Nanjing Shaye Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two. The team is based in Nanjing, Jiangsu.
History The club was originally a local amateur team named Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin from the city of Nanjing. In November 2014, Shaye Investment Management Co. Ltd. took over the club, which subsequently adopted its later widely known name Nanjing Shaye.
In 2016, the club formed an 11-a-side team to participate in the Nanjing Super League, and ended up winning the championship. Also competing in the China Amateur Football League for its first time in the same year, the club failed to make it out of the second round of group stages.
In 2017, the club signed to cooperate with the football section of Hohai University. After successfully defending its title as the champion of Nanjing amateur football, they participated in 2017 China Amateur Football League and advanced to the final round of 16, but they were eliminated by Anhui Hefei Guiguan and failed to advance further and gain access to China League Two.
In 2018, the club won their third Nanjing Super League title in a row, and made it to the final 8 of 2018 Chinese Champions League after beating Wuhan Shangwen 1–0 in the first round of the play-offs, without conceding a single goal in all previous stages. However, the club was eliminated by eventual champions Taizhou Yuanda in the quarter-finals. Despite this setback, they defeated Tianjin Ruihu 4–0 in the subsequent round, finally ensuring promotion and a spot in 2019 China League Two.
Name changes –2014 Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin F.C. 南京中山园林 2014– Nanjing Shaye F.C. 南京沙叶
Current squad As of 12 July 2019关于公示2018中冠联赛俱乐部及运动员报名名单的通知 at fa.org.cn 2018-07-20 Retrieved 2018-10-05 ]
Reserve squad
Results All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2016 4 GS2 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2017 4 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2018 4 6 R2 DNQ DNQ 2019 3 30 7 11 12 24 34 −10 32 23 R3 DNQ DNQ Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park 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
References
External links Official club website