Qingdao West Coast F.C.

Qingdao West Coast
青岛西海岸
Full nameQingdao West Coast Football Club
青岛西海岸足球俱乐部
Founded20 August 2007 (20 August 2007)
GroundQingdao West Coast University City Sports Center
Capacity20,000
ChairmanShen Jun
Head coachZheng Zhi
LeagueChinese Super League
2025Chinese Super League, 9th of 16

Qingdao West Coast Football Club (Chinese: 青岛西海岸足球俱乐部; pinyin: Qīngdǎo Xīhǎi'àn Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Qingdao West Coast plays its home matches at the Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center, located within Huangdao District.

History

Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. as a company football team for their employees.[1] The club would initially participate in local amateur and futsal tournaments until the 2011 league season when they participated in the Qingdao Football Association Cup and were knocked out in the last sixteen.[2] The following season, they joined the Chinese football league pyramid in the second tier of the Qingdao League or seventh tier overall.

In 2017, after a third-place finish in the Qingdao City League, they changed their name to Qingdao Kangtine and participated in the China Amateur Football League for the first time. They advanced to the national play-offs after finishing first in their group but were eventually eliminated by Qinghai Zhuangbo.

In 2018, they were crowned champions of the Qingdao City League, and participated in the Chinese Champions League for a second time. However, they were eliminated by Taizhou Yuanda in the regional group stage play-offs and failed to advance to the national play-offs.

In 2019, they changed their name to Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai. In their third attempt at the highest level of amateur football league, they were eliminated once again by Shandong Wangyue in the group stage play-offs, but were later admitted into the national stage after the withdrawal of Huizhou Huixin. They eventually finished 8th and were promoted to China League Two for the first time in the club's history.

In January 2021, they changed their name to Qingdao Youth Island.[3] They finished 4th this season and entered the promotion-relegation play-offs against Beijing BIT, who finished 17th in the 2021 China League One. Qingdao won 5–4 on penalties after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the club's history.

Name history

  • 2007–2017: Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. (青岛康太源)
  • 2017–2018: Qingdao Kangtine F.C. (青岛康太源)
  • 2019–2020: Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai F.C. (青岛中创恒泰)
  • 2021–2022: Qingdao Youth Island F.C. (青岛青春岛)
  • 2023–: Qingdao West Coast F.C. (青岛西海岸)

Players

Current squad

As of March 2026[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  CHN Zhao Honglüe
5 DF  BIH Samir Memišević
8 MF  CHN Zhang Xiuwei
9 FW  GHA Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
10 FW  ANG Nelson da Luz
11 FW  BRA Davidson
13 DF  CHN Song Haoyu
15 DF  CHN Wang Peng
16 GK  CHN Li Hao
17 FW  CHN Wang Tonyou
18 MF  HKG Barak Braunshtain
19 DF  CHN Dong Yu
20 MF  CHN He Longhai
21 MF  CHN Meng Jingchao (on loan from Shanghai Port)
22 MF  CHN Wang Gengrui
23 MF  BRA Rezende
25 MF  CHN Peng Xinli
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK  CHN Liu Shibo
27 FW  CHN Afrden Asqer (on loan from Shanghai Port)
28 DF  CHN Zhang Chengdong
29 FW  CHN Jia Weiwei
30 MF  CHN Yang Zhanpeng
32 DF  CHN Ding Haifeng
33 DF  CHN Liu Zhicheng
36 DF  CHN Sun Jie
37 GK  CHN Dong Hang
45 FW  CHN Liu Xiaolong
47 FW  CHN Zhang Boxuan
56 DF  CHN Xue Junzhen
57 GK  CHN Qi Bingyu
58 MF  CHN Fang Haiyang
60 GK  CHN Wang Ziquan

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  CHN Mu Zihan (at Foshan Nanshi until 31 December 2026)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Zheng Zhi
Assistant coach Huang Bowen
Mei Fang
Liu Jian
Ge Zhen
Javi Morillas Jimenez
Goalkeeping coach Li Leilei
Fitness coach Willam

Source: CFA

Managerial history

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.

Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup AFC Att./G Stadium
2018 4 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1 N/A2 N/A1 DNQ DNQ DNQ Taixing Sports Center Stadium
2019 4 11 5 3 3 13 14 -1 18 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2020 3 9 4 2 3 11 9 2 142 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ
2021 3 28 13 9 6 44 26 18 48 4 R16 DNQ DNQ
2022 2 34 13 9 12 47 44 3 48 8 R1 DNQ DNQ
2023 2 30 17 10 3 44 22 22 61 RU R4 DNQ DNQ 5,515 Guzhenkou University City Sports Center Stadium
  • 1 Only include Regional Finals and National Finals.
  • 2 In group stage.

Key

References

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  2. ^ "青岛康太源商砼足球俱乐部勇夺冠军". kangtaiyuan.net. Archived from the original on 2021-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ^ "官方:中乙青岛中创恒泰正式更名为青岛青春岛". Dongqiudi. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "西海岸新赛季大名单:梅米舍维奇5号、雷森德23号、巴拉克18号". dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.