Qingdao Manatee F.C.

Qingdao Jonoon Football Club started out as Shandong economic and trade commission in 1990 by some retired footballers at the corporation affiliated with Shandong economic and trade commission associated with some workers at Qingdao Municipal Sanatorium. After playing in the Chinese Yi League for three seasons, the club finished as Second Division Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-B League in 1992 – the club's first league title. As required by Chinese Football Association, on 31 December 1993, the club set up a professional system and became the first professional football club in Qingdao. Subsequently, the club was renamed to Qingdao Hainiu, which means "The Sea Bulls of Qingdao", originates from the sound of the foghorn in Tuandao Lighthouse.[1]

Qingdao Hainiu finished as the Chinese Jia-B League Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-A League in 1994.[2] In the following season, the club was invited to compete the Tainland Queen's Cup and achieved the third place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 lose – the club's first international honour. However, in domestic league the club was relegated to the Division 1B after losing an epic battle against Sichuan Quanxing 2–3. In 1996, the club appointed Wu Hongyue as manager, who led the team to a second-place league finish and regained promotion to the Division 1A. Soon after that season, the state-run tobacco producer – Qingdao Yizhong/Etsong Group started to invest the club and added "Yizhong/Etsong" to its name the following year. From 1997 season, the club became a regular member of the top division and was never relegated since then. On November 16, 2002, after beating Liaoning Bird 2–0 in Yizhong Sports Center, the club won its first major trophy: the 2002 Chinese FA Cup.[3]

After eight-year management by Yizhong/Etsong Group, the club was transferred to a privately owned cable manufacturer – Qingdao Jonoon Group and dropped the long term icon "Hainiu" from its name in December 2004.[4] The club's new owner slashed down the budget greatly, sold up all notable players and assigned the former Jinan taishan's coach Yin Tiesheng as manager, who is famous for his defending style. In the following three seasons, Yin brought Jonoon to stay firmly in the middle position of the league. In 2008, after Yin's assignment as assistant coach of China Olympic team, the club promoted the assistant coach Guo Kanfeng as head coach and retained eighth place in that season. After six-round terrible management in the following season, Guo was sacked by the club and former notable Serbian coach Slobodan Santrač took over as manager. Though finished at thirteenth place, the team played a beautiful attacking soccer style and even the attacking combination was duplicated by the National Team head coach Gao Hongbo. Soon after 2009 season, the club surprisingly sacked Santrač and reassigned Guo as actual head coach, with Dragan Jovanovič assigned as nominal head coach due to Gu's lack of qualification. In 2010, the club endured a horrible season and lost the last match against Hangzhou Greentown 0–1, but surprisingly survived from relegation in the fourteenth place.[5]

In the 2013 league season the team's manager Chang Woe-Ryong was sacked from the club despite the team sitting in tenth.[6] The club would experience relegation at the end of the season and the club's owners publicly declared that one of their own players in Gabriel Melkam was match fixing, which resulted in their relegation.[7] Gabriel Melkam would claim that the accusations of match-fixing were a ploy by the owners not to pay his wages and he took his case to FIFA. While this was going on further claims of mismanagement would arise with the transfer of the club's captain Liu Jian move to Guangzhou Evergrande when it was discovered that the club had forged an extension in his contract.[8] In the 2014 league season the club were found guilty for breaking the Chinese FA's rules and were deducted 7 points.[9]

In 2016 Qingdao Jonoon finished second-to-last in the League One and were relegated to the third level of the Chinese league system. Qingdao Huanghai, another team in the League One in the same city, started to get more attention. Qingdao had no more foreign players by 2019. In the 2019 season, there were deducted six points for a rule violation.

The club's first choice of home kit colors were all red and they did not have a badge until they won promotion. When they won promotion they changed the club's home kit colors to yellow and their name to Qingdao Hainiu (海牛), which means "The Sea Bulls", which directly influenced their badge design, which was simply a bull.[10] The owners Yizhong/Etsong Group decided to rebrand the club once more with a new badge, which was a simple striped design with the new owners name at the top while the new kit colors became red and white.[11] With Zhengneng coming in as their new sponsor the club changed their colors once again to blue while using red as their new away colors.[12] When the Jonoon Group took over they incorporated their own logo of two tigers merged as the club's new badge and chose orange as the new home colors because they believe it represents "passion and energy" as well as also being the same color of their own brand.[13]

Kit evolution

1992–94

1995–97

1998–99

2000–03

2004

The current home stadium of Qingdao Jonoon Football Club is Qingdao Tiantai Stadium, which is also known as Qingdao First Stadium. Tiantai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium built in 1933 as Qingdao Municipal Stadium, and was renamed Qingdao First Stadium in 1955. Qingdao Jonoon started to play in Tiantai Stadium in the first three professional seasons, and resided there permanently since 2007.

Qingdao Jonoon's first trophy was the Chinese Yi League Champions, which it won as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission in 1992.[17] In 1995, the club won its first international honour as Qingdao Hainiu – the Thailand Queen's Cup third place. In 2002, the club won its first major trophy – the China FA Cup, which allowed to enter the Chinese FA Super Cup where they came Runners-up that season.[18][19]

All-time league rankings

• As of the end of 2019 season.[20][21]

• ^Note 1 : In final group stage. ^Note 2 : No promotion. ^Note 3 : 2 points each win. ^Note 4 : No relegation.^5 : Deducted 7 points.^6 : Deducted 6 points.

Queen's Cup results

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division C   Champions 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 - = Does Not Exist 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

All-time top scorers

Since 1994 the first professional league season. CFA Cup and CSL Cup are included. Correct as the end of season 2011.

	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Asia	Other	Total
1	Qu Bo	2000–2009	051	003	003	000	000	057
2	Jiang Ning	2004–2010	035	001	003	000	000	039
3	Liu Jian	2004–2013	035	000	003	000	000	038
4	Gao Ming	2000–2004	019	004	000	000	000	023
5	Zheng Long	2007–2013	019	000	000	000	000	019
6	Zuo Wenqing	1994,1996–1999	017	000	000	000	000	017
7	Dragan Vukoja	2002–2003	012	004	000	000	000	016
8	Tang Lepu	1994–1996	014	000	000	000	000	014
9	Fan Xuewei	1994–1999	013	000	000	000	000	013
10	Jiao Chunben	1994–1999	012	000	000	000	000	012

Top league scorers each season

Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 2 July 2012.

Season	Top scorer	Goals
1994	Fan Xuewei	07
1995	Tang Lepu	06
1996	Jiao Chunben Tang Lepu Zuo Wenqing Ji Yujie	06
1997	Zhang Jun	04
1998	Cao Xiandong	06
1999	Gilberto William	07
2000	Qu Bo	08
2001	Emerson	05
2002	Dragan Vukoja	08
2003	Gao Ming	09
2004	Sun Xinbo	05
2005	Qu Bo Jiang Ning	06
2006	Jiang Ning	07
2007	Liu Jian	08
2008	Mitchel Brown	07
2009	Qu Bo	12
2010	Aleksandar Rodić	08
2011	Song Wenjie Zhu Jianrong	06
2012	Bruno Meneghel	09
2013	Bruno Meneghel	10
2014	Cristian Dănălache	10
2015	Reis	06
2016	Eddie Hernández	07

Records

Team records

Matches

• First Jia-B League match: Shandong Economic and Trade Commission 3–0 Jiangsu, 17 January 1993
• First Professional League match: Qingdao Hainiu 3–2 Henan Jianye, 17 April 1994
• First Jia-A League match: Guangzhou Apollo 1–0 Qingdao Hainiu, 16 April 1995
• First FA Cup match: Qingdao Hainiu 0–1 Liaoning Dongyao, 25 June 1995
• First Super Cup match: Qingdao Beilaite 0–1 Dalian Shide, 6 February 2003
• First Super League match: Qingdao Beilaite 2–2 Shanghai International, 16 May 2004
• First League Cup match: Qingdao Beilaite 2–1 Liaoning Zhongyu, 2 June 2004

Record wins

• Record win: 6–1 v Chongqing Lifan, Super League, 8 August 2009
• Record League win: 6–1 v Chongqing Lifan, Super League, 8 August 2009
• Record Super League win: 6–1 v Chongqing Lifan, 8 August 2009
• Record FA Cup win: 4–0

v Guizhou Zhicheng, 27 June 2012

• Record League home win: 6–1 v Chongqing Lifan, Super League, 8 August 2009
• Record League away win: 5–1 v Changsha Ginde, Super League, 11 October 2008

Record defeats

• Record defeat: 0–7 v Chongqing Longxin, 30 May 1999
• Record League defeat: 0–5 v Yunnan Hongta, Jia-A League, 10 June 2001
• Record Super League defeat: 0–4

v Shandong Luneng, 22 August 2007

v Tianjin Teda, 8 September 2007

v Jiangsu Sainty, 22 August 2010

• Record FA Cup defeat: 0–7 v Chongqing Longxin, 30 May 1999
• Record League home defeat: 0–4 v Shandong Luneng, Super League, 22 August 2007
• Record League away defeat: 0–5 v Yunnan Hongta, Jia-A League, 10 June 2001

Player records

• Most goals in a season in all competition: 12 – Qu Bo, Super League, 2009
• Most League goals in a season: 12 – Qu Bo, Super League, 2009
• Top scorer with fewest goals in a season: 4 – Zhang Jun, Jia-A League, 1997
• Most goals scored in a match: 3 – Jiang Ning v Chongqing Lifan, 29 March 2006
• Fastest Goal: 20 seconds – Peng Weijun v Yunnan Hongta, 2 April 2000
• First hat-trick: Jiang Ning v Chongqing Lifan, 29 March 2006

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Asia Ildar Magdeev Aziz Ibragimov Sherzod Karimov George Mourad Joel Griffiths Africa Mark Williams James Phiri Benedict Akwuegbu Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema Europe Miroslav Bičanić Oleksandr Holovko Aleksandar Rodić Ninoslav Milenković Central & North America Mitchel Brown Luis Santamaría Mauricio Castillo Osman Chávez Jorge Claros Eddie Hernández South America Adrián Paz

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External links

• Official Qingdao Jonoon Football Club website0(in Chinese)
• Official Qingdao Jonoon Group0(in Chinese)
• 1994–2003 Qingdao F.C. players' appearance statistics0(in Chinese)