Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C.

Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Football Club (Chinese: 内蒙古草上飞足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ Cǎoshàngfēi Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Inner Mongolia Flying on the Grass F.C.') is a Chinese semi-professional football club based in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, that competes in . Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei plays its home matches at the Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, located within Jiuyuan District.

Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei
内蒙古草上飞

Full name	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Football Club 内蒙古草上飞足球俱乐部
Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Ground	Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Baotou
Capacity	40,545
Manager	Yao Zhiqiang
2024	Chinese Champions League: Qualification group C, 3rd of 4
Home colours Away colours

History

On 5 May 1998 the club was established as a local amateur football team who took part in the regional Baotou leagues.^[1] They gradually worked their way up through the regional leagues until they were able to enter 2012 China Amateur Football League where they finished seventh.^[2] The local Baotou Municipal Sports Bureau would become interested supporting the team.^[3] By the 2014 league season they would financially invest into the team to take part in the 2014 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first official round to Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in a 3–1 home defeat. They continued to support the team and helped Baotou Nanjiao F.C. to officially establish themselves as a professional unit on 25 January 2015 to allow them to take part in the 2015 China League Two season.^[4] Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.^[5]

Name history

• 2015–2018 Baotou Nanjiao F.C. 包头南郊
• 2019– Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. 内蒙古草上飞

Players

Current squad

As of 1 January 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  CHN Tang-Kang Beiyi 8 FW  CHN Imamhesen Ababekri 9 MF  CHN Zhao Xiaodong 10 FW  CHN Zhang Hang 11 FW  CHN Bao Jinzhu 13 DF  CHN Liu Xuanchi 15 DF  CHN Cui Yuyang 16 DF  CHN Zhang Hao 17 MF  CHN Wang Tongzhou 18 MF  CHN Xia Wenshuai 19 FW  CHN Liu Yuehai 22 DF  CHN Wang Yong

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  CHN Yuan Weihao 24 DF  CHN Zhang Mengxuan 26 GK  CHN Pang Jun 32 MF  CHN Chen Fujun 45 MF  CHN Meng Jiahui 46 GK  CHN Yang Chaoran 47 DF  CHN Yang Yuankun 52 DF  CHN Wang Jiaqi 55 DF  CHN Deng Hanqi 56 DF  CHN Dong Huahui 57 FW  CHN Epolan Jenisbek 58 MF  CHN Su Ming

Managerial history

• Yao Zhiqiang (2014)
• Xu Hui (2015)
• David Camhi (2016)
• Wang Hongwei (2017)
• Fan Wenlong (caretaker) (2017)
• Branko Božović （2017–2019）
• Zoran Maričić （2020–2021）

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.^[6]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2012	4									6	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2013	4									61	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2014	4									10	R1	DNQ	DNQ		Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
2015	3	14	5	5	4	21	13	8	20	6 1	R2	DNQ	DNQ	6,065
2016	3	20	5	4	11	23	36	−13	19	12	R1	DNQ	DNQ	1,708
2017	3	24	2	2	20	14	54	−40	8	23 2	R1	DNQ	DNQ	3,202
2018	3	28	5	0	23	30	68	−38	15	25	R2	DNQ	DNQ	427
2019	3	30	6	7	17	26	63	−37	251	29	R2	DNQ	DNQ

• ^1 in North Group.
• ^2 Chengdu Qbao and Shanghai JuJu Sports withdrew, so Baotou Nanjiao could stay at third level.

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