Qingdao Hainiu F.C.

Not to be confused with Qingdao F.C., a club that used to be named Qingdao Hainiu from 2013 to 2015.
Qingdao Hainiu
Qīngdǎo Hǎiniú
青岛海牛
Full nameQingdao Hainiu Football Club
青岛海牛足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)Hainiu (Sea Bull, 海牛)
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990) (as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission F.C.)
31 December 1993; 30 years ago (1993-12-31) (as Qingdao Hainiu F.C.)
GroundQingdao Youth Football Stadium
Capacity50,000
OwnerQingdao Jonoon Group
ChairmanQiao Weiguang
Head coachYasen Petrov
LeagueChinese Super League
2024Chinese Super League, 12th of 16

Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (Chinese: 青岛海牛足球俱乐部; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Hǎiniú Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Qingdao Sea Bull F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their current owners are the privately owned cable manufacturers Qingdao Jonoon Group.

The club was founded as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission Football Club in 1990 and started at the bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid in the third tier. On December 31, 1993, they became the first professional club in Qingdao and changed its name to Qingdao Manatee. They went on to establish themselves as a top-tier club and won their first major trophy in 2002 by winning the Chinese FA Cup on November 16, 2002, when they beat Liaoning Bird. In the mid-2010s the club started to decline and fell down two leagues, being relegated twice in 4 seasons.

History

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Qingdao Jonoon Football Club started out as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission F.C. in 1990 by some retired footballers at the corporation affiliated with Shandong economic and trade commission associated with some workers at Qingdao Municipal Sanatorium. After playing in the Chinese Yi League for three seasons, the club finished as Second Division Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-B League in 1992 – the club's first league title. As required by Chinese Football Association, on 31 December 1993, the club set up a professional system and became the first professional football club in Qingdao. Subsequently, the club was renamed to Qingdao Manatee F.C., the Chinese name for manatee, "海牛 (hainiu, literally 'sea bull')", also being the nickname for the foghorn in Tuandao Lighthouse due to the sound it emits.[1]

Qingdao Manatee finished as the Chinese Jia-B League Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-A League in 1994.[2] In the following season, the club was invited to compete the Tainland Queen's Cup and achieved the third place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss – the club's first international honour. However, in domestic league the club was relegated to the Division 1B after losing an epic battle against Sichuan Quanxing 2–3. In 1996, the club appointed Wu Hongyue as manager, who led the team to a second-place league finish and regained promotion to the Division 1A. Soon after that season, the state-run tobacco producer – Qingdao Etsong Group started to invest the club, which changed its name to Qingdao Etsong Hainiu F.C. the following year. From 1997 season, the club became a regular member of the top division and was never relegated since then. On November 16, 2002, after beating Liaoning Bird 2–0 in Etsong Sports Center, the club won its first major trophy: the 2002 Chinese FA Cup.[3]

After eight-year management by Etsong Group, the club was transferred to a privately owned cable manufacturer – Qingdao Jonoon Group and dropped the long term icon "Hainiu" from its name in December 2004.[4] The club's new owner slashed down the budget greatly, sold up all notable players and assigned the former Jinan taishan's coach Yin Tiesheng as manager, who is famous for his defending style. In the following three seasons, Yin brought Jonoon to stay firmly in the middle position of the league. In 2008, after Yin's assignment as assistant coach of China Olympic team, the club promoted the assistant coach Guo Kanfeng as head coach and retained eighth place in that season. After six-round terrible management in the following season, Guo was sacked by the club and former notable Serbian coach Slobodan Santrač took over as manager. Though finished at thirteenth place, the team played a beautiful attacking soccer style and even the attacking combination was duplicated by the National Team head coach Gao Hongbo. Soon after 2009 season, the club surprisingly sacked Santrač and reassigned Guo as actual head coach, with Dragan Jovanovič assigned as nominal head coach due to Gu's lack of qualification. In 2010, the club endured a horrible season and lost the last match against Hangzhou Greentown 0–1, but surprisingly survived from relegation in the fourteenth place.[5]

In the 2013 league season the team's manager Chang Woe-Ryong was sacked from the club despite the team sitting in tenth.[6] The club would experience relegation at the end of the season and the club's owners publicly declared that one of their own players in Gabriel Melkam was match fixing, which resulted in their relegation.[7] Gabriel Melkam would claim that the accusations of match-fixing were a ploy by the owners not to pay his wages and he took his case to FIFA. While this was going on further claims of mismanagement would arise with the transfer of the club's captain Liu Jian move to Guangzhou Evergrande when it was discovered that the club had forged an extension in his contract.[8] In the 2014 league season the club were found guilty for breaking the Chinese FA's rules and were deducted 7 points.[9]

In 2016 Qingdao Jonoon finished second-to-last in the League One and were relegated to the third level of the Chinese league system. Qingdao Huanghai, another team in the League One in the same city, started to get more attention. Qingdao had no more foreign players by 2019. In the 2019 season, there were deducted six points for a rule violation.

Ownership and naming history

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Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
1990–1993 Shandong Economic and Trade Commission Shandong Economic and Trade Commission
1994–1996 Qingdao Manatee Qingdao Manatee
1997 Qingdao Etsong Group Qingdao Etsong Hainiu
1998–2000 Qingdao Etsong Hainiu
2001 Qingdao Beer
2002 Qingdao Hademen
2003–2004 Qingdao Sbright
2005–2006 Qingdao Jonoon Group Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Zhongneng
2007 Qingdao Handicraft City
2008 Qingdao Shengwen Jonoon
2009–2020 Qingdao Jonoon
2021–present Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao Hainiu

Kits and colours

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The club's first choice of home kit colors were all red and they did not have a badge until they won promotion. When they won promotion they changed the club's home kit colors to yellow and their name to Qingdao Manatee (海牛), which Chinese name also literally means "Sea Bull", which directly influenced their badge design, which was simply a bull.[10] The owners Etsong Group decided to rebrand the club once more with a new badge, which was a simple striped design with the new owners name at the top while the new kit colors became red and white.[11] With Jonoon Group coming in as their new sponsor the club changed their colors once again to blue while using red as their new away colors.[12] When the Jonoon Group took over they incorporated their own logo of two tigers merged as the club's new badge and chose orange as the new home colors because they believe it represents "passion and energy" as well as also being the same color of their own brand.[13]

Kit evolution

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1992–94
1995–97
1998–99
2000–03
2004

Crest history

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  • Qingdao Manatee logo used between 1995 and 2004
    Qingdao Manatee logo used between 1995 and 2004
  • Qingdao Etsong Hainiu logo used between 2005 and 2007
    Qingdao Etsong Hainiu logo used between 2005 and 2007
  • Qingdao Jonoon logo used between 2008 and 2020
    Qingdao Jonoon logo used between 2008 and 2020
  • Qingdao Hainiu logo used in 2021
    Qingdao Hainiu logo used in 2021
  • Qingdao Hainiu logo used since 2022
    Qingdao Hainiu logo used since 2022

Grounds

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Main articles: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium, Hongcheng Stadium, Etsong Sports Center, and Qingdao Youth Football Stadium

The current home stadium of Qingdao Hainiu is the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, which opened in 2023.

The previous stadium of Qingdao Hainiu Football Club was Qingdao Tiantai Stadium, which is also known as Qingdao First Stadium. Tiantai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in 1933 as Qingdao Municipal Stadium, and was renamed Qingdao First Stadium in 1955. Qingdao Jonoon started to play in Tiantai Stadium in the first three professional seasons, and resided there permanently from 2007 to 2019.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 12 July 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK China CHN Liu Jun
3 DF China CHN Liu Junshuai
5 DF China CHN Sha Yibo
6 MF China CHN Liu Weicheng
7 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Elvis Sarić
8 MF China CHN Ma Xingyu
10 FW Zambia ZAM Evans Kangwa
11 FW Italy ITA Martin Boakye
12 MF China CHN Chen Chunxin
13 GK China CHN Сao Zheng
15 MF China CHN Xu Yang
16 DF China CHN Li Hailong
17 FW China CHN Hu Jinghang
18 MF China CHN Wang Zihao
19 FW China CHN Song Wenjie
20 MF Brazil BRA Diego Lopes
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW China CHN Jiang Ning
22 GK China CHN Liu Zhenli
23 DF China CHN Song Long (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
24 DF China CHN Xu Dong
25 DF Chinese Taipei TPE Wang Chien-ming
26 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Radmanovac
28 GK China CHN Mu Pengfei
30 MF China CHN Zhong Jinbao
32 MF China CHN Long Wei
33 DF China CHN Liu Jiashen
34 MF China CHN Jin Yonghao
37 FW Brazil BRA Wellington Silva
38 FW China CHN Zhang Wei (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
39 DF China CHN Qiao Junxi
40 FW China CHN Zhao Yi
41 DF China CHN Huang Yinghao
43 DF China CHN Han Chengzhi

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Montenegro MNE Miloš Milović
27 MF China CHN Zheng Long

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF China CHN Sun Xu (at China Qingdao Red Lions until 31 December 2024)
14 DF China CHN Li Suda (at China Shanghai Jiading Huilong until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF China CHN Sun Weijia (at China Qingdao Red Lions until 31 December 2024)
— FW China CHN Chen Jiaqi (at Dalian K'un City until 31 December 2024)

Club officials

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Current coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Bulgaria Yasen Petrov
Assistant coach Bulgaria Georgi Iliev
Bulgaria Aleksandar Georgiev
China Su Maozhen
China Hu Jun
Goalkeeping coach China Yan Fang
Fitness coach China Wang Xinbo

Source: Dongqiudi.com

Managerial history

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Information correct as of end of 2023 league season.[14][15]

Honours

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Qingdao Jonoon's first trophy was the Chinese Yi League Champions, which it won as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission in 1992.[16] In 1995, the club won its first international honour as Qingdao Hainiu – the Thailand Queen's Cup third place. In 2002, the club won its first major trophy – the China FA Cup, which allowed to enter the Chinese FA Super Cup where they came Runners-up that season.[17][18]

Domestic

Reserve team

  • Coca-Cola Olympic League Champions: 2
1998, 1999

Youth team:

  • U19 FA Cup Winners: 1
2006

International

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1995

Player honours

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Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year

Best 11 in the Chinese Football Association Team of the year

Results

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All-time league rankings

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup League Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
1990 3 10 71 3 DNQ  –  –
1991 3 9 3 DNQ  –  –
1992 3 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 51 C DNQ  –  –
1993 2 9 5 2/1 1 14 5 +9 61 RU2 NH  –  –
1994 2 20 11 6 3 28 15 +13 283 C NH  –  – Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1995 1 22 5 7 10 20 32 −12 22 11 R1 DNQ  – 13,364 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1996 2 22 14 2 6 38 27 +11 44 RU R2 DNQ  – Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
1997 1 22 6 7 9 16 27 −11 25 9 R2 DNQ  – 10,545
1998 1 26 8 8 10 24 30 −6 32 6 R2 DNQ  – 11,538
1999 1 26 8 6 12 30 37 −7 30 10 R2 DNQ  – 12,192 Hongcheng Stadium
2000 1 26 6 11 9 22 29 −7 29 11 R1 DNQ  – 16,923
2001 1 26 5 7 14 22 35 −13 22 134 QF DNQ  – 15,308 Etsong Sports Center
Zibo Sports Center Stadium
2002 1 28 9 9 10 30 34 −4 36 8 C RU  – 6,214 Etsong Sports Center
2003 1 28 10 5 13 40 50 −10 35 11 R16 DNQ  – 12,429 Etsong Sports Center
2004 1 22 4 9 9 21 28 −7 21 114 QF NH R1 4,645 Etsong Sports Center
2005 1 26 9 7 10 26 31 −5 34 7 R1 NH QF 4,500 Etsong Sports Center
2006 1 28 6 7 15 25 36 −11 25 14 R1 NH NH 6,071 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2007 1 28 10 6 12 36 42 −6 36 8 NH NH NH 7,179 Etsong Sports Center
2008 1 30 10 9 11 39 36 +3 39 8 NH NH NH 6,600 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2009 1 30 8 12 10 36 36 0 36 13 NH NH NH 8,774 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2010 1 30 6 12 12 31 44 −13 30 14 NH NH NH 6,247 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2011 1 30 12 9 9 37 33 +4 45 6 R1 DNQ NH 8,464 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2012 1 30 10 6 14 26 34 −8 36 13 R4 DNQ NH 9,538 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2013 1 30 7 10 13 26 41 −15 31 15 QF DNQ NH 8,284 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2014 2 30 15 8 7 43 29 14 465 5 R3 DNQ NH 3,602 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2015 2 30 11 8 11 30 39 −9 41 7 R4 DNQ NH 5,093 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2016 2 30 8 9 13 30 43 −13 33 15 R3 DNQ NH 2,702 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2017 3 24 12 9 3 29 11 18 45 5 R2 DNQ NH 762 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2018 3 28 16 3 9 44 29 15 51 8 R3 DNQ NH 433 Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2019 3 30 14 9 7 39 18 21 456 14 R4 DNQ NH Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
2020 3 9 4 4 1 14 7 7 16 6 DNQ DNQ NH
2021 3 28 18 7 3 52 18 34 61 C R1 DNQ NH
2022 2 34 23 7 4 77 24 53 76 RU R2 DNQ NH
2023 1 30 7 7 16 34 45 -11 28 13 SF DNQ NH 17,945 Qingdao Youth Football Stadium
  • ^Note 1 : In final group stage. ^Note 2 : No promotion. ^Note 3 : 2 points each win. ^Note 4 : No relegation.^5 : Deducted 7 points.^6 : Deducted 6 points.
Queen's Cup results
Season 1995
Results 3

Key

All-time top scorers

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Since 1994 the first professional league season. CFA Cup and CSL Cup are included. Correct as the end of season 2011.

Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Asia Other Total
1 China Qu Bo 2000–2009 051 003 003 000 000 057
2 China Jiang Ning 2004–2010 035 001 003 000 000 039
3 China Liu Jian 2004–2013 035 000 003 000 000 038
4 China Gao Ming 2000–2004 019 004 000 000 000 023
5 China Zheng Long 2007–2013 019 000 000 000 000 019
6 China Zuo Wenqing 1994,1996–1999 017 000 000 000 000 017
7 Croatia Dragan Vukoja 2002–2003 012 004 000 000 000 016
8 China Tang Lepu 1994–1996 014 000 000 000 000 014
9 China Fan Xuewei 1994–1999 013 000 000 000 000 013
10 China Jiao Chunben 1994–1999 012 000 000 000 000 012

Top league scorers each season

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Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 2 July 2012.

Season Top scorer Goals
1994 China Fan Xuewei 07
1995 China Tang Lepu 06
1996 China Jiao Chunben
China Tang Lepu
China Zuo Wenqing
China Ji Yujie 		06
1997 China Zhang Jun 04
1998 China Cao Xiandong 06
1999 Brazil Gilberto William 07
2000 China Qu Bo 08
2001 Brazil Emerson 05
2002 Croatia Dragan Vukoja 08
2003 China Gao Ming 09
2004 China Sun Xinbo 05
2005 China Qu Bo
China Jiang Ning 		06
2006 China Jiang Ning 07
2007 China Liu Jian 08
2008 Honduras Mitchel Brown 07
2009 China Qu Bo 12
2010 Slovenia Aleksandar Rodić 08
2011 China Song Wenjie
China Zhu Jianrong 		06
2012 Brazil Bruno Meneghel 09
2013 Brazil Bruno Meneghel 10
2014 Romania Cristian Dănălache 10
2015 Brazil Reis 06
2016 Honduras Eddie Hernández 07

Records

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Team records

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Matches

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Record wins

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v Guizhou Zhicheng, 27 June 2012

Record defeats

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v Shandong Luneng, 22 August 2007
v Tianjin Teda, 8 September 2007
v Jiangsu Sainty, 22 August 2010

Player records

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Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries.

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