# Shenzhen Peng City F.C.

Shenzhen Peng City Football Club is a Chinese professional football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. The club competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Shenzhen Peng City plays its home matches at the Shenzhen Stadium, located within Futian District. They are partially owned by the City Football Group.
Founded as Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club in 2017, the club relocated to Shenzhen, Guangdong from Chengdu, Sichuan in January 2024, when it rebranded to their current name.
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| 2008 | Manchester City F.C.* |
| 2009–2012 |
| 2013 | New York City FC$^§$ |
| 2014 | Melbourne City FC* |
| 2014 | Yokohama F. Marinos*$^§$ |
| 2015–2016 |
| 2017 | Montevideo City Torque* |
| 2017 | Girona FC*$^§$ |
| 2018 |
| 2019 | Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*$^§$ |
| 2019 | Mumbai City FC*$^§$ |
| 2020 | Lommel S.K.* |
| 2020 | ES Troyes AC* |
| 2021 |
| 2022 | Palermo F.C.*$^§$ |
| 2023 | Bahia*$^§$ |

## History

The club was founded on 5 January 2017 as Sichuan Jiuniu. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams.
On 20 February 2019, it was announced that the City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, as well as UBTECH and China Sports Capital, had acquired the club.
On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages. As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season, which was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Sichuan Jiuniu expressed its interest to relocate to Changsha, Hunan, to the Chinese Football Association, but fell short in their attempt as the request was denied by the Chinese FA by April 2023. The Sichuan Jiuniu board, which includes the CFG, further expressed in a statement that, "if the Chinese FA are unable to fulfill their legal relocation request, then the board do not see a sustainable future in investing in Chinese football, and may pull out of the Chinese professional football league system, putting aside all previous investments and hard work."
On 18 October 2023, in their fourth consecutive season in China League One, following a 4–0 home win over Wuxi Wugo, Sichuan Jiuniu secured promotion to the Chinese Super League for the first time in the club's history. A week later on 22 October, Sichuan Jiuniu won the China League One title after second-placed Qingdao West Coast drew their match against Shijiazhuang Gongfu.
On 24 January 2024, the Chinese Football Association confirmed the club's relocation to Shenzhen, Guangdong. The club completed its rebrand to Shenzhen Peng City ahead of their debut Chinese Super League campaign.

## Stadiums

In Sichuan Jiuniu's existence, the club have used a multiple of stadiums in their climb up the divisions. The grounds they used between 2017 and 2022 were the South Lake Sports Center and the Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium, and in the 2023 season, Sichuan Jiuniu played its home matches at the Shuangliu Sports Centre, the Chengdong Sports Park Stadium, and the Suining Sports Center. In 2024, in the club's first season after its relocation to Shenzhen, they played its home matches at the Bao'an Stadium. Starting from the 2025 season, Shenzhen Peng City moved its home ground to the Shenzhen Stadium.

## Crest history

* Sichuan Jiuniu logo used between 2017 and 2023

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 20 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 | Ji Jiabao |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Zhang Wei |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Jiang Zhipeng |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Hu Ruibao |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhou Dadi |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tiago Leonço |
| 10 | FW | AUT | Manprit Sarkaria |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Edu García |
| 12 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xiaobin |
| 13 | GK | CHN | Peng Peng |
| 14 | GK | CHN | Zhao Shi |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Yu Rui |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Li Zhi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | HKG | Matt Orr |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Rade Dugalic |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Nan Song |
| 22 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yujie |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Yang Yiming |
| 27 | FW | CHN | Behram Abduweli |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Zhang Yudong |
| 29 | DF | CHN | Wang Qiao |
| 34 | FW | CHN | Shahsat Hujahmat |
| 36 | MF | ISR | Eden Kartsev (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 46 | DF | CHN | Shen Huanming |
| 49 | GK | CHN | Zhang Haonan |
| 56 | MF | CHN | Jiang Weiyi |

### Reserve team

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 |
| 30 | GK | CHN | Zhang Yuquan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CHN | Wang Qi |

### 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 |

## Coaching staff

Source:
| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Christian Lattanzio |
| Assistant coach | Gordon Forrest |
| Fitness coach | Javier Zudaire Izcue |
| Goalkeeper coach | Jiang Bo |

## Managerial history

* Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018)
* Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019)
* Wang Hongwei (27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020)
* Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021)
* Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – 21 April 2023)
* Jesús Tato (21 April 2023 – 3 October 2024)
* Christian Lattanzio (4 October 2024 – present)

## Honours

League
* China League One
** Champions: 2023

## Results

All-time League Rankings
As of the end of 2023 season.
| Year | League | Stage | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Stadium |
| 2017 | China Amateur Football League | Second round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Qualified | DNE | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2017 | China Amateur Football League | Knockout stages | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | n/a | k/o (R16) | DNE | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2018 | China League Two | Regular season | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 28 | 24th (of 28) | QF | DNQ | DNQ | Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium |
| 2019 | China League Two | Regular season | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 56 | 8th (of 32) | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium |
| 2020 | China League One | Regular season | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 | 5th (of 6) | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2020 | China League One | Relegation stage | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3rd (of 6) | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2021 | China League One | Regular season | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 52 | 8th (of 18) | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2022 | China League One | Regular season | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 51 | 6th (of 18) | R2 | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2023 | China League One | Regular season | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 19 | 32 | 69 | 1st (of 16) | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | Shuangliu Sports Centre Chengdong Sports Park Stadium Suining Sports Center |
| 2024 | Chinese Super League | Regular season | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 55 | -26 | 29 | 14th (of 16) | R5 | DNQ | DNQ | Bao'an Stadium |
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