# Hubei Istar F.C.

Hubei Istar Football Club (Chinese: 湖北青年星足球俱乐部; pinyin: Húběi Qīngniánxīng Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Hubei Youth Stars F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in China League Two, the third tier of Chinese football. Hubei Istar plays its home matches at the Xinhua Road Sports Center, located within Jianghan District.

## History

Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. was founded on 8 July 2016 combined by amateur club Wuhan New Era and unpunished players from Wuhan Hongxing after the Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Wuhan City Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group B successively. Wuhan Chufeng Heli finished third place in the national finals and won the qualification for promoting to 2017 China League Two, but then gave up to turn professional and remained at the amateur league. Two years later, they finally promoted to China League Two after finishing in third place again in 2018 Chinese Champions League, after changing their name to Hubei Chufeng United F.C. before the season.
In January 2021, Hubei Chufeng United changed their name to Hubei Istar F.C.

## Name history

* 2016–2018: Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. (武汉楚风合力)
* 2018–2020: Hubei Chufeng United F.C. (湖北楚风合力)
* 2021–present: Hubei Istar F.C. (湖北青年星)

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 March 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | DF | CHN | Yu Jingcheng |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Xia Jiayi |
| 43 | GK | CHN | Wang Xinghao |
| 44 | MF | CHN | Li Dongnan |
| 45 | FW | CHN | Huang Kaijun |
| 46 | DF | CHN | Yang Bowen |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Sun Kangbo |
| 48 | FW | CHN | Wang Zhicheng |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Wang Dingkun |
| 50 | FW | CHN | Wang Boyue |
| 51 | MF | CHN | Gao Su |
| 52 | FW | CHN | Huang Wenzheng |
| 53 | FW | CHN | Sun Wenchao |
| 54 | DF | CHN | Yu Tianle |
| 55 | MF | CHN | Xia Zihao |
| 56 | DF | CHN | Liu Xin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 57 | FW | CHN | Wang Ziyang |
| 58 | DF | CHN | Wang Zheng |
| 59 | FW | CHN | Huang Bo |
| 60 | GK | CHN | Hu Guiying |
| 61 | DF | CHN | Zhong Mingzhi |
| 62 | FW | CHN | Lin Zihao |
| 63 | DF | CHN | Zhang Jun |
| 64 | DF | CHN | Wei Zixian |
| 65 | MF | CHN | Mewlan Memetimin |
| 66 | DF | CHN | Cui Shengcheng |
| 67 | FW | CHN | Min Xiankun |
| 68 | MF | CHN | Huang Jiale |
| 69 | MF | CHN | Lin Shangyuan |
| 70 | DF | CHN | Wei Suowei |
| 71 | GK | CHN | Meng Derui |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Gao Feng |
| Assistant coach | |
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## Managerial history

* Zhou Yi (2016)
* Deng Sheng (2017)
* Huang Zhengguo (2018)
* Luíz Felipe (2019–)

## Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Stadium |
| 2016 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2017 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 11 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | Tazi Lake Sports Centre |
| 2018 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | Xinhua Road Sports Center |
| 2019 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 34 | 19 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | Hankou Cultural Sports Centre |
* ^1 In group stage.
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