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Jiangsu Sainty F.C.
Jiangsu Football Club (), later known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissolution in 2021. The team was based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and their home stadium was the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. The club's last owner was Suning Appliance Group, a sister company of Suning.com. The team was founded in 1958 as Jiangsu Provincial Team. The modern professional football club was established in March 1994, and was one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier league in China participating in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season. It faced relegation in that campaign; however, the team went on to win promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2008 league season and achieved their best ever league position when they finished as champions in the 2020 Chinese Super League. Three months after this top-tier league win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium () is used mostly for association football, football as well as for other sport of athletics. It is located in Hexi New Town, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, and covers an area of 89.6 hectares, with a total construction area of about 401,000 square meters. Served as the main venue for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and for the 2005 National Games of China, the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre is the largest social utility project by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. The 4 billion RMB, yuan Olympic standard complex was designed by Populous (company), HOK Sport (now Populous). The Olympic Park includes a 61,443 seat multiuse stadium (Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium), 13,000 seat gymnasium, 4,000 seat FINA standard Aquatic complex, 4,000 seat Tennis Centre, 23,000 square meter Information Technology Centre, and various recreational sports fields. Stadium The stadium costed 8.698 million RMB, yuan with the construction area of 136.3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Okuka
Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian football coach and former player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with Velež Mostar where he won the 1981 Yugoslav Cup before joining Swedish club Örebro SK, the place his son, professional footballer Dražen, was born before ending his career soon after. Starting his management career with FK Bečej, Okuka would win his first coaching honours with FK Obilić when he won the 1997–98 Yugoslav league title with them. Since then he has achieved success with Polish club Legia Warsaw and managed the Serbia and Montenegro under-21 team to a fourth-place finish at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. He has also managed several other clubs. Playing career Okuka, born in Porija, Kalinovik, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, started his football career playing for Velež Nevesinje.Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 37 However, he reached his affirmatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Chinese FA Cup
Yanjing Beer 2016 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 燕京啤酒2016中国足球协会杯) was the 18th edition of the Chinese FA Cup and the 60th anniversary of the Chinese National Cup. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao beat the defending champions Jiangsu Suning on away goals in the final to win their second title. Schedule Home Advantage Decision According to Chinese FA Cup Procedure, In each round, home team advantages are decided as follows. Qualifying rounds Group A Group B Group C Group D First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth Round 1st Leg 2nd Leg ''Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ''Guangzhou R&F won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ''Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ''Jiangsu Suning won 4–3 on aggregate.'' Semi-Finals 1st Leg 2nd Leg ''Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ''Jiangsu Suning won 4–2 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Chinese Super League
The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C., Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their sixth consecutive title of the league. The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players. Club changes Clubs promoted from 2015 China League One * Yanbian Changbaishan F.C. * Hebei Zhongji F.C. Clubs relegated to 2016 China League One * Guizhou Renhe F.C. * Shanghai Shenxin F.C. Name changes * Hebei Zhongji F.C. changed their name to Hebei China Fortune F.C. in December 2015. * Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty F.C. changed their name to Jiangsu Suning F.C. in December 2015. * Yanbian Changbaishan F.C. changed their name to Yanbian Funde F.C. in January 2016. Clubs Clubs and locations Managerial changes Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and had played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other being Dynamo Kyiv, who have won a major UEFA competition. The club formerly played its home matches in Donetsk at the newly built Donbass Arena, however due to the Russo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Teixeira
Alex Teixeira Santos (; born 6 January 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vasco da Gama. Teixeira began his career with Vasco da Gama, making his debut for the senior team at the age of 18, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in November 2009. He spent seven years at the club, scoring 89 goals in 222 appearances, while winning the Ukrainian Premier League five times. In February 2016, he transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for an Asian record transfer fee of €50 million. Internationally, Teixeira has been capped at under-17 and under-20 level for Brazil. Club career Vasco de Gama Early career Teixeira began his career at Vasco da Gama, playing for the youth team from 1999 to 2007. He was promoted to the senior team for the 2008 season. 2008 season Teixeira was promoted to the senior squad for the tour of Dubai in January 2008. On 11 May 2008, he made his league debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea FC
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022. Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three pre-1999 main European club competitions, and the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. They are also the only London club to have won the Champions League and the Club World Cup. Domestically, the club has won six league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, and four FA Community Shields. Internationally, they have won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include ''Fortune'' and ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. ''Forbes'' has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of the America's Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires. The motto of ''Forbes'' magazine is "Change the World". Its chair and editor-in-chief is Steve Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 AFC Champions League
The 2016 AFC Champions League was the 35th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors defeated Al-Ain in the final to win their second AFC Champions League title, and qualified as the AFC representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, their second appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup. Guangzhou Evergrande were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage. Association team allocation The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Chinese FA Cup
Yanjing Beer 2015 Chinese FA Cup () was the 17th edition of Chinese FA Cup. Schedule Qualifying rounds Group A Group B ;Tiebreakers *Guangzhou Haoxin, Dalianwan Qianguan and Dalian Ruiheng are ranked on head-to-head record. Group C Group D First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Semi-finals First leg Second leg ''Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ''Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty won 4–1 on aggregate.'' Final First leg Assistant referees: Huo Weiming Cao Yi Fourth official: Li Haihe * Sölvi Ottesen withdrew during the warm-up with injury and was replaced by Sammir. Second leg Assistant referees: A Lamusi Zhong Yong Fourth official: Huang Yejun ''Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty won 1–0 on aggregate.'' Awards * Top Scorer(s): Demba Ba (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua) (6 goals) * Most Valuable Player: Demba Ba (Shanghai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier League teams Sheffield Wednesday, Chelsea, Bradford City and Southampton. He notably played in the 1989 European Cup final with Steaua București and won the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea. Petrescu also played in Serie A with Genoa, as well as having spells with Foggia and Olt Scornicești. He earned 95 caps for the Romania national team, being selected in two World Cup squads, in 1994 and 1998, and in two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000. Petrescu became player-assistant manager to Walter Zenga at Național București towards the end of his playing career, and has since had an extensive career as a head coach in Poland, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, China and Turkey, in addition to his native country. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Chinese Super League
The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their fifth consecutive title of the league. Team changes Teams promoted from 2014 China League One * Chongqing Lifan * Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Teams relegated to 2015 China League One * Dalian Aerbin * Harbin Yiteng Name changes * Shanghai Dongya F.C. changed their name to ''Shanghai SIPG F.C.'' in December 2014. * Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. changed their name to ''Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.'' in December 2014. * Jiangsu Sainty F.C. changed their name to ''Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C.'' in January 2015. Clubs Clubs and locations Managerial changes Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
