Changchun Yatai F.C.

Changchun Yatai was founded on 6 June 1996 by local conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group in Changchun, Jilin to take part in the recently fully professionalized league system, which allowed private enterprises to own their own clubs.[3] The club would select a dragon kicking a ball as their crest while assembling the club's senior team and to make sure they had a competitive youth system they also brought in the best youth players from Shenyang before moving them into their recently created football training base at a cost of two million yuan, while the total cost of starting the whole enterprise would end up being 20 million yuan.[4] For the next several seasons the club achieved very little until they bought a position into the second tier when the club took over Bayi Chaoneng at the beginning of the 2000 league season for fifteen million yuan, while during the season the team maintained an unbeaten home record but still finished in a disappointing fifth at the end of the season.[5] The following season the club's manager Yin Tiesheng looked like he could improve upon last years results when he guided the club to a runners-up position and what looked like promotion to the top tier for the first time, however it was soon discovered that the 6 October 2001 game that Changchun won 6–0 against Zhejiang was fixed. This saw the club denied promotion, had all offending participants banned for a year while the club had three months to reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license.[6] Despite this Yin Tiesheng stayed on and promoted future Chinese internationals Du Zhenyu, Zhang Xiaofei and Cao Tianbao from the club's youth team which was assembled from Shenyang into the senior team.[7] These players in 2003 would go on to win the Jia B (second level) title, but the club were not promoted due to the creation of the Super League.[8]

Yin Tiesheng would leave the club in 2004 to take the Chinese U20 head coach position and Chen Jingang was brought in as the new manager.[9] Within his reign Chen Jingang guided the club to a runners-up spot in the China League One division in 2005 and promotion to the Super League.[10] In the club's debut season they finished fourth, however Chen Jingang was relieved of his duties after he lost the dressing room by threatening to dock player wagers if he was unsatisfied with their performances.[11] In 2007 Gao Hongbo was brought as the new manager and in his debut season he won the Chinese Super League title with them.[12] This would see Changchun allowed entry to the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time along with Beijing Guoan and played their first game against Vietnamese football club Bình Dương on 12 March 2008 in a 2–1 victory[13] While the club finished the group runners-up only one team was allowed to go through the knock out stages and the club crashed out of the tournament, this unfortunately affected the club's league performance and Gao Hongbo was fired during the season.[14]

On September 2008 Li Shubin was brought in to manage the club and to see out the remainder of the 2008 league season, however under his leadership results improved and the club went on to have an industrious following campaign that saw them come runners-up at the end of the 2009 Chinese Super League campaign.[15] Despite achieving consistently good performances for the team the club decided that they wanted Shen Xiangfu to manage the team for the following season and within one of his first games for the club in the 2010 AFC Champions League on 9 March 2010 Changchun beat Indonesian side Persipura Jayapura 9–0, making the victory the largest ever within the AFC Champions League for a Chinese side.[16] Shen Xiangfu was however, unable to guide Changchun into the knock out stages despite there being two places up for grabs and his league performances were not impressive, despite this the club held on to him for another season where he fared little better and at the beginning of the 2012 Chinese Super League season the club brought in Svetozar Šapurić as the club's new manager.[17]

In the 2018 Chinese Super League, Changchun underperformed in the last third of the season, finishing 15th. The team was relegated to the China League One. The 2019 season saw Changchun come close to earning promotion immediately back into the top tier, with a ten-game unbeaten streak in the middle of the season. Ultimately, though, the club slipped towards the end of the season and finished the campaign in fifth place. However, Changchun won the 2020 China League One title and returned to the Chinese Super League after a two-year absence.

Africa

Cameroon

• Modeste M'bami

Ivory Coast

• Guillaume Dah Zadi

Niger

• Moussa Maazou

Nigeria

• Gabriel Melkam
• Odion Ighalo

Asia

Australia

• Matt McKay

South Korea

• Lee Se-in

Uzbekistan

• Sadriddin Abdullaev
• Anzur Ismailov

Europe

Azerbaijan

• Branimir Subašić

Bulgaria

• Svetoslav Petrov

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Nermin Šabić

Croatia

• Mislav Oršić

Czech Republic

• Jan Rezek

Denmark

• Lasse Vibe

Germany

• Thomas Ritter

Montenegro

• Fatos Bećiraj

Netherlands

• Richairo Zivkovic

Serbia

• Miloš Mihajlov
• Radomir Koković

North and Central America

Costa Rica

• Johnny Woodly

Honduras

• Elvis Scott
• Samuel Caballero

South America

Argentina

• Sebastián Setti

Brazil

• Nei
• Sávio

Colombia

• Ricardo Steer

All-time League rankings

As of the end of 2020 season.[25][26]

• Did not enter in 1998 campaign.
• ^1 In group stages. ^2 Promotion to Jia-A league was cancelled due to match fixing. ^3 No promotion.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third 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 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

Opponent	Season	Home	Away
Adelaide United FC	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage	0–0	0–0
Becamex Bình Dương F.C.	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage	2–1	5–0
Pohang Steelers	2008 AFC Champions League Group stage	1–0	2–2
Persipura Jayapura	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage	9–0	0–2
Kashima Antlers	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage	0–1	0–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage	1–2	0–1

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries whilst playing for Changchun.

Africa Tijani Babangida Guillaume Dah Zadi Gabriel Melkam Odion Ighalo Asia Anzur Ismailov Vladimir Shishelov

Europe Branimir Subašić Nermin Šabić Marquinhos Fatos Bećiraj Marian Aliuță Szabolcs Huszti

Central & North America Samuel Caballero Víctor Mena Elvis Scott South America Edixon Perea

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External links

• Official Site (in Chinese)