Kunshan F.C.
From amateur beginnings to the brink of the Super League, then gone.
Kunshan Football Club, also known as Kunshan FC, was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. Originally founded on 12 December 2014 as the amateur Zhenjiang Huasa Football Club, the club later moved to Kunshan, where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. They participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA), but were dissolved in March 2023 before ever playing in the top tier.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Kunshan FC; 昆山FC
- Full name
- Kunshan Football Club; 昆山足球俱乐部
- Founded
- 12 December 2014 (as Zhenjiang Huasa F.C.); 2018 (as Kunshan F.C.)
- Dissolved
- 29 March 2023
- Ground
- Kunshan Stadium; Kunshan
- Capacity
- 30,000
- Chairman
- Fu Qiang
- Season
- 2022
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History
Zhenjiang Huasa was founded on 12 December 2014 by fans of FC Barcelona in China, with Huasa meaning Chinese Barca. The club played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League, finishing sixth in the national finals to earn promotion to the 2017 China League Two. Despite the ninth-place finish, Kunshan was promoted to the second tier due to league expansion and the disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai. In its debut second-tier season under manager Gao Yao, the team placed third. Gao Yao was dismissed on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz. In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio led the club to its first promotion to the top tier, winning the division with the highest recorded points total in the division's history. The club was dissolved before it could participate in the Chinese Super League.
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