Shanghai International Port Group F.C.
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Shanghai International Port Group Football Club 上海上港集团足球俱乐部 | ||
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Red Eagles 红鹰 | ||
| Founded | 25 December 2005 | ||
| Ground | Shanghai Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 56,842 | ||
| Chairman | Chen Xuyuan | ||
| Head Coach | André Villas-Boas | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2016 | Super League, 3rd | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Shanghai International Port Group Football Club (Chinese: 上海上港; pinyin: Shànghǎi Shànggǎng) or SIPG FC is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Xuhui, Shanghai and their home stadium is the Shanghai Stadium that has a seating capacity of 56,842. Their owners are the Chinese group Shanghai International Port (Group) (SIPG).
The club was founded on December 25, 2005 as Shanghai Dongya FC (Dongya literally means East Asia in Chinese) by former Chinese international footballer coach Xu Genbao. The club would use graduates from Genbao Football Base, a football academy also founded by Xu to form their first team as they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2006 league season. They would work their way up to the top tier and the highest position they have ever finished is second in the 2015 Chinese Super League season.
According for Forbes, SIPG are the 3rd most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $159 million, and an estimated revenue of $37 million in 2015.[1]
History
Est.–2007: League Two
On May 16, 2000 former Chinese international football coach Xu Genbao founded the Genbao Football Base and enrolled 96 academy members born between 1988 and 1991, who were to be trained in the recently built Genbao Football Base Arena.[2]
Initially, Xu Genbao had no intention of establishing a professional football club. However, as the youngsters in the Base grew up, the lack of youth football competition in China prompt Xu to set up a football club so that his protégés could earn match experiences in professional football. On December 25, 2005, Shanghai Dongya Football Club was jointly established by Xu Genbao and Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd, with Xu Genbao being the club chairman. Xu appointed Claude Lowitz, a French youth coach in the Base, as the team manager.
With young players aged between 14 and 17, Shanghai Dongya competed in the 2006 China League Two, the third tier of the Chinese league system. The team played their home games at Genbao Football Base Arena training ground in Chongming, Shanghai, and eventually finished their first season at the seventh place. During the campaign Xu's players broke a few records during the season, with Cao Yunding being the youngest Chinese goalscorer aged 16 years and 242 days,[3] and Wu Lei the youngest Chinese professional footballer, aged only 14 years and 287 days.[4] At the end of 2006, Claude Lowitz left the club, and former assistant manager Jiang Bingyao took up the manager position. With lessons learned and experiences gained from their debutante season, the young Dongya went on to win the division title in 2007, by beating Sichuan in the final, and thus gaining promotion to China League One, the second tier of the football league.[5]
2008–2012: League One
Despite the successful promotion, questions arose as to what would happen to the team, especially given that Xu's previous effort to create a professional club (Shanghai Cable 02) ended up being sold off to Shanghai Shenhua in 2002 due to financial difficulties. In June 2007, Shanghai government came to Xu's rescue with financial aid, in exchange Dongya would represent Shanghai in the 2009 National Games.[6]
With the club in a higher division, Shanghai Dongya moved into the 30,000 seater Jinshan Sports Centre in Jinshan District of Shanghai and finished the 2008 China League One division campaign in a respectable sixth. In the summer of 2009, Shanghai Dongya represent Shanghai football team and took part in the 2009 National Games. Xu Genbao took up the management post himself and led the team to win gold in the men's football tournament. Meanwhile, in the league, Shanghai Dongya chose the 65,000 seater Shanghai Stadium as their home stadium for their 2009 China League One campaign. Shanghai Dongya finished the season in fourth place and just missed out on promotion by a single win, but it was still considered quite an achievement because that team was made up of players under 20 years old, and with no foreign imports. This earned the club a reputation for its success in youth development in China and they were affectionately nicknamed as "China's Manchester United", by their fans because of Xu's well-known ambition "to create a China's Manchester United".
The 2010 league season saw former Chinese international Fan Zhiyi receive his first management job at the club as well as the introduction of their first ever foreign players in Macedonian Nikola Karçev and Haitian Fabrice Noël. Despite these new signings the club failed to improve upon the previous season's results and finished in the fourth place. Failure to gain promotion and financial difficulties caused the club unable to hold onto their rising stars. Before the 2011 season, five of the team's starting XI left the club: team captain Wang Jiayu, Chinese international Zhang Linpeng and Chinese U-23 players Cao Yunding, Jiang Zhipeng, and Gu Chao.[7] In the following 2011 season, Xu Genbao promoted several young players into the first team and the team finished the season in a disappointing ninth place.
At the beginning of the 2012 season the club sold their team name to sponsor, Zobon Group for 30 million Yuan on a three-year deal, which saw the club change first team's name to Shanghai Tellace on December 31, 2011, while the club's name remains unchanged as Shanghai Dongya FC[8] At the end of the season, Shanghai Tellace won the league title and was promoted to the Chinese Super League.
2013–present: CSL
On December 28, 2012 Shanghai Dongya changed its first team name again to Shanghai SIPG, under a 40-million Yuan sponsorship deal with Shanghai International Port (Group).[9] Within the off-season on January 7, 2013 the club officially acquired another Shanghai-based football club Shanghai Pudong Zobon, which had previously played in the 2012 China League Two division before they were dissolved. Most of its players, born between 1993 and 1994 and graduated from Genbao Football Base, were brought back under Xu Genbao's wing and would become the reserve team of Shanghai Dongya FC[10] In the clubs debut within the top tier they brought in former Chinese national team manager Gao Hongbo as their Head coach and he would go on to guide the club to a ninth-place finish at the end of the 2013 league season. The Shanghai International Port (Group) would decide to strengthen their position within the club and officially took over the whole club on November 18, 2014 and immediately appointed Sven-Göran Eriksson as their new Head coach.[11]
Ownership and naming history
| Year | Owner | Club name | Sponsored team name |
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| 2005–2011 | Genbao Football Base Shanghai Dongya Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd |
Shanghai Dongya Football Club | Shanghai Dongya |
| 2012 | Shanghai Tellace | ||
| 2013–2014 | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| 2015– | Shanghai International Port (Group) | Shanghai SIPG Football Club |
Rivalries
The club's main rivals are against Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Shenxin whom they contest in the local Shanghai derby. With the clubs founder Xu Genbao having managed Shenhua to the 1995 league title, the Shenhua tie holds a direct personal link between the two teams.[12] On 28 April 2013 the two sides met for the first time in a league game that saw the club defeated 2–1 to Shenhua.[13] The tie against Shanghai Shenxin also contains strong links between the two teams with players Jiang Zhipeng and Wang Jiayu having represented both teams before the two clubs met in their first derby on 2 June 2013, which resulted in a 6–1 victory.[14] The club's geographical location has also opened them up to rivalries with neighbouring club's Hangzhou Greentown and Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty where they contest in a fixture called the Yangtze Delta Derby.[15]
Current squad
As of June 29, 2016 [16]
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
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Out on loan
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  André Villas-Boas |
| Assistant coach | Daniel Sousa |
| Assistant coach |  Xie Hui |
| Goalkeeping coach |  Wil Coort |
| Fitness coach | José Mário Rocha |
| Technique coach |  Mads Davidsen |
Source: Sina.com
Managerial history
Claude Lowitz (2006)- Jiang Bingyao (2007–2009)
- Fan Zhiyi (2010)
- Jiang Bingyao (Jan 31, 2011 – Dec 20, 2012)
- Gao Hongbo (Feb 27, 2013 – Nov 7, 2013)
- Xi Zhikang (Dec 4, 2013 – Nov 17, 2014)
Sven-Göran Eriksson (Nov 18, 2014 – Nov 4, 2016)- André Villas-Boas (Nov 4, 2016–)
Honours
League
- Chinese Super League
- Runners-up: 2015
- China League One: 2012[19]
- China League Two: 2007
Results
All-time league rankings
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2006 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 14 | 7 1 | NH | DNQ | – | Genbao Football Base Arena | |
| 2007 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 30 1 | W | NH | DNQ | – | Genbao Football Base Arena | |
| 2008 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 28 | 6 | NH | DNQ | – | Jinshan Football Stadium | |
| 2009 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 44 | 4 | NH | DNQ | – | Shanghai Stadium | |
| 2010 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 37 | 4 | NH | DNQ | – | Shanghai Stadium | |
| 2011 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 32 | 9 | R2 | DNQ | – | Shanghai Stadium | |
| 2012 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 59 | W | R3 | DNQ | – | 3,113 | Shanghai Stadium |
| 2013 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 9 | R4 | DNQ | – | 10,161 | Shanghai Stadium |
| 2014 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 48 | 5 | R3 | DNQ | – | 12,460 | Shanghai Stadium |
| 2015 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 35 | 28 | 65 | RU | QF | DNQ | – | 26,381 | Shanghai Stadium |
| 2016 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 32 | 24 | 52 | 3 | R4 | DNQ | QF | 28,012 | Shanghai Stadium |
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International Competition
| Opponent | Season | Home | Away |
 Melbourne Victory | 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–1 | 1–2 |
 Gamba Osaka | 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| FC Tokyo | 2016 AFC Champions League Round of 16 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai | 2016 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals | 0–0 | 0–5 |
 Muangthong United | 2016 AFC Champions League Play-off round | 3–0 | – |
Asian clubs ranking
- As of 25 September 2016.[22]
| Current Rank | Country | Team |
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| 29 | | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| 30 | | Chonburi FC |
| 31 |  | Bunyodkor |
| 32 | | Shanghai SIPG |
| 33 | | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 34 |  | Persipura Jayapura |
| 35 | | Beijing Guoan |
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- ↑ 上海东亚足球俱乐部介绍 at eafc.online.sh.cn 02-12-2010 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
- ↑ 中国曼联整风后创佳绩 主场重创武汉雅琪显年轻魅力 at sina.com.cn 20-08-2006 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
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- ↑ 五分钟神奇逆转 徐根宝率东亚2比1胜四川乙级封王 at sina.com.cn 25-11-2007 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
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- ↑ 恒大巧避足协限价令 1200万天价签约国足红人 at sports.163.com 26-11-2010 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
- ↑ 卫平华丽牵手徐根宝 球队正式更名"上海特莱士"队 at eafc.online.sh.cn 01-01-2012 Retrieved 14-06-2012 (Chinese)
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- ↑ "Spectacular Comeback Once More As Shenhua Snatch Shanghai Derby Win". wildeastfootball.net. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
- ↑ "SHANGHAI SHENHUA VS. SHANGHAI SIPG 2–1". uk.soccerway.com. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
- ↑ "武磊帽子戏法吕文君2球 东亚客战6–1申鑫". sports.sohu.com. 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
- ↑ "Attending A Shanghai Shenhua Match: A First Time Visitor's Guide". wildeastfootball.net. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
- ↑ 2016年上海上港足球俱乐部中超联赛名单 sports.sohu.com 2016-03-01 Retrieved 2016-03-01
- ↑ "Shanghai SIPG » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ↑ "Shanghai East Asia FC". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ↑ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE – 2012". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 10 Oct 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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- ↑ "Asia Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.