- 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|ChinaJia Xiuquan
league =Chinese Super League
season = 2007
position = Chinese Super League, 4th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFShanghai Shenhua (
Simplified Chinese : 上海申花) is aChinese Super League football club. They play at the 33,060 seatHongkou Stadium inShanghai ,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 isJia 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 ofShanghai 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)
**2007Domestic
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, 2006Cups
*Chinese FA Cup Winners (1)
**1998* Chinese Super Cup Winners (3)
**1996, 1999, 2002Current squad
"As of
2 April ,2008 "The players in bold have senior international caps
Famous players
;China
*flagicon|CHNFan Zhiyi (1994-1998)
*flagicon|CHNLiu Yunfei (2006-2007)
*flagicon|CHNOu Chuliang
*flagicon|CHNQi Hong (1994-2003)
*flagicon|CHNQu Shengqing (2001-2004)
*flagicon|CHNShen Si
*flagicon|CHNWu Chengying
*flagicon|CHNYu Weiliang
*flagicon|CHN Xie Hui (1994-2000, 2004-2007)
*flagicon|CHNQu Shengqing (2001-2004)
*flagicon|CHN Du Wei (2002-2006, 2007-present)
*flagicon|CHNSun Xiang (2002-2006, 2007-present)
*flagicon|CHNMao Jianqing (2002-present)
*flagicon|CHNZhang Yuning (2003-2006)
*flagicon|CHNGao Lin (2003-present)
*flagicon|CHNLi Weifeng (2006-2008)
*flagicon|CHNWang Dalei (2007-present)
*flagicon|CHNWang Ke (2000-2007)
*flagicon|CHNZheng Wei (2002-2007);Hong Kong
*flagicon|HKGNg Wai Chiu (2006-present);Brazil
*flagicon|BrazilJúnior Baiano (2001);Colombia
*flagicon|ColombiaHamilton Ricard (2007-present);Germany
*flagicon|GERJörg Albertz (2003-2004)
*flagicon|GERCarsten Jancker (2006);Honduras
*flagicon|HondurasSaul Martinez (2002-2005, 2007)
*flagicon|Honduras Luis Alfredo Ramirez (2006);Serbia
*flagicon|Serbia Ivan Jovanović (2006)
*flagicon|SerbiaDejan Petković (2003);Uruguay
*flagicon|UruguayRubén Sosa (2002)
*flagicon|UruguayPeter Vera (2004)
*flagicon|UruguayDiego Alonso (2007)
*flagicon|UruguaySergio Blanco (2007)
*flagicon|UruguayFernando Correa (2007)Affiliated Clubs
*flagicon|England
Manchester City F.C.
*flagicon|SwitzerlandGrasshopper-Club Zürich
*flagicon|RussiaFC Moscow
*flagicon|South AfricaThanda Royal Zulu FC
*flagicon|ThailandChonburi FC
*flagicon|AustraliaPerth 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]
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