title. Since then, they gradually improved their league standing and gained promotion to China's top tier when they came second within the 2013 China League One division.

History edit

In April 1988 the club was established as Dalian Tielu and soon joined the Chinese national leagues at the bottom of the pyramid in the third tier at the beginning of the 1989 league season.^[1] After the team's debut performance the club's appearances within the national leagues became sporadic because they were an amateur team at a time when the league was being restructured as a fully professional unit. When professionalism arrived to the Chinese leagues in the 1994 league season, the club had started being funded by the Yiteng Group on February of that year. The funding helped to establish them as semi-professional unit and then soon after a fully professional team in the third division.^[2] Xu Yin and Cheng Xianfei were appointed as joint managers. They came third in the league and were promoted to the second tier.^[3]

The club's time in the second tier was not a success and at the end of the 1995 league season they finished tenth in the league and were relegated back into the third division.^[4] The Yiteng Group took full control of the club in 1996, and by the following season merged the team with local rivals Dalian Shunfa. With the merger the owners were hoping for promotion and by the 1999 league campaign they believed that they had assembled a squad capable of achieving this. They did not reach the division play-offs that season because Mianyang F.C. had exactly the same points and goal difference as them after the last-placed odd number team was taken out of the equation.^[5] The Chinese Football Association decided that the only way to settle the issue was that the two teams should draw lots to see who would qualify for the play-offs, with Mianyang winning in the end. The chairman Cui Yi and the Yiteng Group were so aggrieved that they decided to pull out of the competition the following season and sold their squad to Dalian Shide F.C. for 8 million Yuan.^[6]

After the Yiteng Group had formed significant business ties within Harbin, Heilongjiang, Cui Yi decided that it was a good time for the club to re-enter the national leagues on December 20, 2005. They registered with the Chinese FA the new name of the club called Harbin Yiteng and took part at the bottom of the Chinese pyramid in the third tier for the start of the 2006 Chinese league two division. The club moved in the 30,000 capacity Hagongda Stadium and they quickly won promotion at the end of the season after coming runners-up to Beijing BIT.^[7] The club struggled in the division and had a Chinese record sixteen game winless streak, however the team were able to avoid relegated that season. They moved to Yantai in Shandong in March 2008 and played in the 45,000 capacity Yantai Sports Park Stadium. They also replaced their red kit with a new all-blue outfit, however the changes did not work and they were relegated at the end of the 2008 league season. They briefly moved back to Dalian until April 1, 2011, when they returned to Harbin where their fortunes changed and they won their first championship, the 2011 China League Two division, and promotion back into the second division.^[8] Under Duan Xin reign as manager Harbin continued their good form in the second tier and at the end of the 2013 league season he would guide the club to second within the division and promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.^[9]

At the start of the start of the 2014 Chinese Super League, former assistant Wang Helong was promoted to Head coach while Duan Xin remained as manager.^[10] The club started in the Chinese Super League with a nine-game losing streak. It ended on the 4 May 2014 when they beat local rivals Changchun Yatai 3–1 to claim their first top flight win, thanks to goals from Dori, Han Deming and Ricardo Steer.^[11] On 19 July 2014 Marijo Tot was brought in as the new head coach, however he was unable to reverse the club's fortunes and the team were relegated at the end of the season.^[12]

Yiteng F.C. moved to Shaoxing and changed their name as Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. in the 2016 season. In October 2018, when Yiteng back to Harbin and play with Heilongjiang F.C., they experienced a horrible treatment from fans. People called them "go back to Dalian""idiots", and game result end with 1:1.^[13] In January 2019, they relegated to the third-tier after failing to apply a League One license, despite finishing 12th in the last season.^[14]

Ownership and naming history edit

Year	Owner	Club name	Sponsored team name
1988–93	Dalian Railway Bureau	Dalian Tielu Football Team
1994			Dalian Lichuang
1995			Dalian Tielu Yiteng
1996	Yiteng Group	Dalian Yiteng Liantie Football Club
1997		Dalian Yiteng Football Club	Anshan Yiteng Liantie
1998–2005
2006			Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Yiteng
2007			Harbin Yiteng
2008			Yantai Yiteng
2009–10
2011–12			Harbin Songbei Yiteng
2013–15		Harbin Yiteng Football Club
2016–20		Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club
2021–2022		Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club

Managerial history edit

Information correct as of end of 2015 league season.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Xu Yin 徐来贤 and Cheng Xianfei 程显飞 1994–1999
Li Hongwu 李洪武 March 2006 – May 2006
Wang Jun 王军 May 2006 – March 2007
Wang Hongli 王洪礼 March 2007 – April 2007
Wang Jun 王军 April 2007
Cho Yoon-hwan 赵允焕 April 2007 – June 2007
Wang Jun 王军 June 2007 – Nov 2007
Gai Zengjun 盖增君 Nov 2007 – June 2008
Wang Jun 王军 June 2008 – June 2010
Duan Xin 段鑫 13 June 2010 – March 2014
Wang Helong 王贺龙 March 2014–19 July 2014^[10]
Marijo Tot 马里奥·托特 19 July 2014 – 31 December 2014
Duan Xin 段鑫 (caretaker) 31 December 2014 – 5 June 2015
Gai Zengjun 盖增君 (caretaker) 5 June 2015 – 17 June 2015
Duan Xin 段鑫 17 June 2015 – December 2015
Goran Tomić 戈兰·托米奇 10 Jan 2016 – 22 Mar 2016
Duan Xin 段鑫 (caretaker) 22 Mar 2016 –1 Dec 2016
Maurício Copertino 毛里西奥·科佩尔蒂诺 1 Dec 2016 –28 May 2017^[18]
Wang Jun 王军 (caretaker) 28 May 2017 –6 June 2017
Marijo Tot 马里奥·托特 6 June 2017 –2 January 2018
Maurício Copertino 毛里西奥·科佩尔蒂诺 2 January 2018 –24 September 2018
Hu Zhaojun 胡兆军 (caretaker) 24 September 2018 – 3 March 2019
Giles Stille 吉尔斯·斯蒂尔 3 March 2019–6 January 2021

Honours edit

China League Two (Third Tier League)^[19]

Winners (1) : 2011

Results edit

As of the end of 2019 season.^[20]^[21]

All-time League Rankings

Year	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos	Cup	Asia	Avg league att	Stadium
1989	3									5	NH	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1991	3									5¹	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1994	3	8	3	5	0	20	15	+5	6²	3	NH	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1995	2	22	6	4	12	20	36	−16	22	10	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1996	3	3²	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0	4²	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1997	3	3²	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	3²	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1998	3									3	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
1999	3	10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	14	3²	DNQ	DNQ		Dalian Locomotive stadium
2006	3	16	9	5	2	26	16	+10	32	2	DNQ	DNQ		Hagongda Stadium
2007	2	24	4	7	13	18	36	+18	19	12	NH	DNQ		Hagongda Stadium
2008	2	24	5	10	9	28	35	−7	25	13	NH	DNQ		City Sports Centre
2009	3	12	4	2	6	17	15	+2	14	5¹	NH	DNQ		Liaoning Normal University
2010	3	21	9	6	6	28	22	+6	27¹	4	NH	DNQ		Liaoning Normal University
2011	3	19	14	2	3	38	9	+29	36¹	W	DNQ	DNQ		Harbin ICE Sports Center
2012	2	30	13	6	11	53	43	+10	45	4	R2	DNQ	4,002	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2013	2	30	18	6	6	55	29	+26	60	2	R3	DNQ	6,540	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2014	1	30	5	6	19	35	56	−21	21	16	R3	DNQ	26,126	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2015	2	30	11	14	5	43	31	12	47	5	R2	DNQ	20,477	Harbin ICE Sports Center
2016	2	30	11	5	14	39	49	−10	38	13	R2	DNQ	2,351	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2017	2	30	8	8	14	35	46	−11	32	13	R2	DNQ	4,005	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2018	2	30	10	7	13	43	53	−10	37	12³	R3	DNQ	3,730	Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2019	3	30	12	5	13	34	41	−7	41¹	16	R3	DNQ		Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center

Yiteng didn't compete in 1990, 1992–1993 and 2000–2005.

^1 in group stage.
^2 in Final round group stage.
^3 fail to apply League One license.

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
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

Notable players edit

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Asia

Wang Jung-hyun

References edit

^ "China 1989". RSSSF. 2009-10-22. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
^ "球队信息—毅腾历史". yitengfc.com. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
^ "1994年全国足球乙级队联赛参赛队伍介绍". csymtm.com. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
^ China League 1995 Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 10-04-2013
^ China 1999 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 2 Jul 2001. Retrieved 10-04-2013
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^ China 2006 Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 8 Mar 2007. Retrieved 10-04-2013
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^ ^a ^b "毅腾宣布主教练王贺龙离职高层：不会影响成绩". sports.sohu.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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^ "浙江毅腾". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

External links edit

Official Website

[1] "China 1989". RSSSF. 2009-10-22. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

[2] "球队信息—毅腾历史". yitengfc.com. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

[3] "1994年全国足球乙级队联赛参赛队伍介绍". csymtm.com. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

[4] China League 1995 Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 10-04-2013

[5] China 1999 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 2 Jul 2001. Retrieved 10-04-2013

[6] 连续4年失败毅腾足球苦尽甘来 12年后重返甲级 at sports.sohu.com. 31-10-2006. Retrieved 10-04-2013

[7] China 2006 Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com. 8 Mar 2007. Retrieved 10-04-2013

[8] 毅腾证实主场迁离大连近卫军时隔三年重返冰城 at sports.163.com. 01-04-2011. Retrieved 10-04-2013

[9] "段鑫：毅腾力求中超站稳脚跟个人希望留哈尔滨". sports.sohu.com. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

[Wang_Helong-10] "毅腾宣布主教练王贺龙离职高层：不会影响成绩". sports.sohu.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[11] "Harbin Yiteng vs. Changchun Yatai 3–1". uk.soccerway.com. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

[12] "China 2014". RSSSF. 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-06-27.

[13] "毅腾重返哈尔滨，3万球迷开场撕碎毅腾球衣，全场骂声震天". sohu. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-20.

[14] "足协公布中乙准入名单:毅腾降级河北精英仍在审查". sina. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-02-01.

[15] "历数毅腾07赛季七任主帅王军三进三出堪称救火英雄". sports.enorth.com.cn. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[16] "Harbin Yiteng " Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[17] "Harbin Yiteng". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[18] "毅腾官方宣布主帅科佩尔蒂诺下课中方教练暂代". sports.sina.com. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[19] "中乙-点球战毅腾门将立功哈尔滨6–5胜重庆夺冠". sports.sohu.com. 2011-11-24. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

[20] "China – List of Champions". RSSSF. 10 Oct 2013. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

[21] "浙江毅腾". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

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