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| Full name | Shanghai Shenhua Football Club 上海申花足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | Shenhua | ||
| Founded | 1993 | ||
| Ground | Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai, China (Capacity: 33,060[1]) |
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| Chairman |  Zhu Jun |
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| Manager | Jia Xiuquan |
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| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2008 | Chinese Super League, 2nd | ||
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Shanghai Shenhua (Simplified Chinese: 上海申花) is a Chinese Super League football club. They play at the 33,060 seat Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, China and are owned by Zhu Jun (75%), Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG (Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group) and Huangpu Investment Ltd. (SMEG + Huangpu Investment 25%). Their head coach is Jia Xiuquan.
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History
Shanghai Football Club Era
Shanghai Shenhua's predecessor was East China team who were founded in October 1951 to take part in China's first fully national national football league tournament and would end the season second in the league[2]. The football league would gradually expand and the team would be allowed to name themselves Shanghai after their own province in 1954 and then eventually Shanghai Football Club. By the 1961 league season Shanghai would start to establish themselves as major footballing team within China when they won their first league title [3]. This was then quickly followed by their second league title in 1962, however by 1966 because of the Chinese Cultural Revolution football in China was halted and Shanghai were unable to play. When football returned Shanghai were able to return to the top tier, however they were unable to regain any of the dominance that they had previously shown and were even relegated in the 1980 league season[4]. Though they were able to be quickly premoted the following season they still spent many years without actually winning any titles until they won the Chinese FA Cup in 1991, which was their first trophy in 29 years[5].
Professionalism
Throughout the 1990's the Chinese football association were demanding more professionalism from their football teams and while many were semi-professional Shanghai would be one of the first when they gathered sponsorship by a local company named Shenhua (Shenhua also means "flower of Shanghai" in Chinese) on 10 December 1993 founding Shanghai Shenhua football team[6]. This then saw Shanghai hire their first professional manager in Xu Genbao who was the previous Chinese manager in 1994. The move would quickly see Shanghai win the second professional football league title at the end of the 1995 league season[7]. When he left, Shanghai attempted to bring in several foreign coaches to add more experience to the team, however none achieved any success dispite being close on several occasions. By the end of 2001, the "Shenhua" group ended their sponsorship of the club and were replaced with SVA and the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. The club changed its name to Shanghai Shenhua SVA SMEG Football Club (SFC). The team however is unique as it still retains "Shenhua" in its name, whereas many other teams drop the name of their former sponsors completely. On the pitch the new management brought in Wu Jingui after several trophyless seasons and dispite struggling in his first season he was able to win the 2003 league title[8].
Zhu Jun Era
In 2007, Zhu Jun, the owner of in-city rival Shanghai United F.C. bought a majority share of Shanghai Shenhua and began to merge Shanghai United into Shanghai Shenhua.
Wu Jingui was named head coach for the 2008 season, but was sacked on September 9th, 2008. Jia Xiuquan took over his position on the same day.
In January 2009, Shanghai Shenhua made Chinese football history by becoming the first Chinese team to hire a foreign C.E.O. and a technical director. On January 1, 2009 the club hired former manager Osvaldo Gimenez as C.E.O.[9] while one day later, former PSV Eindhoven technical director Stan Valckx joined Shenhua in the same position.[10]
Crest
 1995-2002 |
 2002-2007 |
2009-Present |
Results
- As of the end of 2008 season
All-Time League rankings
| Season | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1973 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Season | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
no league game in 1959, 1966-1972, 1975; Shanghai did not compete in 1965, 1974
FA Cup results
| Season | 1956 | 1960 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1995 | 1996 |
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| Results | Champions | Quali. Round | 3 | 3 | Group Stage | Group Stage | Champions | First Round | Runners-Up | Quarterfinals |
| Season | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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| Results | Runners-Up | Champions | Semifinals | Second Round | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
CSL Cup results
| Season | 2004 | 2005 |
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| Results | Semifinals | Semifinals |
Asian Results
| Season | 96/97 | 99/00 | 02/03 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 |
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| Competition | ACC | ACWC | ACL | ACL | ACL | ||
| Position | Second Round | Second Round | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Group Stage | Group Stage |
East Asian Results
| Season | 1998 | 2004 | 2007 |
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| Competition | FECC | A3CC | A3CC |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Current squad
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2009 Season Transfers
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Out
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Honours
International
- A3 Champions Cup Winners (1)
Domestic
League titles
- First Division A Champions (2)
- 1995, 2003
- First Division A Runners-Up (5)
- 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
- Chinese Super League Runners-up (3)
- 2005, 2006, 2008
Cups
- Chinese FA Cup Winners (1)
- 1998
- Chinese Super Cup Winners (3)
- 1996, 1999, 2002
Youth Team
U19 team
- Adidas Youth League Champions (1)
- 2004
Records (since 1994)
- Record home victory: 7−1 v Bayi Zebon (18 August 2002)
- Record away victory: 6−2 v Shenyang Ginde (10 June 2001)
- Record home defeat: 1−6 v Guangzhou Apollo (14 August 1994)
- Record away defeat: 1−9 v Beijing Guoan (20 July 1997)
Famous players
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Affiliated Clubs
Manchester City F.C.
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
FC Moscow
Thanda Royal Zulu FC
Chonburi FC
Perth Glory FC- Sydney FC
See also
References
- ^ www.fussballtempel.net
- ^ "China League Tables 1951". rsssf.com. 18 April 2004. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html#51. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "China League Tables 1961". rsssf.com. 22 October 2009. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html#61. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "China League Tables 1980". rsssf.com. 22 October 2009. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html#80. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ http://scripts.sportscn.com/center/program/team.php?id=144
- ^ http://scripts.sportscn.com/center/program/team.php?id=144
- ^ "China League Tables 1995". rsssf.com. 22 October 2009. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china95.html. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "China League Tables 2003". rsssf.com. 18 April 2004. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china03.html. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/newsDetail.htm?bd1873241e65ef09011e9011e9930011
- ^ http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/newsDetail.htm?bd1873241e65ef09011e95fa18c90013
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