Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C.
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Football Club (Chinese: 内蒙古中优), commonly referred to as Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特), is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and their home stadium is the 51,632 capacity Hohhot City Stadium. Their majority shareholders are the Hohhot Sports Bureau and Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group.
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| Full name | Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Football Club 内蒙古中优足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 8 October 2011 | ||
| Ground | Hohhot City Stadium, Hohhot, China | ||
| Capacity | 51,632 | ||
| Manager | Chen Yang | ||
| League | China League One | ||
| 2020 | League One, 13th of 18 | ||
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History
On 8 October 2011 Shanxi Jiayi football club was officially established by the Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group who formed a senior team predominantly comprised from players from the Taiyuan University of Technology.[1] With the aid of the Sports Bureau of Shanxi Province a youth team and women's team was also established and the Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium was chosen to be the club's home ground.[2] They registered to play within the third tier of the Chinese football league system in the 2012 league season while the club chose white shirts and black shorts as their home uniform. In their debut season they however decided to move to the artificial turf ground Wanbailin Stadium and later Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium to play their home games.[3] On the field the club made their debut in the 2012 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first round by Shanghai Pudong Zobon F.C. 3–1 while in their first season they finished ninth within their group.[4]
The club owners decided not to compete within the 2013 league season after a disappointing debut campaign. Wang Bo replaced Wu Jianwen as the club's manager and the team went through an extensive rebuilding process in preparation for the 2014 league season as well as changing the club's name to Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi.[5] The rebuilding process would be a big success and the club would come runners-up within the league to Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. that saw them gain promotion to the second tier for the first time.[6] Despite the promotion the club officially admitted the financial difficulties required with the higher level of professionalism and would consider relocating the team to gain the necessary investment.[7]
On 5 January 2015 the Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Government Information Office held a press conference to announce that the Hohhot Sports Bureau would be investing and relocating the team to their city, which resulted in the name change of Nei Mongol Zhongyou.[8]
Name history
Current squad
First team squad
As of 13 September 2020[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
As of 5 March 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Chen Yang |
| Assistant coach | Yue Songtao |
| Assistant coach | Piao Junjie |
| Goalkeeper coach | Ma Longfei |
| Goalkeeper coach |  Vítor Valente |
| Fitness coach |  Dudley Hitchman |
| Physio | Cai Puwang |
| Physio | Fu Dongming |
| Physio | Mao Jie |
| Scout | Jiang Chao |
Source: CFA
Managerial history
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Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.[10][11]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2012 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | 9 1 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 715 | Wanbailin Stadium/Taiyuan IEE Stadium |
| 2014 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 33 2 | RU | DNE | DNQ | DNQ | 2,500 | Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2015 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 43 | 6 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 18,238 | Hohhot City Stadium |
| 2016 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 41 | 7 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 9,468 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 35 | 10 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 7,656 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 34 | 13 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,553 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 51 | 7 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
Shanxi Jiayi did not compete in 2013.
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