Suzhou Dongwu Football Club () is a professional

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football club that currently participates in the

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division under licence from the

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(CFA). The team is based in Suzhou,

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and their home stadium is the 30,000 seat Kunshan Stadium.

History

The club was established as an amateur club named Suzhou Jinfu F.C. (

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: 苏州锦富) On 29 May 2008. They are among the most successful amateur football clubs in the country, which have won China Amateur Football League in 2012 and, after changing their name to Suzhou Dongwu, again in 2015–––the latter of which would earn them promotion to 2016 China League Two. At the beginning of the 2018 league season the club would change the team's crest and colours from yellow to red with black stripes. In the

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season the club finished fourth and despite this not being enough to gain promotion,

side

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disbanded due to financial problems and Suzhou were promoted to the

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Name history

*2008–2014 Suzhou Jinfu F.C. 苏州锦富 *2015– Suzhou Dongwu F.C. 苏州东吴

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Tang Bo (2012–2016) *

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(2017–2018) * Liu Junwei (2019–2020) * Gary White (2020–Present)

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2018 season.'' 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

References

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