Hubei Istar F.C.

Hubei Istar Football Club (Chinese: 湖北青年星足球俱乐部; pinyin: Húběi Qīngniánxīng Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Hubei Youth Stars F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in China League Two, the third tier of Chinese football. Hubei Istar plays its home matches at the Xinhua Road Sports Center, located within Jianghan District.

Hubei Istar
湖北青年星

Full name	Hubei Istar Football Club 湖北青年星足球俱乐部
Founded	8 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-08)
Ground	Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan, Hubei
Capacity	32,137
Owner	Hubei Chufeng United Amateur Football Club Co., Ltd.
Chairman	Yang Dongqiang
Manager	Gao Feng
League	China League Two
2024	China League Two, 16th of 20
Home colours Away colours

History

Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. was founded on 8 July 2016 combined by amateur club Wuhan New Era and unpunished players from Wuhan Hongxing after the Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl.^[1] They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Wuhan City Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group B successively.^[2] Wuhan Chufeng Heli finished third place in the national finals and won the qualification for promoting to 2017 China League Two,^[3] but then gave up to turn professional and remained at the amateur league. Two years later, they finally promoted to China League Two after finishing in third place again in 2018 Chinese Champions League, after changing their name to Hubei Chufeng United F.C. before the season.

In January 2021, Hubei Chufeng United changed their name to Hubei Istar F.C.^[4]

Name history

• 2016–2018: Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C. (武汉楚风合力)
• 2018–2020: Hubei Chufeng United F.C. (湖北楚风合力)
• 2021–present: Hubei Istar F.C. (湖北青年星)

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 March 2024^[5]

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 41 DF  CHN Yu Jingcheng 42 DF  CHN Xia Jiayi 43 GK  CHN Wang Xinghao 44 MF  CHN Li Dongnan 45 FW  CHN Huang Kaijun 46 DF  CHN Yang Bowen 47 DF  CHN Sun Kangbo 48 FW  CHN Wang Zhicheng 49 MF  CHN Wang Dingkun 50 FW  CHN Wang Boyue 51 MF  CHN Gao Su 52 FW  CHN Huang Wenzheng 53 FW  CHN Sun Wenchao 54 DF  CHN Yu Tianle 55 MF  CHN Xia Zihao 56 DF  CHN Liu Xin

No. Pos. Nation Player 57 FW  CHN Wang Ziyang 58 DF  CHN Wang Zheng 59 FW  CHN Huang Bo 60 GK  CHN Hu Guiying 61 DF  CHN Zhong Mingzhi 62 FW  CHN Lin Zihao 63 DF  CHN Zhang Jun 64 DF  CHN Wei Zixian 65 MF  CHN Mewlan Memetimin 66 DF  CHN Cui Shengcheng 67 FW  CHN Min Xiankun 68 MF  CHN Huang Jiale 69 MF  CHN Lin Shangyuan 70 DF  CHN Wei Suowei 71 GK  CHN Meng Derui

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Gao Feng
Assistant coach

Source: ^[5]

Managerial history

• Zhou Yi (2016)
• Deng Sheng (2017)
• Huang Zhengguo (2018)
• Luíz Felipe (2019–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2016	4									3	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2017	4									11	R1	DNQ	DNQ		Tazi Lake Sports Centre
2018	4									3	R4	DNQ	DNQ		Xinhua Road Sports Center
2019	3	30	8	10	12	27	39	−12	341	19	R1	DNQ	DNQ		Hankou Cultural Sports Centre

• ^1 In group stage.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth 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 WD = Withdrawal  – = 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

References

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2. "山西龙城闯进全国总决赛". Shanxi News. 9 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
3. "业余联赛总决赛落幕 博阳携手长安楚风申梵冲乙". Netease. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
4. "关于湖北楚风合力足球俱乐部名称变更的公告". Dongqiudi. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. "2024中乙联赛湖北青年星一线队大名单及赛程表". dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). Hubei Istar F.C. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.