Kunshan F.C.

Kunshan Football Club (昆山足球俱乐部), or simply Kunshan FC, formerly known as Zhenjiang Huasa was a professional Chinese football club based in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. They participated in the Chinese Super League, under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It was founded on 12 December 2014 as an amateur membership club called Zhenjiang Huasa F.C., before moving to Kunshan where the Kunshan municipal party committee and municipal government became their major shareholders. The club was dissolved in March 2023.

History
Zhenjiang Huasa, whose members are mainly the fans of FC Barcelona in China, was founded on 12 December 2014. Huasa, meaning Chinese Barca, was used as the club's name. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Jiangsu Provincial Football League. Zhenjiang Huasa finished the 6th place in the national finals and won promotion to 2017 China League Two. In December 2018, Zhenjiang Huasa moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C. With the support of the Kunshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as well as private financing the club were able to gain stability, improve their position to ninth and gain a total of 80310 fans with the highest average attendance of 5534 at the end of the 2019 league season. While the club finished in ninth at the end of the season they were granted promotion to the second tier, due to the expansion of the league and disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.

In their debut season within the second tier, the clubs Head, Gao Yao was able to guide the team to a third-place finish, however unable to improve upon these results in the following season he was let go by the club on 16 September 2021 and replaced by Sergio Zarco Díaz. In the 2022 China League One campaign, Sergio was able to gain promotion to the top tier for the first time in the clubs history by winning the division with the highest recorded points total in Chinese history for the division. However, the participation did not happen because the club was dissolved. All matches were scratched and awarded 3-0 (or 0–3) to their opponents.

Managerial history

 * 🇨🇳 Li Dong (2016–2017)
 * 🇷🇸 Dragan Stančić (caretaker) (2017)
 * 🇨🇦 Goran Miscevic (2017)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Xiao (2017)
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Jing (2018)
 * 🇷🇸 Dragan Okuka (2019)
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Yao (2019–2021)
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Zarco Díaz (2021–2023)

Honours

 * China League One
 * Champions (1): 2022

Results
All-time league rankings

As of the start of 2023 season.


 * In final stage.
 * In group stage.

Key


 * Pld = Played
 * W = Games won
 * D = Games drawn
 * L = Games lost
 * F = Goals for
 * A = Goals against
 * Pts = Points
 * Pos = Final position


 * DNQ = Did not qualify
 * DNE = Did not enter
 * NH = Not Held
 * – = Does Not Exist
 * R1 = Round 1
 * R2 = Round 2
 * R3 = Round 3
 * R4 = Round 4


 * F = Final
 * SF = Semi-finals
 * QF = Quarter-finals
 * R16 = Round of 16
 * Group = Group stage
 * GS2 = Second Group stage
 * QR1 = First Qualifying Round
 * QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
 * QR3 = Third Qualifying Round