Kunshan F.C.

Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部) 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.^[1]

Kunshan FC
昆山FC

Full name	Kunshan Football Club 昆山足球俱乐部
Founded	12 December 2014; 10 years ago (12 December 2014) (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.) 2018 (as Kunshan F.C.)
Dissolved	29 March 2023; 2 years ago (2023-03-29)
Ground	Kunshan Stadium Kunshan
Capacity	30,000
Chairman	Fu Qiang
2022	League One, 1st of 18
Website	http://kunshanfc.cn/
Home colours Away colours

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.^[2] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League.^[3] Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.^[4] In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9] However, the participation did not happen because the club was dissolved. All matches were scratched and awarded 3–0 (or 0–3) to their opponents.

Name history

Year	Team name	Club name
2015	Zhenjiang Huasa	Zhenjiang Huasa Football Club
2015	Danyang Henglu
2015	Zhenjiang Hua Sahenglu
2017–2018	Zhenjiang Cultural Tourism Huasa
2019–2021	Kunshan FC	Kunshan Football Club

Crest history

• 
  Zhenjiang Huasa logo used between 2014 and 2015
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  Zhenjiang Huasa logo used in 2017
• 
  Kunshan logo used since 2018

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.^[10]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2015	5	6	3	0	3	20	11	9	–1	6	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2016	5								–1	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	552	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