Zhejiang Yiteng F.C.
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Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club 浙江毅腾足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded |
1988 (Amateur) 1994 (Professional) | ||
| Ground | Shaoxing City Sports Centre Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Cui Yi 崔毅 | ||
| Manager | Duan Xin 段鑫 | ||
| League | China League One | ||
| 2015 | League One, 5th | ||
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Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club (simplified Chinese: 浙江毅腾; traditional Chinese: 浙江毅騰; pinyin: Zhèjiāng Yìténg), or Yiteng Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 毅腾足球俱乐部, for official ownership reasons) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home stadium is the Shaoxing City Sports Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 20,000. Their current majority shareholder is Cui Yi (崔毅) and the Yiteng Group.
Originally founded as an amateur team in 1988 and called Dalian Tielu (Railway) they would soon take part in China's national leagues before becoming a professional team when the Yiteng Group gained eventual ownership of the club. After years of stagnation the club was moved to Harbin where they have since predominantly remained and gained their first silverware, which was the 2011 China League Two title. Since that achievement they gradually improved their league standing and went on to gain promotion to China's top tier for the first time when they came second within the 2013 China League One division.
History
In April 1988 the club was established as Dalian Tielu (Railway) and would soon go on to participate in the Chinese national leagues where they started at the bottom of the pyramid in the third tier at the beginning of the 1989 league season.[1] After the teams debut performance the club's appearances within the national leagues would become sporadic due to them being an amateur team at a time when the league was being restructured as a fully professional unit. When professionalism arrived to the Chinese leagues within the 1994 league season the club had already started to gain funding by the Yiteng Group on February of that year to establish themselves as semi-professional unit and then soon after a fully professional team to take part within the third division.[2] Xu Yin and Cheng Xianfei were appointed as joint managers where they came third within the league and promotion to the second tier.[3]
The club times within the second tier was not a success and at the end of the 1995 league season they finished tenth within the league and were immediately relegated back into the third division.[4] Despite this the Yiteng Group took full control of the club in 1996 and by the following season went on to merge the team with local lower league rivals Dalian Shunfa. With the merger the owners were hoping for promotion and by the 1999 league campaign they believed that they had assembled a squad capable of achieving this, however they could not reach the division play-offs after Mianyang Fenggu shared exactly the same points and goal difference as them after the last-placed odd number team was taken out of the equation.[5] The Chinese Football Association decided that the only way to settle the issue was that the two teams should draw lots to see who would qualify for the play-offs, however the club lost, which saw the Chairman Cui Yi and the Yiteng Group so aggrieved that they decided to pull out of the competition the following season and sold their squad to Dalian Shide F.C. for 8 million Yuan.[6]
After the Yiteng Group had formed significant business ties within Harbin, Heilongjiang, Cui Yi decided that it was a good time for the club to re-enter the national leagues on December 20, 2005 where they registered with the Chinese FA the new name of the club called Harbin Yiteng and took part at the bottom of the Chinese prymaid in the third tier for the start of the 2006 Chinese league two division. The move turned out to be a success and with the club playing in the 30,000 seater Hagongda Stadium they were able to quickly win promotion at the end of the season after coming runners-up to Beijing Institute of Technology FC.[7] The club would find it differcult within the division and went on a Chinese record sixteen game winless streak, however the team were able to survive relegation that season. A move to Yantai in Shandong on March 2008 and playing in the 45,000 seater Yantai Sports Park Stadium as well as a new all blue kit from the previous all red were hoped to revitalize the team, however none of these worked as they were relegated at the end of the 2008 league season. A move back to Dalian followed, however it wasn't until April 1, 2011 when they returned to Harbin did their fortunes changed and they won their first piece of silverware, the 2011 China League Two division and promotion back into the second division.[8] Under Duan Xin reign as manager Harbin continued their good form in the second tier and at the end of the 2013 league season he would guide the club to second within the division and promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.[9]
At the start of the start of the 2014 Chinese Super League former assistant Wang Helong was promoted to Head coach while Duan Xin remained as manager.[10] The clubs introduction to the Chinese Super League would see them face a nine-game losing streak, which ended on the 4 May 2014 when they beat fierce local rivals Changchun Yatai 3–1 to claim their first ever top flight win, thanks to goals from Dori, Han Deming and Ricardo Steer.[11] On 19 July 2014 Marijo Tot was brought in as the new Head coach, however he was unable to reverse the clubs fortunes and the team were relegated at the end of the season.[12]
Ownership and naming history
| Year | Owner | Club name | Sponsored team name |
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| 1988–93 | Dalian Railway Bureau | Dalian Tielu (Railway) Football Team | |
| 1994 | Dalian Lichuang | ||
| 1995 | Dalian Tielu Yiteng | ||
| 1996 | Yiteng Group | Dalian Yiteng Liantie Football Club | |
| 1997 | Anshan Yiteng Liantie | ||
| 1998–99 | |||
| 2000–05 | Dalian Yiteng Football Club | ||
| 2006 | Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Yiteng | ||
| 2007 | Harbin Yiteng | ||
| 2008 | Yantai Yiteng Hurricane | ||
| 2009–10 | |||
| 2011 | Harbin Songbei Yiteng | ||
| 2012–13 | Harbin Yiteng | ||
| 2014–15 | Harbin Yiteng Football Club | ||
| 2016– | Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club |
Crest history
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1995-2005
Dalian Yiteng
大连毅腾 -
2006-2007
Harbin Yiteng
哈尔滨毅腾 -
2008
Yantai Yiteng
烟台毅腾
Current squad
As of 4 march 2016 [13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) The number was retired in March 2013.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach |  Duan Xin 段鑫 |
| Assistant Coach | Lin Tao 林涛 |
| Assistant Coach |  Ivica Matas |
| Fitness Coach | Antonijo Cinotti |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Zhu Shan 朱山 |
| Team Physician | Wang Zhaojun 王兆钧 |
Source: yitengfc.com
Managerial history
Information correct as of end of 2015 league season.[14][15][16]
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Honours
- China League Two (Third Tier League)[17]
- Winners (1) : 2011
Results
All-time League Rankings
| Year | Tier | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Cup | Asia | Avg league att | Stadium |
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| 1989 | 3 | 5 | NH | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |||||||||
| 1991 | 3 | 5 1 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |||||||||
| 1994 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 6 2 | 3 | NH | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |
| 1995 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 22 | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |
| 1996 | 3 | 3 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 | 4 2 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 2 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |||||||||
| 1999 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 14 | 3 2 | DNQ | DNQ | Dalian Locomotive stadium | |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 32 | 2 | DNQ | DNQ | Hagongda Stadium | |
| 2007 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 36 | +18 | 19 | 12 | NH | DNQ | Hagongda Stadium | |
| 2008 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 25 | 13 | NH | DNQ | City Sports Centre | |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 14 | 5 1 | NH | DNQ | Liaoning Normal University | |
| 2010 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 27 1 | 4 | NH | DNQ | Liaoning Normal University | |
| 2011 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 9 | +29 | 36 1 | W | DNQ | DNQ | Liaoning Normal University | |
| 2012 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 45 | 4 | R2 | DNQ | 4,002 | Harbin ICE Sports Center |
| 2013 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 60 | 2 | R3 | DNQ | 6,540 | Harbin ICE Sports Center |
| 2014 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 21 | 16 | R3 | DNQ | 26,126 | Harbin ICE Sports Center |
| 2015 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 47 | 5 | R2 | DNQ | 20,477 | Harbin ICE Sports Center |
| 2016 | 2 | 30 | R2 | DNQ | Shaoxing City Sports Centre Stadium |
Yiteng didn't compete in 1990，1992–1993 and 2000–2005. ^1 in group stage *^2 in Final round group stage
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries.
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