Hebei China Fortune F.C.

Hebei China Fortune Football Club (simplified Chinese: 河北华夏幸福足球俱乐部]; traditional Chinese: 河北華夏幸福足球俱樂部; pinyin: Héběi Huáxià Xìngfú Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Langfang, Hebei and their home stadium is the Langfang Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. Their current owners are real estate developers China Fortune Land Development who took over the club on 27 January 2015.

Hebei China Fortune F.C.
Full nameHebei China Fortune Football Club
Founded28 May 2010 (2010-05-28)
GroundLangfang Stadium
Capacity30,000
OwnerChina Fortune Land Development
ManagerXie Feng
LeagueChinese Super League
2020CSL, 8th of 16
WebsiteClub website

According to Forbes, Hebei are the 7th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $90 million, and an estimated revenue of $22 million in 2015.[1]

History

Hebei Zhongji was founded on 28 May 2010 by the Hebei football association and Hebei Zhongji Group who promised to invest three million Yuan a season for next four campaigns.[2] They registered to play within China League Two, third tier of the Chinese football league system, as Hebei Yilin Shanzhuang (Simplified Chinese: 河北依林山庄) for sponsorship reasons in the 2011 league season. They failed to advance into the Play-offs after finishing in 5th place in the group stage. On 17 October 2011, the cooperation relationship between Hebei FA and Hebei Zhongji Group was terminated and Hebei Zhongji Group took full ownership of the club while the players who were owned by Hebei FA split into a new team called Hebei Youth.[3] In the 2012 league season, Hebei Zhongji finished in 1st place in the North Group with 18 wins, 5 draws and only 1 defeat, however they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Play-offs by Hubei China-Kyle with the score at 1–1, losing on the away goals rule. On 16 August 2013 Guo Ruilong was brought in to manage the team for the rest of the 2013 league season, however during his brief tenure at the club he quickly led them to promotion after finishing runners-up at the end of the campaign.[4] Huang Yang was brought in to coach the team during the off season while on December 26, 2013 the club announced that Uruguayan Nelson Agresta would be the club's first foreign manager.[5]

On 27 January 2015, they changed the team name to Hebei China Fortune (Simplified Chinese: 河北华夏幸福) after being purchased by China Fortune Land Development. Serbian manager Radomir Antić signed a three-year contract with the club on the same day.[6] They changed the club name to Hebei China Fortune F.C. in December 2015 after winning promotion to Chinese Super League in the 2015 season. The club has since expanded its bid for league success by landing international stars such as Gervinho and Ezequiel Lavezzi.[7] In August 2016, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini became manager of the club,[8] as part of a larger plan for Hebei China Fortune F.C. and Chinese football to make a great leap forward by the end of the decade. This process continued with the appointment of Chris Coleman on 10 June 2018.[9]

Ownership and naming history

Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
2011 Hebei Zhongji Group Hebei Zhongji Football Club Hebei Yilinshanzhuang
2012–2014
2015 China Fortune Land Development Hebei China Fortune
2016– Hebei China Fortune Football Club[7]

Current squad

First team squad

As of 24 July 2020[10]

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 Zhang Junzhe
3 MF  CHN Zhao Yuhao
5 DF  BIH Samir Memišević
6 MF  CHN Luo Senwen
8 MF  BRA Paulinho
10 FW  BRA Marcão
11 FW  SLE Buya Turay
13 MF  CHN Yin Hongbo
15 MF  CHN Wang Qiuming
16 MF  BRA Ricardo Goulart (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
17 FW  CHN Luo Shipeng
18 MF  CHN Li Hao
19 GK  CHN Yang Cheng
20 FW  CHN Gao Huaze
21 DF  CHN Cui Lin
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  CHN Chi Wenyi
23 DF  CHN Ren Hang
24 FW  CHN Zhang Yu
25 MF  CHN Liao Wei
26 DF  CHN Jiang Wenjun
27 DF  CHN Liu Jing
28 MF  CHN Zhang Chengdong
29 DF  CHN Chen Xiao
30 GK  CHN Bao Yaxiong
31 FW  CHN Xu Tianyuan
32 DF  CHN Ding Haifeng
33 MF  CHN Ren Wei
37 DF  CHN Pan Ximing
38 FW  CHN Zhang Wei

Reserve squad

As of 1 March 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  CHN Jin Yangyang
36 MF  CHN Chen Tang
41 GK  CHN Li Taoyang
43 MF  CHN Zhang Haitao
44 MF  CHN Ma Bokang
46 MF  CHN Feng Siqi
48 MF  CHN Xu Wenlong
49 MF  CHN Jin Xing
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 FW  CHN Piao Lei
52 MF  CHN Yang Shaochen
54 MF  CHN Li Shuaihu
55 DF  CHN Li Yiying
56 MF  CHN Kang Mingjie
57 DF  CHN Yang Chenyu
58 DF  CHN Wang Hongzhi
59 DF  CHN Yang Song
62 MF  CHN Wang Wenhao

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  CHN Hu Rentian
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  CHN Wei Changsheng

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  CHN Feng Gang (at Zhejiang Energy Greentown until 31 December 2020)
DF  CHN Chen Yunhua (at Wuhan Three Towns until 31 December 2020)
DF  CHN Luan Haodong (at Wuhan Three Towns until 31 December 2020)
MF  CHN Gong Qiule (at Wuhan Three Towns until 31 December 2020)
MF  CHN Zhang Hui (at Wuhan Three Towns until 31 December 2020)
- FW  CHN Dong Xuesheng (at Wuhan Zall until 31 December 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  CHN Geng Xiaofeng (at Inner Mongolia Zhongyou until 31 December 2020)
DF  HKG Andy Russell (at Jiangxi Liansheng until 31 December 2020)
MF  CHN Chen Ao (at Wuhan Zall until 31 December 2020)
MF  CHN Yao Xuchen (at Inner Mongolia Zhongyou until 31 December 2020)
MF  CHN Merdanjan Abduklijan (at Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai until 31 December 2020)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Xie Feng
Assistant Manager Li Yi
Team leader Gao Yao
Sports Science
Assistant coaches Zheng Bin
Zhang Chaosong
Goalkeeper Coach
Fitness coaches José Cabello
Félix Fernández Cao

Source: CFFC

Managerial history

Nationality Manager Duration Departure reason
Start Finish
Wei Yuanhao May 28, 2010 October 13, 2011 Mutual consent
Zhang Yandong October 14, 2011 August 15, 2013
Guo Ruilong August 16, 2013 December 3, 2013
Huang Yang December 4, 2013 December 25, 2013
Nelson Agresta December 26, 2013 August 14, 2014 Sacked
Alejandro Larrea August 14, 2014 December 31, 2014 Mutual consent
Radomir Antić January 27, 2015 August 18, 2015
Li Tie August 18, 2015 August 27, 2016 Sacked
Manuel Pellegrini August 27, 2016 May 19, 2018 Mutual consent
Chris Coleman June 10, 2018 May 15th, 2019 Sacked

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[11][12]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20113144461416−2165 1DNEDNQDNQYutong International Sports Center
2012326187150113959 16[13]R2DNQDNQ4,783
2013319114440132727 1RUR2DNQDNQ
2014230611133154−232914R2DNQDNQ6,239
2015230186653302360RUR4DNQDNQ7,796Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium
2016130117123438−4407QFDNQDNQ18,469
20171301578553817524R4DNQDNQ18,054
2018130109114650−4396R16DNQDNQ16,029Langfang Stadium
201913096153755-183311R4DNQDNQ17,799
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

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