Qingdao F.C.


Qingdao Football Club was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association. The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Guoxin Stadium that has a seating capacity of 45,000. The club was owned by Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. who formed the team on 29 January 2013.

History

Club history

Qingdao Hainiu F.C. was established on 29 January 2013 by former players and coaches from Shandong that included Qi Wusheng as chairman, Hao Haidong as managerial director and Su Maozhen as general manager. With the financial backing of 20 million Yuan from Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd the club would choose the name Hainiu, which means "The Sea Bulls" despite it once being used by Qingdao Jonoon, another football club in Qingdao between 1994 and 2004, hoping to inspire the golden era of Qingdao football. On the field the team would show their dominance within the league and go through the divisions group stage undefeated, while also beating Meixian Super-X and Shenzhen Fengpeng F.C. to reach the play-off final. In the final the club would defeat Hebei Zhongji F.C. 3–1 to gain promotion to the second tier and win a million Yuan in prize money for the game with a further 3 million won throughout the season.
On 31 January 2015, Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. purchased a 51% stake of the club. On 3 July 2015, Serbian player Goran Gogić collapsed and lost consciousness after a training session with the club. He died later on the same day. Qingdao Hainiu finished 11th place in the 2015 season. On 30 December 2015, Qingdao Hainiu F.C. changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. after Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. took full charge of the club. Qingdao Huanghai finished level on 59 points with Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Zhicheng under Spanish manager Jordi Vinyals in the 2016 season, but their head-to-head points was worse than the other two clubs, thus failing to promote to the Chinese Super League.
In the following two years, the club came close to promotion each time but fell short, earning fourth place in the League One. In the 2019 China League One the club earned first place and gained promotion.
Ahead of the 2021 season, Qingdao Huanghai changed their name to Qingdao F.C.
The club dissolved after the 2021 season.

Ownership and naming history

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters The number was retired in January 2016.

Managerial history

All-time League rankings
As of the end of 2020 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium
201331914503653136WDNQDNQDNQN/AQingdao Hongcheng Stadium
2014230710133647−113112SFDNQDNQ4,229Qingdao Conson Stadium
2015230712112639−133311R2DNQDNQ5,230Qingdao Conson Stadium
20162301929524210593R2DNQDNQ6,992Qingdao Conson Stadium
201723016410564016524R3DNQDNQ5,997Qingdao Conson Stadium
201823013107634419494R3DNQDNQ6,638Qingdao Conson Stadium
2019230176759362357WR4DNQDNQ13,193Qingdao Conson Stadium
20201142481527-121014R1DNQDNQN/ASuzhou / Dalian
202112232171352-391116-DNQDNQN/AGuangzhou / Suzhou

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

    Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.
China
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America