Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China and their home stadium is the 27,000 seat Longquanyi Stadium.

Sichuan Jiuniu
Sìchuān Jiǔniú
四川九牛

Full name	Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club 四川九牛足球俱乐部
Founded	5 January 2017; 5 years ago (5 January 2017)
Ground	Longquanyi Stadium Chengdu, China
Capacity	27,000
Owner	China Sports Capital (54%) City Football Group (28%) UBtech Robotics (18%)
Manager	Sergio Lobera
League	China League One
2021	League One, 8th of 18
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017. 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 due to the withdrawal of several other teams.

In February 2019, City Football Group purchased the club.[1][2]

On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages.[3] 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 China League One for the 2020 season,[4] which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Name history

• 2017– Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. 四川九牛

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2022[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CHN Geng Xiaoshun 4 MF  CHN Xiao Kun 6 MF  CHN Li Haojie 7 MF  CHN Zhao Xuri 8 MF  CHN Zhou Dadi 9 FW  CHN Xia Dalong 10 FW  ESP Jorge Ortiz 11 FW  ESP Edu García 13 FW  CHN Ma Xiaolei (on loan from Chengdu Rongcheng) 14 DF  ESP Hernan Santana 15 MF  CHN Nan Song 16 DF  CHN Wang Qiao 17 DF  CHN Wang Qi 18 MF  CHN Muzapar Muhta 19 FW  CHN Liu Xinyu

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  CHN Zhao Shi 21 MF  CHN Chen Yi 23 DF  HKG Andy Russell 25 DF  CHN Zou Zheng 27 GK  CHN Yang Chao 28 GK  CHN Li Zhizhao 29 MF  CHN Wang Chu 30 MF  CHN Li Jinqing 31 DF  CHN Nizamdin Ependi 32 DF  CHN Song Chen 35 DF  CHN Chen Shuo 36 GK  CHN Lu Yanming 37 MF  CHN Wang Jiaqi 39 DF  CHN Li Bowen 40 MF  CHN Ma Canjie

Out on loan

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

Coaching staff

Source:[6]

Role	Name
Head coach	Sergio Lobera
Assistant coach	Jesús Tato
Fitness coach	Manuel Sayabera
Goalkeeper coach	Juan Maria Cruz Arias

Managerial history

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[7]

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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

1. "Manchester City hail purchase of Chinese club as 'exciting new chapter'". The Guardian. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
2. "Man City buy stake in third-tier Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC". 20 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
3. "关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知" [Notice on disqualification of relevant professional football club registration]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
4. "关于公布2020赛季中国足球协会三级职业联赛俱乐部参赛名单的通知" [Notice regarding the announcement of the entry list of the third-level professional league clubs of the Chinese Football Association in the 2020 season]. CFA (in Chinese). 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. "四川九牛新赛季大名单：3外援领衔，赵旭日、邹正、王楚在列". Sohu (in Chinese). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
6. "关于聘任塞尔吉奥·洛贝拉先生担任四川九牛队主教练的公告". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
7. "四川九牛" [Sichuan Jiuniu] (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

External links

• http://sports.people.com (in Chinese)

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