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Shijiazhuang Gongfu
石家庄功夫
Full name	Shijiazhuang Gongfu Football Club; 石家庄功夫足球俱乐部
Founded	2020; 4 years ago
Ground	Yutong International Sports Center
Chairman	Zhai Zhihai
Manager	Zoran Janković
League	China League One
2023	China League One, 3rd of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Shijiazhuang Gongfu Football Club ( Chinese: 石家庄功夫足球俱乐部; lit. 'Shijiazhuang Kung Fu F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Shijiazhuang Gongfu plays its home matches at the Yutong International Sports Center, located within Chang'an District.

History

The club was founded as Hebei Jingying Zhihai F.C. in 2020 by the former shareholders of Hebei Aoli Jingying (formerly Hebei Elite) after its acquisition by Beijing Sports University Group and co.

They participated in the Hebei FA Amateur League that year and were crowned as champions after beating Tangshan Haihuang Mingzhu in the final, which earned them the right to play in the 2020 Chinese Champions League, in which they lost to Yichun Jiangxi Tungsten Grand Tiger in the quarter-final play-off, as well as the crucial battle for promotion to China League Two, failing to promote.

In 2021, the club changed its name to Hebei Kungfu F.C.,^[1] and were admitted into the 2021 China League Two due to the withdrawal of other teams.^[2]

In 2022, the club changed its name to Shijiazhuang Gongfu F.C..^[3]

Name history

2020 Hebei Jingying Zhihai 河北精英志海
2021 Hebei Kungfu 河北功夫
2022– Shijiazhuang Gongfu 石家庄功夫

Players

Current squad

As of 28 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CHN	Nie Xuran
2	DF	CHN	Zhang Chenliang
4	DF	CHN	Pan Kui
5	MF	CHN	Song Zhiwei
6	DF	CHN	Zhang Junzhe
7	FW	SRB	Mladen Kovačević
8	FW	ECU	José Ayoví
9	FW	CHN	Gui Hong
10	FW	CHN	An Yifei
11	MF	CHN	Zhu Haiwei
13	DF	CHN	He Wei
14	DF	CHN	Ma Chongchong
15	MF	CHN	Xu Yue
16	FW	CHN	Wang Haochen
18	MF	CHN	Ma Shuai


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	CHN	Liu Huan
20	DF	CHN	Liu Le
21	MF	CHN	Bu Xin
23	GK	CHN	Luan Yi
24	MF	CHN	Chen Zhexuan (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
25	FW	CHN	Omer Abdukerim (on loan from Shenzhen Peng City)
26	DF	CHN	You Wenjie (on loan from Wuhan Three Towns)
28	FW	CMR	Raphaël Messi Bouli
29	MF	CHN	Fu Shang
31	GK	CHN	Li Guanxi (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
32	FW	CHN	Nan Yunqi
33	MF	CHN	Wang Song
34	FW	CHN	Zhao Yubo
37	GK	CHN	Zhang Sipeng

Reserves squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CHN	Chen Yanxin
—	MF	CHN	Wang Lingke

Managerial history

Zhang Hui (2020–2023)
Zhou Lin (2023–2024)
Juan Carlos Añón (2024)
Liu Cheng (interim) (2024)
Zoran Janković (2024–)

References

^ "功夫足球成真！河北精英志海更名为河北功夫足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "关于公布获得2021赛季中国足球协会职业准入资格俱乐部名单的通知". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "国家企业信用信息公示系统显示：河北功夫更名为石家庄功夫". Dongqiudi. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)

[1] "功夫足球成真！河北精英志海更名为河北功夫足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[2] "关于公布获得2021赛季中国足球协会职业准入资格俱乐部名单的通知". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[3] "国家企业信用信息公示系统显示：河北功夫更名为石家庄功夫". Dongqiudi. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

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