Shanghai Sunfun F.C.

Football club
Shanghai Sunfun
Shànghǎi Shēnfàn
上海申梵
Full nameShanghai Sunfun Football Club
上海申梵足球俱乐部
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Dissolved2018
GroundFengxian Chemical Industry Park Sports Centre Stadium, Shanghai
ChairmanZhou Liang (周亮)
2018League Two, 26th
Home colours
Away colours

Shanghai Sunfun Football Club (Chinese: 上海申梵足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two. The team is based in Shanghai.

History

The club was originally founded in 2012 as Shanghai Sun & Fun F.C. (Chinese: 上海森梵足球俱乐部). On 30 December 2015, they changed their name to Shanghai Sunfun F.C. (Chinese: 上海申梵足球俱乐部).[1] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Shanghai Chen Yi Cup and the first place of southeast region final–group A successively.[2] Shanghai Sunfun finished the 4th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two.[3]

In 2018, the club's chairman and former football commentator, Zhou Liang, was arrested, and the club was dissolved afterwards.

Name history

  • 2012–2015 Shanghai Sun & Fun F.C. 上海森梵
  • 2015–2018 Shanghai Sunfun F.C. 上海申梵

Managerial history

  • China Cheng Liang (2016–2017)
  • Japan Teshima Atsushi (2018)
  • China Zhang Zhigang (2018)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.[4]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2016 4 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2017 3 24 5 4 15 21 53 -32 19 18 R3 DNQ DNQ Fengxian Chemical Industry Park Sports Centre Stadium
2018 3 28 3 2 23 18 79 -61 11 26 R2 DNQ DNQ 115

Key

  China top division
  China second division
  China third division
  China fourth division
W   Winners
RU   Runners-up
3   Third place
  Relegated
  • Pld = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
  • DNE = Did not enter
  • NH = Not held
  •  – = Does not exist
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • F = Final
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • Group = Group stage
  • GS2 = Second Group stage
  • QR1 = First Qualifying Round
  • QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
  • QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

References

  1. ^ "上海申梵足球俱乐部有限公司". Sohu. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ^ ""陈毅杯"足球赛圆满落幕 上海申梵队捧得冠军奖杯". Shanghai Online. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ "业余联赛总决赛落幕 博阳携手长安楚风申梵冲乙". Netease. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ^ "上海申梵" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.