Wikipedia - Kunshan F.C.

Kunshan Football Club (Chinese: 昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan FC, formerly known as Zhenjiang Huasa was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They participated in the Chinese Super League, under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It was founded on 12 December 2014 as an amateur membership club called Zhenjiang Huasa F.C., before moving to Kunshan where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. The club was dissolved in March 2023.

History

Zhenjiang Huasa, whose members are mainly the fans of FC Barcelona in China, was founded on 12 December 2014. Huasa, meaning Chinese Barca, was used as the club's name. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League. Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two. In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C. With the support of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as well as private financing the club were able to gain stability, improve their position to ninth and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season. While the club finished in ninth at the end of the season they were granted promotion to the second tier, due to the expansion of the league and disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.

In their debut season within the second tier, the clubs Head, Gao Yao was able to guide the team to a third place finish, however unable to improve upon these results in the following season he was let go by the club on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz. In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio was able to gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in the clubs history by winning the division with the highest recorded points total in Chinese history for the division. However, the participation did not happen because the club was dissolved. All matches were scratched and awarded 3-0 (or 0-3) to their opponents.

Chiński klub piłkarski Kunshan FC został założony w 2012 roku w mieście Kunshan w prowincji Jiangsu. Obecnie występuje w China League One, drugiej lidze chińskiego systemu ligowego.

Klub został założony jako Kunshan FC w 2012 roku i dołączył do amatorskiej China Amateur League. W 2016 roku klub awansował do China League Two, trzeciej ligi chińskiego systemu ligowego.

W 2019 roku Kunshan FC wygrał grupę B China League Two i awansował do China League One. W sezonie 2020 klub zajął 12. miejsce w China League One.

Kunshan FC rozgrywa swoje domowe mecze na Stadionie Kunshan. Stadion ma pojemność 20 000 miejsc.

Trenerem klubu jest Zhang Wei. Najważniejszymi zawodnikami klubu są Zhang Yadong, Luo Ziqing i Jiang Tao.

Kunshan FC jest jednym z najbardziej obiecujących klubów piłkarskich w Chinach. Klub ma silną akademię młodzieżową i planuje awansować do Chinese Super League, najwyższej ligi chińskiego systemu ligowego, w ciągu najbliższych kilku lat.