On February 25, 2011, the club was founded by Smart Hero International Trading Limited (骏豪投资有限公司), Xiamen Dongyuhang Import & Export Co., Ltd. (厦门东屿行进出口有限公司), Xiamen City HS Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd. (厦门协晟工贸有限公司) and Xiamen City Shengxin Metal Products Co., Ltd. (厦门金盛鑫金属制),[1][2] on the basis of local amateur club Xiamen Dongyuhang, which just won the runners-up spot of China Amateur Football League last year, as Fujian Smart Hero F.C. (Chinese: 福建骏豪足球俱乐部). Within their debut season they played in the China League Two division within the 2011 league season where their home uniforms were yellow tops and black shorts. Fujian in their first season would win promotion to the 2012 China League One division via the League One relegation play-off in which Fujian beat Guizhou Zhicheng 6–5 in a penalty shootout.[3]
In the 2012 China League One campaign Xu Hui was appointed as manager and he would lead the club to a third-place finish. This saw Yongchang Real Estate (Chinese: 永昌地产集团) interested in the team and they bought 70% shares of the club, which officially went through on January 18, 2013.[4] The club moved to Hebei Province's capital city Shijiazhuang into the Yutong International Sports Center, changed the club's colors to blue and the team's name into Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao F.C. (Chinese: 石家庄永昌骏豪足球俱乐部). On December 27, 2013 Yongchang Real Estate bought the remaining 30% shares of the club and on February 24, 2014 Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao F.C. changed their name to Shijiazhuang Yongchang F.C.(Chinese: 石家庄永昌足球俱乐部).[5][6] In the 2014 league season Shijiazhuang Yongchang won promotion to the top tier in the first time in their history when they came runners-up within their division. The club's first act within the top flight was to change their English name to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (while their Chinese name still remained as 石家庄永昌) in January 2015.
The club's debut season within the top tier saw the club's manager Yasen Petrov able to guide the team to seventh in the league and safely away from relegation at the end of the 2015 league season.[7] The following campaign would prove to be considerably more difficult and Yasen Petrov was relieved of his position on 14 July 2016 and replaced by Li Jinyu on a caretaker basis, after a run of bad form saw the club in a relegation battle.[8] The club were relegated at the end of the 2016 Chinese Super League season and on 7 November 2016 brought in Afshin Ghotbi as their new coach for the following season.[9] Fortunately, they remained contenders for promotion in the next few seasons, but despite earning third place in 2017, they failed to win promotion for the next two years.
They were promoted again in 2019 but finished last in the 2020 relegation tournament. They escaped relegation when Super League team Jiangsu F.C. dissolved in 2021. They were renamed as Cangzhou Mighty Lions, the same year Chinese FA sought to remove corporation names from team names.
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Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club simplified Chinese 沧州雄狮 traditional Chinese 滄州雄獅 pinyin Cangzhōu Xiongshi is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association CFA The team is based in Cangzhou Hebei and their home stadium is the Cangzhou Stadium that has a seating capacity of 31 836 Their majority shareholder is the Yongchang Real Estate who own 70 of the shares of the club Cangzhou Mighty Lions沧州雄狮Full nameCangzhou Mighty Lions Football ClubFounded25 February 2011 12 years ago 2011 02 25 GroundCangzhou StadiumCapacity31 836OwnerZhang HuafangChairmanLi XiaopengManagerZhao JunzheLeagueChinese Super League2022Super League 12th of 18WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Name history 3 Current squad 3 1 First team squad 3 2 Reserve squad 3 3 Out on loan 4 Coaching staff 4 1 Managerial history 5 Honours 5 1 League 6 Results 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditOn February 25 2011 the club was founded by Smart Hero International Trading Limited 骏豪投资有限公司 Xiamen Dongyuhang Import amp Export Co Ltd 厦门东屿行进出口有限公司 Xiamen City HS Sheng Industrial Co Ltd 厦门协晟工贸有限公司 and Xiamen City Shengxin Metal Products Co Ltd 厦门金盛鑫金属制 1 2 on the basis of local amateur club Xiamen Dongyuhang which just won the runners up spot of China Amateur Football League last year as Fujian Smart Hero F C Chinese 福建骏豪足球俱乐部 Within their debut season they played in the China League Two division within the 2011 league season where their home uniforms were yellow tops and black shorts Fujian in their first season would win promotion to the 2012 China League One division via the League One relegation play off in which Fujian beat Guizhou Zhicheng 6 5 in a penalty shootout 3 In the 2012 China League One campaign Xu Hui was appointed as manager and he would lead the club to a third place finish This saw Yongchang Real Estate Chinese 永昌地产集团 interested in the team and they bought 70 shares of the club which officially went through on January 18 2013 4 The club moved to Hebei Province s capital city Shijiazhuang into the Yutong International Sports Center changed the club s colors to blue and the team s name into Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao F C Chinese 石家庄永昌骏豪足球俱乐部 On December 27 2013 Yongchang Real Estate bought the remaining 30 shares of the club and on February 24 2014 Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao F C changed their name to Shijiazhuang Yongchang F C Chinese 石家庄永昌足球俱乐部 5 6 In the 2014 league season Shijiazhuang Yongchang won promotion to the top tier in the first time in their history when they came runners up within their division The club s first act within the top flight was to change their English name to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F C while their Chinese name still remained as 石家庄永昌 in January 2015 The club s debut season within the top tier saw the club s manager Yasen Petrov able to guide the team to seventh in the league and safely away from relegation at the end of the 2015 league season 7 The following campaign would prove to be considerably more difficult and Yasen Petrov was relieved of his position on 14 July 2016 and replaced by Li Jinyu on a caretaker basis after a run of bad form saw the club in a relegation battle 8 The club were relegated at the end of the 2016 Chinese Super League season and on 7 November 2016 brought in Afshin Ghotbi as their new coach for the following season 9 Fortunately they remained contenders for promotion in the next few seasons but despite earning third place in 2017 they failed to win promotion for the next two years They were promoted again in 2019 but finished last in the 2020 relegation tournament They escaped relegation when Super League team Jiangsu F C dissolved in 2021 They were renamed as Cangzhou Mighty Lions the same year Chinese FA sought to remove corporation names from team names Name history Edit2011 12 Fujian Smart Hero 福建骏豪 2013 Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao 石家庄永昌骏豪 2014 Shijiazhuang Yongchang 石家庄永昌 2015 2020 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 石家庄永昌 2021 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 沧州雄狮 Current squad EditFirst team squad Edit As of 21 January 2023 10 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK CHN Sun Jianxiang3 DF CHN Cao Haiqing5 DF CHN Yan Zihao6 DF CHN Yang Yun7 MF CHN Zang Yifeng8 MF CHN Lin Chuangyi10 FW COD Oscar Maritu11 FW CHN Bughrahan Skandar12 MF CHN Luo Jing13 DF ZAM Stoppila Sunzu14 GK CHN Shao Puliang16 DF CHN Zheng Kaimu17 MF CHN Piao Shihao20 FW CHN Liu Xinyu No Pos Nation Player21 DF CHN Jiang Zhe22 MF CHN Guo Hao23 FW CHN Yang Yiming24 FW CHN He Youzu25 MF CHN Zhang Yue26 MF CHN Guo Yunqi27 MF CHN Ma Fuyu28 DF CHN Yang Xiaotian29 GK CHN Han Feng30 DF CHN Liu Yang31 MF CHN Chen Zhongliu33 MF CHN Zhang Xiangshuo40 MF KAZ Georgy Zhukov44 MF NED Deabeas Owusu SekyereReserve squad Edit This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2023 As of 7 March 2019 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player41 GK CHN Lu Hantao42 MF CHN Sun Xuelong43 MF CHN Mao Ziyu47 MF CHN Wu Xiaotian48 MF CHN Wang Chunkai49 DF CHN Zhang Hongkui50 MF CHN Pei Ziqi51 DF CHN Li Fengyin52 FW CHN Li Xun No Pos Nation Player53 DF CHN Chen Yuhang54 GK CHN Long Tengyi58 GK CHN Liu Wei59 DF CHN Lu Hongchen62 MF CHN Wang Shen64 DF CHN Zhang Yifeng MF CHN Zhang Aokai DF CHN Yan ZihaoOut on loan Edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player FW CHN Liu Ziming at Liaoning Shenyang Urban until 31 December 2022 Coaching staff EditPosition StaffHead coach Zhao JunzheAssistant coach Su JingyuGoalkeeper coach Aleksandar KocicConditioning coach Christos SotiriouTechnical analyst Lu HongchenTechnical director Peter VagenasSource sina com Managerial history Edit Managers who have coached the club since they became a completely professional unit on February 25 2011 11 12 Zhao Tuqiang 2011 Xu Hui 2012 May 14 2013 Xu Tao interim May 14 2013 June 30 2013 Li Shubin Jun 30 2013 Dec 12 2013 Yasen Petrov Dec 12 2013 14 Jul 2016 Li Jinyu caretaker 14 Jul 2016 7 Nov 2016 Afshin Ghotbi 7 Nov 2016 3 Sep 2018 Yasen Petrov 8 Sep 2018 19 Jul 2019 Afshin Ghotbi 20 Jul 2019 6 Sep 2021 Liu Yan caretaker 6 Sep 2021 3 Nov 2021 Svetozar Sapuric 4 Nov 2021 20 February 2023 Zhao Junzhe 21 February 2023 Honours EditLeague Edit China League One 13 Runners up 1 2014Results EditAll time League RankingsAs of the end of 2019 season 14 15 Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att G Stadium2011 3 26 13 9 4 32 16 16 391 3 DNE DNQ DNQ Longyan Sports Center2012 2 30 12 10 8 41 32 9 46 3 R2 DNQ DNQ 4 142 Fuzhou Stadium Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium2013 2 30 10 10 10 26 25 1 40 8 R3 DNQ DNQ 10 053 Yutong International Sports Center2014 2 30 17 6 7 42 25 17 57 RU R2 DNQ DNQ 11 2082015 1 30 8 15 7 34 31 3 39 7 R3 DNQ DNQ 25 0702016 1 30 7 9 14 28 53 25 30 16 R4 DNQ DNQ 22 5232017 2 30 14 12 4 48 34 14 54 3 R3 DNQ DNQ 16 2192018 2 30 12 9 9 43 38 5 45 6 R3 DNQ DNQ 12 4052019 2 30 18 2 10 59 42 17 56 RU R4 DNQ DNQ 17 4882020 1 20 5 7 8 23 29 6 22 162 R1 DNQ DNQ N A2021 1 22 6 6 10 25 32 7 24 11 R5 DNQ DNQ N A Cangzhou Stadium2022 1 22 11 11 12 47 51 4 44 12 QF DNQ DNQ N A 1 In group stage 2 Avoided relegation due to the dissolution of Jiangsu Suning Key China top division China second division China third divisionW WinnersRU Runners up3 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 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