Shenzhen Peng City Football Club is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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. The club competes in . Shenzhen Peng City plays its home matches at the Shenzhen Stadium, located within

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. They are partially owned by the

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. Founded as Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club in 2017, the club relocated to Shenzhen, Guangdong from

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in January 2024, when it rebranded to their current name.

History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017 as Sichuan Jiuniu. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into

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 ...

due to the withdrawal of several other teams. On 20 February 2019, it was announced that the

, a subsidiary of

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, as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital, had acquired the club. On 23 May 2020, the

Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...

announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages. As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to

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for the 2020 season, which was delayed because of the

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. In 2022, Sichuan Jiuniu expressed its interest to relocate to

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, to the

, but fell short in their attempt as the request was denied by the Chinese FA by April 2023. The Sichuan Jiuniu board, which includes the CFG, further expressed in a statement that, "if the Chinese FA are unable to fulfill their legal relocation request, then the board do not see a sustainable future in investing in Chinese football, and may pull out of the Chinese professional football league system, putting aside all previous investments and hard work." On 18 October 2023, in their fourth consecutive season in

, following a 4–0 home win over Wuxi Wugo, Sichuan Jiuniu secured promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history. A week later on 22 October, Sichuan Jiuniu won the

title after second-placed Qingdao West Coast drew their match against Shijiazhuang Gongfu. On 24 January 2024, the

confirmed the club's relocation to

. The club completed its rebrand to Shenzhen Peng City ahead of their debut Chinese Super League campaign.

Stadiums

In Sichuan Jiuniu's existence, the club have used a multiple of stadiums in their climb up the divisions. The grounds they used between 2017 and 2022 were the South Lake Sports Center and the Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, and in the 2023 season, Sichuan Jiuniu played its home matches at the Shuangliu Sports Centre, the Chengdong Sports Park Stadium, and the Suining Sports Center. In 2024, in the club's first season after its relocation to Shenzhen, they played its home matches at the

Bao'an Stadium Bao'an Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China. Built to host matches of the women's football tournament at the 2011 Summer Universiade, the stadium has a capacity of 44,050 spectators. It has a height ...

. Starting from the 2025 season, Shenzhen Peng City moved its home ground to the Shenzhen Stadium.

Crest history

File:Sichuan Jiuniu F.C.svg, Sichuan Jiuniu logo used between 2017 and 2023

Players

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Source:

Managerial history

* Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018) * Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019) *

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(27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020) * Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021) * Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – 21 April 2023) * Jesús Tato (21 April 2023 – 3 October 2024) * Christian Lattanzio (4 October 2024 – present)

Honours

League *

** Champions:

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Results

All-time League Rankings ''As of the end of 2023 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

Notes

References

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