Suzhou Dongwu

Suzhou Dongwu
苏州东吴

Full name	Suzhou Dongwu Football Club 苏州东吴足球俱乐部
Founded	29 May 2008 (amateur) 7 November 2015 (professional)
Ground	Suzhou City Stadium, Suzhou, China
Capacity	35,000
Manager	Tang Bo
League	China League Two
2015	CAL, 1st (Promoted)

Suzhou Dongwu Football Club (Chinese: 苏州东吴) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and their new home stadium is the 35,000 capacity Suzhou City Stadium.

History

The club was established as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu New Materials(Simplified Chinese: 苏州锦富新材) On 29 May 2008. They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country. In 2015, they reached the final rounds of the East Region amateur championship. They also won their local league championship that year and the Chinese amateur division.^[1] Since 2016, they have been members of the China League Two.^[2]

Current squad

As of 22 March 2016 ^[3]

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 Sun Bing 2 DF Zhang Tao 3 DF Cui Hongjun 5 DF Li Yi 6 DF Wu Hongyang 7 DF Wang Feng 8 MF Jiang Peng 9 FW Yu Zengpin 10 FW Bian Jun 11 MF Song Yue 12 MF Wu Xiangru 15 DF Liu Huan 16 MF Zhao Zeyu 17 FW Zhang Jinzhe

No. Position Player 18 MF Sun Hong 19 FW Zhang Jieqi 20 DF He Natian 21 FW Xu Zheng 22 GK Tang Jun 23 GK Chen Liang 25 DF Li Minhui 26 DF Gou Junchen 27 FW Shao Feng 28 DF Xin Feng 29 MF Zhou Chao 30 DF Tian Rui 33 DF Wang Cun 38 DF Cao Yiwen

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Tang Bo
Assistant coach

Source: CFA

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2015 season.

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2015	4									W	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Suzhou University Stadium
2016	3										R2	DNQ	DNQ		Suzhou City Stadium

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth 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 - = 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

References

1. 苏州东吴夺得业余足球联赛冠军 at js.qq.com.cn 2015-11-22 Retrieved 2016-03-17 (Chinese)
2. 舜天“弃将”挑大梁 苏州东吴明年踢中乙 at sports.sina.com.cn 2015-11-10 Retrieved 2016-03-17 (Chinese)
3. 2016中乙联赛俱乐部报名表 at fa.org.cn 2016-04-12 Retrieved 2016-04-18