Shenzhen Peng City Football Club is a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. The club competes in . Shenzhen Peng City plays its home matches at the Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium, located within Futian District. They are partially owned by the City Football Group.
Founded as Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club in 2017, the club relocated to Shenzhen, Guangdong from Chengdu, Sichuan in January 2024, when it rebranded to their current name.
History The club was founded on 5 January 2017 as Sichuan Jiuniu. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.
On 20 February 2019, it was announced that the City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital, had acquired the club.
On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages. As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season, which was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Sichuan Jiuniu expressed its interest to relocate to Changsha, Hunan, to the Chinese Football Association, but fell short in their attempt as the request was denied by the Chinese FA by April 2023. The Sichuan Jiuniu board, which includes the CFG, further expressed in a statement that, "if the Chinese FA are unable to fulfill their legal relocation request, then the board do not see a sustainable future in investing in Chinese football, and may pull out of the Chinese professional football league system, putting aside all previous investments and hard work."
On 18 October 2023, in their fourth consecutive season in China League One, following a 4–0 home win over Wuxi Wugo, Sichuan Jiuniu secured promotion to the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. A week later on 22 October, Sichuan Jiuniu won the China League One title after second-placed Qingdao West Coast drew their match against Shijiazhuang Gongfu.
On 24 January 2024, the Chinese Football Association confirmed the club's relocation to Shenzhen, Guangdong. The club completed its rebrand to Shenzhen Peng City ahead of their debut Chinese Super League campaign.
Stadiums In Sichuan Jiuniu's existence, the club have used a multiple of stadiums in their climb up the divisions. The grounds they used between 2017 and 2022 were the South Lake Sports Center and the Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, and in the 2023 season, Sichuan Jiuniu played its home matches at the Shuangliu Sports Centre, the Chengdong Sports Park Stadium, and the Suining Sports Center. In 2024, in the club's first season after its relocation to Shenzhen, they played its home matches at the Bao'an Stadium. Starting from the 2025 season, Shenzhen Peng City moved its home ground to the Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium. They also played two home matches at the Zhaoqing New District Sports Center Stadium in 2025.
Crest history
Players Current squad
Out on loan Source:
Coaching staff Source: +RoleNameHead coach Robbie NeilsonAssistant coach Gordon ForrestAssistant coach Dong XueshengGoalkeeping coach Milenko GilićGoalkeeping assistant coach Wei JianFitness coach Michael YauDirector of performance and health Rodrigo De Melo
Managerial history
Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018) Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019) Wang Hongwei (27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020) Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021) Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – 21 April 2023) Jesús Tato (21 April 2023 – 3 October 2024) Christian Lattanzio (4 October 2024 – 6 July 2025) Pep Muñoz (10 July 2025 – 30 September 2025) Chen Tao (30 September 2025 – 6 June 2026) Robbie Neilson (6 June 2026 – present)
Honours
League China League One Champions: 2023
Results All-time League Rankings
As of the end of 2025 season.
YearLeagueStagePtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCStadium 2017 China Amateur Football League Second round 3 2 1 0 11 1 10 6 Qualified DNE DNQ DNQ Knockout stages 2 0 1 1 3 4 −3 n/a k/o (R16) 2018 China League TwoRegular season 28 6 10 12 24 27 −3 28 24th (of 28) QF Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 2019 30 17 5 8 47 27 20 56 8th (of 32) R2 2020 China League One Regular season 10 1 6 3 8 12 −4 9 5th (of 6) R2 Relegation stage 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 8 3rd (of 6) 2021 Regular season 34 13 13 8 34 27 7 52 8th (of 18) R2 2022 34 18 3 13 40 30 10 51 6th (of 18) R2 2023 30 22 3 5 51 19 32 69 1st (of 16) R3 Shuangliu Sports CentreChengdong Sports Park StadiumSuining Sports Center 2024 Chinese Super League Regular season 30 7 8 15 29 55 -26 29 14th (of 16) R5 Bao'an Stadium 2025 Regular season 30 8 3 19 35 59 -24 27 12th (of 16) R3 Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium
Key
China top division China second division China third division China fourth 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 – = 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
External links Official Weibo page
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