Shanghai women's volleyball team

Shanghai Bright Ubest Women's Volleyball Club (simplified Chinese: 上海光明优培女排; traditional Chinese: 上海光明優培女排; pinyin: shànghǎi nǚpái) is a Chinese professional women's volleyball team based in Shanghai that plays in the Chinese Volleyball League (CVL).

Shanghai Bright Ubest Women’s Volleyball Club

Full name	Shanghai Bright Ubest Women's Volleyball Club 上海光明優倍女子排球俱乐部
Short name	上海女排
Nickname	Shanghai Bright Ubest
Founded	1996
Ground	Luwan Sports Centre, Shanghai, China (Capacity: 3500)
Owner	Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd Bright Dairy & Food Cop., Ltd
Manager	Wang Zhiteng (2015–present)
League	Chinese Volleyball League (CVL)
2024-25	2nd
Uniforms
Home Away

The team has won five league titles altogether. Their head coach is Wang Zhiteng. They were sponsored by Guohua Life and Dunlop, and now sponsored by Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd and Bright Dairy & Food Cop., Ltd.

CVL results by Season

Season	Final ranking
2024-2025	Runners-up
2023-2024	Runners-up
2022-2023	Runners-up
2021-2022	Third Place
2020-2021	Third Place
2019-2020	Runners-up
2018-2019	Third Place
2017-2018	Runners-up
2016-2017	6th
2015-2016	Third Place
2014-2015	Runners-up
2013-2014	5th
2012-2013	6th
2011-2012	Runners-up
2010-2011	Third Place
2009-2010	Runners-up
2008-2009	Runners-up
2007-2008	Third Place
2006-2007	7th
2005-2006	11th
2004-2005	10th
2003-2004	11th
2002-2003	10th
2001-2002	5th
2000-2001	Champions
1999-2000	Champions
1998-1999	Champions
1997-1998	Champions
1996-1997	Champions

Team roster

Season 2024–2025

2024–2025 Team
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Wang Weiyi	Libero	1.75	1995/06/20
5	Huang Xinyue	Setter	1.77	2002/05/04
6	Gao Yi	Middle Blocker	1.95	1998/07/22
7	Tainara Santos	Opposite	1.87	2000/03/09
8	Xue Yizhi	Middle Blocker	1.92	1997/12/02
9	Gao Huiyi	Outside Hitter	1.88	2003/06/17
10	Arina Fedorovtseva	Outside Hitter	1.90	2004/01/19
11	Ouyang Qianqian	Opposite	1.88	1998/01/05
12	Wang Yindi	Opposite	1.85	2005/08/24
14	Zhu Xingchen	Libero	1.65	2003/10/24
16	Chen Houyu	Middle Blocker	1.92	2005/10/08
17	Zhong Hui (C)	Outside Hitter	1.84	1997/12/08
18	Xu Xiaoting	Setter	1.80	1998/01/21

Champions Titles

Chinese Volleyball League

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2000-2001	Shanghai	Bayi
1999-2000	Shanghai	Jiangsu
1998-1999	Shanghai	Zhejiang
1997-1998	Shanghai	Jiangsu
1996-1997	Shanghai	Jiangsu

AVC Club Championship

Year	Host	Champions	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
2000 Details	Shaoxing	Shanghai Cable TV	NEC Red Rockets	Zhejiang Nandu	Hyundai Greenfox
2001 Details	Ho Chi Minh City	Shanghai Cable TV	Hisamitsu Springs	Aero Thai	Rahat CSKA

Honours

International competitions

AVC Champions League

Champions (2): 2000, 2001

Third Place (1): 1999

Domestic competitions

Chinese Volleyball League / Chinese Volleyball Super League

Champions (5):1996-97,1997-98,1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01

Runners-up (9): 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2011-12, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2019-2020, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25

Third Place (6):2007-08, 2010-11, 2015-16，2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22

Former players

• Zhang Jing (1996-2008)
• Wang Yi (1996-1999)
• Li Yizhi (1996-2002)
• Zhu Yunying (1996–2002)
• He Qing (2001-2009)
• Heather Bown (2013-2014)
• Nellie Spicer (2013-2014)
• Kinga Kasprzak (2013-2014)
• Margareta Kozuch (2014-2015)
• Senna Ušić-Jogunica (2014-2016)
• Sarah Pavan (2015-2017)
• Helena Havelkova (2016-2017)
• Kim Yeon-koung (2017-2018, 2021-22)
• Kelly Murphy (2018-2019)
• Jordan Larson (2019-2022)
• Louisa Lippmann (2019-2021)
• Samantha Bricio (2022-2024)
• Arina Fedorovtseva (2024-2025)
• Tainara Santos (2024-2025)

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

• Zhang Liming (????–1996)
• Zhang Jichen (1996–1997)
• Cai Bin (1997–2002)
• Yu Youwei (2002–2003)
• Zhang Liming (2003–2013)
• Wang Jian (2013–2014)
• He Jiong (2014–2015)
• Wang Zhiteng (2015–)

See also

• Shanghai Men's Volleyball Club