Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic F.C.
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Football Club was a Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi. The club was dissolved in March 2023 as a China League One club.
History
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic was founded on 30 March 2016 by co-raise funds of eight companies based in Xi'an and the name of the ancient capital and the name of the city it is based before it is changed to Xi'an. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Shaanxi Provincial Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group A successively. Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic finished the runners-up in the national finals after losing Dalian Boyang in the penalty shoot-out but won promotion to 2017 China League Two. The team was third place in the 2018 China League Two, though losing to Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. in the relegation play-offs, the team was promoted to the China League One due to the financial problem of the Yanbian Funde F.C. With the club within the second tier the Shaanxi Water Affairs Group Co., Ltd. would become the clubs majority shareholder.Managerial history
- Huang Hongyi
- Zhao Changhong
- Xie Yuxin
- Zhang Jun
- Wang Bo
- Kim Bong-gil
- Óscar Céspedes
- Feng Feng
- Wang Baoshan
- Feng Feng
Results
All-time league rankingsAs of the end of 2022 season.
| Year | Div | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium | |||||||
| 2016 | 4 | RU | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 7 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 16,957 | Shaanxi Province Stadium |
| 2018 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 58 | 3 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 17,001 | Shaanxi Province Stadium |
| 2019 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 44 | 9 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 24,377 | Shaanxi Province Stadium |
| 2020 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | - | |
| 2021 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 62 | 6 | R16 | DNQ | DNQ | - | |
| 2022 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 56 | 5 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | - |
- Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic had 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries on 23 November 2022.
- 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