Shenzhen Asia Travel F.C.
Shenzhen Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Shenzhen played its home matches at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre and the Shenzhen Stadium. Their majority shareholder was the Kaisa Group, a property development company which took over the club on 12 April 2016. The club was founded on 26 January 1994, and was known as ''Shenzhen F.C.'' while they started at the bottom of the Chinese football pyramid in the third tier. After successive league title wins in the third and second tier of the professional football leagues, they were promoted to the top tier in the 1996 Chinese Jia-A League season. After only one season they were relegated, however they quickly regained promotion and started to establish themselves within the league before they won the rebranded 2004 Chinese Super League title, making them the first club to win all three divisions within the Chinese league pyramid. Since this achievement the club have struggled t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre
Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre (), also known as Shenzhen Universiade Centre, Longgang Universiade Sports Centre, or Longgang Stadium, is a multi-use sport facilities complex in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The sports centre was completed in 2011. It is used mostly for association football and athletics competitions, and hosted some events at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The stadium has a capacity of 60,334 spectators. The Shenzhen Dayun Arena has a capacity of 18,000 spectators, while the aquatic centre has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. On 15 September 2018, the NHL played one pre-season game at the stadium between the Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins. The stadium was initially slated to host the Finals of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, but due to complications related to COVID-19 pandemic in China, the event entirely was moved to Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Li Yi (footballer)
Li Yi (; born June 20, 1979) is a Chinese football coach and former player. As a player, he was a striker who represented Tianjin Locomotive, Beijing Guoan, Shaanxi Chanba and Shenzhen Kingway whom he won the 2004 Chinese Super League with. He would also represent the Chinese national team in the 2003 East Asian Football Championship and 2004 AFC Asian Cup. Since retiring he moved into football coaching and was assigned his first head coaching position with Shenzhen Ruby before leaving the club on 12 April 2015. Club career Li Yi started his football career playing for the Tianjin Locomotive youth before he was promoted to their senior team in the 1997 league season. His performances for his club would see him attract the attentions of the Chinese U20 and Chinese U23 teams. This led to top tier club Beijing Guoan interested in his services, however they quickly found that Li Yi had already signed a pre-contract with fellow top tier side Shenzhen Pingan. Shenzhen would e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China National Football Team
The China national football team ( zh, s=中国国家足球队, t=中國國家足球隊, p=Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì), recognised as China PR by FIFA, represents China in men's international association football and is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). China won the EAFF East Asian Cup in 2005 East Asian Football Championship, 2005 and 2010 East Asian Football Championship, 2010, was runner-up at the AFC Asian Cup in 1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1984 and 2004 AFC Asian Cup, 2004 and made its sole FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002, losing all matches without scoring a goal. History As Republic of China (1913–1949) China's first-ever international representative match was arranged by Elwood Brown, president of the Philippine Athletic Association, who proposed the creation of the Far Eastern Championship Games, a multi-sport event considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. He invited China (Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chinese Super League 2004
The 2004 Chinese Super League was the debut season of the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as the Chinese Super League. Sponsored by Siemens Mobile, it is the eleventh season of professional association football league and the 43rd top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association, the season started on May 15 and ended December 4 where it was planned that no teams would be relegated at the end of the season. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2003 Jia-B League *None Teams relegated after end of 2003 Jia-A League * Chongqing Qiche (Merged with Yunnan Hongta) * August 1st *Shaanxi Guoli Overview The first Chinese Super League (CSL) season was greeted with great enthusiasm by the media and the FA, with the decision to create a new top tier league in China made in order to freshen up Chinese football. The previou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi (; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. He is the currently assistant coach of China national football team, China. As a player, Zheng played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C., Guangzhou, becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints. After starting his career as a Defender (association football), defender, Zheng was later moved into a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfield role by then head coach Zhu Guanghu at Shenzhen F.C., Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 league title with the club. A move to Shandong Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng Taishan saw a prolific goal scoring period in his career and he soon became the captain of the China national football team, Chinese national team, which then led to moves to Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic and Celt ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zheng Bin
Zheng Bin (; born July 4, 1977) is a Chinese football coach and a former international who played as a left midfielder or striker. As a player he represented Shenzhen Jianlibao, Wuhan Huanghelou and Wuhan Zall while internationally he played for the Chinese national team that participated in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. Since retiring he moved into management, and gained his first head coaching position with Wuhan Zall. Club career Early career As with all the most promising young Chinese players Zheng Bin would quickly be included in the short-lived Chinese national youth team program to study football abroad in a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao and called the Chinese Jianlibao Youth Football Team. After graduating through the Jianlibao Youth Team he would return to his hometown to play for Wuhan Hongjinlong to start his professional football career. In his debut season he would play six games in his debut season. He would then go on to play in the majority of Wuh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yang Chen (footballer, Born 1974)
Yang Chen (; born 17 January 1974) is a Chinese association football, football coach and a former player. As a player he represented Beijing Guoan, SV Waldhof Mannheim, Waldhof Mannheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC St. Pauli, Shenzhen Jianlibao and Xiamen Blue Lions. He is the first Chinese player to play and score in the Bundesliga while internationally he played for the China national football team, China football team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Club career Born in Beijing, Yang began his professional football career with Beijing Guoan. He gradually established himself within their team during his time with them, however it was only once he had a short loan period with lower league German SV Waldhof Mannheim, Waldhof Mannheim in 1998 did he show his potential as a forward (association football), forward. This saw Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt interested in him and were willing to make a transfer of Deutsche Mark, DEM1 million for his services. Being the first Chinese foot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chinese Jia-A League 2003
The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season is the tenth season of professional association football and the 42nd top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 15 and ended on November 30, 2003, while in preparation for the rebranded Chinese Super League three teams were relegated at the end of the season. Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals#Shanghai Shenhua vs Shanghai International in 2003, stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing. Runners-up Shaanxi Baorong, Shanghai International were also surrounded in 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals#Shanghai International vs Tianjin TEDA in 2003, their own match-fixing controversy, which saw several of their players taking bribes. Despite the club itself not being implicated in these crimes the season's title was not awarded to any club. Overview The 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season was the last ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jianlibao Group
Jianlibao Group () is a soft drink producer based in Foshan, Guangdong, China which was established in 1984. In the 1990s, The Jianlibao drink was one of the best sellers in China, at par with Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However, poor management and stiff competition led to a total debt of more than 1 billion Renminbi yuan (US$121 million) in 2005. Under Zhanghai, Jianlibao was the sponsor of the Shenzhen Jianlibao football club between 2002 and 2005, who won the Chinese Super League title in 2004. Related People *Li Jingwei (): he had been the director of Foshan Sanshui Distillery since 1984. On November 9, 2011, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Intermediate people's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, for embezzlement and confiscated 150000 yuan of personal property. He died of illness in Sanshui Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xie Feng (footballer)
Xie Feng ( zh, s=谢峰, t=謝峰, p=Xiè Fēng; born 9 April 1966) is a Chinese former footballer and a manager. Club career Xie’s father, Xie Hongjun ( zh, s=谢鸿钧), is a retired footballer who played for Shanghai Team and the Chinese national team. His mother Zheng Yuru ( zh, s=郑玉茹) was a sprinter active in the 1950s. Xie Hongjun would move into coaching with the Beijing Youth Team while Xie Feng would progress through the organisation into the senior team by 1988. Initially when Xie Feng started his career at Beijing FC (later renamed Beijing Guoan), he was a striker whose his ability to run 100 metres in 11 seconds was considered a great asset. His speed would be highlighted when he scored against both A.C. Milan and Arsenal in friendlies for Beijing Guoan in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Xie would be converted to a right-back by head coach Jin Zhiyang to accommodate the striker Gao Hongbo. The move would be a huge success for Xie and he would go on to win t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhu Guanghu
Zhu Guanghu (; born 25 September 1949, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese football coach and a former player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at Shanghai Football Team before going into management where he started off as a youth coach before becoming an assistant. He would get his chance at being a Head coach with Shenzhen Jianlibao where he won the 2004 Chinese Super League title. He would receive recognition for this accomplishment with the China national team position before leaving on 22 August 2007. Since then he has gone on to manage Wuhan Guanggu and Shaanxi Chanba. Playing career Zhu Guanghu would play as a midfielder for the top tier club Shanghai Football Team. He played for the national B team on some occasions, but was never a top national player. Management career He chose to coach after retiring as a player and became more known to the public when the Jianlibao youth team, a sponsored Chinese youth team to study and play in Brazil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chen Yongqiang (footballer)
Chen Yongqiang (; born November 1, 1978, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese former professional football player. Club career Originally starting his career for Bayi Football Team he could not break into the squad and found it difficult to join another team until Shenzhen Ping'an Kejian took him on in October 1999 to begin his professional football career. He would go on to make debut during the 2000 league season and go to make ten league appearances, scoring one goal during the season. With his good physical presence and excellent composure he would firmly establish himself within the Shenzhen team and become their main defensive midfielder within the team. By the 2004 league season his consistency would be rewarded when he helped Shenzhen win the inaugural Chinese Super League title. After this success he would receive his first international call-up, however on June 11, 2005, he was severely attacked at a restaurant on a night out with his wife and her family, with his inju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |