Hubei Istar Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in . Hubei Istar plays its home matches at the Xinhua Road Sports Center, located within Jianghan District.
History Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. was founded on 8 July 2016 combined by amateur club Wuhan New Era and unpunished players from Wuhan Hongxing after the Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Wuhan City Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group B successively. Wuhan Chufeng Heli finished third place in the national finals and won the qualification for promoting to 2017 China League Two, but then gave up to turn professional and remained at the amateur league. Two years later, they finally promoted to China League Two after finishing in third place again in 2018 Chinese Champions League, after changing their name to Hubei Chufeng United F.C. before the season.
In January 2021, Hubei Chufeng United changed their name to Hubei Istar F.C.
Name history 2016–2018: Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. (武汉楚风合力) 2018–2020: Hubei Chufeng United F.C. (湖北楚风合力) 2021–present: Hubei Istar F.C. (湖北青年星)
Players First-team squad
Coaching staff
Managerial history Zhou Yi (2016) Deng Sheng (2017) Huang Zhengguo (2018) Luíz Felipe (2019–2020) Zhou Rui (2021) Gao Feng (2022–2025) Wan Houliang (2026–present) Results All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2016 4 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2017 4 11 R1 DNQ DNQ Tazi Lake Sports Centre 2018 4 3 R4 DNQ DNQ Xinhua Road Sports Center 2019 3 30 8 10 12 27 39 −12 34 19 R1 DNQ DNQ Hankou Cultural Sports Centre In group stage.
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 WD = Withdrawal – = 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
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