Qingdao West Coast Football Club (Chinese: 青岛西海岸足球俱乐部; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Xīhǎi'àn Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Qingdao West Coast plays its home matches at the Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center, located within Huangdao District.

Qingdao West Coast
青岛西海岸
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Full nameQingdao West Coast Football Club
青岛西海岸足球俱乐部
Founded20 August 2007; 17 years ago (20 August 2007)
GroundQingdao West Coast University City Sports Center
Capacity20,000
ChairmanShen Jun
Head coachShao Jiayi
LeagueChinese Super League
2024Chinese Super League, 10th of 16

History

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Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. logo used between 2007 and 2017

Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. as a company football team for their employees.[1] The club would initially participate in local amateur and futsal tournaments until the 2011 league season when they participated in the Qingdao Football Association Cup and were knocked out in the last sixteen.[2] The following season, they joined the Chinese football league pyramid in the second tier of the Qingdao League or seventh tier overall.

In 2017, after a third-place finish in the Qingdao City League, they changed their name to Qingdao Kangtine and participated in the China Amateur Football League for the first time. They advanced to the national play-offs after finishing first in their group but were eventually eliminated by Qinghai Zhuangbo.

In 2018, they were crowned champions of the Qingdao City League, and participated in the Chinese Champions League for a second time. However, they were eliminated by Taizhou Yuanda in the regional group stage play-offs and failed to advance to the national play-offs.

In 2019, they changed their name to Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai. In their third attempt at the highest level of amateur football league, they were eliminated once again by Shandong Wangyue in the group stage play-offs, but were later admitted into the national stage after the withdrawal of Huizhou Huixin. They eventually finished 8th and were promoted to China League Two for the first time in the club's history.

In January 2021, they changed their name to Qingdao Youth Island.[3] They finished 4th this season and entered the promotion-relegation play-offs against Beijing BIT, who finished 17th in the 2021 China League One. Qingdao won 5–4 on penalties after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the club's history.

Name history

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  • 2007–2017: Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. (青岛康太源)
  • 2017–2018: Qingdao Kangtine F.C. (青岛康太源)
  • 2019–2020: Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai F.C. (青岛中创恒泰)
  • 2021–2022: Qingdao Youth Island F.C. (青岛青春岛)
  • 2023–: Qingdao West Coast F.C. (青岛西海岸)

Players

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Current squad

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As of 9 July 2024[4]

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 Ji Jiabao
2 DF   CHN Song Bowei
3 DF   CHN Zhao Honglüe
4 DF   CHN Jin Yangyang (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
5 DF   CHN Liu Pujin
6 DF   CHN Ge Zhen
7 DF   CHN Tian Yong (captain)
8 MF   CHN Zhang Xiuwei
9 FW   COL Brayan Riascos
10 FW   ANG Nelson da Luz (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães)
11 FW   CHN A Lan
13 MF   CHN Tan Kaiyuan
14 MF   CHN Feng Gang
15 MF   CHN Merdanjan Abduklim
16 FW   CHN Chen Xiangyu
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   TPE Chen Po-liang
18 DF   CHN Piao Shihao
19 FW   FRA Jean-David Beauguel
20 MF   BRA Matheus Índio
22 MF   CHN Abduhelil Osmanjan
24 FW   CHN Duan Liuyu (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
27 DF   CHN Yang Boyu
28 GK   CHN Yerjet Yerzat
30 MF   CHN He Longhai (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
32 DF   CHN Chen Yuhao (on loan from Wuhan Three Towns)
33 DF   ARM Varazdat Haroyan
35 GK   CHN Shi Xiaotian
36 DF   CHN Sun Jie (on loan from Changchun Yatai)
39 FW   CHN Lei Wenjie (on loan from Shanghai Port)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   CHN Zhang Yulei
GK   CHN Wang Qi
DF   CHN Xue Mengtao
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   CHN Zhang Yu
MF   CHN Zhao Mingyu
FW   CHN Yan Qihang

Out on loan

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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 Ao (at Hunan Billows until 31 December 2024)
MF   CHN Piao Taoyu (at Heilongjiang Ice City until 31 December 2024)
MF   CHN Du Junpeng (at Jiangxi Lushan until 31 December 2024)
FW   CHN Shi Jian (at Shanghai Jiading Huilong until 31 December 2024)
FW   CHN Li Kai (at Qingdao Red Lions until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Shao Jiayi
Assistant coach   Reiner Maurer
  Makoto Kametani
Goalkeeping coach   Yang Zhi
Fitness coach   Kikuchi Shinobu

Source: CFA

Managerial history

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Results

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All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2018 4 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1 N/A2 N/A1 DNQ DNQ DNQ Taixing Sports Center Stadium
2019 4 11 5 3 3 13 14 -1 18 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2020 3 9 4 2 3 11 9 2 142 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2021 3 28 13 9 6 44 26 18 48 4 R16 DNQ DNQ
2022 2 34 13 9 12 47 44 3 48 8 R1 DNQ DNQ
2023 2 30 17 10 3 44 22 22 61 RU R4 DNQ DNQ 5,515 Guzhenkou University City Sports Center Stadium
  • 1 Only include Regional Finals and National Finals.
  • 2 In group stage.

Key

References

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  1. ^ "青岛康太源商砼足球俱乐部俱乐部简介". ktyfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. ^ "青岛康太源商砼足球俱乐部勇夺冠军". kangtaiyuan.net. Archived from the original on 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ^ "官方:中乙青岛中创恒泰正式更名为青岛青春岛". Dongqiudi. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2024赛季中超联赛青岛西海岸足球俱乐部一线队名单来啦". weibo.com (in Chinese). Qingdao West Coast F.C. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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