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Shenzhen Peng City
Shēnzhèn Xīn Péngchéng
深圳新鹏城
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Full nameShenzhen Peng City Football Club
深圳新鹏城足球俱乐部
Founded5 January 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-05)
Ground Bao'an Stadium,
Shenzhen, China
Capacity44,050
OwnerJianteng Fund (53%)
City Football Group (47%)
ChairmanTang Xigang
Manager Jesús Tato
League Chinese Super League
2023 China League One, 1st of 16 (promoted)

Shenzhen Peng City Football Club ( simplified Chinese: 深圳新鹏城足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 深圳新鵬城足球俱樂部; pinyin: Shēnzhèn Xīn Péngchéng Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Shenzhen New Peng City F.C.'), previously Sichuan Jiuniu ( Chinese: 四川九牛), is a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, having relocated to its current location from Chengdu, Sichuan in January 2024. The club competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Shenzhen Peng City plays its home matches at the Bao'an Stadium, located within Bao'an District. They are partially owned by the City Football Group. [1]

Clubs owned by CFG
Listed in order of acquisition/foundation.
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2008 Manchester City F.C.*
2009–2012
2013 New York City FC§
2014 Melbourne City FC*
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
2017 Montevideo City Torque*
Girona FC*§
2018
2019 Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*§
Mumbai City FC*§
2020 Lommel S.K.*
ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022 Palermo F.C.*§
2023 Bahia*§


History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.

In February 2019, City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, purchased the club. [1] [2]

On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages. [3] As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season, [4] which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 18 October 2023, following a 4–0 home win over Wuxi Wugo, Sichuan Jiuniu secured promotion to the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. [5] On the following matchday on 22 October, Sichuan Jiuniu won the league title after second-place Qingdao West Coast drew their match against Shijiazhuang Gongfu. [6]

On 24 January 2024, the Chinese Football Association confirmed the club's relocation to Shenzhen, Guangdong. [7]

Stadiums

In Sichuan Jiuniu's existence, the club have used a multiple of stadiums in their climb up the divisions. The grounds they used between 2017 and 2022 were the South Lake Sports Center and the Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, and in the 2023 season, Sichuan Jiuniu played its home matches at the Shuangliu Sports Centre, the Chengdong Sports Park Stadium, and the Suining Sports Center. After relocation, Shenzhen Peng City plays its home matches at the Bao'an Stadium.

Crest history

Players

Current squad

As of 27 February 2024 [8]

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 China  CHN Li Zhizhao
2 DF China  CHN Zhang Wei
3 DF China  CHN Tian Yinong
4 DF China  CHN Wang Qiao
5 DF China  CHN Song Yue
6 MF China  CHN Lin Chuangyi
7 FW Brazil  BRA Thiago Andrade (on loan from New York City FC)
8 MF China  CHN Zhou Dadi
9 FW Sweden  SWE Samuel Armenteros
10 FW Spain  ESP Jorge Ortiz
11 FW Spain  ESP Edu García
13 GK China  CHN Peng Peng
14 GK China  CHN Zhao Shi
15 DF China  CHN Yu Rui
16 MF China  CHN Li Zhi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW China  CHN Tao Yuan
18 MF China  CHN Muzapar Muhta
19 FW Hong Kong  HKG Matt Orr
20 DF Serbia  SRB Rade Dugalic
21 MF China  CHN Nan Song
22 MF China  CHN Xiao Kun
24 DF China  CHN Wang Hao (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
26 DF China  CHN Deng Biao
27 FW China  CHN Behram Abduweli
28 MF China  CHN Zhang Yudong
29 MF China  CHN Wang Chu
30 GK China  CHN Zhang Yuquan
31 DF China  CHN Nizamdin Ependi
33 MF China  CHN Zhu Baojie
44 FW China  CHN Ruan Yang

Reserve team

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 China  CHN Wang Qi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 DF China  CHN Li Bowen (at Foshan Nanshi until 31 December 2024)
MF China  CHN Jin Shang (at Suzhou Dongwu until 31 December 2024)
FW China  CHN Xia Dalong (at Guangzhou E-Power until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Source: [9]

Role Name
Head coach Spain Jesús Tato
Assistant coach Hong Kong Ling Fung-Wong
Fitness coach Spain Javier Zudaire Izcue
Goalkeeper coach China Jiang Bo

Managerial history

Honours

League

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2023 season. [10]

Year League Stage Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Stadium
2017 China Amateur Football League Second round 3 2 1 0 11 1 10 6 Qualified DNE DNQ DNQ
Knockout stages 2 0 1 1 3 4 −3 n/a k/o (R16)
2018 China League Two Regular season 28 6 10 12 24 27 −3 28 24th (of 28) QF Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
2019 30 17 5 8 47 27 20 56 8th (of 32) R2
2020 China League One Regular season 10 1 6 3 8 12 −4 9 5th (of 6) R2
Relegation stage 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 8 3rd (of 6)
2021 Regular season 34 13 13 8 34 27 7 52 8th (of 18) R2
2022 34 18 3 13 40 30 10 51 6th (of 18) R2
2023 30 22 3 5 51 19 32 69 1st (of 16) R3 Shuangliu Sports Centre
Chengdong Sports Park Stadium
Suining Sports Center
2024 Chinese Super League Regular season 30 TBD (of 16)

Key

References

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