Tianjin Teda F.C.

Football club infobox
clubname = Tianjin Teda
天津泰达

| fullname = Tianjin Teda FC
天津泰达足球俱乐部
nickname =
founded = Feb, 1998
as Tianjin Teda
city = Tianjin,China
ground = TEDA Football Stadium
chairman = flagicon|CHN Li Guangyi李广益| capacity = 37,450 [ [http://www.fussballtempel.net/afc/listeafc.html www.fussballtempel.net] ]
manager = flagicon|CHN Zuo Shusheng 左树声
league = Chinese Super League
season = 2007
position = Chinese Super League, 5th

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Tianjin Teda FC (Simplified Chinese: 天津泰达足球俱乐部) is a Chinese football club based in Tianjin and owned by the TEDA Group. (The club name is derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic - Technological Development Area). The club was founded in 1957, and took on its current identity in 1998, becoming Jia B Champions that same year. They currently play in the Chinese Super League.

Teda's home stadium is the 37,450 seat capacity TEDA Football Stadium which is located in the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area.

The current head coach is Zuo Shusheng. He took over on an interim basis after the sacking of Czech veteran Josef Jarabinsky after just 4 games into the 2008 season [ [http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2008-04-22/14183615387.shtml 天津主帅雅拉宾斯基下课 左树声出山暂任执行教练_国内足坛-甲A_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 ] ] . Assistant coaches include Former Feyenoord player and Dutch international André Stafleu, former Chinese football top star Yu Genwei (于根伟), former top scorer Wang Jun and former goalkeeper Wang Jianying (王建英).

The club has also set up a sister-city relationship with Australian A-League Club, Melbourne Victory. Earlier this year, the two clubs played off in the Lord Mayor's Cup, which is to become an annual offseason match between the two clubs.

History

Crest

Name Changes

*1957-1992 Tianjin City FC 天津市足球队
*1993-1994 Tianjin FC 天津足球俱乐部
*1995-1996 Tianjin Samsung 天津三星
*1997 Tianjin Lifei 天津力飞
*1998-1999 Tianjin Teda 天津泰达
*2000 Tianjin Teda Dingxin 天津泰达顶新
*2001 Tianjin Teda CEC 天津泰达CEC
*2002 Tianjin Teda 天津泰达
*2003-2004 Tianjin Kangshifu 天津康师傅
*2005- Tianjin Teda 天津泰达

Honours

Chinese Football League B Champions 1998

Famous previous players

*flagicon|CHN Zuo Shusheng (1978-1988)左树声
*flagicon|CHN Wang Jun (1991-1998)王俊
*flagicon|CHN Yu Genwei (1992-2005)于根伟
*flagicon|Brazil Osvaldo Kosinski (1996-1998)
*flagicon|Brazil Carlos Roberto (1996-1997)
*flagicon|Brazil Ronald Silva (1996-1997)
*flagicon|CHN Liu Yunfei (1998-2005)刘云飞
*flagicon|Zaire Zola Kiniambi (1998)
*flagicon|Uruguay Rodrigo Lemos (1998)
*flagicon|Uruguay Adrián Paz (1999)
*flagicon|Bolivia José Luis Ortiz (1999)
*flagicon|Uruguay Gustavo Matosas (1999-2001)
*flagicon|CHN Jiang Jin (1999-2003)江津
*flagicon|Uruguay Marcelo de Souza (2001)
*flagicon|Uruguay Diego Meijide (2002)
*flagicon|DEN Stig Tøfting (2003)
*flagicon|Hungary Zsombor Kerekes (2003)
*flagicon|Serbia Nenad Vanic (2003)
*flagicon|Turkey Ahmet Dursun (2004)
*flagicon|Romania Bogdan Mara (2004)
*flagicon|Belarus Aliaksandr Khatskevich (2004)
*flagicon|Romania Ionel Tersinio Gane (2004)
*flagicon|South Africa Bennett Mnguni (2005)
*flagicon|Serbia Marko Zorić (2005-2006)
*flagicon|Nigeria Benedict Akwuegbu (2006)
*flagicon|Nigeria Tijjani Babangida (2003-2004)
*flagicon|Nigeria Henry Makinwa (2007)
*flagicon|Croatia Jurica Vučko (2007)
*flagicon|Bosnia Darko Matic (2007-now)
*flagicon|Brazil Santos (2008-now)

Current squad

"As of 8 September, 2008"

Fs player|no=26|name=Cao Yang 曹阳 |nat=CHN|pos=DF"Vice-Captain"

References

External links

* [http://sports.enorth.com.cn/teda/index.htm Club website]
* [http://www.sinosoc.com/match/teamDetail.asp?id=12 Club details]