Shanghai Shenhua

Football club infobox
clubname = Shanghai Shenhua
上海申花


fullname = Shanghai Shenhua Football Club
上海申花足球俱乐部
nickname = Shenhua
founded = 1993
ground = Hongkou Stadium,
Shanghai, China
capacity = 33,060 [ [http://www.fussballtempel.net/afc/listeafc.html www.fussballtempel.net] ]
chairman = flagicon|China Zhu Jun
manager = flagicon|China Jia Xiuquan
league = Chinese Super League
season = 2007
position = Chinese Super League, 4th
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Shanghai Shenhua (Simplified Chinese: 上海申花) is a Chinese Super League football club. They play at the 33,060 seat Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, China and are owned by Zhu Jun (75%), Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG (Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group) and Huangpu Investment Ltd. (SMEG + Huangpu Investment 25%). Their head coach is Jia Xiuquan.

History

The club was founded on 10 December, 1993 and was first sponsored by a local company named Shenhua ("Shenhua" also means "flower of Shanghai" in Chinese).

At the end of 2001, "Shenhua" group ended their sponsorship of club, then SVA and SMEG came aboard. The club changed its name to Shanghai Shenhua SVA SMEG Football Club (SFC). The team however is unique as it still retains "Shenhua" in its name while many other teams drop the name of their former sponsors completely.

In 2007, Zhu Jun, the owner of in-city rival Shanghai United F.C. bought a majority share of Shanghai Shenhua, thus began to merge the Shanghai United into Shanghai Shenhua.

Howard Wilkinson and Darren Robinson were part of the management that spent time in China.

2008

Wu Jingui was named head coach of the season. However, Wu Jingui was sacked on September 9th, 2008. Jia Xiuquan took over his position on the same day.

Honours

International

* A3 Champions Cup Winners (1)
**2007

Domestic

League titles
* Jia A Champions (2)
**1995, 2003

* Jia A Runners-Up (5)
**1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001

* Chinese Super League Runners-up (2)
**2005, 2006

Cups
* Chinese FA Cup Winners (1)
**1998

* Chinese Super Cup Winners (3)
**1996, 1999, 2002

Current squad

"As of 2 April, 2008"

The players in bold have senior international caps

Famous players

;China
*flagicon|CHN Fan Zhiyi (1994-1998)
*flagicon|CHN Liu Yunfei (2006-2007)
*flagicon|CHN Ou Chuliang
*flagicon|CHN Qi Hong (1994-2003)
*flagicon|CHN Qu Shengqing (2001-2004)
*flagicon|CHN Shen Si
*flagicon|CHN Wu Chengying
*flagicon|CHN Yu Weiliang
*flagicon|CHN Xie Hui (1994-2000, 2004-2007)
*flagicon|CHN Qu Shengqing (2001-2004)
*flagicon|CHN Du Wei (2002-2006, 2007-present)
*flagicon|CHN Sun Xiang (2002-2006, 2007-present)
*flagicon|CHN Mao Jianqing (2002-present)
*flagicon|CHN Zhang Yuning (2003-2006)
*flagicon|CHN Gao Lin (2003-present)
*flagicon|CHN Li Weifeng (2006-2008)
*flagicon|CHN Wang Dalei (2007-present)
*flagicon|CHN Wang Ke (2000-2007)
*flagicon|CHN Zheng Wei (2002-2007)

;Hong Kong
*flagicon|HKG Ng Wai Chiu (2006-present)

;Brazil
*flagicon|Brazil Júnior Baiano (2001)

;Colombia
*flagicon|Colombia Hamilton Ricard (2007-present)

;Germany
*flagicon|GER Jörg Albertz (2003-2004)
*flagicon|GER Carsten Jancker (2006)

;Honduras
*flagicon|Honduras Saul Martinez (2002-2005, 2007)
*flagicon|Honduras Luis Alfredo Ramirez (2006)

;Serbia
*flagicon|Serbia Ivan Jovanović (2006)
*flagicon|Serbia Dejan Petković (2003)

;Uruguay
*flagicon|Uruguay Rubén Sosa (2002)
*flagicon|Uruguay Peter Vera (2004)
*flagicon|Uruguay Diego Alonso (2007)
*flagicon|Uruguay Sergio Blanco (2007)
*flagicon|Uruguay Fernando Correa (2007)

Affiliated Clubs

*flagicon|England Manchester City F.C.
*flagicon|Switzerland Grasshopper-Club Zürich
*flagicon|Russia FC Moscow
*flagicon|South Africa Thanda Royal Zulu FC
*flagicon|Thailand Chonburi FC
*flagicon|Australia Perth Glory

ee also

List of Chinese Super League clubs

References

External links

* [http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/ Official Site]
* [http://www.sinosoc.com Sinosoc]
* [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/17/content_5749542.htm Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua]