Changchun Yatai F.C.

Changchun Yatai
Chángchūn Yàtài
长春亚泰

Full name	Changchun Yatai FC 长春亚泰足球俱乐部
Founded	1996[1]
Ground	Development Area Stadium, Changchun, China
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Yatai Group
Chairman	Liu Yuming
Manager	Lee Jang-soo
League	Chinese Super League
2016	Super League, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Changchun Yatai Football Club (simplified Chinese: 长春亚泰; traditional Chinese: 長春亞泰; pinyin: Chángchūn Yàtài) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changchun, Jilin and their home stadium is the Development Area Stadium that has a seating capacity of 25,000. The club's founder and main investor is the private Chinese conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group.

The club was formed on June 6, 1996 before making their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 1997 league season. In 2000 they bought a position into the second division after they merged with Bayi Chaoneng. In 2001 they finished runners-up within their division, however they were denied promotion after they were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal.^[2] The club would reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license before they eventually gained promotion to China's top flight at the end of the 2005 league campaign. In the 2007 Chinese Super League they won the league title and participated in the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time. They have since gone on to come second within 2009 Chinese Super League and also participated in the 2010 AFC Champions League.

Club history

Changchun Yatai was founded on 6 June 1996 by local conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group in Changchun, Jilin to take part in the recently fully professionalized league system, which allowed private enterprises to own their own clubs.^[3] The club would select a dragon kicking a ball as their crest while assembling the club's senior team and to make sure they had a competitive youth system they also brought in the best youth players from Shenyang before moving them into their recently created football training base at a cost of two million yuan, while the total cost of starting the whole enterprise would end up being 20 million yuan.^[4] For the next several seasons the club achieved very little until they bought a position into the second tier when the club took over Bayi Chaoneng at the beginning of the 2000 league season for fifteen million yuan, while during the season the team maintained an unbeaten home record but still finished in a disappointing fifth at the end of the season.^[5] The following season the club's manager Yin Tiesheng looked like he could improve upon last years results when he guided the club to a runners-up position and what looked like promotion to the top tier for the first time, however it was soon discovered that the 6 October 2001 game that Changchun won 6–0 against Zhejiang was fixed. This saw the club denied promotion, had all offending participants banned for a year while the club had three months to reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license.^[6] Despite this Yin Tiesheng stayed on and promoted future Chinese internationals Du Zhenyu, Zhang Xiaofei and Cao Tianbao from the club's youth team which was assembled from Shenyang into the senior team.^[7] These players in 2003 would go on to win the Jia B (second level) title, but the club were not promoted due to the creation of the Super League.^[8]

Yin Tiesheng would leave the club in 2004 to take the Chinese U20 head coach position and Chen Jingang was brought in as the new manager.^[9] Within his reign Chen Jingang guided the club to a runners-up spot in the China League One division in 2005 and promotion to the Super League.^[10] In the club's debut season they finished fourth, however Chen Jingang was relieved of his duties after he lost the dressing room by threatening to dock player wagers if he was unsatisfied with their performances.^[11] In 2007 Gao Hongbo was brought as the new manager and in his debut season he won the Chinese Super League title with them.^[12] This would see Changchun allowed entry to the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time along with Beijing Guoan and played their first game against Vietnamese football club Bình Dương on 12 March 2008 in a 2–1 victory^[13] While the club finished the group runners-up only one team was allowed to go through the knock out stages and the club crashed out of the tournament, this unfortunately affected the club's league performance and Gao Hongbo was fired during the season.^[14]

On September 2008 Li Shubin was brought in to manage the club and to see out the remainder of the 2008 league season, however under his leadership results improved and the club went on to have an industrious following campaign that saw them come runners-up at the end of the 2009 Chinese Super League campaign.^[15] Despite achieving consistently good performances for the team the club decided that they wanted Shen Xiangfu to manage the team for the following season and within one of his first games for the club in the 2010 AFC Champions League on 9 March 2010 Changchun beat Indonesian side Persipura Jayapura 9–0, making the victory the largest ever within the AFC Champions League for a Chinese side.^[16] Shen Xiangfu was however, unable to guide Changchun into the knock out stages despite there being two places up for grabs and his league performances were not impressive, despite this the club held on to him for another season where he fared little better and at the beginning of the 2012 Chinese Super League season the club brought in Svetozar Šapurić as the club's new manager.^[17]

On August 3, 2014, the Chinese super league 18th round, Changchun Yatai 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande, win the award twice in one season which never happened in the Chinese Super League history.

Current squad

First team squad

As of 29 February 2016 ^[18]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Wu Yake 2 DF Jack Sealy 3 DF Yan Shipeng 4 MF Darko Matić 5 DF Anzur Ismailov 7 MF Han Deming 10 FW Marcelo Martins 11 MF Yang He 12 DF Yaki Yen 13 GK Yi Fan 14 DF Shao Shuai 15 DF Sun Jie 16 DF Jiang Zhe 17 DF Fan Xiaodong 18 MF Zhou Dadi

No. Position Player 19 MF Cao Ziheng 20 MF Du Zhenyu 21 DF He Chao 23 MF Zhang Xiaofei (Captain) 24 MF Yan Feng 26 DF Zuo Yiteng 27 MF Wang Jinliang 28 MF Che Kai 29 GK Song Zhenyu 31 FW Cheng Changcheng 30 DF Yang Boyu (on loan from Shanghai SIPG) 32 MF Li Guang 35 MF Mislav Oršić 36 DF Pei Shuai 37 FW Bruno Meneghel

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 6 MF Julien Gorius 22 MF Li Shang 33 MF Liu Qiming 41 DF Li Hong 42 DF Mou Yanlong 43 MF Yan Xu 44 DF Wang Chueh-Chun

No. Position Player 45 MF Ko Yu-Ting 46 FW Wang Yiran 47 MF Guan Hao 48 FW Qu Yadong 49 GK Liu Yu 50 GK Guo Wei

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player - GK Mi Tianhe (at Baoding Yingli Yitong until Dec 31, 2016) - DF Li Xiaoting (at Shenzhen Renren until Dec 31, 2016)

No. Position Player - MF Zhu Yifan (at Jiangxi Liansheng until Dec 31, 2016) - FW Liu Xiaodong (at Baoding Yingli Yitong until Dec 31, 2016)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Lee Jang-soo
Assistant coaches	Lee Min-Sung Jiang Feng
Assistant coaches	Tian Ye Chen Jingang
Goalkeepers coach	Yang Jingdong
Fitness coach	Walter Grassmann
Team physicians	Yu Da Yang Junchao Wang Wei

Source: Sina.com

Managerial history

As of 29 December 2015.^[19][20]

Tang Pengju (1997–98) Yin Tiesheng (1999–04) Qu Gang (interim) (2004 – Apr 26, 2004) Li Hui (Apr 26, 2004 – July 6, 2004) Chen Jingang (July 18, 2004–06) Arie Schans (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007) Team leader Gao Hongbo (Jan 1, 2007 – July 5, 2008) Li Shubin (interim) (July 20, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008) Ernst Middendorp (July 27, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008) Li Shubin (interim) (Sept 2008 – Dec 25 2008)[21] Li Shubin (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009)

Shen Xiangfu (2010–11) Svetozar Šapurić (Nov 24, 2011 – Dec 28, 2012) Li Shubin (Dec 28, 2012 – May 20, 2013) Svetozar Šapurić (May 21, 2013 – April 21, 2014) Gao Jinggang (int.) (April 21, 2014 – April 28, 2014) Dragan Okuka (April 28, 2014 – Nov 12, 2014) Gao Jinggang (Dec 19, 2014 – Jun 12, 2015) Marijo Tot (Jun 12, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015) Slaviša Stojanovič (Jan 13, 2016 –May 4, 2016) Lee Jang-soo (May 6, 2016 –)

Honours

League

• Chinese Super League^[22]

Winners (1) : 2007

• Chinese Jia B

Winners (1) : 2003

Results

All-time League rankings

As of the end of 2016 season.^[23][24]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	League Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
1997	3	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	3^1	6[25]	DNQ	DNQ	NH
1999	3	12	6	3	4	20	7	13	6^1	5[26]	DNQ	DNQ	NH
2000	2	22	7	10	5	28	22	6	31	5	QF	DNQ	NH			Changchun City Stadium
2001	2	22	12	6	4	39	15	24	42	RU^2	QF	DNQ	NH			Changchun City Stadium
2002	2	22	8	4	10	30	35	−5	28	8	R1	DNQ	NH			Changchun City Stadium
2003	2	26	15	8	3	51	15	36	53	W^3	R2	DNQ	NH			Changchun City Stadium
2004	2	32	13	12	7	53	34	19	51	5	R1	NH	DNQ			Development Area Stadium
2005	2	26	20	4	2	71	22	49	64	RU	R1	NH	DNQ			Changchun City Stadium
2006	1	28	13	7	8	41	26	15	46	4	R1	NH	NH		8,607	Changchun City Stadium
2007	1	28	16	7	5	48	25	23	55	W	NH	NH	NH		16,429	Changchun City Stadium
2008	1	30	12	9	9	53	45	8	45	6	NH	NH	NH	Group	5,797	Changchun City Stadium
2009	1	30	14	8	8	38	31	7	50	RU	NH	NH	NH		12,179	Development Area Stadium
2010	1	30	10	8	12	40	41	−1	38	9	NH	NH	NH	Group	10,067	Development Area Stadium
2011	1	30	11	12	7	33	31	2	45	7	R3	NH	NH		13,835	Development Area Stadium
2012	1	30	12	8	10	37	40	−3	44	6	QF	DNQ	NH		12,701	Development Area Stadium
2013	1	30	8	8	14	29	41	−12	32	14	R4	DNQ	NH		12,975	Development Area Stadium
2014	1	30	8	8	14	33	40	−7	32	13	R3	DNQ	NH		12,886	Development Area Stadium
2015	1	30	8	11	11	39	47	−8	35	10	R3	DNQ	NH		14,855	Development Area Stadium
2016	1	30	10	5	15	30	44	-14	35	12	R3	DNQ	NH		15,202	Development Area Stadium

• Did not enter in 1998 campaign.
• ^1 In group stages. ^2 Promotion to Jia-A league was cancelled due to match fixing. ^3 No promotion.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third 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 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

Opponent	Season	Home	Away
Adelaide United FC	2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage	0–0	0–0
Persipura Jayapura	2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage	9–0	0–2
Kashima Antlers	2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage	0–1	0–1
Pohang Steelers	2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage	1–0	2–2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC	2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage	1–2	0–1
Becamex Bình Dương F.C.	2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage	2–1	5–0

Asia clubs ranking

As of 5 April 2015 ^[27]

Current Rank	Country	Team
102		Fajr Sepasi F.C.
103		Bengaluru F.C.
104		Changchun Yatai
105		Liaoning Hongyun

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries whilst playing for Changchun.

Africa Tijani Babangida Asia Anzur Ismailov Vladimir Shishelov

Europe Branimir Subašić Nermin Šabić Marquinhos Fatos Bećiraj Marian Aliuță

Central & North America Samuel Caballero Víctor Mena Elvis Scott South America Edixon Perea

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External links

• Official Site (Chinese)