Meizhou Hakka F.C.

Meizhou Hakka Football Club is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhua, Meizhou, Guangdong, that competes in. Meizhou Hakka plays its home matches at the Huitang Stadium, located within Wuhua County. Their current majority shareholders are the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau, Wei Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. and partners.

WWW meizhoukejia.com

History

Meizhou Hakka F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau. He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong. The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.
Former [China national association football|football team|Chinese national team] head coach Qi Wusheng was brought in during the 2015 China League Two season. He would go on to help guide the club to win the division title in a penalty shoot-out against Dalian Transcendence and promotion to the second tier for the first time in the club's history. Qi Wusheng would not extend his contract with the club and Dutch football manager Luc Nijholt was brought in on 1 January 2016 as well as 80 million yuan to invest within the team. Luc Nijholt would leave the team on 19 July 2016 as the club sat twelfth within the league and marginally above the relegation zone, a position they would remain in for the rest of the season. After several managerial changes with limited success, Serbian manager Milan Ristić was brought in on 6 February 2021 and he was able to guide the team to promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season.

Name history

According to the club's statement:

2013 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
2014– Meizhou Wuhua 梅州五华

According to official documents of CFA:

2013–2015 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
2016— Meizhou Hakka 梅州客家

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Honours

China League Two

*Champions : 2015

Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2024 season.

Year	Div								Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2013	3	12	9	3	0	30	6	24	30	5	DNE	DNQ	DNQ		Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium Wuhua County Stadium
2014	3	16	14	0	2	45	7	38	42	4	R3	DNQ	DNQ		Wuhua County Stadium
2015	3	14	9	3	2	39	13	26	30	W	R3	DNQ	DNQ	4,818	Wuhua County Stadium
2016	2	30	11	6	13	48	50	−2	39	12	R3	DNQ	DNQ	6,450	Wuhua County Stadium
2017	2	30	8	9	13	33	39	−6	33	12	R2	DNQ	DNQ	5,865	Wuhua County Stadium
2018	2	30	11	7	12	40	44	−4	40	9	R3	DNQ	DNQ	3,583	Wuhua County Stadium
2019	2	30	11	6	13	44	41	3	39	10	R3	DNQ	DNQ	5,984	Huitang Stadium
2020	2	15	8	4	3	27	16	11	28	5	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Huitang Stadium
2021	2	34	24	3	7	79	35	44	75	RU	R3	DNQ	DNQ		Huitang Stadium
2022	1	34	14	7	13	43	41	2	49	9	R3	DNQ	DNQ		Huitang Stadium
2023	1	30	9	7	14	42	54	−12	34	11	R4	DNQ	DNQ	15,004	Huitang Stadium
2024	1	30	6	9	15	29	55	−26	27	15	R4	DNQ	DNQ		Huitang Stadium

In group stage.

Key

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