Sichuan Jiuniu Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川九牛足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China and their home stadium is the 27,000 seat Longquanyi Stadium. History The club was founded on 5 January 2017. They participated in the 2017 China Amateur Football League the same year and managed to advance to the national play-offs, but was eliminated by Zhaoqing Hengtai in the first round. They were ranked 10th and later admitted into China League Two due to the withdrawal of several other teams. In February 2019, City Football Group purchased the club. On 23 May 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that eleven professional clubs across China's top three divisions would have their registration cancelled over a failure to pay player wages. As a result, the CFA announced a reclassification of the teams which would contest their professional divisions. According to this reclassification, Sichuan Jiuniu was promoted to China League One for the 2020 season, which had already been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Name history 2017– Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. 四川九牛 Players Current squad Out on loan Coaching staff Source: Managerial history Zhai Biao (2006–2008) Sun Bowei (caretaker; 2008) Xu Jianye (2009–2010) Zhao Lei (2010) Sun Bowei (2011–2017) Cheng Liang (31 December 2017 – 30 May 2018) Dario Dabac (7 June 2018 – 11 January 2019) Wang Hongwei (27 February 2019 – 18 May 2020) Li Yi (22 July 2020 – 25 December 2021) Sergio Lobera (19 January 2022 – present) Results All-time League Rankings As of the end of 2019 season. Key <div> 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 External links http://sports.people.com (in Chinese) Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. Football clubs in Chengdu 2017 establishments in China Association football