Liaoning Tieren Football Club (Chinese: 辽宁铁人足球俱乐部; pinyin: Liáoníng Tiěrén Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Liaoning Iron Men F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Shenyang, Liaoning, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Liaoning Tieren plays its home matches at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Hunnan District.

Liaoning Tieren
Liáoníng Tiěrén
辽宁铁人
Full nameLiaoning Tieren Football Club
辽宁铁人足球俱乐部
Founded26 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-26) as Shenyang City
GroundShenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanWu Jiang
ManagerLi Jinyu
LeagueChina League One
2024China League One, 4th of 16
Websitehttp://www.lnsycsfc.com/

History

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Shenyang City was established by former footballer Zhuang Yi in 2015 with out-of-contract players from Shenyang Zhongze who dissolved just before the 2015 China League One season.[1][2] They enrolled in the 2015 China Football Amateur League and finished in the top 4, gaining promotion to China League Two, and subsequently rebranded to Shenyang Urban starting the following year.

The club enjoyed a lengthy stay in China League Two, making it to the play-off stage twice, in the 2016 and 2018 seasons, but fell short in the first round both times. On 12 May 2018, club owner Zhuang Yi was substituted on in a 7–1 league win over Baotou Nanjiao to become the oldest ever appearance-maker in professional Chinese football at 44 years and 305 days.[3] Zhuang then broke his own appearance record on 3 June 2018 in a 4–0 win against Yanbian Beiguo, and scored a penalty in the match, making him the oldest goal scorer in professional Chinese football at 44 years and 327 days.[4] The club's effort finally came to fruition in the 2019 China League Two, when they were crowned as champions after beating Chengdu Better City in the finals, gaining a historic promotion to China League One.

In April 2020, the club changed their name to Liaoning Shenyang Urban.[5]

On 8 January 2024, a press conference held by the People's Government of Liaoning revealed that the club would be renamed to Liaoning Liudi (Chinese: 辽宁六地足球俱乐部), and would be promoted to the Chinese Super League within the next two years, in an effort to revitalise football in Liaoning.[6] On 10 February 2024, the club signed Japanese player, Takahiro Kunimoto who has played in Portugal and South Korea.

Crest history

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 15 July 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CHN Li Xuebo
2 MF   CHN Gui Zihan
3 MF   CHN Chen Yangle
4 DF   CHN Han Tianlin
5 DF   CHN Lin Longchang
6 FW   CHN Duan Yunzi
7 MF   CHN Shang Yin
10 FW   CHN Yang Jian
11 MF   CHN Bai Zijian
12 GK   CHN Wu Jiongde
13 FW   CHN Lei Yongchi
15 FW   BRA João Carlos
16 MF   CHN Wang Tianci
18 FW   CHN Chen Long
19 MF   CHN Gao Haisheng
20 GK   CHN Liu Weiguo
21 DF   CHN Zhan Sainan
22 MF   JPN Takahiro Kunimoto
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   CHN Liu Shiming
24 MF   NGA Sabir Isah Musa
25 FW   TPE Ange Kouamé
26 DF   CHN Deng Biao
27 FW   CHN Liu Ziming
30 MF   CHN Qian Junhao
31 DF   CHN Jiang Feng
32 DF   CHN Mao Kaiyu
33 DF   CHN Pang Shenghan
34 DF   CHN Nijat Pirkani
35 FW   CHN Kan Yuqi
36 DF   CHN Tian De'ao
37 FW   CHN Zhang Jiaming
40 DF   CHN Ruan Qilong (on loan from Beijing Guoan)
41 DF   CHN Zheng Zhiyun
43 DF   CHN Yang Shengming
44 FW   CHN Chen Yongze
45 FW   CHN Han Yuchen

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   CHN Fan Yutong
28 DF   CHN Wang Qihong

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   CHN Shen Quanshu (at Xi'an Chongde Ronghai until 31 December 2024)

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Yu Ming
Assistant coach   Qiu Li

Source: CFA

Managerial history

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Honours

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Domestic

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League

  • China League Two

Results

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All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.[7]

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2015 4 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2016 3 20 10 3 7 30 19 11 33 8 R2 DNQ DNQ 3,239 Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium
2017 3 24 11 6 7 26 19 7 39 12 R1 DNQ DNQ 1,910
2018 3 28 16 5 7 51 29 22 53 6 R16 DNQ DNQ 4,190
2019 3 30 23 5 2 62 19 43 741 W R2 DNQ DNQ
  • ^1 in North Group.

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References

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  2. ^ 2016中乙联赛俱乐部及球队简介 沈阳城市 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine sfa.org.cn 2016-05-03 Retrieved 2016-05-16
  3. ^ "45岁庄毅演绎不老传说". sina.com.cn. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "中乙老板连创中国足坛纪录 成职业联赛最大年龄进球者". sina.com.cn. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ "关于沈阳城市足球俱乐部有限责任公司更名的公告". thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 2020-04-26. Archived from the original on 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. ^ "我省促进辽宁职业足球俱乐部改革发展有关情况新闻发布会". www.ln.gov.cn (in Chinese). 8 January 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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