Meizhou Hakka F.C.
Meizhou Hakka Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association. The team is based in Wuhua County, Meizhou in the province of Guangdong and their home stadium is the 6,800 capacity Wuhua County Stadium. Their current majority shareholders are the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau, Wei Real Estate Development Co Ltd and partners. The club was renamed Meizhou Wuhua Football Club according to Meizhou Daily. However, the original name was still used in official documents of CFA all the time.
History
Meizhou Hakka F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau. He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong. The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.Name history
According to the club's statement:- 2013 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
- 2014– Meizhou Wuhua 梅州五华
- 2013–2015 Meizhou Kejia 梅州客家
- 2016— Meizhou Hakka 梅州客家
Current squad
First team squad
As of 2 July 2019Reserve squad
As of 7 March 2019Out on loan
Coaching staff
Managerial history
- Cao Yang
- Tan Ende
- Zhang Jun
- Qi Wusheng
- Luc Nijholt
- Cao Yang
- Vjekoslav Lokica
- Cao Yang
- Aleksandar Stankov
- Rusmir Cviko
- Li Weijun
- Zheng Xiaotian
- Marcelo Rospide
Honours
- China League Two
Results
As of the end of 2018 season.
| Year | Div | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium | |||||||
| 2013 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 5 | DNE | DNQ | DNQ | Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium Wuhua County Stadium | |
| 2014 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 42 | 4 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | Wuhua County Stadium | |
| 2015 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 30 | W | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 4,818 | Wuhua County Stadium |
| 2016 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 39 | 12 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 6,450 | Wuhua County Stadium |
| 2017 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | 12 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 5,865 | Wuhua County Stadium |
| 2018 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 40 | 9 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 3,583 | Wuhua County Stadium |
| 2019 | 2 | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | Huitang Stadium |
- In group stage.
- 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