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Changchun Yatai
长春亚泰

Full name	Changchun Yatai Football Club 长春亚泰足球俱乐部
Founded	6 June 1996; 28 years ago (6 June 1996)
Ground	Nanling Stadium, Changchun, China
Capacity	38,500
Owner	Jiarun Investment Management Co. Ltd.
Chairman	Zeng Jiaofeng
Head coach	Xie Hui
League	Chinese Super League
2024	Chinese Super League, 9th of 16
Website	http://www.yataifc.cn
Home colours Away colours
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Changchun Yatai Football Club (Chinese: 长春亚泰足球俱乐部; pinyin: Chángchūn Yàtài Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Changchun, Jilin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Changchun Yatai plays its home matches at the Changchun Stadium, located within Nanguan District. The club's founder and main investor is the private Chinese conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group.

The club was formed on 6 June 1996, before making their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 1997 league season. In 2000, they bought a position into the second division after they merged with Huizhou PLA Saonon. In 2001, they finished as runners-up within their division. However, they were denied promotion after they were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal. The club would reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license before they eventually gained promotion to China's top flight at the end of the 2005 league campaign. In the 2007 Chinese Super League, they won the league title and participated in the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time. They have since gone on to come in second at the 2009 Chinese Super League and also participated in the 2010 AFC Champions League.

History

Changchun Yatai was founded on 6 June 1996, by local conglomerate Jilin Yatai Group in Changchun, Jilin, to take part in the league system that was fully professionalized recently, which allowed private enterprises to own their own clubs. The club would select a dragon kicking a ball as their crest while assembling the club's senior team. And to make sure they had a competitive youth system, they also brought in the best youth players from Shenyang before moving them into their recently created football training base at a cost of two million yuan, while the total cost of starting the whole enterprise would end up being 20 million yuan. For the next several seasons, the club achieved very little until they bought a position into the second tier when the club took over Huizhou PLA Saonon at the beginning of the 2000 league season for fifteen million yuan, while during the season the team maintained an unbeaten home record but still finished in a disappointing fifth at the end of the season. The following season, the club's manager, Yin Tiesheng, looked like he could improve upon last years results when he guided the club to a runners-up position and what looked like promotion to the top tier for the first time. However, it was soon discovered that the 6 October 2001, game that Changchun won 6–0 against Zhejiang Green Town was fixed. This saw the club denied promotion and had all offending participants banned for a year, while the club had three months to reform and re-apply for a CFA playing license. Despite this, Yin Tiesheng stayed on and promoted future Chinese internationals Du Zhenyu, Zhang Xiaofei, and Cao Tianbao from the club's youth team, which was assembled from Shenyang, into the senior team. These players in 2003 would go on to win the Jia B (second level) title, but the club was not promoted due to the creation of the Super League.

Yin Tiesheng would leave the club in 2004 to take the Chinese U20 head coach position and Chen Jingang was brought in as the new manager. Within his reign, Chen Jingang guided the club to a runner-up spot in the China League One division in 2005 and promotion to the Super League. In the club's debut season, they finished fourth. However, Chen Jingang was relieved of his duties after he lost it in the dressing room by threatening to dock player wagers if he was unsatisfied with their performances. In 2007, Gao Hongbo was brought in as the new manager and in his debut season, he won the Chinese Super League title with them. This would see Changchun allowed entry to the 2008 AFC Champions League for the first time, along with Beijing Guoan, and played their first game against Vietnamese football club Bình Dương on 12 March 2008, in a 2–1 victory While the club finished the group runners-up only, one team was allowed to go through the knock out stages and the club crashed out of the tournament. This, unfortunately, affected the club's league performance and Gao Hongbo was fired during the season.

In September 2008, Li Shubin was brought in to manage the club and to see out the remainder of the 2008 league season. However, under his leadership, results improved and the club went on to have an industrious following campaign that saw them come runners-up at the end of the 2009 Chinese Super League campaign. Despite achieving consistently good performances for the team, the club decided that they wanted Shen Xiangfu to manage the team for the following season and within one of his first games for the club in the 2010 AFC Champions League, on 9 March 2010, Changchun beat Indonesian side Persipura Jayapura 9–0, making the victory the largest ever within the AFC Champions League for a Chinese side. Shen Xiangfu was, however, unable to guide Changchun into the knockout stages despite there being two places up for grabs and his league performances were not impressive. Despite this, the club held on to him for another season where he fared little better and at the beginning of the 2012 Chinese Super League season, the club brought in Svetozar Šapurić as the club's new manager.

In the 2018 Chinese Super League, Changchun underperformed in the last third of the season, finishing 15th. The team was relegated to the China League One. The 2019 season saw Changchun come close to earning promotion immediately back into the top tier, with a ten-game unbeaten streak in the middle of the season. Ultimately, though, the club slipped towards the end of the season and finished the campaign in fifth place. However, Changchun won the 2020 China League One title and returned to the Chinese Super League after a two-year absence.

Crest history

• Changchun Yatai logo in 1996
• Changchun Yatai logo in 1997 and 1998
• Changchun Yatai logo between 1999 and 2001
• Changchun Yatai logo between 2002 and 2006
• Changchun Yatai logo used since 2007

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 July 2024

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 2 DF  CHN Abduhamit Abdugheni 3 DF  CHN Wang Yaopeng 4 DF  SRB Lazar Rosić 5 DF  CHN Li Shenyuan (on loan from Shanghai Port) 6 MF  CHN Zhang Huachen 7 MF  CHN Liu Yun 8 MF  CHN Wang Jinxian 9 FW  SVN Robert Berić 10 MF  BRA Serginho (captain) 13 FW  CHN Cheng Changcheng 14 GK  CHN Yang Xinyang 15 FW  CHN Tian Yuda 16 MF  CHN Dilyimit Tudi 19 DF  CHN Liao Chengjian 20 MF  CHN Zhang Yufeng 21 DF  CHN Cui Qi 23 GK  CHN Wu Yake

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 FW  CHN He Zhenyu 26 DF  CHN Yuan Mincheng 28 GK  CHN Wang Zhifeng 29 FW  CHN Tan Long 30 MF  CHN Sabit Abdusalam 31 DF  ZAM Stoppila Sunzu 32 DF  CHN Sun Guoliang 34 DF  CHN He Yiran 35 MF  CHN Wang Yu 36 DF  CHN Jiang Wenhao (on loan from Beijing Guoan) 37 DF  CHN Jing Boxi 38 MF  CHN Liu Junbo 39 DF  CHN Zhao Xiaolong 42 GK  CHN Zou Dehai 43 DF  CHN Wu Junjie 44 MF  AUT Peter Žulj 45 FW  CHN Wei Feng

Reserves 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 18 FW  CHN Memet-Raim Memet-Ali 22 GK  CHN Liu Yu 33 MF  CHN Feng Shuaihang 35 DF  CHN Yijin Huang 36 DF  CHN Jin Chenglong 40 MF  BRA Guilherme 41 GK  CHN Gao Yuqin 42 MF  CHN Zhang Hengyuan 43 MF  CHN Cui Jingming 45 MF  CHN Yang Shukai 46 DF  CHN Yang Jingfan 47 DF  CHN Azimet Ahat 49 MF  CHN He Wei 51 GK  CHN Shi Yuan 53 DF  CHN An Kang 54 DF  CHN Feng Wenjun

No. Pos. Nation Player 57 DF  CHN Fang Liang 58 GK  CHN Chen Kaijun 59 DF  CHN Li Jiachen 60 MF  CHN Han Tianlin 62 MF  CHN Zhao Hanyu 63 MF  CHN Zhang Le — FW  CHN Liu Ziliang — MF  CHN Yan Xu — FW  CHN Zhang Yutian — DF  CHN Xiang Jiaming — DF  CHN Xu Chaochao — MF  CHN Guan Hao — DF  CHN Zhang Yusheng — DF  CHN Ren Peng

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) retired in 2017.

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 — GK  CHN Lu Ning on loan from Heilongjiang Ice City until 31 December 2024 — DF  CHN Wu Junjie on loan from Shaanxi Union until 31 December 2024 — DF  CHN Shi Lishan on loan from Nanjing City until 31 December 2024 — DF  CHN Sun Jie on loan from Qingdao West Coast until 31 December 2024 — DF  CHN Xuan Zhijian on loan from Yanbian Longding until 31 December 2024

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHN Fan Chao on loan from Guangxi Pingguo Haliao until 31 December 2024 — MF  CHN Song Ziwenhao on loan from Jiangxi Lushan until 31 December 2024 — MF  CHN Huang Yushen on loan from Foshan Nanshi until 31 December 2024 — MF  CHN Xuan Zhijian on loan from Yanbian Longding until 31 December 2024

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Xie Hui
Team leader	Yang Jingdong
Assistant coach	Ng Wai Chiu
Goalkeeper coach	Everton
Team physician	Ivan Rubio

Source: Changchun Yatai F.C.

Managerial history

As of 17 April 2024.

• Tang Pengju (1997–98)
• Yin Tiesheng (1999–04)
• Qu Gang (interim) (2004 – 26 Apr 2004)
• Li Hui (26 Apr 2004 – 6 July 2004)
• Chen Jingang (18 July 2004 – 2006)
• Arie Schans (1 Jan 2005 – 31 Dec 2007) Team leader
• Gao Hongbo (1 Jan 2007 – 5 July 2008)
• Li Shubin (interim) (20 July 2008 – 31 Dec 2008)
• Ernst Middendorp (27 July 2008 – 31 Dec 2008)
• Li Shubin (interim) (Sept 2008 – 25 Dec 2008)
• Li Shubin (1 Jan 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)
• Shen Xiangfu (2010–11)
• Svetozar Šapurić (24 Nov 2011 – 28 Dec 2012)
• Li Shubin (28 Dec 2012 – 20 May 2013)
• Svetozar Šapurić (21 May 2013 – 21 April 2014)
• Gao Jinggang (interim) (21 April 2014 – 28 April 2014)
• Dragan Okuka (28 April 2014 – 12 Nov 2014)
• Gao Jinggang (19 Dec 2014 – 12 Jun 2015)
• Marijo Tot (12 Jun 2015 – 31 Dec 2015)
• Slaviša Stojanovič (13 Jan 2016 –4 May 2016)
• Lee Jang-soo (6 May 2016 –4 May 2017)
• Chen Jingang (4 May 2017 –6 Jun 2019)
• Svetozar Šapurić (9 Jun 2019 – 2 Dec 2019)
• Samvel Babayan (2 Dec 2019 – 5 Oct 2020)
• Chen Yang (5 Oct 2020 – 17 April 2024)
• Xie Hui (17 April 2024  – )

Honours

League

• Chinese Super League
  • Champions: 2007
  • Runners-up: 2009
• China League One/Jia-B League
  • Champions: 2003, 2020
  • Runners-up: 2001, 2005

Results

All-time League rankings

As of the end of the 2023 season.

• Did not enter in the 1998 campaign.
• ^1 In group stages. ^2 Promotion to Jia-A league was cancelled due to match fixing. ^3 No promotion.

Key

Continental results

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Rank /Agg.
2008	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Bình Dương	2–1	5–0	2nd
			Adelaide United	0–0	0–0
			Pohang Steelers	1–0	2–2
2010	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Kashima Antlers	0–1	0–1	3rd
			Persipura Jayapura	9–0	0–2
			Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–2	0–1

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External links

• Official website (in Chinese)

• Changchun Yatai F.C.
• Association football clubs established in 1996
• Sport in Changchun
• 1996 establishments in China
• Chinese Super League clubs
• Football clubs in Changchun
• Football clubs in China