Nanjing Shaye Football Club () is a professional Chinese

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club that currently participates in the

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. The team is based in

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History

The club was originally a nondescript local amateur team named Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin from the city of

. In November 2014, Shaye Investment Management Co. Ltd. took over the club, which subsequently adopted its later widely known name Nanjing Shaye. In 2016, the club formed a 11-a-side team to participate in the Nanjing Super League, and ended up winning the entire championship. Also competing in the

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for its first time in the same year, the club failed to make it out of the second round of group stages. In 2017, the club signed to cooperate with the football section of

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. After successfully defending its title as the champion of Nanjing amateur football, they participated in

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and advanced to the final round of 16, but was eliminated by

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and failed to advance further and gain access to

. In 2018, the club won their third Nanjing Super League title in a row, and made it to the final 8 of

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after beating Wuhan Shangwen 1–0 in the first round of final play-offs, without losing a single goal in all previous stages. However, the club was eliminated by eventual champions

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in the quarter-finals. Despite this setback, they thrashed Tianjin Ruihu 4–0 in the subsequent round, finally ensuring promotion and a spot in

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Name changes

*–2014 Nanjing Zhongshan Yuanlin F.C. 南京中山园林 *2014– Nanjing Shaye F.C. 南京沙叶

Current squad

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Reserve squad

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2019 season.'' * In group stage. 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 * WD = Withdrawal * – = 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

References

External links

Official club website
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