Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic F.C.

For the phoenix club founded in 2023, see Shaanxi Union F.C.

Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic
Shǎnxī Cháng'ān Jìngjì
陕西长安竞技

Full name	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Football Club 陕西长安竞技足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)	西北狼 (North West Wolves)
Founded	30 March 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-30)
Dissolved	29 March 2023; 20 months ago (2023-03-29)

Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Football Club (Chinese: 陕西长安竞技足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi. The club was dissolved in March 2023 as a China League One club.^[1][2]

History

Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic was founded on 30 March 2016 by co-raise funds of eight companies based in Xi'an^[3] and the name of the ancient capital and the name of the city it is based before it is changed to Xi'an. They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Shaanxi Provincial Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group A successively.^[4] Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic finished the runners-up in the national finals after losing Dalian Boyang in the penalty shoot-out but won promotion to 2017 China League Two.^[5] The team was third place in the 2018 China League Two, though losing to Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. in the relegation play-offs, the team was promoted to the China League One due to the financial problem of the Yanbian Funde F.C. With the club within the second tier the Shaanxi Water Affairs Group Co., Ltd. would become the clubs majority shareholder.^[6]

Managerial history

• Huang Hongyi (2016–2017)
• Zhao Changhong (2018)
• Xie Yuxin (2018)
• Zhang Jun (2019)
• Wang Bo (2019)
• Kim Bong-gil (2019–2020)
• Óscar Céspedes (2021)
• Feng Feng (caretaker) (2021–2022)
• Wang Baoshan (2022)
• Feng Feng (caretaker) (2022–2023)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2022 season.^[7]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2016	4									RU	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2017	3	24	12	7	5	26	15	11	43	7	R2	DNQ	DNQ	16,957	Shaanxi Province Stadium
2018	3	31	18	4	9	44	20	24	58	3	R4	DNQ	DNQ	17,001
2019	2	30	13	5	12	39	37	2	44	9	R4	DNQ	DNQ	24,377
2020	2	15	5	6	4	14	13	1	21	11	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2021	2	34	17	11	6	55	30	25	62	6	R16	DNQ	DNQ
2022	2	34	18	8	8	55	32	23	56^1	5	R1	DNQ	DNQ

• ^1 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic had 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries on 23 November 2022.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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

1. "2023职业联赛准入名单：广州城、昆山、陕西未在列" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 29 March 2023. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
2. "陕西队宣布解散：再见，西北狼；会员制款项原路退还给球迷" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 29 March 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
3. "新陕足定名长安竞技 球队目标先打丙级再冲中甲". Xinhua Net. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
4. "新陕足丨长安竞技强势挺进中丙总决赛". Sohu. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
5. "业余联赛总决赛落幕 博阳携手长安楚风申梵冲乙". Netease. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
6. "西北狼凑足保证金出征南京 资金缓解问题仍未解决". sports.sina.com.cn. 2022-06-04. Archived from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
7. "陕西长安竞技" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-06.