2016 Jiangsu Suning F.C. season

The 2016 Jiangsu Suning F.C. season is the club's eighth consecutive season in Chinese Super League. On 21 December 2015 the club was purchased by Suning Commerce Group for ¥523 million and changed their name as Jiangsu Suning F.C.[1] Jiangsu Suning are also competing in the 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup, 2016 Chinese FA Cup, and the 2016 AFC Champions League.

Jiangsu Suning F.C.

2016 season
Owner	Suning Commerce Group
Manager	Dan Petrescu
Stadium	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Super League	2nd
FA Super Cup	Runner-up
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 29 February 2016 [2]

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 Gu Chao 2 DF  CHN Li Ang 5 DF  CHN Zhou Yun 6 DF  AUS Trent Sainsbury 7 MF  BRA Ramires 8 MF  CHN Liu Jianye 9 FW  BRA Jô 10 MF  BRA Alex Teixeira 11 MF  CHN Xie Pengfei 12 MF  CHN Zhang Xiaobin 13 FW  CHN Tao Yuan 14 FW  CHN Qu Cheng 15 MF  CHN Cao Kang 16 MF  CRO Sammir 17 DF  CHN Xu Youzhi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  CHN Zhang Wei 19 MF  CHN Yang Hao 20 MF  CHN Zhang Xinlin 21 MF  CHN Li Zhichao 22 MF  CHN Wu Xi (captain) 23 DF  CHN Ren Hang 24 MF  CHN Ji Xiang 25 GK  CHN Jiang Hao 28 DF  CHN Yang Xiaotian 29 MF  CHN Yang Jiawei 30 GK  CHN Zhang Sipeng 32 DF  CHN Liu Wei 33 FW  CHN Gu Wenxiang 34 MF  CHN Cao Wen 40 FW  CHN Ge Wei

Transfers

In January, Jiangsu Suning broke their transfer fee record twice in the same window, with a fee of £25 million paid for Ramires from Chelsea F.C., and later fellow Brazilian Alex Teixeira for a fee of €50 million (£37 million) from Shakhtar Donetsk

Winter

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Source
GK	Gu Chao	Hangzhou Greentown F.C.	€7,000,000	[3]
MF	Yang Jiawei	Shanghai Shenxin	€6,750,000	[4]
MF	Li Zhichao	Henan Jianye	€2,000,000	[5]
RW	Xie Pengfei	Hangzhou Greentown F.C.	€4,000,000	[6]
MF	Ramires	Chelsea	€28,000,000	[7]
AM	Alex Teixeira	Shakhtar Donetsk	€50,000,000	[8]
ST	Jô	Al Shabab	€2,000,000	[9]
CB	Trent Sainsbury	PEC Zwolle	€1,000,000	[10]
DF	Liu Wei	Reserve squad		[11]

Winter

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Source
RW	Sun Ke	Tianjin Quanjian F.C.	€9,000,000	[12]
ST	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Malmö FF	€325,000	[13]
ST	Édison Toloza	Junior F.C.	Free transfer
GK	Deng Xiaofei	Chongqing Lifan	Free transfer	[14]
RW	Bari Mamatil	Qingdao Huanghai F.C.	Free transfer	[15]
CB	Sölvi Ottesen	Wuhan Zall	Free transfer	[16]
DF	Miao Ming	Baoding Yingli Yitong
MF	Lu Bofei	End of career

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Chinese Super League	10	6	3	1	14	5	+9	060.00
Chinese FA Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Champions League	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	033.33
Total	17	8	6	3	24	14	+10	047.06

Updated to match played 21 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Chinese FA Super Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 February 2016	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2–0	Jiangsu Suning	Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing
19:35 UTC+8	Goulart  14', 39'	Report		Attendance: 50,380 Referee: Tan Hai (Beijing)

Chinese Super League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

5 March 2016 1	Jiangsu Suning	3–0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Nanjing
19:05 CST	Ramires  3' Teixeira  66', 85'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 48,759 Referee: Fan Qi

11 March 2016 2	Jiangsu Suning	2–1	Yanbian Funde	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Zhang Xiaobin  36' Li Ang  71'	Report	Yoon Bit-Garam  61'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 35,193 Referee: Lin Jun

2 April 2016 3	Hebei China Fortune	1–1	Jiangsu Suning	Qinhuangdao
18:35 CST	Mbia  59'	Report	Ramires  22'	Stadium: Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 24,368 Referee: Wang Zhe

9 April 2016 4	Henan Jianye	0–1	Jiangsu Suning	Zhangzhou
18:35 CST		Report	Ji Xiang  87'	Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 21,233 Referee: Huang Yejun

16 April 2016 5	Jiangsu Suning	2–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Ren Hang  83', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 45,418 Referee: Zhou Gang

23 April 2016 6	Guangzhou R&F	1–1	Jiangsu Suning	Guangzhou
14:30 CST	Zeng Chao  82'	Report	Jô  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 10,978 Referee: Lin Liu

29 April 2016 7	Jiangsu Suning	2–0	Changchun Yatai	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Ren Hang  8' Ji Xiang  52'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 35,069 Referee: Chen Gang

8 May 2016 8	Beijing Guoan	1–2	Jiangsu Suning	Beijing
18:35 UTC+8	Zhao Hejing  24'	Report	Sammir  14' Li Ang  64'	Stadium: Workers' Stadium Attendance: 41,755 Referee: Hei Xiaohu

14 May 2016 9	Jiangsu Suning	0–0	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Nanjing
18:35 CST		Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 37,513 Referee: Ai Kun

21 May 2016 10	Tianjin Teda	1–0	Jiangsu Suning	Tianjin
18:35 UTC+8	Diagne  24'	Report		Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Attendance: 26,568 Referee: Fan Qi

29 May 2016 11	Jiangsu Suning	1–1	Hangzhou Greentown	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Jô  27'	Report	Cahill  88'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 36,233 Referee: Gu Chunhan

12 June 2016 12	Shanghai SIPG	1–2	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai
18:35 UTC+8	Gyan  62'	Report	Ramires  20' Jô  68' (pen.)	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 32,426 Referee: Hai Tan

18 June 2016 13	Jiangsu Suning	2–1	Chongqing Lifan	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Liu Yu  58' (o.g.) Teixeira  90+3'	Report	Wang Dong  45+1'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 35,619 Referee: Chen Gang

25 June 2016 14	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2–0	Jiangsu Suning	Guangzhou
18:35 CST	Goulart  24' Alan  28'	Report		Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,631 Referee: Huang Yejun

2 July 2016 15	Jiangsu Suning	4–3	Liaoning Whowin	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Shi Xiaotian  10' (o.g.) Ramires  25' Jô  36' Ji Xiang  70'	Report	Zhang Ye  30' Thwaite  44' Chamanga  46'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 31,579 Referee: Shen Yinhao

9 July 2016 16	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2–1	Jiangsu Suning	Jinan
18:35 UTC+8	Montillo  57', 74'	Report	Jô  8'	Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 20,017 Referee: Zhang Long

16 July 2016 17	Yanbian Funde	3–0	Jiangsu Suning	Yanji
14:30 UTC+8	Kim Seung-dae  49' Trawally  68' Exmetjan Ekber  77'	Report		Stadium: Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium Attendance: 18,756 Referee: Gu Chunhan

20 July 2016 18	Jiangsu Suning	4–0	Hebei China Fortune	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Martínez  12', 57' Wu Xi  23' Sainsbury  70'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 36,523 Referee: Wang Zhe

24 July 2016 19	Jiangsu Suning	4–1	Henan Jianye	Nanjing
14:30 CST	Teixeira  50' Hong Jeong-ho  62' Martínez  68' (pen.) Ji Xiang  76'	Report	Zhong Jinbao  79'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 35,172 Referee: Zhang Lei

30 July 2016 20	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	3–2	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai
18:35 UTC+8	Guarín  29' (pen.), 80' Martins  59'	Report	Martínez  21', 42'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 23,969 Referee: Ma Li

15 June 2016 21	Jiangsu Suning	1–1	Guangzhou R&F	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Teixeira  79'	Report	Giannou  75'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 28,923 Referee: Zhang Long

14 August 2016 22	Changchun Yatai Shenhua	1–2	Jiangsu Suning	Changchun
14:30 UTC+8	Moreno  62'	Report	Sainsbury  28' Teixeira  43'	Stadium: Development Area Stadium Attendance: 15,683 Referee: Li Haixin

20 August 2016 23	Jiangsu Suning	2–1	Beijing Guoan	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Martínez  45+3', 76'	Report	Yılmaz  10'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 45,377 Referee: Lin Jun

11 September 2016 24	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	1–6	Jiangsu Suning	Shijiazhuang
15:00 UTC+8	Drogbinha  48'	Report	Ji Xiang  30' Teixeira  34' (pen.), 54', 90+3' Martínez  85' Jiang Jihong  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Yutong International Sports Center Attendance: 19,415 Referee: Fan Qi

17 September 2016 25	Jiangsu Suning	2–0	Tianjin Teda	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Xie Pengfei  13' Teixeira  61'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 36,817 Referee: Gu Chunhan

25 September 2016 26	Hangzhou Greentown	3–0	Jiangsu Suning	Hangzhou
18:35 UTC+8	Anselmo Ramon  (33) Cheng Mouyi  88'	Report		Stadium: Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium Attendance: 11,018 Referee: Wang Jin

15 October 2016 27	Jiangsu Suning	2–1	Shanghai SIPG	Nanjing
18:35 CST	Teixeira  47' Wu Xi  52'	Report	Hulk  64'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 48,693 Referee: Wang Zhe

22 October 2016 28	Chongqing Lifan	2–2	Jiangsu Suning	Hangzhou
18:35 UTC+8	Wu Qing  48' Alan Kardec  80'	Report	Martínez  19', 57'	Stadium: Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium Attendance: 31,569 Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

30 October 2016 29	Jiangsu Suning	2–0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Nanjing
15:00 CST	Xie Pengfei  76' Hong Jeong-ho  89'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 47,955 Referee: Huang Yejun

5 November 2016 30	Liaoning Whowin	1–0	Jiangsu Suning	Shenyang
15:00 UTC+8	Lukimya  70'	Report		Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 22,739 Referee: Wang Zhe

Overall placement

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C)	30	19	7	4	62	19	+43	64	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Jiangsu Suning	30	17	6	7	53	33	+20	57
3	Shanghai SIPG	30	14	10	6	56	32	+24	52	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua[lower-alpha 1]	30	12	12	6	46	31	+15	48
5	Beijing Guoan	30	11	10	9	34	26	+8	43

Source: Sina Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs round as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Jiangsu Suning are 2016 Chinese FA Cup finalists.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	3	1	14	5	+9	21	4	1	0	9	1	+8	2	2	1	5	4	+1

Last updated: 21 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Chinese FA Cup

11 May 2016 Third round	Wuhan Hongxing	0–3 Awarded[upper-alpha 1]	Jiangsu Suning	Wuhan
15:30 CST		Report	Ge Wei  90+7'	Stadium: Hankou Cultural Sports Centre Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Kou Jianxun

28 June 2016 Fourth round	Shanghai Shenxin	0–3	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai
19:35 CST		Report	Ramires  47' Jô  87' Wu Xi  89'	Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Zhou Gang

13 July 2016 Fifth round, 1st leg	Henan Jianye	2–1	Jiangsu Suning	Zhengzhou
19:35 CST	Patiño  41' Ivo  54'	Report	Teixeira  82' (pen.)	Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 13,133 Referee: Wang Zhe

27 July 2016 Fifth round, 2nd leg	Jiangsu Suning	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Henan Jianye	Changzhou
19:35 CST	Teixeira  13', 69' Ji Xiang  109'	Report	Ivo  50'	Stadium: Changzhou Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 30,706 Referee: Lin Jun

17 August 2016 Semi-final, 1st leg	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–3	Jiangsu Suning	Shanghai
19:35 CST	Martins  21', 90+3'	Report	Teixeira  54', 80' Wu Xi  55'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 23,848 Referee: Huang Yejun

21 September 2016 Semi-final, 2nd leg	Jiangsu Suning	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Nanjing
19:35 CST	Wu Xi  76'	Report		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 45,729 Referee: Zhou Gang

20 November 2016 Final, 1st leg	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	1–1	Jiangsu Suning	Guangzhou
19:35 CST	Goulart  9'	Report	Teixeira  64'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,562 Referee: Huang Yejun

27 November 2016 Final, 2nd leg	Jiangsu Suning	2–2 (3–3 agg.)	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Nanjing
19:00 CST	Martínez  7', 73'	Report	Paulinho  45+2' Huang Bowen  81'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 58,331 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

AFC Champions League

For winning the Chinese FA Cup in the previous year, Jiangsu Suning have qualified for the Group Stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League. Jiangsu Suning were drawn in Group E with Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Japan team FC Tokyo, and Becamex Bình Dương from Vietnam. They were eliminated after a draw kept them with nine points, just one point below Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and FC Tokyo.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JHM	TOK	JIA	BBD
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–2	2–0
2	FC Tokyo	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10			0–3	—	0–0	3–1
3	Jiangsu Suning	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	9			3–2	1–2	—	3–0
4	Becamex Binh Duong	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4			3–2	1–2	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

23 February 2016	Becamex Bình Dương	1–1	Jiangsu Suning	Gò Đậu Stadium, Thủ Dầu Một
17:00 UTC+7	Nguyễn Anh Đức  28' (pen.)	Report	Ji Xiang  13'	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

1 March 2016	Jiangsu Suning	3–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing
20:00 UTC+8	Teixeira  16' Jô  65' Wu Xi  69'	Report	Lee Dong-gook  62' Sainsbury  86' (o.g.)	Attendance: 34,175 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 March 2016	FC Tokyo	0–0	Jiangsu Suning	Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
19:30 UTC+9		Report		Attendance: 10,265 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

6 April 2016	Jiangsu Suning	1–2	FC Tokyo	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing
20:00 UTC+8	Jô  34' (pen.)	Report	Morishige  30', 83'	Attendance: 45,065 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

20 April 2016	Jiangsu Suning	3–0	Becamex Bình Dương	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing
20:00 UTC+8	Wu Xi  6' Jô  8' Ji Xiang  81'	Report		Attendance: 33,430 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

4 May 2016	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2	Jiangsu Suning	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
19:00 UTC+9	Leonardo  19' Lim Jong-eun  69'	Report	Teixeira  24' Jô  54'	Attendance: 17,312 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Notes

1. Chinese Football Association awarded Jiangsu a 3–0 win as a result of the players and staff of Wuhan Hongxing attacked and injured the players of Jiangsu after the match, and Wuhan Hongxing used ineligible players to play in the match. The match originally ended 1–0 to Jiangsu.[17]

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External links

• Official website (in Chinese)