Suzhou Dongwu Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in . Suzhou Dongwu plays its home matches at the Suzhou Sports Center, located within

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History

The club was established on 29 May 2008 as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu F.C. (

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: 苏州锦富). They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country, which have won China Amateur Football League in 2012 and, after changing their name to Suzhou Dongwu, again in 2015–––the latter of which would earn them promotion to 2016 China League Two. At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes. In the

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season the club finished fourth and despite this not being enough to gain promotion,

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side Sichuan Longfor disbanded due to financial problems and Suzhou were promoted to the 2020 China League One.

Name history

*2008–2014 Suzhou Jinfu F.C. 苏州锦富 *2015– Suzhou Dongwu F.C. 苏州东吴

Crest history

File:Suzhou Dongwu F.C.2008.svg, Suzhou Jinfu logo used between 2008 and 2014 File:Suzhou Dongwu F.C.2015.svg, Suzhou Dongwu logo used in 2015 File:Suzhou Dongwu F.C.2016.svg, Suzhou Dongwu logo used between 2016 and 2017 File:Suzhou Dongwu F.C.svg, Suzhou Dongwu logo used since 2018

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Tang Bo (2012–2016) * Kazuo Uchida (2017–2018) * Liu Junwei (2019–2020) * Gary White (2020–2022) * Lu Bofei (2022-2023) * Niu Hongli (2023) * Kim Dae-eui (2024-2025) * Sergio Zarco Díaz (2025-)

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2018 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

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