Lanwa FC

Lanwa Redbull

Full name	Dongguan LANWA Football Club
Founded	2005 as Lanwa
Dissolved	2009
Ground	Dongguan Stadium Dongguan, Guangdong (Capacity: 22,000)
Chairman	Chen Weidong
Head Coach	Piao Junjie
League	Hong Kong First Division
2007–08	First Division, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Lanwa Redbull (Chinese: 聯華紅牛), officially Dongguan Lanwa Football Club^[1] (simplified Chinese: 联华足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 聯華足球俱樂部) is a Chinese professional football club located in Dongguan, China. The club was founded on 15 June 2005^[2] and currently plays in Hong Kong First Division League.

History

Lanwa's forerunner, Gansu Tianma (Chinese: 甘肃天马), was formed in 1999 and played in the Chinese system. Following its relegation from the Yi League (Chinese Third Division), it was bought by Dongguan Dongcheng who renamed the club to its current name and moved it to the Hong Kong pyramid.

Name changes

• Before 2004: see Gansu Tianma
• 2004–2005: Dongguan Dongcheng (Chinese: 东莞东城)
• 2005–present: Dongguan Lanwa (Chinese: 东莞联华)

Current first team squad

As of 13 March 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Wang Haoyi 1 GK Wang Jingqi 2 DF Nkewoun Nicolas Dieune 3 DF Zhang Yu 5 MF Geng Xin (captain) 6 DF Min Jin 7 MF Yang Baoming 8 MF Wen Kai 9 FW Zhu Xuyu 10 FW Lin Zhong 12 DF Hao Shuang 13 DF Lu Jing 14 DF Li Zongjun 15 MF An Ran 16 MF Qi Zhongxi 18 GK Wang Jingqi

No. Position Player 19 DF Chen Bo 20 MF Ye Nan 21 DF Ge Shengxiang 23 FW Fan Peng 24 GK Guo Rui 25 DF Zheng Chen 26 MF Wang Yunpeng 27 DF Aníbal Pacheco 28 FW David Ifeanyi Godwin 29 MF Li Long 30 DF Meng Ye 31 FW Aldo Villalba 33 DF Willian Carlos Magri DF Wang Jun DF Wang Long

Notable former players

Players in BOLD have international caps.

China

• Li Haiqiang
• Wang Gang
• Shi Ming

England

• Paul Gascoigne

Paraguay

• Gerardo Laterza

Recent Seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Senior Shield	League Cup	FA Cup	Asia		Notes
2005-06	1D	5	14	4	5	5	14	20	17	semi-final	group stage	first round
2006-07	1D	5	18	8	2	8	37	26	26	semi-final	group stage	first round
2007-08	1D									quarter-final	group stage

References

1. ^ HKFA Website - Lanwa Redbull
2. ^ Lanwa Football Club Official Website

See also

• Football clubs playing in the league of another country
• Gansu Tianma

External links

• (Chinese) Lanwafc.com Official website
• Lanwa FC at HKFA.com