Suzhou Dongwu F.C.

Suzhou Dongwu Football Club (Chinese: 苏州东吴足球俱乐部) is a Chinese professional football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Suzhou Dongwu primarily plays its home matches at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Suzhou Industrial Park.

Suzhou Dongwu
Sūzhōu Dōngwú
苏州东吴

Full name	Suzhou Dongwu Football Club 苏州东吴足球俱乐部
Founded	29 May 2008; 15 years ago (2008-05-29)
Ground	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Capacity	40,933
Manager	Kim Dae-eui
League	China League One
2023	China League One, 14th of 16
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was established on 29 May 2008 as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 苏州锦富). They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country, which have won China Amateur Football League in 2012 and, after changing their name to Suzhou Dongwu, again in 2015^[1]–––the latter of which would earn them promotion to 2016 China League Two.^[2] At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes.^[3]

In the 2019 China League Two season the club finished fourth and despite this not being enough to gain promotion, China League One side Sichuan Longfor disbanded due to financial problems and Suzhou were promoted to the 2020 China League One.^[4]

Name history

• 2008–2014 Suzhou Jinfu F.C. 苏州锦富
• 2015– Suzhou Dongwu F.C. 苏州东吴

Crest history

•  
  Suzhou Jinfu logo used between 2008 and 2014
•  
  Suzhou Dongwu logo used in 2015
•  
  Suzhou Dongwu logo used between 2016 and 2017
•  
  Suzhou Dongwu logo used since 2018

Players

Current squad

As of 27 February 2024

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 Liu Yu 2 DF   CHN Wang Xijie 3 DF   CHN Shang Kefeng 4 DF   KOR Yeon Jei-min 5 DF   CHN Xu Wu 6 FW   CHN Dong Honglin 7 FW   BRA João Leonardo 8 MF   CHN Gao Dalun 9 FW   BRA Leonardo 10 MF   CHN Zhang Lingfeng 11 MF   CHN Zhang Jingzhe 14 DF   CHN Hang Jiajun 15 DF   CHN Hu Haoyue 16 MF   CHN Xu Chunqing 17 MF   CHN Jin Shang (on loan from Shenzhen Peng City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   CHN Liang Weipeng 20 FW   CHN Qeyser Adiljan 21 GK   CHN Li Xinyu 22 MF   CHN Tan Jinbo 23 DF   HKG Clement Benhaddouche 24 MF   CHN Xie Xiaofan 25 MF   CHN Yu Bo 27 FW   CHN Duan Dezhi (on loan from Beijing Guoan) 28 MF   CHN Deng Yubiao 29 MF   CHN Xu Tianyuan 35 DF   CHN Xiang Rongjun (on loan from Shanghai Port) 39 MF   CHN Ren Jiayi 41 GK   CHN Guo Tong 42 FW   CHN Anfal Yaremati 44 MF   CHN Dilxat Ablimit

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF   CHN Yuan Zheng (at Wuxi Wugou until 31 December 2024)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF   CHN Yuan Zheng (at   Wuxi Wugo until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Kim Dae-eui^[5]
Goalkeeping coach	Fan Heping
Conditioning coach	Deng Zhanpeng

Source: CFA

Managerial history

•   Tang Bo (2012–2016)
•   Kazuo Uchida (2017–2018)
•   Liu Junwei (2019–2020)^[6]
•   Gary White (2020–2022)
•   Lu Bofei (2022–2023)
•   Niu Hongli (2023)
•   Kim Dae-eui (2024–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.^[7]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2012	4									W	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2013	4									10	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2014	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	-	–	R4	DNQ	DNQ		Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium
2015	4									W	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Suzhou University Stadium
2016	3	20	4	7	9	12	20	−8	19	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ	728	Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium
2017	3	24	12	5	7	28	16	12	41	11	R4	DNQ	DNQ	1,115	Suzhou City Stadium
2018	3	28	10	10	8	27	31	−4	40	12	R4	DNQ	DNQ	2,062
2019	3	30	21	4	5	54	17	37	67	4	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2020	2	15	4	3	8	12	20	-8	15	10	R2	DNQ	DNQ
2021	2	34	7	11	16	36	53	-17	32	13	R3	DNQ	DNQ
2022	2	34	16	7	11	42	33	9	55	6	R3	DNQ	DNQ		Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre

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

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3. 苏州东吴2018赛季主客场球衣 (in Chinese). kitstown.com. 10 February 2018. from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
4. "没有奇迹！四川FC主动放弃中甲资格 成立6年后宣告解散" (in Chinese). sports.qq.com. 15 January 2020. from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
5. "中甲联赛第二阶段第3轮综述——冲超保级形势尚待明朗 争夺中激烈谨慎相互交织" (in Chinese). thecfa.cn. 2 November 2020. from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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