Changchun Yatai F.C.

Changchun Yatai
长春亚泰
	Logo
Full name	Changchun Yatai FC; 长春亚泰足球俱乐部
Founded	1996
Ground	Changchun City Stadium,; Changchun, China
Capacity	38,500
Chairman	Liu Yuming
Manager	Shen Xiangfu
League	Chinese Super League
2009	Chinese Super League, 2nd
Home colours	Away colours

Changchun Yatai (Simplified Chinese: 长春亚泰) is a Chinese football team. It was founded on June 6, 1996 by Jilin Yatai Group at Changchun, Jilin. Their manager is Shen Xiangfu.

The club failed to win promotion from the Yi Division, until they bought a position in the upper division with the Bayi Chaoneng team at 2000. The new team finished 5th and maintained an unbeaten record at home before finishing second the following season. However, the club did not get promoted to the Chinese Super League until 2006. They finished 1st in the CSL in 2007.

They surprised everybody by winning the 2007 CSL title and will participate in the ACL 2008 along with Beijing Guoan, also making its debut.

They will play the first game against Binh Duong (Vietnam team) at ACL in March 12.

Honours

Chinese Jia B Champion (2003)
Chinese Jia B runner-up (2005,2001)
Chinese Super League Champion (2007)

U17 team

Adidas Youth League Champions: 2008

Results

As of the end of 2008 season

All-time League rankings

Season	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Division	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Position	5	5¹	5	5	2²	8	1³	5	2	4	1	6	2

Template:Fnb in group stage
Template:Fnb Changchun Yatai's promotion to Jia-A league was cancelled due to match fixing.
Template:Fnb no promotion

Performance in AFC Competitions

AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2008: Group Stage

Current squad

As of 18 February 2010^[2]

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
1	GK	CHN	Zong Lei
2	DF	CHN	Wang Wanpeng
3	DF	CHN	Tang Jing
4	DF	HON	Samuel Caballero
5	DF	KOR	Lee Se-In
6	MF	CHN	Wang Dong
7	MF	CHN	Jiang Pengxiang
8	MF	CHN	Du Zhenyu
9	FW	CRC	Johnny Woodly Lambert
10	FW	COL	Ricardo Steer
11	FW	CHN	Zhang Wenzhao
12	DF	CHN	Ai Zhibo
13	DF	CHN	Liu Cheng
14	FW	CHN	Cao Tianbao
15	MF	CHN	Yang Haibo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	CHN	Su Yang
17	FW	CHN	Gao Jian
18	GK	CHN	An Qi
20	DF	CHN	Zhang Baofeng
21	FW	CHN	Liu Weidong
22	GK	CHN	Wang Peng
23	MF	CHN	Zhang Xiaofei
24	MF	CHN	Yan Feng
25	DF	CHN	Lü Jianjun
27	DF	CHN	Wang Bo
28	GK	CHN	Mi Tianhe
29	MF	CHN	Zhang Tianhan
30	FW	CHN	Liu Xiaodong
-	MF	UZB	Sadriddin Abdullaev