Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia F.C. Explained

Clubname:Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia
Shàoxīng Kēqiáo Yuèjiǎ
绍兴柯桥越甲
Fullname:Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club
绍兴柯桥越甲足球俱乐部
Founded: (Amateur)
1994 (Professional)
Ground:Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
Capacity:20,000
Chairman:Cui Yi 崔毅
League:Chinese Champions League
Season:2021
Position:League Two, 22nd of 24 (relegated)
Website:https://web.archive.org/web/20130530191858/http://www.yitengfc.com/
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Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club were a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home stadium is the Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center that has a seating capacity of 20,000. Their majority shareholder is Cui Yi (崔毅) and the Yiteng Group.

They were founded as an amateur team in 1988 and called Dalian Tielu. They took part in China's national leagues before becoming a professional team when the Yiteng Group gained ownership of the club. After years of stagnation the club was moved to Harbin where they have since predominantly remained and gained their first silverware, which was the 2011 China League Two title. Since then, they gradually improved their league standing and gained promotion to China's top tier when they came second within the 2013 China League One division.

History

In April 1988 the club was established as Dalian Tielu and soon joined the Chinese national leagues at the bottom of the pyramid in the third tier at the beginning of the 1989 league season.[1] After the team's debut performance the club's appearances within the national leagues became sporadic because they were an amateur team at a time when the league was being restructured as a fully professional unit. When professionalism arrived to the Chinese leagues in the 1994 league season, the club had started being funded by the Yiteng Group on February of that year. The funding helped to establish them as semi-professional unit and then soon after a fully professional team in the third division.[2] Xu Yin and Cheng Xianfei were appointed as joint managers. They came third in the league and were promoted to the second tier.[3]

The club's time in the second tier was not a success and at the end of the 1995 league season they finished tenth in the league and were relegated back into the third division.[4] The Yiteng Group took full control of the club in 1996, and by the following season merged the team with local rivals Dalian Shunfa. With the merger the owners were hoping for promotion and by the 1999 league campaign they believed that they had assembled a squad capable of achieving this. They did not reach the division play-offs that season because Mianyang F.C. had exactly the same points and goal difference as them after the last-placed odd number team was taken out of the equation.[5] The Chinese Football Association decided that the only way to settle the issue was that the two teams should draw lots to see who would qualify for the play-offs, with Mianyang winning in the end. The chairman Cui Yi and the Yiteng Group were so aggrieved that they decided to pull out of the competition the following season and sold their squad to Dalian Shide F.C. for 8 million Yuan.[6]

After the Yiteng Group had formed significant business ties within Harbin, Heilongjiang, Cui Yi decided that it was a good time for the club to re-enter the national leagues on December 20, 2005. They registered with the Chinese FA the new name of the club called Harbin Yiteng and took part at the bottom of the Chinese pyramid in the third tier for the start of the 2006 Chinese league two division. The club moved in the 30,000 capacity Hagongda Stadium and they quickly won promotion at the end of the season after coming runners-up to Beijing BIT.[7] The club struggled in the division and had a Chinese record sixteen game winless streak, however the team were able to avoid relegated that season. They moved to Yantai in Shandong in March 2008 and played in the 45,000 capacity Yantai Sports Park Stadium. They also replaced their red kit with a new all-blue outfit, however the changes did not work and they were relegated at the end of the 2008 league season. They briefly moved back to Dalian until April 1, 2011, when they returned to Harbin where their fortunes changed and they won their first championship, the 2011 China League Two division, and promotion back into the second division.[8] Under Duan Xin reign as manager Harbin continued their good form in the second tier and at the end of the 2013 league season he would guide the club to second within the division and promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.[9]

At the start of the start of the 2014 Chinese Super League, former assistant Wang Helong was promoted to Head coach while Duan Xin remained as manager.[10] The club started in the Chinese Super League with a nine-game losing streak. It ended on the 4 May 2014 when they beat local rivals Changchun Yatai 3–1 to claim their first top flight win, thanks to goals from Dori, Han Deming and Ricardo Steer.[11] On 19 July 2014 Marijo Tot was brought in as the new head coach, however he was unable to reverse the club's fortunes and the team were relegated at the end of the season.[12]

Yiteng F.C. moved to Shaoxing and changed their name as Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. in the 2016 season. In October 2018, when Yiteng back to Harbin and play with Heilongjiang F.C., they experienced a horrible treatment from fans. People called them "go back to Dalian""idiots", and game result end with 1:1.[13] In January 2019, they relegated to the third-tier after failing to apply a League One license, despite finishing 12th in the last season.[14]

Ownership and naming history

YearOwnerClub nameSponsored team name
1988–93Dalian Railway BureauDalian Tielu Football Team
1994Dalian Lichuang
1995Dalian Tielu Yiteng
1996Yiteng GroupDalian Yiteng Liantie Football Club
1997Dalian Yiteng Football ClubAnshan Yiteng Liantie
1998–2005
2006Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Yiteng
2007Harbin Yiteng
2008Yantai Yiteng
2009–10
2011–12Harbin Songbei Yiteng
2013–15Harbin Yiteng Football Club
2016–20Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club
2021–2022Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club

Managerial history

Information correct as of end of 2015 league season.[15] [16] [17]

Honours

Winners (1) : 2011

Results

All-time League Rankings

width=5%Yearwidth=5%Tierwidth=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=5%width=8%Cupwidth=8%Asiawidth=7%Avg league attwidth=25%Stadium
198935NHDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
199135DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
1994383502015+563NHDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
199522264122036−162210DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
19963300347−304DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
19973310255033DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
199833DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
1999310352118+3143DNQDNQDalian Locomotive stadium
20063169522616+1032bgcolor=silver2DNQDNQHagongda Stadium
200722447131836+181912NHDNQHagongda Stadium
200822451092835−72513NHDNQCity Sports Centre
20093124261715+2145NHDNQLiaoning Normal University
20103219662822+6274NHDNQLiaoning Normal University
20113191423389+2936bgcolor=goldWDNQDNQHarbin ICE Sports Center
2012230136115343+10454R2DNQ4,002Harbin ICE Sports Center
201323018665529+2660bgcolor=silver2R3DNQ6,540Harbin ICE Sports Center
201413056193556−212116R3DNQ26,126Harbin ICE Sports Center
201523011145433112475R2DNQ20,477Harbin ICE Sports Center
2 30 11 5 14 39 49 −10 38 13 R2 DNQ 2,351 Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2 30 8 8 14 35 46 −11 32 13 R2 DNQ 4,005 Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
2 30 10 7 13 43 53 −10 37 12 R3 DNQ 3,730 Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
3 30 12 5 13 34 41 −7 41 16 R3 DNQ Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
Yiteng didn't compete in 1990, 1992–1993 and 2000–2005.

Key

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Asia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China 1989 . 2009-10-22 . 2013-04-10 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110405172628/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html . April 5, 2011 .
  2. Web site: 球队信息—毅腾历史 . yitengfc.com. 2013-04-10.
  3. Web site: 1994年全国足球乙级队联赛参赛队伍介绍 . csymtm.com . 2015-03-28 . 2015-06-27.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china95.html China League 1995
  5. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china99.html China 1999
  6. http://sports.sohu.com/20061031/n246119906.shtml 连续4年失败毅腾足球苦尽甘来 12年后重返甲级
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china06.html China 2006
  8. http://sports.163.com/11/0401/15/70IK11TH00051C8L.html 毅腾证实主场迁离大连 近卫军时隔三年重返冰城
  9. Web site: 段鑫:毅腾力求中超站稳脚跟 个人希望留哈尔滨 . sports.sohu.com . 2013-11-05 . 2015-06-27.
  10. Web site: 毅腾宣布主教练王贺龙离职 高层:不会影响成绩. sports.sohu.com . 2014-06-06 . 2015-06-23.
  11. Web site: Harbin Yiteng vs. Changchun Yatai 3–1. uk.soccerway.com . 2014-05-04 . 2015-06-27.
  12. Web site: China 2014. 2015-04-01 . RSSSF. 2015-06-27.
  13. Web site: 毅腾重返哈尔滨,3万球迷开场撕碎毅腾球衣,全场骂声震天. sohu . 2019-10-20. 2019-10-20.
  14. Web site: 足协公布中乙准入名单:毅腾降级 河北精英仍在审查. sina . 2019-02-01 . 2019-02-01.
  15. Web site: 历数毅腾07赛季七任主帅 王军三进三出堪称救火英雄 . sports.enorth.com.cn . 2007-11-08 . 2015-06-23.
  16. Web site: Harbin Yiteng " Manager history. worldfootball.net . 2015-06-23.
  17. Web site: Harbin Yiteng . footballzz.co.uk . 2015-06-23.
  18. Web site: 毅腾官方宣布主帅科佩尔蒂诺下课 中方教练暂代. sports.sina.com. 31 May 2017. 28 May 2017.
  19. Web site: 中乙-点球战毅腾门将立功 哈尔滨6–5胜重庆夺冠 . sports.sohu.com . 2011-11-24 . 2015-11-10.
  20. Web site: China – List of Champions . 10 Oct 2013 . 3 February 2014 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140704080845/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html . July 4, 2014 .
  21. Web site: 浙江毅腾. sodasoccer.com . 3 February 2014.