Wang Jiayu
Wang Jiayu (; born 28 September 1990 in Shanghai) is a former Chinese football player who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Shanghai, Wang joined Genbao Football Academy in 2000 and was promoted to Shanghai East Asia squad in 2006 for the China League Two campaign. He played as a regular starter and became the captain within the team as Shanghai East Asia won promotion to the second tier in the 2007 season. On 10 December 2010, Wang transferred to Chinese Super League side Nanchang Hengyuan along with his teammate Jiang Zhipeng for a total fee of ¥6 million. He made 27 league appearances in the 2011 season, which secured Nanchang's stay in the top flight for the next season. Wang followed the club to move to Shanghai in 2012. On 27 October 2012, he scored his first Super League goal in a 1–1 home draw against Shandong Luneng Taishan. On 29 December 2013, Wang returned to Shanghai East Asia. He failed to establish himself within the team after Sven-Göran Eriksson b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the List of largest cities, second largest in the world after Chongqing, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the List of cities in China by population, most populous in China, with 29.87 million residents. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GDP (nominal), nominal) of nearly 13 trillion Renminbi, RMB ($1.9 trillion). Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, #Economy, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, List of tourist attractions in Shanghai, tourism, and Culture of Shanghai, culture. The Port of Sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shandong Luneng Taishan
Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Jinan, Shandong, that competes in . Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Lixia, Jinan, Lixia District. Their current majority shareholder is Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province and itself part of the State Grid Corporation of China. Shandong Taishan is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004. The club name ''Taishan'' derives from Mount Tai. The club's predecessor was called Shandong Provincial team which was founded on 10 April 1956, while the current professional football team was established on 2 December 1993. They were one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier football league in China. Since then, they have gone on to win thei ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China League One
The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional Football League (CFL). Prior to the formation of the Chinese Super League, Jia League was known as ''Jia B League''. The then top two levels of Chinese football league were known as ''Jia A League'' and ''Jia B League'' respectively. ''Jia A'' was rebranded as CSL and ''Jia B'' was rebranded as the current Jia League in 2004. Below the Jia League is the Yi League, following the Chinese Heavenly Stems The ten Heavenly Stems (or Celestial Stems) are a system of ordinals indigenous to China and used throughout East Asia, first attested during the Shang dynasty as the names of the ten days of the week. They were also used in Shang-era ritual ... naming convention of numbers. It is currently m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The 2008 China League One title was won by Jiangsu Sainty. Promotion and Relegation Teams promoted from Yi League 2007 * Shanghai East Asia * Sichuan F.C. * Anhui Jiufang Teams promoted to Super League 2009 * Jiangsu Sainty * Chongqing Lifan Team relegated to Yi League 2009 * Yantai Yiteng Final league table Top scorers External links News, results and table on Sohu {{2008 in Chinese football China League One seasons 2 China China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Members 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Playoffs In June 2025, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will host the Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The playoffs will feature six teams, comprising the third- and fourth-placed teams from the recent third round of Asian qualifiers. These teams will be divided into two groups of three, with the winners of each group advancing to the intercontinental playoff round. The deci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chinese Super League Cup
The Chinese Super League Cup () was a football tournament in China held for two years from 2004 until 2005. History Chinese Super League Cup was established in the inaugural season of the Chinese Super League (CSL) as a supplementary tournament while 12 inaugural CSL clubs lacked of matches. It was abolished in 2006 after CSL expanded to 15 clubs. The Chinese Football Association planned to reorganize the League Cup in 2013; however, the plan was rejected by most of the CSL clubs. Results *2004: Shandong Luneng 2:0 Shenzhen Jianlibao *2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...: Wuhan Huanghelou 3:1 ( agg.) Shenzhen Jianlibao References Football competitions in China National association football league cups Recurring sporting events established in 2004 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chinese FA Cup
The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. History The competition started as the Chinese National Football Championship () in 1956. It was reorganized after the Cultural Revolution and used the name Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 1984. It was scrapped for the 6th National Games of China in 1987, and was reorganized again as the Chinese National Cup Winners' Cup () between 1990 and 1992 as the qualifiers for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The current format of the FA Cup began in the 1995 season following the establishment of the professional football league in China. The cup was temporary scrapped in 2007 due to the Chinese Football Association's strategy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Claude Lowitz
Claude Lowitz (born 29 May 1962) is a French former professional football player and manager. As a player, he was a defender. Club career Lowitz played for ten different clubs during his career. Those included Toulouse, Metz, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Pau FC, Cahors FC, Gazélec Ajaccio, and Jeanne d'Arc. In 1984 with Metz, he notably featured in a 4–1 win over Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the Cup Winners' Cup first round, eliminating the Spanish side 6–5 on aggregate. During the 1985–86 season with Paris Saint-Germain, he won the Division 1 title. International career Lowitz played one match for the France Olympic football team in 1987. Post-playing career Having retired from football five years earlier, Lowitz became the manager of Saint-Pierroise in Réunion in 2001; however, he left this role in 2002. From January to July 2006, he was the manager of China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AS Excelsior
Association Sportive de l'Excelsior is an association football club from Saint-Joseph, Réunion. Stadium The club plays its home matches at Stade Raphaël Babet, which has a maximum capacity of 2,130. Achievements * Réunion Premier League: 3 ::1974, 2023, 2024 * Coupe de la Réunion: 5 ::2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2024 Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::2006 – Preliminary Round The club in the French football structure * French Cup: 7 appearances ::1974–75, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–2018 :: Current squad Excelsior Excelsior may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte, published as an advertisement for the Sa ... Association football clubs established in 1940 1940 establishments in Réunion {{Réunion-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Réunion Premier League
The Réunion Premier League, also known as Championnat de La Réunion de football, is the top division of football league system in the French overseas territory of Réunion. The league is run and managed by the Réunionese Football League under the watch of the French Football Federation. Réunion Premier League was created in 1950 and the most successful club is JS Saint-Pierroise, who have won 17 league titles. The defending champions are JS Saint-Pierroise. The winner of the competition earns a berth in the CAF Champions League. In the French pyramid system, the Réunion Premier League is positioned in the Division d'Honneur, the sixth level of French football. The league has produced several professional Ligue 1 players, as well as players who have gone on to have successful careers abroad. Players such as Jean-Pierre Bade, Guillaume Hoarau, Florent Sinama Pongolle, Dimitri Payet, and Jean-Pascal Fontaine all began their careers on the island before achieving success abro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xu Genbao
Xu Genbao (; born January 16, 1944, in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. He is the current founder, chairman and general coach of Shanghai East Asia football club as well as also being the owner of the Genbao Football Academy. Though he was a Chinese international footballer, it was not until he became a manager and won the Chinese Jia-A League title with the China B team that he started to gain attention within Chinese football. This early success led to a Chinese national team appointment and then successful spells at Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Wanda. Playing career Predominately a left back throughout his career, Xu mainly played for Nanjing Army Football Team and Bayi Football Team. The Chinese Cultural Revolution saw his career severely shortened, but when it ended he was able to resume his career and help win the league title for Bayi in 1974. He was even able to play for the Chinese football team in its successful qual ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lorca FC
Lorca Fútbol Club was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lorca, Spain, Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2003, it last played in Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in the Region of Murcia, Preferente Autonómica de Murcia – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco, which has a capacity of 8,120. History The club was founded in 2003 as La Hoya Deportiva Club de Fútbol by constructor Pedro Rosell, whose enterprise sponsored the team in its first years. In 2010, the club changes its name to La Hoya Lorca Club de Fútbol in 2010, after the promotion of the club to Tercera División, but continues playing in La Hoya. Rossell resigned as president and Luis Jiménez replaced him. During these years, the team was nicknamed as ''El Brócoli Mecánico'' (The Clockwork Broccoli) after the vegetable, a major local export. In 2011, La Hoya Lorca started playing its games at Estadio Francisco Artés ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |