Nanjing City F.C.

Nanjing City
南京城市
Full name	Nanjing City Football Club; 南京城市足球俱乐部
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Ground	Wutaishan Stadium
Capacity	22,000
Manager	Kim Jong-boo
League	China League One
2023	China League One, 5th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Nanjing City Football Club (Chinese: 南京城市足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nánjīng Chéngshì Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Nanjing City plays its home matches at the Wutaishan Stadium, located within Gulou District.

History

The club was founded on 29 December 2014 as Nanjing Fengfan F.C. and participated within the Nanjing City League Second Division by the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau. Initially formed as youth football training club, on 1 November 2017, the club completed their Chinese Football Association (CFA) registration to participate within the Nanjing Football Association Super League and take part within the Chinese football pyramid.^[1] A seventh place finish and eighth place finish in the 2018 league season would be enough to qualify for the 2019 Chinese Champions League where they won the division title and promotion to the China League Two.^[2]

In January 2021, Nanjing Fengfan F.C. changed their name to Nanjing City.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 28 February 2024^[4]

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	Huang Zihao
2	DF	HKG	Alexandre Dujardin
3	DF	CHN	Huang Wei
5	DF	CHN	Zhou Yu
6	MF	CHN	Wang Haoran on loan from Henan
7	FW	CHN	Huang Peng
8	MF	CHN	Yuren Wei
9	MF	CHN	Yang He
10	FW	NGA	Kingsley Onuegbu
11	FW	BRA	Matheus Moresche
12	DF	CHN	Shi Lishan on loan from Changchun Yatai
13	GK	CHN	Zheng Hao
14	MF	CHN	Ding Yunfeng
15	MF	CHN	Jiang Shichao
16	DF	CHN	Gong Hankui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	CHN	Meng Zhen
18	FW	CHN	Nan Xiaoheng
19	MF	CHN	Huang Zhenfei
20	FW	NGA	Moses Ogbu
21	GK	CHN	Qi Yuxi
22	MF	CHN	Huang Peng
23	DF	CHN	Gong Jinlin
24	DF	CHN	Zhang Yu
25	FW	CHN	Hu Shuming
26	DF	CHN	Liu Jiahui on loan from Henan
27	MF	CHN	Wang Hao
28	FW	CHN	Ling Jie
31	MF	CHN	Zhu Qiwen on loan from Shanghai Shenhua
33	MF	CHN	Sun Enming

Managerial history

Yin Youyou (2018–2019)^[5]
Tang Bo (2020)
Fulvio Pea (2021)
Zhang Xiaofeng (2022)
Óscar Céspedes (2022–2023)
Cao Rui (2023–2024)
Kim Jong-boo (2024–present)

Honours

League

China League Two
- Play-off winners: 2020
CMCL
- Champions: 2019

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2020 season.

Season	Division		Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.		FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2019	4	Group J	4	4	0	26	0	26	12	1	W	-	-	-	-	-
2019	4	North Group	7	7	0	23	2	21	21	1	W	-	-	-	-	-
2020	3	Group A	9	8	1	16	4	12	25	1	3	-	-	-	-	-

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

^ "企业简介" (in Chinese). fengfanguoji.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "枫帆纪实丨怀抱梦想，在新的起点上展望2020！" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "官方：南京枫帆足球俱乐部正式更名为南京城市足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "2022赛季南京城市足球俱乐部一线队报名名单出炉". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "南京枫帆足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). thecfa.cn. 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

External links

Old website

[1] "企业简介" (in Chinese). fengfanguoji.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[2] "枫帆纪实丨怀抱梦想，在新的起点上展望2020！" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[3] "官方：南京枫帆足球俱乐部正式更名为南京城市足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[4] "2022赛季南京城市足球俱乐部一线队报名名单出炉". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[5] "南京枫帆足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). thecfa.cn. 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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