# Suzhou Dongwu F.C.

Suzhou Dongwu Football Club (Chinese: 苏州东吴足球俱乐部; pinyin: Sūzhōu Dōngwú Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Suzhou Dongwu plays its home matches at the Suzhou Sports Center, located within Gusu District.

## History

The club was established on 29 May 2008 as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 苏州锦富). They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country, which have won China Amateur Football League in 2012 and, after changing their name to Suzhou Dongwu, again in 2015–––the latter of which would earn them promotion to 2016 China League Two. At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes.
In the 2019 China League Two season the club finished fourth and despite this not being enough to gain promotion, China League One side Sichuan Longfor disbanded due to financial problems and Suzhou were promoted to the 2020 China League One.

## Name history

* 2008–2014 Suzhou Jinfu F.C. 苏州锦富
* 2015– Suzhou Dongwu F.C. 苏州东吴

## Crest history

* Suzhou Jinfu logo used between 2008 and 2014
* Suzhou Dongwu logo used in 2015
* Suzhou Dongwu logo used between 2016 and 2017
* Suzhou Dongwu logo used since 2018

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 4 March 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 | Liu Yu |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Wang Xijie |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Jiang Zhixin (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Xu Wu |
| 6 | MF | ANG | Estrela |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Čović |
| 8 | FW | CHN | Gao Dalun |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Zhang Lingfeng |
| 11 | DF | CHN | Zhang Jingzhe |
| 13 | FW | CHN | Zanhar Beshathan |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Yuan Junjie (on loan from Shenzhen Peng City) |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Zhu Yue (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Jin Shang |
| 17 | DF | CHN | Bao Shimeng (on loan from Shanghai Port) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Liang Weipeng |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Wu Junjie |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Fan Xulin (on loan from Hubei Istar) |
| 21 | GK | CHN | Li Xinyu |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Andrejević |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Wen Junjie |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Hu Jing |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Ma Fuyu |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Deng Yubiao |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Chen Ao |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Wang Yifan (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Liu Tao |
| 37 | GK | CHN | Askhan |
| 42 | MF | CHN | Ghenifa Arafat |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Kim Dae-eui |
| Goalkeeping coach | Fan Heping |
| Conditioning coach | Deng Zhanpeng |
Source: CFA

## Managerial history

* Tang Bo (2012–2016)
* Kazuo Uchida (2017–2018)
* Liu Junwei (2019–2020)
* Gary White (2020–2022)
* Lu Bofei (2022–2023)
* Niu Hongli (2023)
* Kim Dae-eui (2024–)

## Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2018 season.
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
| 2012 | 4 | | | | | | | | | W | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2013 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 10 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | | Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2015 | 4 | | | | | | | | | W | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | | Suzhou University Stadium |
| 2016 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 19 | 14 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 728 | Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2017 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 11 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 1,115 | Suzhou City Stadium |
| 2018 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 40 | 12 | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 2,062 | Suzhou City Stadium |
| 2019 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 17 | 37 | 67 | 4 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | | Suzhou City Stadium |
| 2020 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 15 | 10 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | | Suzhou City Stadium |
| 2021 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 32 | 13 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | | Suzhou City Stadium |
| 2022 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 55 | 6 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | | Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre |
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