Beijing BG Phoenix F.C.

Beijing BG Phoenix F.C. (Chinese: 北京北控凤凰足球俱乐部) is a Chinese professional football club located in Beijing. They compete in the Chinese Women's Super League, and their home stadium is Xiannongtan Stadium.

Beijing BG Phoenix F.C.
Founded1984 (1984)
GroundXiannongtan Stadium, Beijing
Capacity20,000
President Zhao Jiansu
Manager Yu Yun
LeagueCWSL
2019Chinese Women's Super League, 5th of 8

History

Beijing Women's Football Team was established in 1984 or 1985[1] under the regional sports commission. In 1996 Weikerui Company bought the club which was re-branded as Weikerui Company Women's Football Team. When Weikerui went bankrupt in 1998 the sports commission continued the team, who in 1999 were named Beijing Construction Company Women's Football Team following a three-year, RMB7.8m sponsorship deal.[2]

Beijing Enterprises ownership

In November 2016 Beijing Enterprises took control of the team and promised an ambitious program of funding and development, aiming to become national champions within three to five years.[3] The club signed a cooperation agreement with the French Football Federation in July 2017, which they hoped would help them replicate the success of the French youth academy at Clairefontaine.[4]

After another disappointing season in 2017, coach Liu Ying was replaced with Kim Björkegren from Swedish champions Linköpings FC. Björkegren named recently-retired Elena Sadiku as his fitness coach.[5] Zhao Rong returned to the club after a two-year loan in Changchun.[6] In February 2018 the club announced the signing of Verónica Boquete.[7]

Under Bjorkegren, the club finished sixth in the 2018 Chinese Women's Super League but enjoyed better results in cup competitions as they reached the last four of both the CFA Tournament and CFA Cup.

In January 2019, Bjorkegren left the club to be replaced by his former assistant Yu Yun as the new head coach. On 23 February 2019, their foreign players for the 2019 season were announced as South African duo Thembi Kgatlana and Linda Motlhalo.[8]

Players

First team squad

As of 28 February 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CHN Xu Huan
3 DF  CHN Peng Yuxiao
4 DF  CHN Huang Shiyi
5 DF  CHN Yu Fan
6 DF  CHN Li Wenxu
8 MF  CHN Wang Yanwen
9 MF  CHN Gu Yasha
11 MF  CHN Wang Yan
12 DF  CHN Zhao Rong
14 DF  CHN Sun Yunpeng
17 DF  CHN Zhang Zhu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  CHN Zhang Xinyue
19 MF  CHN Ma Xiaolan
20 FW  CHN Yao Mengjia
23 MF  CHN Wang Chen (captain)
24 MF  CHN Madina
25 DF  CHN Huang Shiyi
26 MF  CHN Cui Mengqi
28 GK  CHN Chen Minghui
29 MF  CHN Zhang Jiayun
30 FW  CHN Aili Karimu
33 DF  CHN Liu Shanshan
— FW  CHN Zhang Linyan

Former internationals

References
  1. "北京女足" (in Chinese). Chinese Football Association. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. Hong, Fan; Mangan, J. A. (23 November 2004). Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a New Era. Routledge. p. 60.
  3. "国内老牌劲旅北京女足变身北控凤凰足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. "French Football Federation signs Chinese co-operative". Soccerex. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. "Tidigare Hammarbyspelaren flyttar till Kina" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. "Beijing Women welcome the first foreign teacher Zhao Rong and goalkeeper Xu Huan joined the North Control Phoenix". Sangbe.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. "Vero Boquete: "Me he ido del PSG porque no estaba teniendo minutos"" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  8. "Kgatlana and Motlhalo: South African duo seal move to China"". BBC. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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