Shanghai Zobon F.C.
Full name | Shanghai Zobon Football Club | ||
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Founded | ? | ||
Dissolved | 27 December 2012 | ||
Ground | Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium, Shanghai, China | ||
Capacity | 16,000 | ||
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Shanghai Zobon F.C. (Chinese:
History[edit]
Formation[edit]
The club was founded near the turn of the century as Shanghai The 9 by Zhu Jun, the CEO of The9 Limited and finished 4th in the 2003 China Amateur Football League. The following season would see the club merge with professional Chinese Yi league club Shanghai Tianna, and the new club would breeze through the third tier without losing a single game while winning the play-offs of the China League Two and gaining promotion to China League One at the end of the season.[1] The club's first season in the second tier would see them finish ninth position within the league.[2] Throughout the season the club's owner wanted to unify the team by renaming the team Shanghai United, however the team's lack of immediate success saw Zhu Jun abandon these plans so he could take over top tier Chinese side Shanghai Zobon instead.[3]
Separation from Zhu Jun[edit]
In 2005, Zhu Jun and The9 Limited purchased Shanghai Zobon, a top tier Chinese Super League team and renamed the club Shanghai United instead and tried to merge the two clubs, however except for five players such as star midfielders Qi Hong and Jiang Kun, the rest of the players at the old Shanghai The 9 could not join the new Shanghai United, due to transfer rules in Chinese football. The remainder of the old Shanghai The 9 was bought by the Euro-China Group (Chinese:
Starting over again[edit]
On January 28, 2011 Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. bought significant shares of the club for 5 million Yuan and thus began to merge the two clubs, while taking over the club's place in China League One.[4] The former youth and reserve players were still allowed to play under the club's name in the third tier of Chinese football. This saw Cheng Yaodong brought in to manage the team in the 2011 league campaign where he guided them to a fifth-place finish. He stayed on for another season until the management decided sell-off the remaining youth team players to Shanghai East Asia F.C. on December 27, 2012, that eventually marks the end of the club.[5]
Name history[edit]
- –2005: Shanghai The 9 (
上海 九 城 ) - 2006–2007: Shanghai Stars (
上海 群 英 ) - 2008: Wuxi Zobon (无锡
中 邦 ) - 2009–2012: Shanghai Zobon (
上海 中 邦 )
Honours[edit]
League
- Chinese Yi League (tier-III)
- Champions (1): 2004
Results[edit]
- As of the end of 2012 season
All-time League Rankings
Season | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Division | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Position | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 61 |
- ^1 in North Group
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "China 2004".
- ^ "China 2005".
- ^ "九城更名联城未有好运
主 场1-1遭河南 建 业逼平 -搜 狐 体育 ". - ^ "
西部 足 球 2011迎 中 甲 新 军 贵州智 诚成功 收 购中邦 ". 29 January 2011. - ^ "东亚
收 回 中 邦 小 队根 宝 证实战怡麟转会 达口头协议--上海 东亚足 球 俱乐部 官 方 网站--上海 热线". Archived from the original on 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Chinese) (archived 7 July 2011)
- Shanghai Zobon F.C. at Sina.com (in Chinese)