Henan F.C.

Henan Football Club (Chinese: 河南足球俱乐部; pinyin: Hénán Zúqiú Jùlèbù), currently known as Henan F.C. Jiuzu Dukang (Chinese: 河南俱乐部酒祖杜康) for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Zhengzhou, Henan, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Henan plays their home matches at the Hanghai Stadium, located within Guancheng Hui District. Their owners are the Jianye Residential Group (China) Co., Ltd., which is part of the Central China Real Estate Limited. Their name referred to Jianye, a former name of the ancient city of Jiankang.^[2]

Henan
河南

Full name	Henan Football Club 河南足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)	红魔 (Red Devils)
Founded	1958; 66 years ago (1958) (semi-professional) 28 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-28) (professional)
Ground	Hanghai Stadium
Capacity	29,860[1]
Owner	Central China Real Estate Limited
Chairman	Hu Baosen
Head coach	Nam Ki-il
League	Chinese Super League
2024	Chinese Super League, 8th of 16
Home colours Away colours

The club's predecessor was the Henan Provincial Team, which was founded in 1958, while the current professional football team was established on 27 August 1994 as Henan Construction (Chinese: 河南建业). The club has never won the league title and the highest position they have ever achieved was when they came third in the 2009 Chinese Super League season.^[3] In 2010, the club changed its name to Henan Jianye, and once more in 2021 to Henan Songshan Longmen, before changing to its current name in 2023.

History

The football club was originally known as Henan Provincial team and was founded in 1958 by the local government sports body to take part in the 1959 Chinese National Games before joining the gradually expanding Chinese football league system. The team often spent much of its time in the second tier, except for a short period during the late 1970s when the league was expanded to accommodate more teams. When the Chinese football league system grew to accommodate a third tier, Henan found themselves in it when they were relegated from the second tier in the 1981 league season. However, they were able to quickly return to the second tier when they came out as top of the table to win promotion in the 1982 league season. It wasn't long until they won promotion to the top tier once more in the 1985 league season, where they would remain until the 1988 league season when they were relegated at the end of the season.

By the 1994 league season, the entire Chinese football league system had become professional and Henan would quickly follow when they became professional on August 27, 1994, by selling a 40% stake of the club to Jianye Residential Group (China) Co., Ltd. and renamed themselves Henan Construction.^[4] Henan's transition toward professionalism was difficult and they were once more relegated at the end of the 1994 league season to the third tier.^[5] Once again, they would have to win promotion from the third tier when they came runners-up in the table at the 1995 league season. For several seasons, they were a second-tier club fighting against relegation until Henan Jianye Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. decided to take full control of the club on January 15, 1999. With this sure financial footing, the club would go on to win the division title and establish themselves back into the second tier.^[6]

The club won promotion to the Chinese Super League at the end of the 2006 league season after winning the division title.^[7] In their debut season in the top tier playing professional football, Henan brought in Pei Encai to add experience to their management and to help them avoid relegation, which he achieved when they finished the season in 12th position, narrowly avoiding relegation after defeating Changchun Yatai 3–2. While he helped them avoid relegation, Henan demanded results in the 2008 league season and this saw them go through several managers before they settled with Tang Yaodong to help them avoid relegation once more. His appointment ended up extremely successful, and throughout the 2009 league season he would lead them to a third-place finish, which is the highest league position they have ever achieved.

Shenzhen Ruby v Henan Construction in 2009

The third-place finish led to the club's first and only appearance in the AFC Champions League in 2010, after they changed their English name to Henan Jianye, while its Chinese name remained the same. Henan finished the championship with 3 draws and 3 losses in the group stage, and from then on, the club's performance dropped from year to year. In 2011, they finished the season in 13th position. After an even more chaotic and unsatisfying season in 2012, the club was relegated to the second division.

Henan appointed Tang Yaodong again in 2013, who helped the team return to the Chinese Super League after the season. However, Tang was dismissed once again halfway through the 2014 season due to the team's disastrous performance. Jia Xiuquan took the position. The team fought hard against Beijing Guoan in the last game of the season. This goalless game helped the club stay in the Chinese Super League by a narrow one point margin.

Crest history

• 
  Henan logo used in 1995
• 
  Henan Construction F.C. logo used in 1996
• 
  Henan Construction logo used between 1997 and 2004
• 
  Henan Jianye logo used between 2005 and 2021
• 
  Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. logo used in 2022

Current squad

First team

As of 13 July 2024^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CHN Liu Yixin 4 DF  CHN Yeljan Shinar 5 DF  CHN Gu Cao 6 DF  CHN Wang Shangyuan 7 MF  CHN Zhong Yihao 8 MF  SRB Đorđe Denić 9 FW  CHN Feng Boyuan 10 MF  CHN Huang Zichang 11 FW  GHA Frank Acheampong 13 DF  CHN Xu Haofeng 14 MF  CHN Du Zhixuan 15 DF  CHN Liu Bin 16 MF  CHN Yang Kuo 17 GK  CHN Wang Jinshuai 18 GK  CHN Wang Guoming 19 MF  CHN Yang Yilin 20 FW  SRB Nemanja Čović

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CHN Chen Keqiang 22 MF  CHN Huang Ruifeng 23 DF  CHN Ke Zhao 24 DF  CHN Li Songyi 25 MF  CHN Tang Xu 26 GK  CHN Xu Jiamin 27 DF  CHN Niu Ziyi 28 DF  CHN He Guan (on loan from Shanghai Port) 30 DF  CHN Ding Haifeng (on loan from Tianjin Jinmen Tiger) 32 MF  CHN Li Tenglong 33 DF  CHN Zhang Zhihao 36 DF  BRA Iago Maidana 37 FW  CHN Zheng Junwei 38 FW  CHN Huang Yonghai (on loan from Shanghai Port) 39 FW  CHN Lu Zhiyuan 40 MF  BRA Bruno Nazário

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHN Gao Yunpeng 42 MF  CHN Zhang Xu 43 DF  CHN Ji Longgang 44 DF  CHN Cui Yuchen 45 MF  CHN Ouyang Bang 46 DF  CHN Yang Chengyu 47 FW  CHN Wang Yifan 49 DF  CHN Hu Kun 50 MF  CHN Song Hanchuan 53 DF  CHN Jin Qi 54 DF  CHN Wang Haonan 56 GK  CHN Tian Yuan — DF  CHN Wang Fei — MF  CHN Yuan Ye

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHN Guo Ziyu — DF  CHN Shen Xiangtao — DF  CHN Dai Yuhan — DF  CHN Chen Chengye — DF  CHN Xiong Meitao — DF  CHN Li Xinze — MF  CHN Li Dongze — FW  CHN Yan Hao — GK  CHN Wei Peng — GK  CHN Pan Qihao — DF  CHN Huang Junjun — MF  CHN Sun Longxiang

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Shi Chenglong (at Nanjing City until 31 December 2024) — DF  CHN Liu Jiahui (at Nanjing City until 31 December 2024) 3 DF  HKG Oliver Gerbig (at Dalian Yingbo until 31 December 2024) — DF  CHN Liu Zongyuan (at Beijing Institute of Technology until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHN Hua Mingcan (at Beijing Institute of Technology until 31 December 2024) — MF  CHN Wang Haoran (at Nanjing City until 31 December 2024) — FW  CHN Song Runtong (at Foshan Nanshi until 31 December 2024) 29 FW  CHN Han Dong (at Hunan Billows until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Nam Ki-il
Team manager	Niu Li
Assistant coach	Lee Soon-seok
Goalkeeper coach	Li Wei
Team physician	Zhao Yuan
Physiotherapist	Rodrigo

Source: http://www.jianyefc.com/a/qiudui/

Managerial history

Managers who have coached the club and team since Henan became a fully professional club back on August 27, 1994.^[9][10]

• Zhang Changhai (Aug 1994 – Dec 1994)
• Wang Suisheng (Dec 1994 – Aug 1998)
• Ding Sanshi (Aug 1998 – June 1999)
• Wang Suisheng (Jun 1999 – July 2001)
• Miloš Hrstić (Jul 2001 – Aug 2002)
• Chi Shangbin (Jan 1, 2003  Dec 31, 2003)
• Yin Lihua (Oct 2004 – Sep 2005)
• Chen Wenjie (interim) (Sep 2005 – Nov 2005)
• Meng Wenfeng (Nov 2005 – Sep 2007)
• Pei Encai (Sep 25, 2007 – Dec 20, 2007)
• Jia Xiuquan (Dec 20, 2007 – Jun 2008)
• Acácio Casimiro (Jun 2008 – Sep 15, 2008)
• Tang Yaodong (Sep 15, 2008 – Nov 12, 2010)
• Kim Hak-bum (Nov 12, 2010 – May 23, 2011)
• Zhao Wei (interim) (May 1, 2011 – Jun 30, 2011)
• Jo Bonfrère (Jun 30, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011)
• Jan Versleijen (Jan 1, 2012 – Jul 15, 2012)
• Shen Xiangfu (interim) (Jul 16, 2012 – Nov 30, 2012)
• Tang Yaodong (Nov 30, 2012 – May 28, 2014)
• Jia Xiuquan (Jun 3, 2014 –Jun 3, 2017)
• Yasen Petrov (Jun 13, 2017 –Sep 30, 2017)
• Guo Guangqi (Sep 30, 2017 – Dec 18, 2017)
• Dragan Talajić (Dec 18, 2017 – Apr 21, 2018)
• Chang Woe-ryong (Apr 26, 2018 – Sep 27, 2018)
• Wang Baoshan (Sep 27, 2018 – Jul 6, 2020)
• Yang Ji (interim) (Jul 6, 2020 – Sep 11, 2020)
• Javier Pereira (Sep 11, 2020 – Oct 6, 2021)
• Antonio Carreño (Oct 7, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022)
• Javier Pereira (Jan 9, 2022 – Mar 1, 2023)
• Sergio Zarco Díaz (Mar 7, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024)
• Nam Ki-il (Jan 7, 2024 – )

Honours

All-time honours list including semi-professional Henan Provincial team period.^[11]

League

• Chinese Jia B League/Chinese League One (Second Tier League)
  • Winners (3): 1989, 2006, 2013
• Chinese Yi League/Chinese League Two (Third Tier League)
  • Winners (2): 1982, 1999

Youth team

• U-19 Chinese FA Cup
  • Winners: 2007
• U-17 Chinese FA Cup
  • Winners: 2006, 2007

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.^[12][13]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	League Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
1963	2	11	5	2	4	12	12	0	31	51	NH	–	–
1965	2									52	NH	–	–
1973	1	19	8	3	8	19	20	−1	131	24	NH	–	–
1974	1	13	3	3	7	7	18	−11	31	34	NH	–	–
1976	1	8	0	4	4	2	19	−17	4	82	NH	–	–
1977	1	7	3	1	3	11	8	3	7	36	NH	–	–
1978	2	42	12	13	17	51	53	−2	37	16	NH	–	–
1979	2	42	15	8	19	46	55	−9	38	14	NH	–	–
1980	2	30	10	9	11	27	35	−8	29	9	NH	–	–
1981	2	30	10	–	20				20	13	NH	–	–
1982	3	81	7	–	1	11	2	9	141	W	NH	–	–
1983	2	15	8	–	7				16	8	NH	–	–
1984	2	71	2	–	5				41	7	DNQ	–	–
1985	2									3	DNQ	–	–
1986	1	14	3	3	8	11	16	−5	9	12	NH	–	–
1987	2	20	7	9	4	24	14	10	23	4	NH	–	–
1988	1	25	7	9	9	21	24	−3	33	12	NH	–	–
1989	2	22	14	7	1	44	17	27	52	W	NH	–	–
1990	1	14	0	1	13	5	28	−23	1	8	R1	–	–
1991	2	16	4	10	2	19	15	4	18	5	R1	–	–
1992	2	10	1	7	2	7	10	−3	10	52	R2	–	–
1993	2	5	1	0/0	4	7	9	−2	2	62	NH	–	–
1994	2	20	5	3	12	22	27	−5	13	10	NH	–	–			Henan Provincial Stadium
1995	3	8	5	2	1				101	RU	DNQ	DNQ	–
1996	2	22	6	6	10	20	33	−13	24	8	R1	DNQ	–		21,000
1997	2	22	9	7	6	21	18	3	34	5	R1	DNQ	–		20,000
1998	2	22	5	10	7	23	31	−8	25	11	R1	DNQ	–		23,000	Xinxiang Sports Centre
1999	3	21	10	8	3	28	14	14	61	W	DNQ	DNQ	–
2000	2	22	6	9	7	28	34	−6	27	9	R1	DNQ	–		18,000
2001	2	22	8	5	9	24	30	−6	29	7	R2	DNQ	–		18,727
2002	2	22	6	8	8	23	28	−5	26	10	R1	DNQ	–		8,500	Xigong Stadium
2003	2	26	14	6	6	33	24	9	48	RU3	QF	DNQ	–		15,385	Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
2004	2	32	11	12	9	29	27	2	45	7	R2	NH	DNQ		9,794	Xinxiang Sports Centre
2005	2	26	7	6	13	28	37	−9	27	10	R2	NH	DNQ		10,833
2006	2	24	18	5	1	38	13	25	59	W	R2	NH	NH		20,583	Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
2007	1	28	5	12	11	20	28	−8	27	12	NH	NH	NH		16,857
2008	1	30	9	9	12	30	31	−1	36	10	NH	NH	NH		16,267
2009	1	30	13	9	8	35	26	9	48	3	NH	NH	NH		19,255
2010	1	30	9	13	8	31	31	0	40	8	NH	NH	NH	Group	18,630
2011	1	30	7	11	12	29	35	−6	32	13	QF	NH	NH		16,334
2012	1	30	7	5	18	28	56	−28	26	16	R4	DNQ	NH		17,526
2013	2	30	18	8	4	51	21	30	62	W	R3	DNQ	NH		19,076
2014	1	30	6	12	12	32	39	−7	30	14	QF	DNQ	NH		18,390
2015	1	30	12	10	8	35	30	5	46	5	QF	DNQ	NH		20,207
2016	1	30	10	5	15	26	44	−18	35	13	QF	DNQ	NH		17,282
2017	1	30	7	9	14	34	46	−12	30	14	R4	DNQ	NH		18,933
2018	1	30	10	4	16	30	45	−15	34	12	R4	DNQ	NH		18,402
2019	1	30	11	8	11	41	46	-5	41	8	R4	DNQ	NH		20,360
2020	1	20	5	5	10	21	37	-16	20	9	R1	DNQ	NH
2021	1	22	7	9	6	19	20	-1	30	10	SF	DNQ	NH
2022	1	34	17	8	9	60	32	28	59	6	R16	DNQ	NH			Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
2023	1	30	9	9	12	38	40	-2	36	10	R16	DNQ	NH		16,246

no league game in 1966–72, 1975;
no Division 2 league game in 1961–63;

• ^1 In final group. ^2 In group stage. ^3 No promotion.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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

Continental results

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Rank /Agg.
2010	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Singapore Armed Forces	0–0	1–2	4th
			Gamba Osaka	1–1	1–1
			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–2	0–2

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External links

• Official website. Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine.