Shanghai SIPG F.C.

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SIPG
Shànghǎi Shànggǎng
上海上港
Logo
Full name Shanghai International Port Group Football Club
上海上港集团足球俱乐部
Nickname(s) Red Eagles
红鹰
Founded 25 December 2005; 18 years ago (25 December 2005)
Ground Shanghai Stadium
Ground Capacity 56,842
Chairman Chen Xuyuan
Head Coach Sven-Göran Eriksson
League Chinese Super League
2015 Super League, 2nd
Website Club home page

Shanghai International Port Group Football Club (Chinese: 上海上港; pinyin: Shànghǎi Shànggǎng) or SIPG FC is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Xuhui, Shanghai and their home stadium is the Shanghai Stadium that has a seating capacity of 56,842. Their owners are the Chinese group Shanghai International Port (Group) (SIPG).

The club was founded on December 25, 2005 as Shanghai Dongya F.C. (Dongya literally means East Asia in Chinese) by former Chinese international football coach Xu Genbao. The club would use graduates from Genbao Football Base, a football academy also founded by Xu to form their first team as they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2006 league season. They would work their way up to the top tier and the highest position they have ever finished is second in the 2015 Chinese Super League season.

History

Est.–2007: League Two

On May 16, 2000 former Chinese international football coach Xu Genbao founded the Genbao Football Base and enrolled 96 academy members born between 1988 and 1991, who were to be trained in the recently built Genbao Football Base Arena.[1]

Initially, Xu Genbao had no intention of establishing a professional football club. However, as the youngsters in the Base grew up, the lack of youth football competition in China prompt Xu to set up a football club so that his protégés could earn match experiences in professional football. On December 25, 2005, Shanghai Dongya Football Club was jointly established by Xu Genbao and Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd, with Xu Genbao being the club chairman. Xu appointed Claude Lowitz, a French youth coach in the Base, as the team manager.

With young players aged between 14 and 17, Shanghai Dongya competed in the 2006 China League Two, the third tier of the Chinese league system. The team played their home games at Genbao Football Base Arena training ground in Chongming, Shanghai, and eventually finished their first season at the seventh place. During the campaign Xu's players broke a few records during the season, with Cao Yunding being the youngest Chinese goalscorer aged 16 years and 242 days,[2] and Wu Lei the youngest Chinese professional footballer, aged only 14 years and 287 days.[3] At the end of 2006, Claude Lowitz left the club, and former assistant manager Jiang Bingyao took up the manager position. With lessons learned and experiences gained from their debutante season, the young Dongya went on to win the division title in 2007, by beating Sichuan in the final, and thus gaining promotion to China League One, the second tier of the football league.[4]

2008–2012: League One

Despite the successful promotion, questions arose as to what would happen to the team, especially given that Xu's previous effort to create a professional club (Shanghai Cable 02) ended up being sold off to Shanghai Shenhua in 2002 due to financial difficulties. In June 2007, Shanghai government came to Xu's rescue with financial aid, in exchange Dongya would represent Shanghai in the 2009 National Games.[5]

With the club in a higher division, Shanghai Dongya moved into the 30,000 seater Jinshan Sports Centre in Jinshan District of Shanghai and finished the 2008 China League One division campaign in a respectable sixth. In the summer of 2009, Shanghai Dongya represent Shanghai football team and took part in the 2009 National Games. Xu Genbao took up the management post himself and led the team to win gold in the men's football tournament. Meanwhile, in the league, Shanghai Dongya chose the 65,000 seater Shanghai Stadium as their home stadium for their 2009 China League One campaign. Shanghai Dongya finished the season in fourth place and just missed out on promotion by a single win, but it was still considered quite an achievement because that team was made up of players under 20 years old, and with no foreign imports. This earned the club a reputation for its success in youth development in China and they were affectionately nicknamed as "China's Manchester United", by their fans because of Xu's well-known ambition "to create a China's Manchester United".

The 2010 league season saw former Chinese international Fan Zhiyi receive his first management job at the club as well as the introduction of their first ever foreign players in Macedonian Nikola Karçev and Haitian Fabrice Noël. Despite these new signings the club failed to improve upon the previous season's results and finished in the fourth place. Failure to gain promotion and financial difficulties caused the club unable to hold onto their rising stars. Before the 2011 season, five of the team's starting XI left the club: team captain Wang Jiayu, Chinese international Zhang Linpeng and Chinese U-23 players Cao Yunding, Jiang Zhipeng, and Gu Chao.[6] In the following 2011 season, Xu Genbao promoted several young players into the first team and the team finished the season in a disappointing ninth place.

At the beginning of the 2012 season the club sold their team name to sponsor, Zobon Group for 30 million Yuan on a three-year deal, which saw the club change first team's name to Shanghai Tellace on December 31, 2011, while the club's name remains unchanged as Shanghai Dongya F.C.[7] At the end of the season, Shanghai Tellace won the league title and was promoted to the Chinese Super League.

2013-present: CSL

On December 28, 2012 Shanghai Dongya changed its first team name again to Shanghai SIPG, under a 40-million Yuan sponsorship deal with Shanghai International Port (Group).[8] Within the off-season on January 7, 2013 the club officially acquired another Shanghai-based football club Shanghai Pudong Zobon, which had previously played in the 2012 China League Two division before they were dissolved. Most of its players, born between 1993 and 1994 and graduated from Genbao Football Base, were brought back under Xu Genbao's wing and would become the reserve team of Shanghai Dongya F.C.[9] In the clubs debut within the top tier they brought in former Chinese national team manager Gao Hongbo as their Head coach and he would go on to guide the club to a ninth-place finish at the end of the 2013 league season. The Shanghai International Port (Group) would decide to strengthen their position within the club and officially took over the whole club on November 18, 2014 and immediately appointed Sven-Göran Eriksson as their new Head coach.[10]

Ownership and naming history

Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
2005–11 Genbao Football Base
Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd		 Shanghai Dongya Football Club
2012 Shanghai Tellace
2013–14 Shanghai SIPG
2015– Shanghai International Port (Group) Shanghai SIPG Football Club

Rivalries

The club's main rivals are against Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Shenxin F.C. whom they contest in the local Shanghai derby. With the clubs founder Xu Genbao having managed Shenhua to the 1995 league title, the Shenhua tie holds a direct personal link between the two teams.[11] On 28 April 2013 the two sides met for the first time in a league game that saw the club defeated 2-1 to Shenhua.[12] The tie against Shanghai Shenxin also contains strong links between the two teams with players Jiang Zhipeng and Wang Jiayu having represented both teams before the two clubs met in their first derby on 2 June 2013, which resulted in a 6-1 victory.[13] The club's geographical location has also opened them up to rivalries with neighbouring club's Hangzhou Greentown F.C. and Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. where they contest in a fixture called the Yangtze Delta Derby.[14]

Current squad

As of 1 March 2016 [15]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 China GK Yan Junling
2 China DF Zhang Wei
3 Ghana FW Asamoah Gyan
4 China DF Wang Shenchao (Vice-captain)
5 China MF Wang Jiajie
6 China MF Cai Huikang
7 China FW Wu Lei
9 Brazil FW Elkeson
10 Argentina MF Darío Conca
11 China FW Lü Wenjun
12 China FW Li Haowen
13 China FW Zhu Zhengrong
14 South Korea DF Kim Ju-young
15 China FW Lin Chuangyi
17 Ivory Coast FW Jean Evrard Kouassi
No. Position Player
18 China MF Zhang Yi
19 China DF Yang Shiyuan
20 China MF Wang Jiayu
21 China FW Yu Hai
22 China GK Sun Le
23 China DF Fu Huan
25 China MF Zhu Zhengyu
26 China FW Hu Jinghang
27 China DF Shi Ke
28 China DF He Guan
29 China MF Zheng Zhiyun
31 China MF Sun Jungang
32 China DF Sun Xiang (Captain)
33 China DF Yang Boyu
35 China GK Shi Xiaodong

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
41 China DF Chen Kejiang
42 China FW Li Shenglong
43 China DF Yu Hao
44 China MF Ye Shanqing
45 China DF Chen Fujun
46 China MF Chen Minghui
47 China MF Shang Wenjie
48 China MF Sun Enming
49 China DF Zhang Jiaxin
50 China DF Liu Jiawei
No. Position Player
51 China DF Zhang Huachen
52 China DF Wei Zhen
53 China MF Gao Haisheng
54 China MF Xiao Mingjie
55 China DF Yang Fan
56 China MF Jiang Zilei
57 China MF Lü Jie
58 China FW Mao Jiakang
59 China FW Gao Zhijie
60 China GK Chen Wei

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
China DF Wu Haitian (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until Dec 31, 2016)
China MF Liu Xiangcheng (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until Dec 31, 2016)
No. Position Player
China FW Li Jiawei (at Nantong Zhiyun until Dec 31, 2016)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson
Assistant coach Sweden Roger Palmgren
Assistant coach China Xie Hui
Goalkeeping coach England Ian Walker
Fitness coach South Africa Divan Augustyn
Team physician Sweden Ali Kad

Source: Sina.com

Managerial history

As of 9 January 2015 [16][17]

Honours

League

Results

All-time league rankings

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2006 3 16 3 5 8 26 29 -3 14 7 1 NH DNQ - Genbao Football Base Arena
2007 3 17 11 4 2 35 15 +20 30 1 W NH DNQ - Genbao Football Base Arena
2008 2 24 7 7 10 26 30 -4 28 6 NH DNQ - Jinshan Football Stadium
2009 2 24 13 5 6 43 25 +18 44 4 NH DNQ - Shanghai Stadium
2010 2 24 9 10 5 25 18 +7 37 4 NH DNQ - Shanghai Stadium
2011 2 26 7 11 8 29 25 +4 32 9 R2 DNQ - Shanghai Stadium
2012 2 30 17 8 5 47 25 +22 59 W R3 DNQ - 3,113 Shanghai Stadium
2013 1 30 10 7 13 38 35 3 37 9 R4 DNQ - 10,161 Shanghai Stadium
2014 1 30 12 12 6 47 39 8 48 5 R3 DNQ - 12,460 Shanghai Stadium
2015 1 30 19 8 3 63 35 28 65 RU QF DNQ - 26,381 Shanghai Stadium
  • ^1 in group stage

Key

International Competition

Opponent Season Home Away
Australia Melbourne Victory 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–1 1–2
Japan Gamba Osaka 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–1 2–0
Japan FC Tokyo 2016 AFC Champions League Round of 16 1–0 1–2
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–1 0–3
Thailand Muangthong United F.C. 2016 AFC Champions League Play-off round 3–0 –

Asian clubs ranking

As of 31 January 2016.[21]
Current Rank Country Team
37 Saudi Arabia Al Shabab
38 China Shandong Luneng
39 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
40 China Shanghai SIPG F.C.
41 South Korea Jeju United
42 India Dempo S.C.
1 Iran Foolad Khuzestan

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries(senior team).

References

  1. ↑ 上海东亚足球俱乐部介绍 at eafc.online.sh.cn 02-12-2010 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  2. ↑ 中国曼联整风后创佳绩 主场重创武汉雅琪显年轻魅力 at sina.com.cn 20-08-2006 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  3. ↑ 乙级也有上海德比：武磊上场创纪录 东亚遗憾负东巴 at sina.com.cn 03-09-2006 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  4. ↑ 五分钟神奇逆转 徐根宝率东亚2比1胜四川乙级封王 at sina.com.cn 25-11-2007 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  5. ↑ 02计划失败成遗憾根宝欲借东亚重掌国字号 at jfdaily.com 29-11-2007 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  6. ↑ 恒大巧避足协限价令 1200万天价签约国足红人 at sports.163.com 26-11-2010 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  7. ↑ 卫平华丽牵手徐根宝 球队正式更名"上海特莱士"队 at eafc.online.sh.cn 01-01-2012 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
  8. ↑ 上港集团4000万冠名东亚 资金到位徐根宝信心满满 at eafc.online.sh.cn 12-28-2012 Retrieved 01-31-2013 (Chinese)
  9. ↑ 东亚收回中邦小队 根宝证实战怡麟转会达口头协议 at eafc.online.sh.cn 01-07-2013 Retrieved 01-31-2013 (Chinese)
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  15. ↑ 2016年上海上港足球俱乐部中超联赛名单 sports.sohu.com 2016-03-01 Retrieved 2016-03-01
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