Hunan Billows
Húnán Xiāngtāo
湖南湘涛
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Full nameHunan Billows Football Club
湖南湘涛足球俱乐部
Founded26 December 2006 (2006-12-26)
GroundLoudi Sports Center, Loudi
Capacity30,000
ChairmanLi Jingman
ManagerJia Hong
LeagueChina League Two
2023China League Two, 13th of 16

Hunan Billows Football Club (Chinese: 湖南湘涛足球俱乐部; pinyin: Húnán Xiāngtāo Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Changsha, Hunan, that competes in China League Two, the third tier of Chinese football. Despite being based in Changsha, Hunan Billows plays its home matches at the Loudi Sports Center in Loudi, Hunan. Their majority shareholders were the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau and high-tech industry company Hunan Corun New Energy Co. Ltd.

The club was founded on December 26, 2006, and won the 2009 Chinese League Two title and promotion to the Chinese League One division, but was relegated back after the 2016 season.

History

Formation

To preserve the representation of Hunan province in the Chinese football league pyramid after the dissolution of Hunan Shoking, the local Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau decided that it would be best to invest in a new team for the area.[1] On December 26, 2006, a new team was formed to participate in the 2007 league season called Hunan Billows F.C. with Xiong Ni returning as their chairman and Li Kejia returning as their manager.[2] Now playing within the 6,000-seat Hunan Provincial People's Stadium. The team was completely rebuilt and played their first league game against Sichuan FC in a 1–0 defeat.[3] Throughout the season the club's results improved and the team finished third in the Southern division. They made the play-offs but were knocked out in the second round.[4] With a further investment of six million Yuan from the local Hunan government sports body, in the following season results the club gained another play-off position. Again they were knocked out in the second round.[5] By the 2009 league season and with the continued investment of the local Hunan government sports body and of the management of Men Wenfeng, the club won the division title after they beat local rivals Hubei Luyin in the playoff final to win the division title.[6] In the second tier again, they moved back into the Helong Stadium and hired Zhao Faqing as their new manager at the beginning of the 2010 league season. The season began well for the club and they looked like genuine promotion contenders. Conflicts between the Hunan and the Hubei Greenery fans during their May 14 game seemed to derail their promotion push. They finished the season in sixth.[7] The next season they moved into the 20,000-seat Central South University Stadium and brought in Miloš Hrstić to manage them. Miloš Hrstić's leadership improved the team's ranking at the end of the 2011 league season slightly – they finished fourth. He left the club at the end of the season and was replaced by his assistant coach Zhang Xu.[8] In preparation for the 2012 league season the club brought in several high profile players such as Honduras internationals Emil Martínez and Erick Norales and Chinese international Dong Fangzhuo in their hopes to win promotion.[9] The recruitment for not result in promotion that season, but it brought an increase in investment in from the Hunan Liuyang River Wine Winery Industry Co., Ltd., Zoomlion Company Limited, Central South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd., Kelme and the return of Hunan Corun New Energy co. ltd.[10]

Hunan Billows FC football shirt in 2016

Hunan declined in the mid 2010s and were relegated back to League Two in 2016.

Grounds

The team have played in several stadiums throughout their history. When they were formed they predominantly used the 55,000-seat Helong Stadium in Changsha for their important matches. The more modest 6,000-seat Hunan Provincial People's Stadium which is also located in Changsha was used for their smaller games.[11] With the club in financial difficulties the cost of renting the Helong Stadium led the team to move permanently into the Hunan Provincial People's Stadium. They started there when the club was reformed and they were playing in the third tier. When they won promotion back into the second tier, the Helong Stadium was an option for a brief period before 2011 when they have predominantly used the 20,000-seat Central South University Stadium in Changsha as their main stadium.[12]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 January 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF China CHN Liu Qing
4 FW China CHN Xu Jiang
5 DF China CHN Ou Li
6 DF China CHN Qin Zhenkang
7 MF China CHN Liu Peilin
8 MF China CHN Wang Yuxuan
9 FW China CHN He Yaqi
12 DF China CHN Zhang Chenlong
13 MF China CHN Wu Xiaotian
15 DF China CHN Miao Huaxu
41 DF China CHN Lu Jiatong
42 MF China CHN Tan Yu
43 MF China CHN Wang Kuifeng
44 DF China CHN Zhou Xuan
45 DF China CHN Song Yanbin
46 GK China CHN Lin Jiaxuan
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 DF China CHN Peng Bo
48 FW China CHN Nie Xinlei
49 MF China CHN Wu Qinghua
50 DF China CHN Zhang Xiaoming
51 DF China CHN Yin Ruirui
52 FW China CHN Wang Bo
53 GK China CHN Xu Qinbin
54 MF China CHN Sun Qi
55 DF China CHN Xia Shichao
56 DF China CHN Liu Guanjun
57 DF China CHN Li Zhihao
58 FW China CHN Huang Haotian
59 DF China CHN Wang Bin
60 MF China CHN Tan Youchuan
61 GK China CHN Yan Zhicheng
62 MF China CHN Zhang Hanwen

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach China Jia Hong
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Fitness coach
Team Physician

Source: sina.com

Managerial history

  • China Li Kejia 26 December 2006 – 2008
  • China Men Wenfeng 2009
  • China Zhao Faqing 2009–19 December 2009
  • Croatia Miloš Hrstić 19 December 2009 – 1 November 2011
  • China Zhang Xu 1 November 2011 – 11 December 2012
  • Croatia Dražen Besek 11 December 2012 – 25 July 2013
  • China Huang Cheng (Caretaker) 25 July 2013 – 27 November 2014
  • Bulgaria Aleksandar Stankov 27 November 2014 – 2 May 2015
  • China Zhang Xu (caretaker) 2 May 2015 – 6 August 2015
  • North Macedonia Žikica Tasevski 6 August 2015 – 1 November 2015
  • Slovenia Tomaž Kavčič 30 November 2015–28 May 2016
  • China Huang Xiangdong (caretaker) 28 May 2016 – 31 December 2016
  • China Zhang Xu 1 January 2017 – 27 May 2017
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Slišković 3 February 2017 – 26 August 2017
  • China Li Hongwu (caretaker) 27 May 2017 – 23 June 2017
  • Belgium Patrick de Wilde 23 June 2017 – 5 December 2017
  • China Pei Encai 22 February 2018 – 7 July 2018
  • China Sun Wei 7 July 2018 – 25 February 2019
  • China Tang Jing 25 February 2019 – 2 June 2020
  • China Wang Chen 2 June 2020 – 31 December 2020
  • China Jia Hong 1 January 2021 –

Results

All-time league rankings

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
20073145451516−116 18[15]NHDNQDNQHunan Provincial People's Stadium
2008316101523141928 16[16]NHDNQDNQHunan Provincial People's Stadium
200931769230171315 1WNHDNQDNQHunan Provincial People's Stadium
201022410592124−3356NHDNQDNQHunan Provincial People's Stadium
2011226126839354424R1DNQDNQHunan Provincial People's Stadium
CSUFT East-Garden Stadium
2012230108123337−43811R3DNQDNQ6,970CSUFT East-Garden Stadium
Hunan Provincial People's Stadium
Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
201323079142740−133012R3DNQDNQ4,668Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
Helong Stadium
2014230129938335456R3DNQDNQ5,169CSUFT East-Garden Stadium
Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
201523085173248−162914R2DNQDNQ4,795Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
Helong Stadium
201623026221661−541216R2DNQDNQ3,781Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
201732494113133−23116R1DNQDNQ712Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
2018328101084332114010R3DNQDNQ398Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
201933055201759−4220 128R2DNQDNQYiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
  • ^1 In group stage.

Key

Honours

References

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