Jinan Xingzhou Football Club () was a Chinese professional

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club based in

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

. Jinan Xingzhou played its home matches at the Zaozhuang Sports and Cultural Centre Stadium, located within the

Xuecheng District Xuecheng () is a district and the seat of Zaozhuang, Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower r ...

Zaozhuang Zaozhuang ( zh, s=枣庄 , t=棗莊 , p=Zǎozhuāng) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Since January 2019 (after the Laiwu prefecture got incorporated into Jinan prefecture), the smallest pre ...

, Shandong.

History

The club was originally founded in 2013 as an amateur football club named Jinan Phebe 88 F.C. They went through various name changes throughout the years while taking part in local amateur competitions until finally renaming themselves as Jinan Xingzhou F.C. in 2017. They participated in

Chinese Champions League The Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (), referred to as the Chinese Champions League or CMCL, is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Fo ...

in 2021 and was promoted to

China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

. In 2022, the club won

and was promoted to

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 ...

Name history

*2013 Jinan Phebe 88 F.C. 济南菲芘88 *2014–2015 Jinan Icolog F.C. 济南艾可洛奇 *2015–2016 Shandong Vatage F.C. 山东万致 *2017– Jinan Xingzhou F.C. 济南兴洲

Players

Current squad

Honours

League *

**Champions (1):

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* CFAMA Champions League **Champions (1):

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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