Hunan Billows F.C.

To preserve the representation of Hunan province in the Chinese football league pyramid after the dissolution of Hunan Shoking, the local Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau decided that it would be best to invest in a new team for the area.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20070124/n247807690.shtml |title=球迷捐助300万重组湘军 湘涛俱乐部成立战中乙 |publisher=sohu.com |date=2007-01-24|access-date=2012-07-16}} On December 26, 2006, a new team was formed to participate in the 2007 league season called Hunan Billows F.C. with Xiong Ni returning as their chairman and Li Kejia returning as their manager.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/viewnews-10.htm |title=熊倪倾情关注湖南足球 湘涛回家备战07乙级联赛 |publisher=hnxiangtao.com |date=2007-04-12 |access-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203034558/http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/viewnews-10.htm |archive-date=2013-02-03 }} Now playing within the 6,000-seat Hunan Provincial People's Stadium. The team was completely rebuilt and played their first league game against Sichuan FC in a 1–0 defeat.{{Cite web

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}} Throughout the season the club's results improved and the team finished third in the Southern division. They made the play-offs but were knocked out in the second round.{{Cite web

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}} With a further investment of six million Yuan from the local Hunan government sports body, in the following season results the club gained another play-off position. Again they were knocked out in the second round.{{Cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2008-04-29/065513809193s.shtml |title=湖南湘涛砸六百万冲甲|publisher=sina.com.cn |date=2008-04-29|access-date=2012-07-16}} By the 2009 league season and with the continued investment of the local Hunan government sports body and of the management of Men Wenfeng, the club won the division title after they beat local rivals Hubei Luyin in the playoff final to win the division title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china09.html |title=China 2009 |date=23 Apr 2010 |access-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015190405/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china09.html |archive-date=October 15, 2012 }}

In the second tier again, they moved back into the Helong Stadium and hired Zhao Faqing as their new manager at the beginning of the 2010 league season. The season began well for the club and they looked like genuine promotion contenders. Conflicts between the Hunan and the Hubei Greenery fans during their May 14 game seemed to derail their promotion push. They finished the season in sixth.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2010-05-14/19354984840.shtml |title=湘鄂球迷爆小规模冲突 不和谐因子去年已种下(图)|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn |date=2010-05-14|access-date=2012-07-16}} The next season they moved into the 20,000-seat Central South University Stadium and brought in Miloš Hrstić to manage them. Miloš Hrstić's leadership improved the team's ranking at the end of the 2011 league season slightly – they finished fourth. He left the club at the end of the season and was replaced by his assistant coach Zhang Xu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2010.html |title=China 2010 |date=21 Jun 2012 |access-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715141751/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/china2010.html |archive-date=July 15, 2012 }} In preparation for the 2012 league season the club brought in several high-profile players such as Honduras internationals Emil Martínez and Erick Norales and Chinese international Dong Fangzhuo in their hopes to win promotion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/viewnews-1097.htm |title=08中超足球先生马丁内斯加盟湖南湘涛 |publisher=hnxiangtao.com |date=2011-12-15 |access-date=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123124235/http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/viewnews-1097.htm |archive-date=2012-01-23 }} The recruitment for not result in promotion that season, but it brought an increase in investment in from the Hunan Liuyang River Wine Winery Industry Co., Ltd., Zoomlion Company Limited, Central South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd., Kelme and the return of Hunan Corun New Energy co. ltd.{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.voc.com.cn/sxdsb/html/2013-01/08/content_610895.htm?div=-1 |title=湘涛备战加一鞭子|publisher=epaper.voc.com.cn |date=2013-01-08|access-date=2015-07-15}}

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Hunan declined in the mid-2010s and were relegated back to League Two in 2016.

The team have played in several stadiums throughout their history. When they were formed they predominantly

used the 55,000-seat Helong Stadium in Changsha for their important matches. The more modest 6,000-seat Hunan Provincial People's Stadium which is also located in Changsha was used for their smaller games.{{cite web|title=Hunan Xiangtao FC|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/china-pr/hunan-xiangtao-fc/|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=25 December 2011}} With the club in financial difficulties the cost of renting the Helong Stadium led the team to move permanently into the Hunan Provincial People's Stadium. They started there when the club was reformed and they were playing in the third tier. When they won promotion back into the second tier, the Helong Stadium was an option for a brief period before 2011 when they have predominantly used the 20,000-seat Central South University Stadium in Changsha as their main stadium.{{cite web|title=Team's stadiums |url=http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/category-19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127002951/http://www.hnxiangtao.com/index.php/category-19.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |publisher=hnxiangtao.com , team website |access-date=25 December 2011 |language=zh }}

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• {{flagicon|China}} Li Kejia 26 December 2006 – 2008
• {{flagicon|China}} Men Wenfeng 2009
• {{flagicon|China}} Zhao Faqing 2009–19 December 2009
• {{flagicon|Croatia}} Miloš Hrstić 19 December 2009 – 1 November 2011
• {{flagicon|China}} Zhang Xu 1 November 2011 – 11 December 2012
• {{flagicon|Croatia}} Dražen Besek 11 December 2012 – 25 July 2013
• {{flagicon|China}} Huang Cheng (Caretaker) 25 July 2013 – 27 November 2014
• {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Aleksandar Stankov 27 November 2014 – 2 May 2015
• {{flagicon|China}} Zhang Xu (caretaker) 2 May 2015 – 6 August 2015
• {{flagicon|Macedonia}} Žikica Tasevski 6 August 2015 – 1 November 2015
• {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Tomaž Kavčič 30 November 2015 – 28 May 2016
• {{flagicon|China}} Huang Xiangdong (caretaker) 28 May 2016 – 31 December 2016
• {{flagicon|China}} Zhang Xu 1 January 2017 – 27 May 2017
• {{flagicon|BIH}} Vladimir Slišković 3 February 2017 – 26 August 2017
• {{flagicon|China}} Li Hongwu (caretaker) 27 May 2017 – 23 June 2017
• {{flagicon|Belgium}} Patrick de Wilde 23 June 2017 – 5 December 2017
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Pei Encai 22 February 2018 – 7 July 2018
• {{flagicon|China}} Sun Wei 7 July 2018 – 25 February 2019
• {{flagicon|China}} Tang Jing 25 February 2019 – 2 June 2020
• {{flagicon|China}} Wang Chen 2 June 2020 – 31 December 2020
• {{flagicon|China}} Jia Hong 1 January 2021 –

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All-time league rankings

• As of the end of 2019 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinachamp.html |title=China – List of Champions |date=20 March 2014 |access-date=7 May 2014 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704080845/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html |archive-date=July 4, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/5/8874/9F66EFC68267781C.shtml|title=湖南湘涛|publisher=sodasoccer.com |access-date=3 February 2014}}

• {{note|1|1}} In group stage.

Key

• China League Two (tier-III)
• Champions (1): 2009

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{{China League Two}}

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