Kunshan Football Club () or Kunshan FC, formerly known as Zhenjiang Huasa, was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They participated in the Chinese Super League, under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It was founded on 12 December 2014 as the amateur Zhenjiang Huasa Football Club, before moving to Kunshan, where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. The club was dissolved in March 2023.
History Zhenjiang Huasa, whose members were mainly fans of FC Barcelona in China, was founded on 12 December 2014. Huasa, meaning Chinese Barca, was used as the club's name. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.镇江华萨获省业余联赛冠军 并获大区赛资格 at weitiyuba.com 2016-08-30 Retrieved 2017-09-09 Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.关于2017年中乙联赛预报名情况的公示 at fa.org.cn 2017-02-06 Retrieved 2017-09-09 In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C. With the support of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as well as private financing the club were able to gain stability, improve their position to ninth and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season. While the club finished in ninth at the end of the season they were granted promotion to the second tier, due to the expansion of the league and disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.
In their debut season within the second tier, manager Gao Yao was able to guide the team to a third-place finish, however, unable to improve upon these results in the following season, he was let go by the club on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz. In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio was able to gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in the club's history, winning the division with the highest recorded points total in the division's history. However, the club was dissolved before its participation in the Chinese Super League.
Name history YearTeam nameClub name2015Zhenjiang HuasaZhenjiang Huasa Football Club2015Danyang Henglu2015Zhenjiang Hua Sahenglu2017–2018Zhenjiang Cultural Tourism Huasa2019–2021Kunshan FCKunshan Football Club
Crest history
Managerial history
Li Dong (2016–2017) Dragan Stančić (caretaker) (2017) Goran Miscevic (2017) Li Xiao (2017) Tang Jing (2018) Dragan Okuka (2019) Gao Yao (2019–2021) Sergio Zarco Díaz (2021–2023)
Honours China League One Champions (1): 2022
Results All-time league rankings
As of the start of 2023 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2015 5 6 3 0 3 20 11 9 – 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2016 5 – 1 DNQ DNQ DNQ 4 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center 2017 3 24 2 5 17 22 50 −28 11 21 R1 DNQ DNQ 927 2018 3 28 12 7 9 31 33 −2 43 13 R2 DNQ DNQ 2,598 2019 3 30 17 4 9 45 23 22 55 9 R1 DNQ DNQ 5,534 Kunshan Stadium 2020 2 15 7 4 4 14 12 2 25 3 QF DNQ DNQ 927 2021 2 34 13 12 9 56 35 21 51 9 R4 DNQ DNQ 0 2022 2 34 28 5 1 80 19 61 89 1 R2 DNQ DNQ In final stage. 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 – = 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
References
External links Official website