# Qingdao West Coast F.C.

Qingdao West Coast Football Club (Chinese: 青岛西海岸足球俱乐部; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Xīhǎi'àn Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Qingdao West Coast plays its home matches at the Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center, located within Huangdao District.

## History

Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. as a company football team for their employees. The club would initially participate in local amateur and futsal tournaments until the 2011 league season when they participated in the Qingdao Football Association Cup and were knocked out in the last sixteen. The following season, they joined the Chinese football league pyramid in the second tier of the Qingdao League or seventh tier overall.
In 2017, after a third-place finish in the Qingdao City League, they changed their name to Qingdao Kangtine and participated in the China Amateur Football League for the first time. They advanced to the national play-offs after finishing first in their group but were eventually eliminated by Qinghai Zhuangbo.
In 2018, they were crowned champions of the Qingdao City League, and participated in the Chinese Champions League for a second time. However, they were eliminated by Taizhou Yuanda in the regional group stage play-offs and failed to advance to the national play-offs.
In 2019, they changed their name to Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai. In their third attempt at the highest level of amateur football league, they were eliminated once again by Shandong Wangyue in the group stage play-offs, but were later admitted into the national stage after the withdrawal of Huizhou Huixin. They eventually finished 8th and were promoted to China League Two for the first time in the club's history.
In January 2021, they changed their name to Qingdao Youth Island. They finished 4th this season and entered the promotion-relegation play-offs against Beijing BIT, who finished 17th in the 2021 China League One. Qingdao won 5–4 on penalties after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the club's history.

## Name history

* 2007–2017: Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. (青岛康太源)
* 2017–2018: Qingdao Kangtine F.C. (青岛康太源)
* 2019–2020: Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai F.C. (青岛中创恒泰)
* 2021–2022: Qingdao Youth Island F.C. (青岛青春岛)
* 2023–: Qingdao West Coast F.C. (青岛西海岸)

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 21 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Li Hao |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Song Bowei |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Zhao Honglüe |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Riccieli (on loan from Famalicão) |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Xu Bin |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xiuwei |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 10 | FW | ANG | Nelson da Luz |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Davidson |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Feng Gang |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Wang Peng |
| 17 | MF | TPE | Chen Po-liang |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Liu Langzhou |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Ding Haifeng |
| 20 | MF | CHN | He Longhai |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Alex Yang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Matheus Índio |
| 24 | FW | CHN | Duan Liuyu (on loan from Shandong Taishan) |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Wang Hanyi (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 27 | FW | CHN | He Xiaoke |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chengdong |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Shan Huanhuan |
| 30 | FW | CHN | Liu Xiaolong (on loan from Shanghai Port) |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Chen Yuhao (on loan from Wuhan Three Towns) |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Xiang Rongjun (on loan from Shanghai Port) |
| 35 | GK | CHN | Shi Xiaotian |
| 36 | DF | CHN | Sun Jie |
| 37 | GK | CHN | Dong Hang |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Liu Baiyang (on loan from Shanghai Port) |
| 47 | FW | CHN | Zhang Boxuan |
| 56 | FW | CHN | Gao Di |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | CHN | Zhang Yulei |
| — | GK | CHN | Wang Qi |
| — | DF | CHN | Xue Mengtao |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CHN | Zhang Yu |
| — | MF | CHN | Zhao Mingyu |
| — | FW | CHN | Yan Qihang |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CHN | Abduhelil Osmanjan (at Chongqing Tonglianglong until 31 December 2025) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Shao Jiayi |
| Assistant coach | Reiner Maurer Makoto Kametani |
| Goalkeeping coach | Yang Zhi |
| Fitness coach | Kikuchi Shinobu |
Source: CFA

## Managerial history

* Zhou Xin (2018–2023)
* Zoran Janković (interim) (2023)
* Hisashi Kurosaki (2024)
* Shao Jiayi (2024–)

## Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2023 season.
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | N/A | N/A | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | Taixing Sports Center Stadium |
| 2019 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 18 | 8 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 8 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2021 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 48 | 4 | R16 | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2022 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 48 | 8 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2023 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 61 | RU | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,515 | Guzhenkou University City Sports Center Stadium |
* Only include Regional Finals and National Finals.
* In group stage.
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