Nanjing Shaye F.C. Explained

Clubname:Nanjing Shaye

南京沙叶
Fullname:Nanjing Shaye Football Club
南京沙叶足球俱乐部
Founded:?
League:China League Two
Season:2019
Position:League Two, 23rd

Nanjing Shaye Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two. The team is based in Nanjing, Jiangsu.

History

The club was originally a nondescript local amateur team named Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin from the city of Nanjing. In November 2014, Shaye Investment Management Co. Ltd. took over the club, which subsequently adopted its later widely known name Nanjing Shaye.

In 2016, the club formed a 11-a-side team to participate in the Nanjing Super League, and ended up winning the entire championship. Also competing in the China Amateur Football League for its first time in the same year, the club failed to make it out of the second round of group stages.

In 2017, the club signed to cooperate with the football section of Hohai University. After successfully defending its title as the champion of Nanjing amateur football, they participated in 2017 China Amateur Football League and advanced to the final round of 16, but was eliminated by Anhui Hefei Guiguan and failed to advance further and gain access to China League Two.

In 2018, the club won their third Nanjing Super League title in a row, and made it to the final 8 of 2018 Chinese Champions League after beating Wuhan Shangwen 1–0 in the first round of final play-offs, without losing a single goal in all previous stages. However, the club was eliminated by eventual champions Taizhou Yuanda in the quarter-finals. Despite this setback, they thrashed Tianjin Ruihu 4–0 in the subsequent round, finally ensuring promotion and a spot in 2019 China League Two.

Name changes

Current squad

As of 12 July 2019[1]

Reserve squad

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.

YearDivPtswidth=2%Pos.width=4%FA Cupwidth=2%Super CupAFCAtt./GStadium
4GS2 DNQ DNQ DNQ
413 DNQ DNQ DNQ
46 R2 DNQ DNQ
3 30 7 11 12 24 34 −10 32 23 R3 DNQ DNQ Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park

Key

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thecfa.cn/yylaggb/20180720/24078.html 关于公示2018中冠联赛俱乐部及运动员报名名单的通知