Jiangsu Ladies Football Club ( zh, 江苏足球俱乐部, Jiāngsū Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a professional football club based in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

, China. They compete in the

Chinese Women's Super League The Chinese Women's Super League (CWSL) is the top level women's football league in China. It was called the Chinese Women's National Football League from 2011 to 2014. History The league started in 1997 as the Chinese Women's Premier Football ...

, and their home stadium is

Wutaishan Stadium Wutaishan Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 五台山体育场) is a multi-purpose stadium in Wutaishan Sports Center (Simplified Chinese: 五台山体育中心), Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately ...

. They have won two league titles.

History

The team was originally founded in 1998 on the initiative of the provincial government and the provincial sports office, and enrolled in the then Chinese Women's Premier Football League managed to move from ninth place in 2001, and after being renamed the Women's Super League to fourth in 2005 , the second in 2008 and winning the championship in 2009. Between the seasons 2011 and 2014, the tournament was re-designated Women's National Football League, interrupting the promotion and relegation procedure to and from the cadet series due to the lack of available teams and players. In this period the team achieves the best result in 2012, ranking second behind the Dalian Shide champions by repeating the placements of the 2008 edition. Over the years, the team has provided the Chinese national team with more than one player, among whom the most representative are

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Weng Xinzhi Weng Xinzhi (Chinese: 翁新芝; Pinyin: Wēng Xīnzhì; born June 15, 1988) is a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She plays as a defender. Weng played in the U-20's China team in 2004 and 2006 World Cu ...

Zhou Gaoping Zhou Gaoping (born October 20, 1986 in Taizhou, Jiangsu) is a female Chinese football player who competed for the national team in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her position Position often refers to: * Position (geometry), the spatial location (r ...

and

Ma Jun Ma Jun, may refer to: *Ma Jun (historian) (born 1953), Chinese historian. *Ma Jun (footballer) (born 1989), Chinese footballer. *Ma Jun (environmentalist) (born 1968), Chinese environmentalist. *Ma Jun (engineer) (born 1962), Chinese environmental ...

. In 2015, the

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decided to relaunch the tournament, returning to the Women's Super League designation by reconstituting a second affiliated division, the CWFL. In March 2016,

Suning Commerce Group Suning.com Co., Ltd. formerly Suning Commerce Group Co., Ltd. is one of the largest non-government retailers in China, headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Suning has more than 10,000 stores nationwide and its e-commerce platform, ''Suni ...

announced that it had acquired ownership of the team making it the women's section of

Jiangsu Suning F.C. Jiangsu Football Club (), later known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissolution in 2021. The tea ...

As part of improving its staff, the management of the company convinces

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as well as four-time champion of Norway with

LSK Kvinner LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norwegian women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on 10 October 1989. History The c ...

and top scorer of

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, to move to Jiangsu Suning, joining the other foreigner of the team, the Brazilian

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, an operation that proves to be positive by winning third place at the end of the 2017 season. the 2018 season enters into a contract with Malawian international

Tabitha Chawinga Tabitha Chawinga (born 22 May 1996) is a Malawian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Inter Milan, on loan from Chinese side Wuhan Jianghan University FC, and the Malawi women's national team. Early life B ...

taken this time from the

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and which despite being graduated top scorer of the

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with 26 goals to his credit, she couldn't avoid the relegation of Kvarnsvedens. With the new arrival, the company makes a further leap in quality, with Chawinga at the top of the ranking of the scorers already in the middle of the championship. She was later joined by Ghanaian international

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in 2019. The duo helped Jiangsu quadruple during the 2019 season. At the end of the season, the club were also runners-up in the maiden

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. On 28 February 2021, the parent company

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announced that operations were going to cease immediately alongside the men and youth teams. The ownership of the Ladies Football Club was returned to the Administration of Sport of Jiangsu, but the club did not have enough time to register for the 2021 National Championship. On 8 March 2022, the team announced that

Chan Yuen Ting Chan Yuen Ting (; born 7 October 1988) is a former football player and coach. She is the current head coach of Jiangsu L.F.C. In 2016, she became the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's t ...

, the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's top league, will be the team's new coach.

Stadium

Jiangsu Suning L.F.C. play their home matches at

Players

Current squad

Honours

**Champions (2): 2009,

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*Chinese National Women's Football Championship (全国女子足球锦标赛) **Champions (2): 2018, 2019 *Chinese Women's Football Association Cup ( 中国女子足协杯) **Champions (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 *Chinese Women's Super Cup ( 中国女子超级杯) **Champions (1): 2019

Record in AFC Women's Club Championship

''All results (home, away and aggregate) list Jiangsu L.F.C.'s goal tally first.''

References

{{reflist Chinese Women's Super League clubs 1998 establishments in China Association football clubs established in 1998 Sport in Nanjing Sport in Jiangsu