Tianjin TEDA F.C.

For the other sister companies in Tianjin, see Tianjin Teda.
Tianjin TEDA
Tiānjīn Tàidá
天津泰达
Full name Tianjin Teda FC
天津泰达足球俱乐部
Nickname(s) 津门虎
Tianjin Tigers
Founded 1951 (1951) as North China
1957 (1957) as Tianjin City FC
1993 (1993) as Tianjin FC (Professional)
February 16, 1998 (1998-02-16) as Tianjin Teda (Current Name)
Ground Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin，China
Ground Capacity 54,696
Owner TEDA Holding[1]
Chairman Gao Yingqin
Manager Jaime Pacheco
League Chinese Super League
2016 Super League, 10th
Website Club home page

Tianjin TEDA Football Club (simplified Chinese: 天津泰达; traditional Chinese: 天津泰達; pinyin: Tiānjīn Tàidá) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin and their home stadium is the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium that has a seating capacity of 54,696. Their owners are the TEDA Holding (The name is derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic – Technological Development Area) a state-owned conglomerate of the People's Republic of China.[2]

The club's predecessor was called Tianjin Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football Club. Since then, they have won the 2011 Chinese FA Cup and came runners-up within the 2010 Chinese Super League season.

The club has also set up a sister-city relationship with Australian A-League Club, Melbourne Victory. In 2007, the two clubs played in the Lord Mayor's Cup, which has become an annual off-season match between the two clubs.[3]

According to Forbes, Tianjin are the 8th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $84 million, and an estimated revenue of $15 million in 2015.[4]

History

Tianjin Football Club

The clubs first incarnation came in 1951 when the local government sports body decided to take part in China's first fully nationalized football league tournament and decided to merge the best players from Beijing and Tianjin to create the North China team.[5] The team name was taken from the football team in the 1910 multi-sport event Chinese National Games that also represented the same regions.[6] The team ended up finishing fourth in their debut season and with the football league gradually expanding the team were allowed to separate themselves from Beijing and the local government sports body were allowed to reformed the club as Tianjin football club to take part in the expanding 1957 Chinese national football league tournament where they ended the campaign as runners-up at the end of the season.[7] By 1959 the club would hire from within and promoted former team captain Zeng Xuelin as their manager who would return this good faith by winning the 1960 league title as well as the Chinese FA Cup.[8] For the next several seasons Tianjin would now become regular title contenders, however the Cultural Revolution halted football within the country and when it returned Zeng Xuelin had already left to join the Beijing football team set-up.[9]

The club brought in Sun Xiafeng to manage the team and he would make sure Tianjin were still a force within the league when he guided the club to runners-up spot at the end of the 1974 league season, where they narrowly lost the league title to August 1st football team on goal difference. His reign at the club was, however short lived and it wasn't until Tianjin brought in Yan Dejun in 1977 before the club would taste any further success. While his first few seasons were not particularly eventful he would go on to assemble a team built-up of young local players such as Lü Hongxiang, Zuo Shusheng and Chen Jingang. The players he assembled would go on to mature in the 1980 league season when Tianjin won the league title at the end of the campaign after a twenty-year wait.[10] With Tianjin allowed to field a B team within the second tier the club would now have a steady supply of youngsters coming into the team to fight for places, which made sure the 1980 title win wasn't a one-off when the club won the 1983 North League title.[11] This would, however be Yan Dejun's last piece of silverware with the club and despite coming close on several occasions he would leave the team in 1987. It was also during this period that the Chinese Football Association were demanding more professionalism from all the Chinese teams, unfortunately for the club was transitional period for the team and they were relegated to the second tier at the end of the 1991 league season.[12] Strangely enough the clubs management decided to miss the 1992 league season and spent the whole year in the Netherlands preparing the squad for full professionalism, which the club converted to in 1993.[13]

Professionalism

With the Chinese football leagues fully professional by 1994, Tianjin brought in Lin Xinjiang to manage the club, where he guided them to a runners-up position and promotion back into the top tier at the end of the season.[14] With the club back in the top tier, they soon gained their first sponsorship deal with Samsung in 1995 while on the field they achieved enough to remain within the league until Lin Xinjiang left the club and they were soon relegated to the second tier once again at the end of the 1997 league season.[15] On February 16, 1998, the TEDA Group (derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic – Technological Development Area) took over the club for 50 million yuan, along with lower league local rivals Tianjin Vanke, to form Tianjin Teda for the start of the 1998 Chinese league season.[16] The club would bring in their first ever foreign coach and immediately win promotion back to the top tier by winning the division title.[17] The club struggled to remain within the top division and often found themselves in the lower half of the league; while this may have been enough to avoid relegation for the previous seasons, the Chinese Football Association decided to employ an averaging system for the 2003 league campaign, which would also take into account the 2002 league results. It would look like the club would be relegated once again unless they beat title chasers Shanghai International on the final league game of the season. It was discovered that the result was too good to be true and that the general manager Yang Yifeng bribed the Shanghai International players Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming (1975) to forfeit the game.[18] With the Chinese FA attempting to clean up its image over match-fixing, they decided that despite the incidents taking place over 10 years ago, it would retroactively punish the club on February 18, 2013, with a 1 million Yuan fine and a 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season.[19]

While Tianjin remained in the Chinese top tier while it re-branded itself as the Chinese Super League, they achieved little until the club brought in former player Zuo Shusheng to manage the team during the 2008 league season, when he revitalised the team and guided the club to their first ever entry to the AFC Champions League.[20] At the beginning of the 2009 league season, the club brought in Li Guangyi as their new general manager; however, on August 18, the players went on strike during a training session after it was discovered he wanted to change the club's pay system, which would have shrunken the player wages, and it wasn't until the club's owner Liu Huiwen heard the players' representatives before the strike ended.[21] After the strike, the leaders of it such as Chinese internationals Yang Jun and Han Yanming and Chinese U-23 player Tan Wangsong would be frozen out of the team and eventually released, while back on the field the club's results declined as they were unable to replicate the previous season's achievements.[22] By the following season, the club would bring in former Chinese international manager Arie Haan, where he guided the club to a runners-up spot at the end of the 2010 league season. He would then guide the club to a last 16 position within the 2011 AFC Champions League and then lead the club to win their first piece of professional silverware when they won the 2011 Chinese FA Cup.[23]

Name history

Grounds

Tianjin TEDA Soccer Stadium

TEDA Football Stadium (Chinese: 泰达足球场) is a professional football stadium in Tianjin, China. It is the home of Tianjin Teda F.C. The stadium holds 37,450 people and was built in 2004. The stadium is located in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), and was designed by Peddle Thorp Architects, an Australian architecture firm.

Rivalries

The Jing-Jin derby is a local rivalry between Tianjin Teda and neighboring Beijing Guoan.[25] Both teams can trace their histories to the North China team before it split to form Tianjin and Beijing Football Club.[26] Since then both clubs have predominantly remained within the top tier of Chinese football providing a constant rivalry fixture, which has led to intense matches that have spilled out away from the stadiums and onto the streets that have led to property destruction as well as further intensifying their relationship.[27]

Current squad

As of 1 March 2016 [28]

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 China GK Zong Lei (Club Captain)
2 China DF Yang Zexiang
3 Mozambique DF Zainadine Júnior
4 China DF Pan Ximing
5 Australia DF Aleksandar Jovanović
6 China MF Zhou Haibin (Team Captain)
7 China MF Li Benjian
8 China MF Hu Rentian
9 Senegal FW Mbaye Diagne
10 Colombia FW Fredy Montero (Vice-captain)
13 China MF Wang Qiuming
15 China DF Liao Bochao
16 China MF Guo Yi
17 China MF Hui Jiakang
18 Gabon FW Malick Evouna
No. Position Player
19 China DF Bai Yuefeng
21 China MF Zhao Yingjie
22 China MF Guo Hao
23 China DF Nie Tao
24 China GK Du Jia
25 China DF Yuan Weiwei
26 China DF Cao Yang (Vice-captain)
27 China FW Qu Bo
28 China MF Fan Baiqun
29 China GK Yang Qipeng
31 China MF Li Yuanyi (on loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
32 China FW Li Zhibin
33 China MF Zhou Tong
42 China MF Gao Jiarun
47 China DF Zhao Honglüe

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man) The number was retired in January 2016.[29]

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
11 Brazil MF Wágner
20 China FW Mao Biao
30 China DF Lü Wei
36 China MF Wang Xinxin （Retired)
41 China MF Yu Xueyi
45 China MF Cui Kairui
No. Position Player
50 China MF Wang Xinyu
51 China GK Lu Zheyu
55 China DF Gao Qiming
56 China DF Wang Baoda
58 China DF He Jie
60 China DF Zhou Qiming

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
57 China FW Fan Zhiqiang (at Jiangxi Liansheng until Dec 31, 2016)
China MF Song Qi (at Jingtie Locomotive until Dec 31, 2016)
China MF Wang Guanyi (at Jingtie Locomotive until Dec 31, 2016)
No. Position Player
China FW Zhou Liao (at Wuhan Zall until Dec 31, 2016)
China FW Du Junpeng (at Baoding Yingli Yitong until Dec 31, 2016)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Portugal Jaime Pacheco
General Coordinator China Liu Xueyu
Assistant coach Portugal Antonio Natal
Assistant coach China Wang Jun
Goalkeeping Coach Senegal Khadim Faye

Source: http://www.fa.org.cn

Managerial history

Semi-pro seasons：

  • China Liu Shifan (caretaker) (1951)
  • China Li Chaogui (first official head coach) (1956)
  • China Shao Xiankai (1957–59)
  • China Zeng Xuelin (1959–72)
  • China Sun Xiafeng (1973–75)
  • China Shen Furu (1975–77)
  • China Yan Dejun (1977–87)
  • China Shen Furu (1988–90)
  • China Zhang Yanan (1991)
  • China Zuo Shusheng (Jan 1, 1992 – Dec 31, 1992)
  • China Shen Furu (1993)

Professional seasons:

Honours

All-time honours list including semi-professional Tianjin Football Club period.[30][31]

League

Winners (3): 1960, 1980, 1983 (Shared)
Winners (1): 1998

Cup

Winners (2): 1960, 2011

Reserve Team

Youth

U-19 Team

U-15 Team

Minor Trophies

Results

All-time league rankings

As of 1 January 2016.[32][33]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup League Cup AFC Other Att./G Stadium
1956  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – RU  –  –
1957 1 20 15 3 2 48 18 30 53 RU NH  –  –
1958 1 21 8 7 6 34 20 14 44 3 NH  –  –
1960 1 13 9 3 1 25 10 15 91 W W  –  –
1961 1 17 7 9 1 23 11 12 101 3 NH  –  –
1962 1 19 9 8 2 31 16 15 121 4 NH  –  –
1963 1 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 31 3 NH  –  –
1964 1 22 8 8 6 15 17 −2 24 5 NH  –  –
1965 1 11 3 4 4 10 9 1 10 7 NH  –  –
1973 1 24 14 4 6 35 18 17 161 5 NH  –  –
1974 1 18 13 4 1 39 13 26 151 RU NH  –  –
1976 1 8 6 1 1 16 4 12 13 12 NH  –  –
1977 1 13 10 1 2 24 10 14 6 NH  –  –
1978 1 30 13 11 6 39 29 10 37 4 NH  –  –
1979 1 30 13 8 9 36 24 12 34 6 NH  –  –
1980 1 29 16 9 4 34 14 20 41 W NH  –  –
1981 1 30 17  – 13 34 7 NH  –  –
1982 1 30  – 19 11 47 27 20 38 3 NH  –  –
1983 1 16 12  – 4 24 11 13 24 W3 NH  –  –
1984 1 30 21  – 9 47 28 19 42 RU 4  –  –
1985 1 15 8  – 7 11 16 8 5  –  –
1986 1 14 7 5 2 20 11 9 19 4 6  –  –
1987 1 14 6 6 2 19 13 6 24 RU NH  –  –
1988 1 25 11 9 5 29 14 15 48.5 3 NH  –  –
1989 1 14 5 3 6 13 13 0 19 5 NH  –  –
1990 1 14 5 6 3 17 11 6 22 5 Group  –  –
1991 1 14 2 2 10 8 22 −14 6 8 Group  –  –
1992 1  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – R2  –  –
1993 2 9 5 1/0 3 13 10 3 41 3 NH  –  –
1994 2 20 9 10 1 32 22 10 28 RU NH  –  – DNE Minyuan Stadium
1995 1 22 7 3 12 20 40 −20 24 8 R1 DNQ  – 19,173 Minyuan Stadium
1996 1 22 6 8 8 20 30 −10 26 8 R2 DNQ  – 20,345 Minyuan Stadium
1997 1 22 5 8 9 20 28 −8 23 11 R2 DNQ  – 17,091 Minyuan Stadium
1998 2 22 11 11 0 42 20 22 44 W R2 DNQ  – Minyuan Stadium
1999 1 26 8 11 7 32 28 4 35 7 R1 DNQ  – 13,692 Minyuan Stadium
2000 1 26 7 10 9 28 37 −9 31 10 R2 DNQ  – 13,692 Minyuan Stadium
2001 1 26 10 6 10 38 31 7 36 7 QF DNQ  – 10,154 Minyuan Stadium
2002 1 28 9 7 12 37 36 1 34 10 QF DNQ  – 9,250 Minyuan Stadium
2003 1 28 8 12 8 32 33 −1 36 10 R16 DNQ  – 13,000 Minyuan Stadium
2004 1 22 7 8 7 28 29 −1 29 6 R2 NH SF 13,182 Minyuan Stadium
TEDA Football Stadium
2005 1 26 14 7 5 48 26 22 49 4 R1 NH R1 16,462
2006 1 28 10 10 8 40 38 2 40 6 QF NH NH 18,071
2007 1 28 12 8 8 31 22 9 44 6 NH NH NH 15,429 TEDA Football Stadium
2008 1 30 16 9 5 54 29 25 57 4 NH NH NH 14,007
2009 1 30 12 9 9 36 29 7 45 6 NH NH NH Group 14,554
2010 1 30 13 11 6 37 29 8 50 RU NH NH NH 14,757
2011 1 30 8 13 9 37 41 −4 37 10 W NH NH R16 18,242 TEDA Football Stadium
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
2012 1 30 10 10 10 29 30 −1 40 8 R4 RU NH Group 14,175 TEDA Football Stadium
2013 1 30 11 7 12 35 39 −4 344 11 R4 DNQ NH 16,577 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
TEDA Football Stadium
2014 1 30 10 9 11 41 44 −3 39 7 R3 DNQ NH 17,190
2015 1 30 7 10 13 39 46 −7 31 13 R4 DNQ NH 19,661 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
2016 1 30 9 9 12 38 50 -12 36 10 R4 DNQ NH 22,081

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

Opponent Season Home Away
Australia Central Coast Mariners FC 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage 2–2 1–0
2012 AFC Champions League Group stage 0–0 1–5
Australia Melbourne Victory FC 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage 1–1 1–2
Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage 3–1 0–1
Japan Gamba Osaka 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage 2–1 0–2
Japan Nagoya Grampus 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage 0–3 0–0
South Korea Pohang Steelers 2009 AFC Champions League Group stage 0–0 0–1
South Korea Jeju United FC 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage 3–0 1–0
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2011 AFC Champions League Round of 16  – 0–3
South Korea Seongnam FC 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage 0–3 1–1

Asia clubs ranking

As of 14 September 2014 [34]
Current Rank Country Team
89AustraliaMelbourne Victory
90ChinaGuizhou Renhe
91Indonesia Persib Bandung
92Saudi ArabiaAl-Faisaly
93China Tianjin Teda

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