Nanjing City Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in . Nanjing City plays its home matches at the

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, China. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches, a ...

, 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

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(CFA) registration to participate within the Nanjing Football Association Super League and take part within the Chinese football pyramid. A seventh-place finish and eighth-place finish in the 2018 league season would be enough to qualify for the

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where they won the division title and promotion to the

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In January 2021, Nanjing Fengfan F.C. changed their name to Nanjing City.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

* Yin Youyou (2018–2019) * Tang Bo (2020) *

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(2022–2023) * Cao Rui (2023–2024) *

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(2024-2025) * Zhang Xiaofeng (2025-present)

Honours

League *

**Play-off winners:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* CMCL **Champions:

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Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2020 season.'' Key

* 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

External links

Old website
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