Shanghai Port FC

Shanghai Port FC (Chinese: 上海海港足球俱乐部; pinyin: Shànghǎi hǎigǎng), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home stadium is the Pudong Football Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 37,000. Their owners are the Chinese group Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).

Shanghai Port FC
Full nameShanghai Port Football Club
上海海港足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)The Red Eagles (红鹰)
Founded25 December 2005 (25 December 2005)
GroundPudong Football Stadium
Capacity37,000
OwnerShanghai International Port Group
ChairmanZhang Min[1]
ManagerIvan Leko
LeagueChinese Super League
2020CSL, 4th of 16
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded on 25 December 2005 as Shanghai Dongya FC (Chinese: 东亚; pinyin: Dōngyà; lit. 'East Asia') by former Chinese international footballer Xu Genbao. The club used graduates from the Genbao Football Base, a football academy also founded by Xu, to form their first team as they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2006 league season. They worked their way up to the top tier and finished as league champions for the first time in the 2018 Chinese Super League season.

According to the Forbes report from 2015, Shanghai Port FC was the third-most valuable football club in China, with a club value of $159 million and an estimated revenue of $37 million.[2] According to the annual report of the parent company, the club had a revenue of CN¥565.7 million in 2015, as well as a net loss of CN¥41.5 million , total assets of CN¥286.8 million , and net assets of CN¥59.7 million .[3]

History

2005–2007: League Two

On 16 May 2000 former Chinese international football coach Xu Genbao founded the Genbao Football Base and enrolled 96 academy members born between 1988 and 1991, who were to be trained in the recently built Genbao Football Base Arena.[4]

Initially, Xu Genbao had no intention of establishing a professional football club. However, as the youngsters in the Base grew up, the lack of youth football competition in China prompt Xu to set up a football club so that his protégés could earn match experiences in professional football. On 25 December 2005, Shanghai Dongya Football Club was jointly established by Xu Genbao and Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd, with Xu Genbao being the club chairman. Xu appointed Claude Lowitz, a French youth coach in the Base, as the team manager.

With young players aged between 14 and 17, Shanghai Dongya competed in the 2006 China League Two, the third tier of the Chinese league system. The team played their home games at Genbao Football Base Arena training ground in Chongming, Shanghai, and eventually finished their first season at the seventh place. During the campaign Xu's players broke a few records during the season, with Cao Yunding being the youngest Chinese goalscorer aged 16 years and 242 days,[5] and Wu Lei the youngest Chinese professional footballer, aged only 14 years and 287 days.[6] At the end of 2006, Claude Lowitz left the club, and former assistant manager Jiang Bingyao took up the manager position. With lessons learned and experiences gained from their debutante season, the young Dongya went on to win the division title in 2007, by beating Sichuan in the final, and thus gaining promotion to China League One, the second tier of the football league.[7]

2008–2012: League One

Despite the successful promotion, questions arose as to what would happen to the team, especially given that Xu's previous effort to create a professional club (Shanghai Cable 02) ended up being sold off to Shanghai Shenhua in 2002 due to financial difficulties. In June 2007, Shanghai government came to Xu's rescue with financial aid, in exchange Dongya would represent Shanghai in the 2009 National Games.[8]

With the club in a higher division, Shanghai Dongya moved into the 30,000 seater Jinshan Sports Centre in Jinshan District of Shanghai and finished the 2008 China League One division campaign in a respectable sixth. In the summer of 2009, Shanghai Dongya represent Shanghai football team and took part in the 2009 National Games. Xu Genbao took up the management post himself and led the team to win gold in the men's football tournament. Meanwhile, in the league, Shanghai Dongya chose the 65,000 seater Shanghai Stadium as their home stadium for their 2009 China League One campaign. Shanghai Dongya finished the season in fourth place and just missed out on promotion by a single win, but it was still considered quite an achievement because that team was made up of players under 20 years old, and with no foreign imports. This earned the club a reputation for its success in youth development in China and they were affectionately nicknamed as "China's Manchester United", by their fans because of Xu's well-known ambition "to create a China's Manchester United".

The 2010 league season saw former Chinese international Fan Zhiyi receive his first management job at the club as well as the introduction of their first ever foreign players in Macedonian Nikola Karçev and Haitian Fabrice Noël. Despite these new signings the club failed to improve upon the previous season's results and finished in the fourth place. Failure to gain promotion and financial difficulties caused the club unable to hold onto their rising stars. Before the 2011 season, five of the team's starting XI left the club: team captain Wang Jiayu, Chinese international Zhang Linpeng and Chinese U-23 players Cao Yunding, Jiang Zhipeng, and Gu Chao.[9] In the following 2011 season, Xu Genbao promoted several young players into the first team and the team finished the season in a disappointing ninth place.

At the beginning of the 2012 season the club sold their team name to sponsor, Zobon Group for 30 million Yuan on a three-year deal, which saw the club change first team's name to Shanghai Tellace on December 31, 2011, while the club's name remains unchanged as Shanghai Dongya FC[10] At the end of the season, Shanghai Tellace won the league title and was promoted to the Chinese Super League.

2013–present: CSL

On December 28, 2012 Shanghai Dongya changed its first team name again to Port Shanghai F.C., under a 40-million Yuan sponsorship deal with Shanghai International Port (Group).[11] Within the off-season on January 7, 2013 the club officially acquired another Shanghai-based football club, Shanghai Pudong Zobon, which had previously played in the 2012 China League Two division before they were dissolved. Most of its players, born between 1993 and 1994 and graduated from Genbao Football Base, were brought back under Xu Genbao's wing and would become the reserve team of Shanghai Dongya FC[12] In the club's debut within the top tier they brought in former Chinese national team manager Gao Hongbo as their head coach and he would go on to guide the club to a ninth-place finish at the end of the 2013 league season. The Shanghai International Port (Group) would decide to strengthen their position within the club and officially took over the whole club on November 18, 2014 and immediately appointed Sven-Göran Eriksson as their new head coach.[13]

During the 2015 winter transfer window, Shanghai SIPG signed 8 new players to strengthen the squad: Sun Xiang, Davi Rodrigues de Jesus, Dario Conca, Kim Ju-Young, Yang Boyu, Shi Ke, Jean Evrard Kouassi, and Yu Hai --- who the club spent 50 million Yuan on. It became the highest transfer record of any Chinese player. The team won the first 3 games of the season, which creates their best CSL league start in the history. On May 9, Shanghai SIPG secured a 5–0 victory over their rival Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, and it was their first victory in the Shanghai Derby. The team signed Ghanaian star Asamoah Gyan in the summer transfer window. Jean Evrard Kouassi was dropped into the reserve team due to the registration restriction at that time (4 foreign players + 1 Asian foreign player). Shanghai SIPG finished the season in second place with 65 points – just 2 points behind the champions Guangzhou Evergrande. It was their best league position in the club's history and they managed to get into the AFC Champions League qualification.

In the beginning of 2016, SAIC Motor Corporation became one of Shanghai SIPG's main sponsors. The club signed former AFC Champions League & CSL golden boot owner Elkeson from Guangzhou Evergrande for 18.5 million Euros. It broke the record of the Chinese transfer market. On February 9, the team secured a 3–0 victory over Muang Thong United from Thailand in the AFC Champions League qualification round, and successfully went in to the group stage of the ACL. Shanghai SIPG surprisingly went through the group stage in 1st place even though it was their first time playing in the ACL. In the Round of 16, Shanghai SIPG faced FC Tokyo. They lost 1–2 away in the first leg, yet thanks to Wu Lei's late 90th-minute goal in the 2nd leg, the team went through the round of 16 with an away goal difference. During the summer transfer window, Shanghai SIPG spent 56 million Euros to sign the Brazilian International, Hulk. The team was eliminated in the ACL quarter final, and in the CSL, the team ended up in 3rd place with 52 points.

In 2018, Shanghai rode the momentum of Wu Lei, who was the league's top scorer in that year, to win first place at the CSL for the first time. In 2019, they won the Super Cup for their second top tier trophy.

Ownership and naming history
Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
2005–2011 Genbao Football Base
Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd		 Shanghai Dongya Football Club
2012 Shanghai Tellace (上海特莱士)[14]
2013–2014 Shanghai SIPG[15]
2015–present Shanghai International Port Group[13] Shanghai SIPG Football Club (2015–2020)
Shanghai Port Football Club (2021–present)

Rivalries
Main article: Shanghai Derbies

The club's main rival is against Shanghai Shenhua with whom they contest in the local Shanghai derby. With the club's founder Xu Genbao having managed Shenhua to the 1995 league title, the Shenhua tie holds a direct personal link between the two teams.[16] On 28 April 2013 the two sides met for the first time in a league game that saw the club defeated 2–1 to Shenhua.[17] The tie against Shanghai Shenxin also contains strong links between the two teams with players Jiang Zhipeng and Wang Jiayu having represented both teams before the two clubs met in their first derby on 2 June 2013, which resulted in a 6–1 victory.[18] The club's geographical location has also opened them up to rivalries with neighbouring clubs Hangzhou Greentown and Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty where they contest in a fixture called the Yangtze Delta Derby.[19]

Current squad

First-team squad
As of 17 January 2021[20]

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 Yan Junling
2 DF  CHN Zhang Wei
3 DF  CHN Yu Rui
4 DF  CHN Wang Shenchao
5 DF  CHN Shi Ke
6 MF  CHN Cai Huikang
7 FW  AUT Marko Arnautović
8 MF  BRA Oscar
9 FW  BRA Ricardo Lopes
11 FW  CHN Lü Wenjun
12 GK  CHN Chen Wei
13 DF  CHN Wei Zhen
14 FW  CHN Li Shenglong
15 MF  CHN Lin Chuangyi
16 MF  CHN Mirahmetjan Muzepper
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  CHN Chen Binbin
18 MF  CHN Zhang Yi
20 MF  CHN Yang Shiyuan
21 MF  CHN Yu Hai
22 GK  CHN Sun Le
23 DF  CHN Fu Huan
24 MF  CHN Lei Wenjie
26 MF  AUS Aaron Mooy
28 DF  CHN He Guan
30 MF  CHN Jia Boyan
35 GK  CHN Guo Tong
36 FW  CHN Shi Jian
37 MF  CHN Huang Wenzhuo
40 MF  CHN Chen Chunxin
— DF  CRO Ante Majstorović

Reserve squad

As of 1 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 Player
29 DF  CHN Nie Meng
31 DF  CHN Xiao Mingjie
41 GK  CHN Sun Jiazheng
42 MF  CHN Zhang Muzi
43 DF  CHN Yang Maoshi
44 DF  CHN Wu Zhengchao
45 MF  CHN Mao Rui
46 MF  CHN Tian Hubo
47 MF  CHN Shang Jinglin
48 DF  CHN Yang Fan
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 DF  CHN Wan Guiwen
51 DF  CHN Zhang Weiyi
53 MF  CHN Xue Zhichenghong
54 MF  CHN Dai Jianjun
56 DF  CHN Hou Shen
57 GK  CHN Yan Changcheng
59 DF  CHN Zhang Enge
62 MF  CHN Ye Shanqing
64 MF  CHN Shang Wenjie

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  CHN Yu Hao
— MF  CHN Sun Jungang
— MF  CHN Jia Tianzi
— FW  CHN Huang Junyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  CHN Zhang Yunkai
— MF  CHN Zheng Zelong
— MF  CHN Sun Enming
— DF  CHN Wu Hang

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Head coach Ivan Leko
Assistant coach Felipe Almeida
Goalkeeping coach Ian Walker
Technique coach Xie Hui
Fitness coach Pedro Silva
Physiotherapist Eduardo Santos
Technical director Chen Yaodong
Reserve team head coach Cheng Xufen
Reserve team assistant coach Zheng Yan
Reserve team assistant coach Xu Zhiqun
Reserve team physiotherapist He Hanxue

Source: SIPG

Managerial history
As of 1 January 2021[21][22]
  • Claude Lowitz (2006)
  • Jiang Bingyao (2007–2009)
  • Fan Zhiyi (2010)
  • Jiang Bingyao (January 2011 – 20 December 2012)
  • Gao Hongbo (27 February 2013 – 7 November 2013)
  • Xi Zhikang (4 December 2013 – 17 November 2014)
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson (18 November 2014 – 4 November 2016)
  • André Villas-Boas (4 November 2016 – 30 November 2017)
  • Vítor Pereira (13 December 2017 – 31 December 2020)
  • Ivan Leko (1 January 2021 – present)

Honours
League
Cup

Results

Season-by-season rankings

[24][25]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts. Pos. FA Cup Super Cup Champions League Att./G Stadium
20063163582629−3147 1DNENHDNQGenbao Football Base
200731711423515+2030 1WNHNHDNQ
200822477102630−4286NHNHDNQJinshan Football Stadium
200922413564325+18444NHNHDNQShanghai Stadium
201022491052518+7374NHNHDNQ
201122671182925+4329R2NHDNQ
201223017854725+2259WR3DNQDNQ3,113
20131301071338353379R4DNQDNQ10,161
20141301212647398485R3DNQDNQ12,460
2015130198363352865RUQFDNQDNQ26,381
201613014106563224523R4DNQQF28,012
2017130177672393358RURUDNQSF29,174
2018130215477334468WQFDNQR1621,631
20191302064622636663SFWQF
2020114 21022261115324 3R2DNQR16Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
20211Pudong Football Stadium

Key

International results

All results (home and away) list Shanghai's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away
2016[26] AFC Champions League Play-off round Muangthong United
3–0
–
Group stage Melbourne Victory
3–1
1–2
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2–1
0–3
Gamba Osaka
2–1
2–0
Round of 16 FC Tokyo
1–0 (a)
1–2
Quarter–finals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
0–0
0–5
2017 AFC Champions League Play-off round Sukhothai
3–0
–
Group stage FC Seoul
4–2
1–0
Western Sydney Wanderers
5–1
2–3
Urawa Red Diamonds
3–2
0–1
Round of 16 Jiangsu Suning
2–1
3–2
Quarter–finals Guangzhou Evergrande
4–0
1–5
(a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Semi-finals Urawa Red Diamonds
1–1
0–1
2018 AFC Champions League Play-off round Chiangrai United
1–0
–
Group stage Melbourne Victory
4–1
1–2
Kawasaki Frontale
1–1
1–0
Ulsan Hyundai
2–2
1–0
Round of 16 Kashima Antlers
2–1
1–3
2019 AFC Champions League Group stage Kawasaki Frontale
1–0
2–2
Ulsan Hyundai
5–0
0–1
Sydney FC
2–2
3–3
Round of 16 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
1–1
1–1
(a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Quarter–finals Urawa Red Diamonds
2–2
1–1 (a)
2020 AFC Champions League Play-off round Buriram United
3–0
–
Group stage Sydney FC
0–4
2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
0–2
2–1
Yokohama F. Marinos
0–1
2–1
Round of 16 Vissel Kobe
0–2

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Achievements
Preceded by
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao		 Champions of China
2018		 Succeeded by
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
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