Shanghai Shenxin F.C.

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{{lang|zh-Latn|Shànghǎi Shēnxīn}}
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| fullname = Shanghai Shenxin Football Club
{{lang|zh-hans|上海申鑫足球俱乐部}}

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2003|Jan|24}}

| dissolved = {{Start date and age|2020|Feb|3}}

| ground = Jinshan Football Stadium,
Shanghai

| capacity = 30,000

| chairman = Xu Guoliang ({{lang|zh-hans|徐国良}})

| manager = Zhu Jiong

| league = China League One

| season = 2019

| position = League One, 16th (relegated)

| current = 2017 Shanghai Shenxin F.C. season

| website = http://www.shenxinfc.sh.cn/

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Shanghai Shenxin Football Club ({{zh|s=上海申鑫|t=上海申鑫|p=Shànghǎi Shēnxīn}}) was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shanghai and their home stadium was the Jinshan Football Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. Their majority shareholder was Chinese real estate company Hengyuan Corporation.

The club was founded in 2003 as Shanghai Jinmao Football Club, later renamed Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club, before they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2003 league season. When the People's Liberation Army dismissed part of its sports branch, which included its football team the club became interested in acquiring it before ultimately buying their youth team. On April 2, 2004, a new club named Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan Football Club was established with players who had played for the Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club and the Bayi U-19 team. The club worked its way up to the top tier after coming runners-up in the second division during the 2009 league season and promotion to the Chinese Super League. The club name changed to "Nanchang Hengyuan Football Club" at 2010 summer, because the word "Bayi" (means People's Liberation Army) used by enterprise is prohibited from 2009.{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/10/0623/19/69SUQBVK00051C89.html |title=南昌更名告别"八一" 军旅无缘中国足球职业联赛 |publisher=sports.163.com |date=2010-06-23 |access-date=30 April 2012}} After almost eight years in Nanchang the club would decide to move back to Shanghai at the beginning of 2012 and renamed themselves Shanghai Shenxin Football Club.

History

File:Shanghai Shenxin2003.svg

In 2003 Shanghai Jinmao Football Club was founded in the Zhabei District of Shanghai by Jinmao Group and the local FA. Before the club was able to participate in the 2003 China League Two, Jinmao Group withdrew from the position of the main shareholder of the club, which was filled in by Shanghai real estate company Hengyuan Corporation, and the club was in turn renamed Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club. In their first season, they failed to reach the finals at the end of the campaign.{{cite web|url=http://wildeastfootball.net/2012/02/nanchang-hengyuan-moving-back-to-shanghai/ |title=Nanchang Hengyuan Moving Back to Shanghai? |publisher=wildeastfootball.net |date=February 12, 2012|access-date=30 April 2012}} During this period top-tier side Bayi FC were in financial difficulties. Shanghai Hengyuan were interested to taking over the entire club especially their position in the top tier of the Chinese football pyramid, however this was unable to be achieved because many of the first team had already left the club. Shanghai Hengyuan then concentrated on buying Bayi's youth team and on April 2, 2004, a new club named Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan Football Club was established with players who had played for the Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club and the Bayi U-19 team. The club moved to Nanchang, Jiangxi and play at the 26,000 seater Nanchang Bayi Stadium to take advantage of the region's lack of football representation, yet strong support. Playing at the bottom of the Chinese football pyramid in the third tier the club brought in Li Xiao to manage the team. He quickly guided the team to win the Yi League in 2005 and promotion to the Jia League.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china05.html |title=China 2005 |date=26 Oct 2006 |website=RSSSF |access-date=30 April 2012}} After this achievement Li Xiao became the club's vice-chairman. High-profile managers Zhou Suian and then Zhou Bo came to manage the team with little success. Li Xiao returned to manage the team until November 27, 2008, when he decided to resign at the end the season.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20081127/n260883900.shtml |title=南昌发表官方声明冲超失败老总及主帅李晓下课 |publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2008-11-27 |access-date=30 April 2012}}

The club then brought in Zhu Jiong who despite having a slow start to the season quickly guided the club to a runners-up position and promotion to the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. The club struggled to settle within the league, until Chen Zhizhao's ten league goals enabled the team to narrowly avoid relegation when they finished thirteenth within the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2010.html |title=China 2010 |date=10 Dec 2010 |website=RSSSF |access-date=30 April 2012}} In the following season the club had a contract dispute with Chen Zhizhao and they spent the whole season without their top goalscorer. Despite this they again just avoided relegation.{{cite web|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20110224/000932.htm |title=陈志钊下定决心不回头称仲裁失败也不回南昌 |publisher=sports.qq.com |date=2011-02-24 |access-date=30 April 2012}} With the team perpetual relegation contenders and constantly disappointing crowd support, the Hengyuan Corporation decided that it would be easier to bring the team back to Shanghai and closer to the company's headquarters. The club moved into 30,000 seater Jinshan Football Stadium at the beginning of the 2012 league campaign and was renamed Shanghai Shenxin Football Club.{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/12/0225/07/7R3H39E300051C89.html |title=南昌衡源新赛季迁往上海将更名为"上海申鑫" |publisher=sports.163.com |date=2012-02-25 |access-date=30 April 2012}}

After the renaming, the club struggled to stay afloat between the higher spending clubs in Shanghai, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG, and were relegated to the China League One following the 2015 season. In 2018 the club's owner Xu Guoliang and his company the Hengyuan Corporation would become embroiled in a bitter dispute with the Bank of Shanghai where he claimed that they had embezzled more than 20 billion yuan of his assets from his company and that now all of his assets were frozen.{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2020-02-14/doc-iimxxstf1503126.shtml|title=两年近20支球队相继退出资本"寒潮"侵袭中甲中乙|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2020-02-14 |access-date=2020-02-14}} With the club's owner in financial difficulties they would sell any player to remain afloat, however this resulted in their relegation at the end of the 2019 league season. With even more of a loss of revenue from being in the third tier the club would admit to the Chinese Football Association that they were in financial difficulties and were unable to pay the teams wages for the whole of the 2019 league season so they decided to disband on 3 February 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecfa.cn/lstz/20200204/28559.html|title=关于对中甲、中乙和中冠联赛俱乐部提交《2019年俱乐部全额支付教练员、运动员、工作人员工资奖金确认表》进行公示的通知|publisher=thecfa.cn|date=2020-02-04 |access-date=2020-02-14}}

Name history

2003: Shanghai Jinmao (上海金贸)
2003: Shanghai Hengyuan (上海衡源)
2004–2009: Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan (南昌八一衡源)
2010–2011: Nanchang Hengyuan (南昌衡源)
2012–: Shanghai Shenxin (上海申鑫)

Rivalries

The club's main rivals are against Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG whom they contest in the local Shanghai derby. The club's first top flight derby encounter occurred 12 May 2012 against Shenhua in a result that ended in a 0–0 draw.{{cite web|url= http://sports.sohu.com/20120512/n343034556.shtml |title= 阿内中柱乔尔伤退德比战申花0–0申鑫 |publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2012-05-12 |access-date=2015-09-21}} The following season Shenhua's long serving captain Yu Tao defected clubs, which enraged the Shenhua supporters and heated the rivalry between the two teams.{{cite web|url= http://wildeastfootball.net/2013/03/fowl-play-as-shenhua-strike-first-blood-in-shanghai-derby/ |title=Fowl play as Shenhua strike first-blood in Shanghai derby |publisher= wildeastfootball.net |date=2013-03-18 |access-date=2015-09-21}} The tie against Shanghai SIPG also contains strong links between the two teams. Players Jiang Zhipeng and Wang Jiayu had represented both teams before the two clubs met in their first derby on 2 June 2013, which resulted in a 6–1 victory to Shanghai SIPG.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20130602/n377763901.shtml |title=武磊帽子戏法吕文君2球东亚客战6–1申鑫 |publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2013-06-02 |access-date=2015-09-21}} The club's geographical location has opened them up to rivalries with neighbouring clubs Hangzhou Greentown F.C. and Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. where they contest in a fixture called the Yangtze Delta Derby.{{cite web|url=http://wildeastfootball.net/2015/02/attending-a-shanghai-shenhua-match-a-first-time-visitors-guide/|title= Attending A Shanghai Shenhua Match: A First Time Visitor's Guide |publisher= wildeastfootball.net |date=2015-02-11 |access-date=2015-09-21}}

Managerial History

{{updated|4 February 2020}} {{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/shanghai-shenxin/9/|title=Shanghai Shenxin » Manager history|publisher=worldfootball.net|access-date=2015-06-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/team_coaches.php?id=13281|title=Shanghai Shenxin|publisher=footballzz.co.uk|access-date=2015-06-16}}

{{flagicon|China}} Kai Zhao (2003)
{{flagicon|China}} Li Xiao (2004–05)
{{flagicon|China}} Zhou Sui (Dec 7, 2005 – Feb 8, 2006)
{{flagicon|China}} Zhu Bo (Jan 1, 2006 – April 26, 2006)
{{flagicon|China}} Li Xiao (2006–08)
{{flagicon|China}} Zhu Jiong (Jan 1, 2009 – July 7, 2013)
{{flagicon|China}} Guo Guangqi (interim) (July 7, 2013 – Nov 29, 2013)
{{flagicon|China}} Cheng Yaodong (Nov 30, 2013 – Sep 29,2014)
{{flagicon|China}} Guo Guangqi (Sep 29,2014 – Apr 13,2015)
{{flagicon|China}} Liu Junwei (Apr 13,2015 – Dec 4,2015)
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sang-ho (Dec 4,2015 – May 30, 2016)
{{flagicon|England}} Gary White (May 30, 2016 – Nov 23, 2016)
{{flagicon|Spain}} Juan Ignacio Martínez (Nov 23, 2016 – Nov 28, 2017)
{{flagicon|China}} Zhu Jiong (Dec 3, 2017 – Feb 4, 2020)

Honours

China League Two (tier III)
Champions (1): 2005

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html|title=China 2003|date=22 Feb 2013 |website=RSSSF|access-date=29 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/5/8885/FEFCE5FD31D1D977.shtml|script-title=zh:上海申鑫|publisher=sodasoccer.com |access-date=29 January 2014}}

Year !Div !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Match(es) lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !Pts !width=2%\|Pos. !width=4%\|FA Cup !width=2%\|Super Cup !width=2%\|AFC !Att./G !Stadium
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2003	3	10									DNQ	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ		Zhabei Stadium
2004	3	22	13	4	5	30	15	15	40{{ref\|1\|1}}	6[http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2013-04-30/398235_11.html 2004年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次] fa.org.cn 2013-04-30 Retrieved 2016-03-04	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		align=center rowspan=8 \|Nanchang Bayi Stadium
2005	3	19	11	4	4	27	15	12	27{{ref\|1\|1}}	bgcolor=#FFD700\|W	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2006	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	24	4	8	12	11	27	−16	20	11	R1	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ
2007	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	24	10	6	8	26	26	0	36	5	{{grey\|NH}}	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ
2008	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	24	11	9	4	37	24	13	42	bgcolor=#FFA500\|3	{{grey\|NH}}	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ
2009	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	24	14	5	5	48	22	26	47	bgcolor=#C0C0C0\|RU	{{grey\|NH}}	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ
2010	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	8	8	14	33	35	−2	32	13	{{grey\|NH}}	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ	11,680
2011	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	8	5	17	20	41	−21	29	14	R3	{{grey\|NH}}	DNQ	10,462
2012	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	6	12	12	36	35	1	30	15	R3	DNQ	DNQ	11,597	Jinshan Football Stadium
2013	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	11	7	12	31	42	−11	40	7	R4	DNQ	DNQ	8,559	Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
2014	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	9	6	15	26	42	−16	33	11	QF	DNQ	DNQ	10,115	Jinshan Football Stadium
2015	bgcolor=#D0F0C0\|1	30	4	5	21	30	70	−40	17	bgcolor=#ffcccc\|16	R3	DNQ	DNQ	7,028	Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
2016	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	12	4	14	54	48	6	40	10	R4	DNQ	DNQ	3,816	align=center rowspan=4 \|Jinshan Football Stadium
2017	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	10	10	10	53	42	11	40	7	bgcolor=#FFA500\|SF	DNQ	DNQ	5,031
2018	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	11	4	15	37	45	−8	37	11	R4	DNQ	DNQ	3,695
2019	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	3	3	24	30	82	−52	12	bgcolor=#ffcccc\|16	R5	DNQ	DNQ	1,820

{{note|1|Note 1}}: in group stage

Key

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bgcolor="#D0F0C0" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China top division
bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China second division
bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China third division
bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" \| W \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Winners
bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" \| RU \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Runners-up
bgcolor="#FFA500" width="20" \| 3 \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Third place
bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Relegated

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bgcolor="#D0F0C0" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China top division

bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China second division

bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China third division

bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" | W

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Winners

bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" | RU

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Runners-up

bgcolor="#FFA500" width="20" | 3