# Qingdao F.C.

Qingdao Football Club (Chinese: 青岛足球俱乐部) was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Guoxin Stadium that has a seating capacity of 45,000. The club was owned by Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. who formed the team on 29 January 2013.

## History
### Club history

Qingdao Hainiu F.C. was established on 29 January 2013 by former players and coaches from Shandong that included Qi Wusheng as chairman, Hao Haidong as managerial director and Su Maozhen as general manager. With the financial backing of 20 million Yuan from Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd the club would choose the name Hainiu (海牛), which means "The Sea Bulls" despite it once being used by Qingdao Jonoon, another football club in Qingdao between 1994 and 2004, hoping to inspire the golden era of Qingdao football. On the field the team would show their dominance within the league and go through the divisions group stage undefeated, while also beating Meixian Super-X and Shenzhen Fengpeng F.C. to reach the play-off final. In the final the club would defeat Hebei Zhongji F.C. 3–1 to gain promotion to the second tier and win a million Yuan in prize money for the game with a further 3 million won throughout the season.
On 31 January 2015, Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. purchased a 51% stake of the club. On 3 July 2015, Serbian player Goran Gogić collapsed and lost consciousness after a training session with the club. He died later on the same day. Qingdao Hainiu finished 11th place in the 2015 season. On 30 December 2015, Qingdao Hainiu F.C. changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. after Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. took full charge of the club. Qingdao Huanghai finished level on 59 points with Tianjin Quanjian and Guizhou Zhicheng under Spanish manager Jordi Vinyals in the 2016 season, but their head-to-head points was worse than the other two clubs, thus failing to promote to the Chinese Super League.
In the following two years, the club came close to promotion each time but fell short, earning fourth place in the League One. In the 2019 China League One the club earned first place and gained promotion.
Ahead of the 2021 season, Qingdao Huanghai changed their name to Qingdao F.C.
The club dissolved after the 2021 season.

### Ownership and naming history

| Year | Owner | Club name | Sponsored team name |
| 2013–14 | Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. | Qingdao Hainiu F.C. | Qingdao Hainiu |
| 2015 | Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(51%) Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd.(49%) | Qingdao Hainiu F.C. | Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical |
| 2016–2018 | Qingdao Huanghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (90.625%) Others (9.375%) | Qingdao Huanghai F.C. | Qingdao Huanghai |
| 2019–2020 | Shenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%) Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%) Others (9.375%) | Qingdao Huanghai F.C. | Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Port |
| 2021 | Shenzhen Hengye Investment Group Co., ltd. (63.625%) Qingdao Huanghai Health Industry Group Co., ltd. (27%) Others (9.375%) | Qingdao F.C. | Qingdao F.C. |

## Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) The number was retired in January 2016.

## Managerial history

* Su Maozhen (29 January 2013 – 28 July 2015)
* Sun Xinbo (caretaker) (28 July 2015 – 28 December 2015)
* Jordi Vinyals (28 December 2015 – 30 July 2019)
* Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (30 July 2019 – 18 August 2019)
* Juanma Lillo (18 August 2019 – 5 June 2020)
* Óscar Céspedes (caretaker) (5 June 2020 – 22 July 2020)
* Pablo Machín (22 July 2020 – 29 July 2020)
* Yang Weijian (caretaker) (29 July 2020 - 4 August 2020)
* Wu Jingui (4 August 2020 - 13 December 2021)
* Yang Weijian (caretaker) (13 December 2021 - 12 January 2022)

## Club honours

* China League Two (tier-III)
** Winners (1): 2013
* China League One (tier-II)
** Winners (1): 2019

## Results

All-time League rankings
As of the end of 2020 season.
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
| 2013 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 36 | W | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | N/A | Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium |
| 2014 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 31 | 12 | SF | DNQ | DNQ | 4,229 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2015 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 33 | 11 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,230 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2016 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 59 | 3 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 6,992 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2017 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 40 | 16 | 52 | 4 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,997 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2018 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 44 | 19 | 49 | 4 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 6,638 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2019 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 57 | W | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 13,193 | Qingdao Conson Stadium |
| 2020 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 10 | 14 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | N/A | Suzhou (Group stage) / Dalian (Relegation stage) |
| 2021 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 52 | -39 | 11 | 16 | - | DNQ | DNQ | N/A | Guangzhou (First, Second stage) / Suzhou (Relegation stage, CSL Playoffs) |
* ^1 In group stage
* ^2 The league is in progress
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## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.