Henan Songshan Longmen Football Club (), previously known as Henan Jianye Football Club (), is a professional
football
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club that currently participates in the
Chinese Super League
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under licence from the
Chinese Football Association
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(CFA). The team is based in
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...
(), in the province of
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
() and their home stadium is the
Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
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that has a seating capacity of 29,860. Their owners are the Jianye Residential Group (China) Co., Ltd., which is part of the Central China Real Estate Limited. Their name refers to ''Jianye'', a former name of the ancient city of
Jiankang
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.
The club's predecessor was the Henan Provincial Team who were founded in 1958 while the current professional football team was established on August 27, 1994. The club have never won the league title and the highest position they have ever achieved was when they came third in the
2009 Chinese Super League
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season.
History
The football club were originally known as Henan Provincial team and was founded in 1958 by the local government sports body to take part in the 1959
Chinese National Games
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before joining the gradually expanding Chinese football league system. The team often spent much of its time in the second tier except for a short period during the late 1970s when the league was expanded to accommodate more teams. When the Chinese football league system grew to accommodate a third tier Henan found themselves in it when they were relegated from the second tier in the 1981 league season, however they were able to quickly return to the second tier when they came top of the table to win promotion in the 1982 league season. It wasn't long until they won promotion to the top tier once more in the 1985 league season where they would remain until the 1988 league season when they were relegated at the end of the season.
By the 1994 league season the entire Chinese football league system had become professional and Henan would quickly follow when they became professional on August 27, 1994 by selling a 40% stake of the club to Jianye Residential Group (China) Co., Ltd. and renaming themselves Henan Construction. Henan's transition toward professionalism was difficult and they were once more relegated at the end of the 1994 league season to the third tier. Once again they would have to win promotion from the third tier when they came runners-up in the table at the 1995 league season. For several season they were a second tier club fighting against relegation until Henan Jianye Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. decided to take full control of the club on January 15, 1999. With this sure financial footing the club would go on to win the division title and establish themselves back into the second tier.
The club won promotion to the
Chinese Super League
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at the end of the 2006 league season after winning the division title. In their debut season in the top tier playing professional football Henan brought in
Pei Encai
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Playing career
Pei Encai would spend his youth within the Chinese military where he rose to be a Colonel. While in the army he would show to be promising mid ...
to add experience to their management and to help them avoid relegation, which he achieved when they finished the season in 12th position, narrowly avoiding relegation after defeating
Changchun Yatai
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3–2. While he helped them avoid relegation, Henan demanded results in the 2008 league season and this saw them go through several managers before they settled with
Tang Yaodong
Tang Yaodong (; born 17 February 1962 in Shenyang, China), is a Chinese football manager and former Chinese international footballer. He mainly played as a centre forward for Liaoning FC.
Playing career
Club career
Tang Yaodong began his footba ...
to help them avoid relegation once more. His appointment ended up extremely successful, and throughout the 2009 league season he would lead them to a third-place finish, which is the highest league position they have ever achieved.
The third-place finish led to the club's first and only appearance in the AFC Champions League in 2010, after they changed their English name to Henan Jianye while its Chinese name remained the same. Henan finished the championship with 3 draws and 3 losses in the group stage, and from then on, the club's performance dropped from year to year. In 2011, they finished the season in 13th position. After an even more chaotic and unsatisfying season in 2012, the club was relegated to the second division.
Henan appointed
Tang Yaodong
Tang Yaodong (; born 17 February 1962 in Shenyang, China), is a Chinese football manager and former Chinese international footballer. He mainly played as a centre forward for Liaoning FC.
Playing career
Club career
Tang Yaodong began his footba ...
again in 2013, who helped the team return to the
Chinese Super League
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after the season. However, Tang was dismissed once again halfway through the 2014 season due to the team's disastrous performance.
Jia Xiuquan
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Player career
Club career
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took the position. The team fought hard against
Beijing Guoan
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in the last game of the season. This goalless game helped the club stay in the
Chinese Super League
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Managers who have coached the club and team since Henan became a fully professional club back on August 27, 1994.
* Zhang Changhai (Aug 1994 – Dec 1994)
* Wang Suisheng (Dec 1994 – Aug 1998)
* Ding Sanshi (Aug 1998 – June 1999)
* Wang Suisheng (Jun 1999 – July 2001)
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Miloš Hrstić
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(Jul 2001 – Aug 2002)
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Chi Shangbin
Chi Shangbin (; 19 September 1949 – 6 March 2021) was a Chinese football player and coach.
As player, he spent his whole career playing for Liaoning, and also represented China at international level. As manager, he was best known for his re ...
(Jan 1, 2003 Dec 31, 2003)
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Yin Lihua
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Pei Encai
Pei Encai (; born 1 December 1953) is a Chinese football manager and a former player.
Playing career
Pei Encai would spend his youth within the Chinese military where he rose to be a Colonel. While in the army he would show to be promising mid ...
(Sep 25, 2007 – Dec 20, 2007)
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Jia Xiuquan
Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a Chinese football manager and former international player.
Player career
Club career
As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time a ...
(Dec 20, 2007 – Jun 2008)
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Acácio Casimiro
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(Jun 2008 – Sep 15, 2008)
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Tang Yaodong
Tang Yaodong (; born 17 February 1962 in Shenyang, China), is a Chinese football manager and former Chinese international footballer. He mainly played as a centre forward for Liaoning FC.
Playing career
Club career
Tang Yaodong began his footba ...
(Sep 15, 2008 – Nov 12, 2010)
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Kim Hak-bum
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Club career
Kim played as defender for Kookmin Bank FC, an amateur club team in South Korea, from 1980 to 1991.
Managing career
In 1992, he retired and coached the t ...
(Nov 12, 2010 – May 23, 2011)
* Zhao Wei ''(interim)'' (May 1, 2011 – Jun 30, 2011)
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Jo Bonfrère
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(Jun 30, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011)
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Jan Versleijen
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Career
Born in Venlo, Versleijen has managed a ...
(Jan 1, 2012 – Jul 15, 2012)
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Shen Xiangfu
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''(interim)'' (Jul 16, 2012 – Nov 30, 2012)
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Tang Yaodong
Tang Yaodong (; born 17 February 1962 in Shenyang, China), is a Chinese football manager and former Chinese international footballer. He mainly played as a centre forward for Liaoning FC.
Playing career
Club career
Tang Yaodong began his footba ...
(Nov 30, 2012 – May 28, 2014)
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Jia Xiuquan
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Player career
Club career
As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time a ...
(Jun 3, 2014 –Jun 3, 2017)
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Yasen Petrov
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Career
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Petrov played for the PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC L ...
Dragan Talajić
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Club career
Talajić had a spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the 1994–95 seaso ...
(Dec 18, 2017 – Apr 21, 2018)
* Chang Woe-ryong (Apr 26, 2018 – Sep 27, 2018)
* Wang Baoshan (Sep 27, 2018 – Jul 6, 2020)
* Yang Ji ''(interim)'' (Jul 6, 2020 – Sep 11, 2020)
* Javier Pereira (Sep 11, 2020 – Oct 6, 2021)
* Antonio Carreño (Oct 7, 2021 – Jan 9, 2022)
* Javier Pereira (Jan 9, 2022 –)
Honours
All-time honours list including semi-professional Henan Provincial team period.
League
*Chinese Jia B League/
Chinese League One
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Prior to the formation of ...
(Second Tier League)
:Winners (3): 1989, 2006,
2013
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*Chinese Yi League/ Chinese League Two (Third Tier League)
:Winners (2): 1982, 1999
Youth Team
U-19 team
* U-19 FA Cup Winners: 2007
U-17 Team
* U-17 FA Cup Winners: 2006, 2007
Results
All-time League Rankings
''As of the end of 2019 season''.
no league game in 1966–72, 1975;
no Division 2 league game in 1961–63;
* In final group. In group stage. No promotion.
Key
* Pld = Played
* W = Games won
* D = Games drawn
* L = Games lost
* F = Goals for
* A = Goals against
* Pts = Points
* Pos = Final position
* DNQ = Did not qualify
* DNE = Did not enter
* NH = Not Held
* – = Does Not Exist
* R1 = Round 1
* R2 = Round 2
* R3 = Round 3
* R4 = Round 4
* F = Final
* SF = Semi-finals
* QF = Quarter-finals
* R16 = Round of 16
* Group = Group stage
* GS2 = Second Group stage
* QR1 = First Qualifying Round
* QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
* QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
International results
''As of 22 February 2017''
;Key
* (H) = Home
* (A) = Away