Shanghai 02 F.C. is a defunct Chinese football club based in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

History

The club was founded by

Xu Genbao Xu Genbao (; born January 16, 1944 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. He is the current founder, chairman and general coach of Shanghai East Asia football club as well as also being the owner o ...

in 1995 and was aimed at developing football talents for the participation of the

2002 World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

, from which the club was named. In 2000, the club participated in

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

for the first time, but was eliminated by

Mianyang F.C. Mianyang (; formerly known as Mienchow) is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and thre ...

in the semi-finals and narrowly missed promotion to

Jia B The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

. In 2002, the club was merged into

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

after fulfilling its purpose. Besides successfully producing players such as Du Wei, Sun Ji, Sun Xiang,

Yao Lijun Yao Lijun ( born on 2 October 1981 in Haining, Zhejiang) is a former Chinese football player who played the majority of his career as a defender for Shanghai Shenhua. Club career Yao Lijun began his football career playing for Shanghai 02 wher ...

Yu Tao Yu Tao (; born October 15, 1981 in Shanghai) is a Chinese international football player as a midfielder. Club career Yu Tao began his football career playing for Shanghai 02 before the club was taken over by Shanghai Shenhua and he was promot ...

and

Zheng Wei Zheng Wei () (born June 13, 1981 in Qingdao) is a Chinese football player. Professional career Shanghai Shenhua Zheng Wei started his football career with Shanghai 02 before the club were taken over by Shanghai Shenhua in 2002. Despite being ...

, this club, being the first football project by

, would later prove to be a valuable edifying lesson to him in football management, which is pivotal in the success of his following project,

Shanghai East Asia Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home st ...

—later known as

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

powerhouse Shanghai SIPG.

Results

All-time League Rankings

References

{{reflist Defunct football clubs in China Football clubs in China Association football clubs established in 1995 Association football clubs disestablished in 2002 1995 establishments in China 2002 disestablishments in China