Hangzhou Greentown F.C.
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| Full name | Hangzhou Greentown FC 杭州绿城房产足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | Greentown | ||
| Founded | 14 January 1998 | ||
| Ground | Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 52,672 | ||
| Chairman | Song Weiping | ||
| Manager | Hong Myung-bo | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2015 | Super League, 11th | ||
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Hangzhou Greentown Football Club (simplified Chinese: 杭州绿城; traditional Chinese: 杭州綠城; pinyin: Hángzhōu Lǜchéng) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League division (top tier) under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang and their home stadium is the Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium that has a seating capacity of 51,000. The club's main investor is the Zhejiang-based Greentown China Holdings Limited company, which is owned by real estate tycoon Song Weiping.
The club was founded on January 14, 1998 and they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 1999 league season. On November 23, 2000 the club bought the first team of Jilin Aodong as well as their position in the second division for 25 million Yuan. They have subsequently won promotion to the top tier after finishing runners-up in the 2006 league season and the highest position they have ever finished is fourth in the 2010 Chinese Super League season.
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History
Zhejiang Greentown Football Club Co., Ltd. was officially established on January 14, 1998 with a capital of 16,000,000 Yuan and Zeng Leming was appointed as their general manager. Greentown Real Estate Company, Hangzhou Qiantang Real Estate Company, Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Provincial Football Association all participated in the creation as well as the registration of the club.[1] The company would go on to form a youth team before finally creating a senior team on January 22, 1999 to take part in the third tier with Bao Yingfu as their first head coach. They wouldn't wait long to show their ambition when they would make the play-offs in 2000 before losing to Tianjin Lifei.[2] Still determined to win promotion the club decided to buy the first team of Jilin Aodong as well as their position in Chinese Football Association Jia League on November 23, 2000 for 25,000,000 Yuan, in time for the beginning of the 2001 league season. Under the new general manager Shen Qiang the club brought in new sponsors and Gu Mingchang as the new Head coach, however during this period the club couldn't win promotion to the top tier and the Chairman Song Weiping expressed his disappointment of the team. Song Weiping would soon discover that the reason for his clubs disappointing results when it was discovered that several of his players and coaches were taking bribes, with a 6–0 defeat against Changchun Yatai in the 2001 league season being highlighted, which saw the offending participants banned for a year while the club had three months to reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license.[3] This would see the club would go through several management changes as well as a significant ownership shift, which saw Song Weiping's company Greentown China Holdings Limited take a 96% share of the team for 20,000,000 Yuan in 2005 while Zhejiang University held on to 4%.[1]
Under Wang Zheng as their Head coach the team would start to generally push for promotion, eventually achieving it at the end of the 2006 league season when they came second in the division.[4] The club often found themselves fighting off relegation and would bring in several managers to alleviate the problem, however this wasn't enough during the 2009 league season and the club found themselves in the relegation zone at the end of the season. Surprisingly the club were allowed to stay within the 2010 Chinese Super League after it was discovered that Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou FC were guilty of match-fixing.[5] After gaining a reprieve from relegation the club went on a spending spree by signing several established Chinese internationals such as Du Wei, Li Yan and Wang Song.[6] The signings seemed to work and the clubs results significantly improved throughout the 2010 league campaign, which saw the club achieve their best ever finish of fourth and a chance to play within the AFC Champions League for the first time.[7]
Name history
- 2002 Renamed to Zhejiang Greentown (浙江绿城)
- 2003 Renamed to Zhejiang Sanhua Greentown (浙江三花绿城)
- 2004 Renamed to Zhejiang Greentown (浙江绿城)
- 2006 Renamed to Zhejiang Bebei Greentown (浙江巴贝绿城房产)
- 2007 Renamed to Zhejiang Greentown (浙江绿城房产)
- 2009 Renamed to Hangzhou Greentown (杭州绿城)
- 2010 Renamed to Hangzhou Nabel Greentown (杭州诺贝尔绿城)
- 2011 Renamed to Hangzhou Greentown (杭州绿城)
Current squad
As of 5 March 2015 [8]
First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
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Out on loan
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Hong Myung-bo |
| Assistant coach |  Guglielmo Arena |
| Goalkeeping coach |  Zdravko Zdravkov |
| Fitness coach / Team performance |  Cedric Roger Bruno Inara Fabien Bossuet & Harzi Taoufik |
| Physiotherapist |  Yoshimune Shimamura |
| U-20 team coach | Akira Muto |
| U-18 team coach | Nobuhiro Ishizaki |
| Team physician |  Nie Lianjun Liu Peimao |
Source: Sina.com
Managerial history
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Honours
League
- China League One: 2006 (Runners-up)[11]
Youth Team
U-15 Team
- Nike Cup Winners: 2008
Results
All-time League rankings
As of the end of 2014 season.[12][13]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | League Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 1999 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 11 | 51 | DNQ | DNQ | - | |||
| 2000 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | - | |||
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 28 | 8 | R1 | DNQ | - | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2002 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | -4 | 29 | 7 | SF | DNQ | - | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2003 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 10 | R1 | DNQ | - | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2004 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 39 | -1 | 45 | 8 | R1 | NH | DNQ | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2005 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 55 | 3 | R2 | NH | DNQ | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2006 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 55 | RU | QF | NH | NH | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | ||
| 2007 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 28 | 11 | NH | NH | NH | 19,571 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center Meihu Sports Centre |
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| 2008 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 39 | 9 | NH | NH | NH | 12,188 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2009 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 43 | -13 | 32 | 153 | NH | NH | NH | 14,790 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2010 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 48 | 4 | NH | NH | NH | 14,550 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2011 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 39 | 8 | QF | NH | NH | Group | 8,586 | Meihu Sports Centre Jiaxing Stadium |
| 2012 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 36 | 11 | QF | DNQ | NH | 10,563 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2013 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 42 | -8 | 34 | 12 | QF | DNQ | NH | 14,164 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2014 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 32 | 12 | R4 | DNQ | NH | 13,766 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | |
| 2015 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 33 | 11 | R4 | DNQ | NH | 12,566 | Yellow Dragon Sports Center |
- ^1 In group stages. ^2 Buy the first team of Jilin Aodong as well as their position in second tier. ^3 Two Super League clubs were involved in match-fixing scandal and relegated to League One, so Hangzhou could stay at top level.
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International friendlies
- On 26 July 2009, Manchester United visited the Dragon Stadium and played a friendly against Hangzhou Greentown as part of their pre-season Asian tour.[14] Manchester United won by 8 goals to 2.
- On 16 July 2011, Arsenal visited the Meihu Stadium and played a friendly against Hangzhou Greentown as part of their pre-season Asian tour.[15] The game was drawn 1–1.
AFC competition records
| Opponent | Season | Home | Away |
| Nagoya Grampus |
2011 AFC Champions League Group stage | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| FC Seoul |
2011 AFC Champions League Group stage | 1–1 | 0–3 |
 Al Ain FC |
2011 AFC Champions League Group stage | 0–0 | 0–1 |
See also
- Yanbian FC
- Hangzhou Sanchao
- Great Wall Cup - China's largest international youth football tournament
References
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