Jiangxi Lushan F.C.

"Jiangxi Lushan" redirects here. For the mountain in Jiangxi, see Mount Lu. For the county-level city in Jiangxi, see Lushan City. For other uses, see Lushan.

Jiangxi Lushan Football Club (Chinese: 江西庐山足球俱乐部; pinyin: Jiāngxī Lúshān Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Ruichang, Jiangxi, that competes in China League Two, the third tier of Chinese football. Jiangxi Lushan plays its home matches at the Ruichang Sports Park Stadium, located within Ruichang. The club was founded in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and they are owned by the Jiujiang Liansheng Group. The club name Lushan derives from Mount Lu.

Jiangxi Lushan
Jiāngxī Lúshān
江西庐山

Full name	Jiangxi Lushan Football Club 江西庐山足球俱乐部
Founded	3 April 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-03) (amateur) 23 February 2012; 13 years ago (2012-02-23) (professional)
Ground	Ruichang Sports Park Stadium
Capacity	13,188
Owner	Jiujiang Liansheng Group
Chairman	Sun Jun
Manager	Li Zheng
League	China League Two
2024	China League One, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was established as an amateur club named Jiujiang Liansheng (Simplified Chinese: 九江联盛) on 3 April 2002 and was directly named after their owners the Jiujiang Liansheng Group.^[1] They played in the amateur leagues for ten years and claimed runners-up in the 2011 China Amateur Football League.^[2] On 23 February 2012, the club was reorganized as a professional football club and to represent this the owners changed the club's name to Jiangxi Liansheng to signify the city they would be representing.^[3] Their first season as a professional unit saw them enter the third tier of the Chinese football pyramid where in their debut season they finished eighth within their group. After three seasons within the division they won the league and gained promotion to the second tier by beating Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 2–0 in the division final.^[4]

In February 2021, the club changed its name to Jiangxi Beidamen.^[5] In March 2023, the club changed its name to Jiangxi Lushan.^[6]

Name history

• 2002–2012: Jiujiang Liansheng (九江联盛）
• 2012–2020: Jiangxi Liansheng (江西联盛)
• 2021–2022: Jiangxi Beidamen (江西北大门)
• 2023-:Jiangxi Lushan (江西庐山)

Players

Current squad

As of 13 July 2024^[7]

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 1 GK  CHN Qi Wang 4 DF  CHN Zhu Mingxin 5 MF  CHN Sherzat Nur (on loan from Hubei Istar) 6 MF  CHN Song Ziwenhao (on loan from Changchun Yatai) 7 FW  CHN Wu Linfeng 8 DF  CHN Xie Weichao 10 MF  BRA Willie 11 FW  LES Thabiso Brown 13 MF  CHN Zhang Yanjun 14 MF  CHN Chen Yunhua (on loan from Guangxi Pingguo Haliao) 15 MF  CHN Liu Zipeng 16 MF  CHN Hu Jiaqi 17 DF  CHN Xu Dongdong 19 GK  CHN Chen Junxu 21 MF  CHN Chen Cheng

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  CHN Yao Zixuan 24 MF  CHN Du Junpeng (on loan from Qingdao West Coast) 25 DF  CHN Wang Hongbin 26 DF  CHN Zhang Xiang 28 MF  CHN Muzapar Muhta (on loan from Shenzhen Peng City) 29 FW  POR Fábio Fortes 30 DF  CHN Gao Mingyi 32 DF  CHN Nihat Nihmat 33 FW  CHN Kang Zhenjie 34 GK  CHN Ma Kunyue 35 MF  CHN Li Jiahao 36 DF  CHN Zhang Junzhe (on loan from Shijiazhuang Gongfu) 37 MF  CHN Wang Jianwen 44 FW  CHN Qaharman Abdukerim

Reserve 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 12 GK  CHN Han Zhen — GK  CHN Fan Weixiang 22 DF  CHN Song Jian — DF  CHN Liu Zefeng

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CHN Baqyjan Hurman — FW  CHN Deng Jiaxing 18 FW  GAM Malang Faye

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Li Zheng
Assistant coach	Jin Li
Goalkeeping Coach	Zhao Yang

Source: Jiangxi Liansheng website

Managerial history

• Gu Mingchang (2012)
• Li Xiao (2013–2014)
• Huang Yan (2015)
• Sun Wei (2015)
• Song Lihui (2016)
• Fan Yuhong (2017)
• Kazimir Vulić (2017–2018)
• Huang Yong (2019–2022)
• Bene Lima (2022–2023)
• Yu Ming (2023)
• Li Zheng (2023–)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.^[8][9]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2009	4									5	NH	DNQ	DNQ
2010	4									7	NH	DNQ	DNQ
2011	4									RU	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2012	3	24	6	12	6	36	32	4	30	8 1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1,063	Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center
2013	3	12	2	6	4	9	14	−5	12	5 1	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2014	3	21	13	5	3	33	13	20	34 1	W	R2	DNQ	DNQ	1,200
2015	2	30	5	8	17	32	50	−18	23	16	R16	DNQ	DNQ	5,349
2016	3	23	10	11	2	31	20	11	41	3	R1	DNQ	DNQ	5,266	Jiujiang Stadium
2017	3	24	10	7	7	26	23	3	37	14	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,636
2018	3	28	7	10	11	36	37	−1	31	22	R2	DNQ	DNQ	5,000	Ruichang Sports Park Stadium
2019	3	30	19	4	7	41	21	20	61	6	R2	DNQ	DNQ
2020	2	15	1	6	8	14	30	-16	9	18 2	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2021	2	34	7	8	19	29	68	-39	29	14	R3	DNQ	DNQ
2022	2	34	10	9	15	40	51	-11	33 3	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ

• ^1 in group stage.
• ^2 Avoided relegation through play-off.
• ^3 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries.

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  – = 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

Honours

• China League Two
  • Champions (1): 2014