Jiangsu Ladies Football Club (Chinese: 江苏足球俱乐部, Jiāngsū Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Founded in 1998, it competes in the Chinese Women's Super League, using Wutaishan Stadium as home ground. They have won two league titles.
| Full name | Jiangsu Ladies Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Ground | Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Manager | Chan Yuen Ting | ||
| League | Chinese Women's Super League | ||
| 2021 | Chinese Women's Super League, 2nd of 8 | ||
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History
editThe team was originally founded in 1998 on the initiative of the provincial government and the provincial sports office, and enrolled in the then Chinese Women's Premier Football League managed to move from ninth place in 2001, and after being renamed the Women's Super League to fourth in 2005, the second in 2008 and winning the championship in 2009.[1]
Between the seasons 2011 and 2014, the tournament was re-designated Women's National Football League, interrupting the promotion and relegation procedure to and from the cadet series due to the lack of available teams and players. In this period the team achieves the best result in 2012, ranking second behind the Dalian Shide champions by repeating the placements of the 2008 edition.
Over the years, the team has provided the Chinese national team with more than one player, among whom the most representative are Song Xiaoli, Zhang Yanru, Weng Xinzhi, Zhou Gaoping and Ma Jun.[1]
In 2015, the Chinese Football Association decided to relaunch the tournament, returning to the Women's Super League designation by reconstituting a second affiliated division, the CWFL.
In March 2016, Suning Commerce Group announced that it had acquired ownership of the team making it the women's section of Jiangsu Suning F.C.[2]
As part of improving its staff, the management of the company convinces Norwegian international Isabell Herlovsen as well as four-time champion of Norway with LSK Kvinner and top scorer of 2016 Toppserien, to move to Jiangsu Suning, joining the other foreigner of the team, the Brazilian Gabi Zanotti, an operation that proves to be positive by winning third place at the end of the 2017 season. the 2018 season enters into a contract with Malawian international Tabitha Chawinga taken this time from the Damallsvenskan and which despite being graduated top scorer of the 2017 Damallsvenskan with 26 goals to his credit, she couldn't avoid the relegation of Kvarnsvedens. With the new arrival, the company makes a further leap in quality, with Chawinga at the top of the ranking of the scorers already in the middle of the championship. She was later joined by Ghanaian international Elizabeth Addo in 2019. The duo helped Jiangsu quadruple during the 2019 season.[3] At the end of the season, the club were also runners-up in the maiden 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship.[4]
On 28 February 2021, the parent company Suning Holdings Group announced that operations were going to cease immediately alongside the men and youth teams.[5] The ownership of the Ladies Football Club was returned to the Administration of Sport of Jiangsu, but the club did not have enough time to register for the 2021 National Championship.[6]
On 8 March 2022, the team announced that Chan Yuen Ting, the first woman to coach a men's professional football team to the championship of a nation's top league, will be the team's new coach.[7]
Stadium
editJiangsu Suning L.F.C. play their home matches at Wutaishan Stadium.
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 15 October 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
edit- Chinese Women's Super League
- Champions (2): 2009, 2019
- Chinese National Women's Football Championship (全国女子足球锦标赛)
- Champions (2): 2018, 2019
- Chinese Women's Football Association Cup (中国女子足协杯)
- Champions (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
- Chinese Women's Super Cup (中国女子超级杯)
- Champions (1): 2019
Record in AFC Women's Club Championship
editAll results (home, away and aggregate) list Jiangsu L.F.C.'s goal tally first.
| Season | Round | Opponents | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2019 | Group stage |  Nippon TV Beleza
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— | 1–1 | 2nd place |
 Melbourne Victory
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— | 1–1 | |||
 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
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— | 2–0 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "江苏女足". fa.org.cn (in Chinese). 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "苏宁女子足球俱乐部成立 江苏女足将开拓商业运作". chinadaily.com.cn (in Chinese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Ahmadu, Samuel (18 November 2019). "Addo and Chawinga win quadruple as Jiangsu Suning lift Chinese Women's Super Cup title | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "MD3: Jiangsu Suning defeat Incheon Hyundai to finish second | Football | News | Women's Club Championship 2019". the-AFC. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Inter Milan doubt as Suning call time on Chinese champions Jiangsu FC". South China Morning Post. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "沪媒列举苏宁"罪状"：毁掉完整梯队 人才几乎全部流失". Sohu. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "陳婉婷出任江蘇女足主教練". Hong Kong Commercial Radio (in Chinese). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2021.