Jiangsu F.C.

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'''Jiangsu Football Club''' ({{lang-zh|s=江苏足球俱乐部}}) was a Chinese professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Nanjing]], [[Jiangsu]], most known for their spell in the [[Chinese Super League]] from 2009 to 2020. Their home stadium was the [[Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre]]. The club was previously known as '''Jiangsu Sainty F.C.''' from 2000 to 2016 and '''Jiangsu Suning F.C.''' from 2016 to 2021. The club's last owner was [[Suning Appliance Group]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/file/2016-01-04/490392.html|script-title=zh:足协公示江苏舜天更名为江苏苏宁股权100%转让|trans-title=FA announces Jiangsu Sainty becomes Jiangsu Suning, 100% stake has transferred|date=4 January 2016|access-date=6 June 2016|publisher=China FA|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031100630/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/file/2016-01-04/490392.html|archive-date=31 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> a sister company of [[Suning.com]].

The team was founded in 1958 as Jiangsu Provincial Team. The modern professional football club was established in March 1994, and was one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-flight league in China participating in the [[Chinese Jia-A League 1994|1994 Chinese Jia-A League]] season. It faced relegation in that campaign, but the team went on to win promotion back into the top-flight at the end of the [[2008 China League One|2008 league season]].

The [[2020 Chinese Super League]] saw the club win their first, and only, top-flight championship: three months later, the club was dissolved.

==History== The club was founded in April 1958 as Jiangsu Provincial Team by the local government and took part in the 1959 [[National Games of China|Chinese National Games]] where they placed twelfth. They joined the top tier of the gradually expanding Chinese football league system in 1960; finishing nineteenth out of twenty-five teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League Tables 1960 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2012-04-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> By 1963, the league had expanded to thirty-nine teams and the [[Chinese Football Association]] decided they needed to reduce the number of participants in the league to twenty for the following season. Jiangsu finished seventh within their group stages, which relegated them from the league system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League Tables 1963 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2012-04-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> In 1964, they did not take part in any of the divisions but returned to play in the second tier in 1965 where they came seventh in the group stages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League Tables 1965 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref>

The [[Chinese Cultural Revolution]] halted the league for several seasons. When it returned in 1973, Jiangsu was placed back into the top tier where they finished the league in eleventh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League Tables 1973 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2012-04-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> Jiangsu's time in the top tier did not last very long, and at the end of the 1978 season they were relegated to the second division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League Tables 1978 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> For the next several years, Jiangsu remained a second-tier club apart from a one-season top-tier stint in 1988. However, in 1992 it won the second tier title which guaranteed the club promotion to the country's first fully professional first-tier league in 1994, the [[Chinese Jia-A League]], irrespective of where it finished in the 1993 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china92.html |title=China League Tables 1992 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812060340/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china92.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 1994, the club gained sponsorship and changed its name to Jiangsu Maint to comply with the requirements to take part in the [[Chinese Jia-A League 1994|1994 Chinese Jia-A League season]]. it struggled with professionalism on and off the field, and was relegated at the end of the season. The stricter operational costs of the league resulted in the club struggling financially, which was exacerbated by also losing its sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china94.html |title=China League Tables 1994 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=16 June 2003 |access-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727150541/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china94.html |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> Over time, the club gained some financial support from several major Chinese businesses including Jiangsu TV, Jinling Petrochemical Company, several Jiangsu tobacco companies in addition to some international investment companies. The club changed its name to Jiangsu Jiajia as a result of sponsorship; however, its improved financial stability did not prevent relegation to the third tier at the end of the 1996 season. The club spent only one season in the third division before gaining promotion by winning the 1997 title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china97.html |title=China League Tables 1997 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=21 June 2003 |access-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192131/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china97.html |archive-date=29 September 2012}}</ref>

On 7 January 2000, the manufacturing company Jiangsu Sainty International Group took over the club and changed the club's name to Jiangsu Sainty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jssaintyfc.com/saintyfootball/corp.jsp?col_id=1700&flag=2 |title=俱乐部概况 |publisher=Jssainty fc |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406075049/http://www.jssaintyfc.com/saintyfootball/corp.jsp?col_id=1700&flag=2 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The new owners did not get off to the best of starts when it was discovered they were unable to prevent some of their players and coaches from taking bribes; maleficence was shown to have taken place in the 6 October game of the 2001 season in a 4–2 loss to [[Chengdu Wuniu]]. The offending participants were banned for a year while the club had three months to reform and re-apply for a [[Chinese Football Association]] playing license.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china01.html |title=China League Tables 2001 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=19 June 2003 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514052440/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After promising to clean up the club, the team lingered in the second tier for several years until they brought in [[Pei Encai]] to manage the team, which resulted in a division title and promotion at the end of the 2008 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china08.html |title=China League Tables 2008 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721030528/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china08.html |archive-date=21 July 2010}}</ref>

The introduction of [[Serbs|Serbian]] manager [[Dragan Okuka]] during the [[2011 Chinese Super League|2011 league season]] saw a significant improvement in league table finishes; a fourth-place finish at the end of the campaign and a runners-up position in the [[2012 Chinese Super League|2012 season]]. Off the field, the Jiangsu Sainty International Group was merged into Guoxin Group in 2011 to form Jiangsu Guoxin Investment Group Limited; this saw the Guoxin Group become the owner of the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsgx.net/guoxin/corp.jsp?col_id=nue3mra3/58=1U5hxAQgJxxxQ= |title=About Us |publisher=jsgx.net |year=2010 |access-date=15 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084133/http://www.jsgx.net/guoxin/corp.jsp?col_id=nue3mra3%2F58%3D1U5hxAQgJxxxQ%3D |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The club's name remained as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. until January 2014, when this changed to Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.sohu.com/20140113/n393397001.shtml |title=江苏新赛季目标定为保六争三将更名"国信舜天" |publisher=sohu.com |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |archive-date=21 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125231/http://sports.sohu.com/20140113/n393397001.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

On the field under Dragan Okuka the team had a difficult [[2013 Chinese Super League|2013 league season]] and were almost relegated, leading to the club deciding not to renew his contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.163.com/13/1105/13/9CTVGQO100051C89.html#p=8OVGBVFH0B6P0005 |title=舜天高层宣布德拉甘离队曾夺最佳主帅5–2灭恒大 |publisher=sports.163.com |date=5 November 2013 |access-date=19 January 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821170546/http://sports.163.com/13/1105/13/9CTVGQO100051C89.html#p=8OVGBVFH0B6P0005 |url-status=live }}</ref> By the [[2015 Chinese Super League|2015 league season]] Romanian manager [[Dan Petrescu]] was brought into Jiangsu and in 2015 the team won the [[2015 Chinese FA Cup|Chinese FA Cup]] for the first time and qualified for the [[2016 AFC Champions League]]. On 21 December 2015 the club was purchased by [[Suning Appliance Group]] for ¥523 million; its name was changed to Jiangsu Suning F.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mt.sohu.com/20151222/n432148838.shtml |title=苏宁正式接手江苏足球郑明明：吴曦孙可将留队 |publisher=sohu.com |date=22 December 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225152421/http://mt.sohu.com/20151222/n432148838.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to ''[[Forbes]]'', Jiangsu was the fourth-wealthiest football team in China, with a team value of $144 million, and an estimated revenue of $36 million in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Soccer's Most Valuable Teams|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gkle45fmd/4-jiangsu-suning/|work=Forbes|access-date=14 August 2016|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105951/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gkle45fmd/4-jiangsu-suning/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2016, Jiangsu Suning broke its transfer fee record twice in the same window, with a fee of £25 million paid for Ramires from [[Chelsea FC]], and later fellow Brazilian [[Alex Teixeira]] for a fee of €50 million (£37 million) from [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]. The club went on to have one successful season, finishing second in the [[2016 Chinese Super League]] and the [[2016 Chinese FA Cup]]. It was the club's second straight appearance in the Finals of the [[Chinese FA Cup]]. In 2017 the team reached the knockout stages of the [[2017 AFC Champions League]] for the first time in their history.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-05/09/c_136269356.htm |title=Guangzhou, Jiangsu reach final 16 of AFC Champions League |agency=Xinhua News Agency |date=9 May 2017 |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524173207/http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-05/09/c_136269356.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> However, they missed the Champions League for the next two years, 2018 and 2019, due to struggles in domestic competitions.

On 12 November 2020, Jiangsu Suning were crowned champions of the [[Chinese Super League]] for the first time in club history with a 2–1 aggregate victory over [[Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]] in the [[2020 Chinese Super League#Finals|finals]]. Goals from [[Éder (Italian footballer)|Éder]] and [[Alex Teixeira]] secured the title.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=587927|title=Alex Teixeira shines as Jiangsu claim maiden Chinese Super League title|publisher=ESPN|date=16 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701111632/https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=587927|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 February 2021, Jiangsu Suning changed their name to Jiangsu F.C. to meet a "neutral name" requirement by the [[Chinese Football Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=苏宁官方宣布更名为江苏足球俱乐部有限公司|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2021-02-01/doc-ikftssap2245569.shtml|accessdate=|author=|date=2021-02-01|publisher=Sina Sport|language=zh-cn|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829101313/https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2021-02-01/doc-ikftssap2245569.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 28 February 2021, the parent company [[Suning Holdings Group]] announced that operations were going to cease immediately alongside [[Jiangsu L.F.C.|the women]] and youth teams due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-28|title=Inter Milan doubt as Suning call time on Chinese champions Jiangsu FC|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3123472/inter-milan-doubt-suning-call-time-chinese-champions-jiangsu-fc|access-date=2021-02-28|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901143451/https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3123472/inter-milan-doubt-suning-call-time-chinese-champions-jiangsu-fc|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Naming history== [[File:Jiangsu Suning F.C. logo.svg|160px|thumb|Jiangsu Suning F.C. logo (2016–2020)]] * 1958: Jiangsu Province Football Team (江苏省男子足球队) * 1994: Jiangsu Maint Football Club (江苏迈特足球俱乐部) * 1995: Jiangsu Football Club (江苏足球队) * 1996: Jiangsu Gige Football Club (江苏金陵石化加佳足球俱乐部 (江苏加佳)) * 2000: Jiangsu Sainty Football Club (江苏舜天足球俱乐部) * 2014: Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty Football Club (江苏国信舜天足球俱乐部) * 2016: Jiangsu Suning Football Club (江苏苏宁足球俱乐部) * 2021: Jiangsu Football Club (江苏足球俱乐部)

==Rivalries== The club had rivalries with neighbouring [[Zhejiang]] province's [[Zhejiang Energy Greentown F.C.]] from Hangzhou as well as Shanghai based clubs [[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Greenland Shenhua]] and [[Shanghai SIPG F.C.|Shanghai SIPG]] where they contest the Yangtze Delta Derby. The rivalry with Shanghai Greenland Shenhua was the oldest and fiercest and can be dated as far back as the 1960 league championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China 1960 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date= 7 June 2014 }}</ref> When Jiangsu were relegated to the second tier in 1978, it put a halt to the rivalry between the two clubs. The rivalry was not properly reignited until 2009 when both teams were simultaneously back in the top flight and the hostilities resumed.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://wildeastfootball.net/2011/06/shenhua-3-2-jiangsu-sainty-thats-entertainment/ |title= Shenhua 3–2 Jiangsu Sainty: Thats Entertainment! |publisher= wildeastfootball.net |date= 2011-06-13 |access-date= 2015-12-08 |archive-date= 22 December 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151222160845/http://wildeastfootball.net/2011/06/shenhua-3-2-jiangsu-sainty-thats-entertainment/ |url-status= live }}</ref> A direct fight for silverware between these two teams finally emerged when they competed in the [[2015 Chinese FA Cup]] final, which saw Jiangsu won 1–0 to claim their first Cup win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-05/09/c_136269356.htm|title=Guangzhou, Jiangsu reach final 16 of AFC Champions League|website=Xinhuanet|date=9 May 2015|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524173207/http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-05/09/c_136269356.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Nanjing derby was a local inner city derby against [[Nanjing Yoyo F.C.]] that started when Nanjing Yoyo moved into the same city as Jiangsu and into their former home ground of Wutaishan Stadium. Their first meeting occurred in Nanjing Yoyo's home ground on 19 July 2003 in a second-tier league game, which ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html |title=China 2003 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2013-02-22 |access-date=2015-12-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145940/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china03.html |archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref> For six seasons the two teams fought to be the dominant club within Nanjing City with Jiangsu predominately the stronger side with four wins, seven draws and only one defeat. When Jiangsu won promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2008 league season, it put a halt to the derby. Nanjing Yoyo were subsequently dissolved in May, 2011 due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20110507/n280508449.shtml|title=南京有有注册乙级失败解散足协：别总想靠政府|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2011-05-11|access-date=2015-12-14|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082257/https://sports.sohu.com/20110507/n280508449.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Managerial history=== Managers who have coached the club and team since Jiangsu Sainty became a professional club back in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/jiangsu-sainty/9/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160520113529/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/jiangsu-sainty/9/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2016|title=Jiangsu Sainty " Manager history|publisher=worldfootball.net|access-date=2015-06-15}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}

{{div col|colwidth=28em}} * {{flagicon|China}} Liu Pingyu (1994–95) * {{flagicon|China}} Wei Ritun (1996) * {{flagicon|China}} Hu Zhigang (1997) * {{flagicon|China}} Yang Yumin (1998–99) * {{flagicon|China}} Gu Mingchang (2000) * {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Željko Banjac (2000) * {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Leonid Koltun]] (2000–01) * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Boško Antić]] (2001) * {{flagicon|China}} Liu Pingyu (2002) * {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Leonid Koltun]] (2002–03) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Chi Shangbin]] (1 Feb 2004 – 13 Jul 2004) * {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Leonid Koltun]] (2004) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Wang Baoshan]] (2005) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Ma Lin (footballer)|Ma Lin]] (2006) * {{flagicon|China}} Li Hongbin (2006) * {{flagicon|Serbia}} Branko Vojinović (2007) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Pei Encai]] (21 Dec 2007 – 31 Dec 2010) * {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Ján Kocian]] (1 Jan 2011 – 5 May 2011) * {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Dragan Okuka]] (10 May 2011 – 5 Nov 2013) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Gao Hongbo]] (8 Nov 2013 – 29 Jun 2015) * {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dan Petrescu]] (12 Jul 2015 – 3 Jun 2016) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Tang Jing (footballer)|Tang Jing]] (3 Jun 2016 – 30 Jun 2016) ''(caretaker)'' * {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Choi Yong-soo]] (1 Jul 2016 – 2 Jun 2017) * {{flagicon|China}} [[Li Jinyu]] (2 Jun 2017 – 11 Jun 2017) ''(caretaker)'' * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Fabio Capello]] (11 Jun 2017 – 28 Mar 2018) * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cosmin Olăroiu]] (28 Mar 2018 – 28 Feb 2021) {{div col end}}

==Honours== This list contains both honors received as a professional team and as a semi-professional team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinachamp.html |title=China – List of Champions |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2015-11-05 |access-date=2015-11-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704080845/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html |archive-date= 4 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinasupercuphist.html |title=China List of Super Cup Winners |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2015-09-02 |access-date=2015-11-09 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130085059/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinasupercuphist.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===League=== *'''[[Chinese Super League]]''' ** '''Champions:''' [[2020 Chinese Super League|2020]] *'''Chinese Jia B League'''/'''[[China League One|Chinese League One]]''' (Second tier) ** '''Winners:''' 1992, [[2008 China League One|2008]] *'''Chinese Yi League'''/'''[[China League Two|Chinese League Two]]''' (Third tier) ** '''Winners:''' 1997

=== Cups === *'''[[Chinese FA Cup]]''' ** '''Winners:''' [[2015 Chinese FA Cup|2015]] ** ''Runners-up:'' [[2014 Chinese FA Cup|2014]], [[2016 Chinese FA Cup|2016]] *'''[[Chinese FA Super Cup]]''' ** '''Winners:''' [[2013 Chinese FA Super Cup|2013]] ** ''Runners-up:'' [[2016 Chinese FA Super Cup|2016]], [[2017 Chinese FA Super Cup|2017]]

==Results==

===All-time league rankings===

''As of the end of 2019 season.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China League History |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2014-01-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607124048/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date= 7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/1/456/29EE375FC832E700.shtml|title=江苏舜天|publisher=sodasoccer.com|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327043810/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/1/456/29EE375FC832E700.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1965 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 10 || || || || || || || || 7{{ref label|2|2}} || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1973 || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 19 || 10 || 5 || 4 || 32 || 13 || 19 || 15{{ref label|1|1}} || 11 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1974 || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 22 || 11 || 2 || 9 || 41 || 33 || 8 || 9{{ref label|1|1}} || 21 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1976 || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 18 || −16 || 2 || 9{{ref label|2|2}} || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1977 || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 16 || 6 || 5 || 5 || 19 || 21 || −2 || 5{{ref label|1|1}} || 15 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – || – || || |- | 1978 || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 18 || 50 || −32 || 18 || bgcolor=#ffcccc|14 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1979 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 42 || 17 || 11 || 14 || 43 || 41 || 2 || 45 || 10 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1980 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 30 || 12 || 9 || 9 || 34 || 24 || 10 || 33 || 7 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1981 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 30 || 13 || – || 17 || || || || 26 || 12 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1982 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 30 || 16 || – || 14 || 31 || 36 || 32 || 4 || 7 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1983 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 15 || 5 || – || 10 || || || || 10 || 13 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||- || || |- | 1984 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 8 || || || || || || || || 7{{ref label|2|2}} || DNQ || – || – ||- || || |- | 1986 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 15 || || || || || || || 5{{ref label|1|1}} || 4 || R1 || – || – || DNQ || || |- | 1987 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 20 || 6 || 9 || 5 || 20 || 18 || 2 || 21 || 5 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||DNQ || || |- | [[Chinese Jia-A League 1988|1988]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 20 || 6 || 5 || 9 || 18 || 21 || −3 || 26 || bgcolor=#ffcccc|14 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||DNQ || || |- | 1989 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 9 || 5 || 8 || 23 || 16 || 7 || 36.5 || 5 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||DNQ || || |- | 1990 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 7 || 8 || 7 || 18 || 18 || 0 || 29 || 5 || R1 || – || – ||DNQ || || |- | 1991 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 16 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 15 || 13 || 2 || 17 || 6 || QF || – || – ||DNQ || || |- | 1992 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 14 || 6 || 2 || 6 || 13 || 12 || 1 || 6{{ref label|1|1}} || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W{{ref label|3|3}} || R1 || – || – || DNQ || || align=center rowspan=4 | [[Wutaishan Stadium]] |- | 1993 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 5 || 2 || 0/0 || 3 || 3 || 6 || −3 || 4 || 5{{ref label|2|2}} || {{grey|NH}} || – || – || DNQ || |- | [[Chinese Jia-A League 1994|1994]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 22 || 1 || 8 || 13 || 13 || 44 || −31 || 10 || bgcolor=#ffcccc|12 || {{grey|NH}} || – || – ||DNQ || |- | 1995 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 6 || 9 || 7 || 20 || 21 || −1 || 27 || 7 || R1 || DNQ || – ||DNQ || |- | 1996 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 1 || 7 || 14 || 8 || 32 || −24 || 10 || bgcolor=#ffcccc|12 || R1 || DNQ || – ||DNQ || || |- | 1997 || 3 || 17 || 11 || 3 || 3 || 25 || 9 || 16 || 6{{ref label| 1|1}} || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W || DNQ || DNQ || – ||DNQ|| || |- | 1998 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 10 || 2 || 10 || 24 || 23 || 1 || 32 || 4 || R2 || DNQ || – || DNQ || || align=center rowspan=5 | [[Wutaishan Stadium]] |- | 1999 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 6 || 6 || 10 || 23 || 28 || −5 || 24 || 9 || R1 || DNQ || – ||DNQ || |- | 2000 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 10 || 6 || 6 || 30 || 27 || 3 || 36 || bgcolor="#ffa500" |3 || R1 || DNQ || – ||DNQ || |- | 2001 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 11 || 5 || 6 || 29 || 20 || 9 || 38 || 5 || R2 || DNQ || – ||DNQ ||15,455 |- | 2002 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 22 || 7 || 10 || 5 || 18 || 13 || 5 || 31 || 5 || R1 || DNQ || – ||DNQ ||6,818 |- | 2003 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 26 || 13 || 6 || 7 || 37 || 25 || 12 || 45 || 4 || R1 || DNQ || ||DNQ||9,923 ||Yangzhou Stadium |- | 2004 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 32 || 13 || 11 || 8 || 35 || 24 || 11 || 50 || 6 || R1 || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ ||DNQ ||4,959 || align=center rowspan=3 | [[Wutaishan Stadium]] |- | 2005 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 26 || 13 || 8 || 5 || 43 || 21 || 22 || 47 || 5 || R1 || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ ||DNQ||4,225 |- | 2006 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 24 || 9 || 6 || 9 || 37 || 31 || 6 || 33 || 6 || R2 || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} ||DNQ ||5,317 |- | 2007 || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 24 || 14 || 6 || 4 || 41 || 21 || 20 || 48 || bgcolor="#ffa500" |3 || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ ||14,167 || align=center rowspan=6 | [[Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre]] |- | [[2008 China League One|2008]] || bgcolor="#ffffe0" |2 || 24 || 19 || 2 || 3 || 56 || 24 || 23 || 59 || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 7,692 |- | [[2009 Chinese Super League|2009]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 30 || 30 || 0 || 37 || 10 || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 15,976 |- | [[2010 Chinese Super League|2010]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 8 || 11 || 11 || 27 || 27 || 0 || 35 || 11 || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 10,667 |- | [[2011 Chinese Super League|2011]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 14 || 5 || 11 || 43 || 28 || 15 || 47 || 4 || R1 || {{grey|NH}} || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 17,170 |- | [[2012 Chinese Super League|2012]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 14 || 12 || 4 || 49 || 29 || 20 || 54 || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || R3 || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} ||DNQ || 31,163 |- | [[2013 Chinese Super League|2013]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 7 || 11 || 12 || 32 || 39 || −7 || 32 || 13 || QF || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W || {{grey|NH}} || [[2013 AFC Champions League|Group]] || 28,808 || align=center rowspan=2 | [[Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre]]<br>Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center{{ref label|4|4}} |- | [[2014 Chinese Super League|2014]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 37 || 45 || −8 || 37 || 8 || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 24,349 |- | [[2015 Chinese Super League|2015]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 9 || 8 || 13 || 39 || 48 || −9 || 35 || 9 || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 26,858 || align=center rowspan=5 | [[Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre]] |- | [[2016 Chinese Super League|2016]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 17 || 6 || 7 || 53 || 33 || 20 || 57 || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || {{grey|NH}} || [[2016 AFC Champions League|Group]] || 38,992 |- | [[2017 Chinese Super League|2017]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 7 || 11 || 12 || 40 || 45 || −5 || 32 || 12 || QF || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || {{grey|NH}} || [[2017 AFC Champions League|R16]] || 32,697 |- | [[2018 Chinese Super League|2018]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 13 || 9 || 8 || 48 || 33 || 15 || 48 || 5 || QF || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 32,508 |- | [[2019 Chinese Super League|2019]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 30 || 15 || 8 || 7 || 60 || 41 || 19 || 53 || 4 || R16 || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ || 27,508 |- | [[2020 Chinese Super League|2020]] || bgcolor="#d0f0c0" |1 || 20{{ref label|5|5}} || 10{{ref label|5|5}} || 8{{ref label|5|5}} || 2{{ref label|5|5}} || 30{{ref label|5|5}} || 19{{ref label|5|5}} || 11{{ref label|5|5}} || 26{{ref label|2|2}} || bgcolor="#ffd700" |W || bgcolor="#c0c0c0" |RU || DNQ || {{grey|NH}} || DNQ ||  –{{ref label|6|6}} ||  –{{ref label|6|6}} |- |} * No league games in 1959, 1966–1972, and 1975; Jiangsu did not compete in 1964 and 1985 * {{note|1|1}} In final group stage. * {{note|2|2}} In group stage. * {{note|3|3}} Promoted to the 1994 first tier. * {{note|4|4}} Several home matches played in Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center as [[2013 Asian Youth Games]] and [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] were held in Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. * {{note|5|5}} Includes playoffs. * {{note|6|6}} The [[2020 Chinese Super League]] was held behind closed doors most of the time, attendance and stadium not applicable.

Key {{col-begin-small}} {{col-4}} {| style="border: 1px solid #ffffff; background-color: #ffffff" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" |- | bgcolor="#D0F0C0" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  [[Chinese Super League|China top division]] |- | bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  [[China League One|China second division]] |- ! bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  [[China League Two|China third division]] |- ! bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" | W | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  Winners |- ! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" | RU | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  Runners-up |- ! bgcolor="#FFA500" width="20" | 3 | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  Third place |- ! bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" |  Relegated |} {{col-4}} * Pld = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * F = Goals for * A = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position {{col-4}} * 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 {{col-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 {{col-end}}

===Continental results=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Season !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col"|Round !scope="col"|Opposition !scope="col"|Home !scope="col"|Away !scope="col"|Rank<br>/Agg. |- !rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center"|[[2013 AFC Champions League|2013]] |rowspan="3"|[[AFC Champions League]] |rowspan="3"|[[2013 AFC Champions League group stage#Group E|Group stage]] |{{fbaicon|KOR}} [[FC Seoul]] |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|0–2}} |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|1–5}} |rowspan="3" style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|3rd}} |- |{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Vegalta Sendai]] |style="background:#ffd;"|{{center|0–0}} |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|2–1}} |- |{{fbaicon|THA}} [[Buriram United F.C.|Buriram United]] |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|2–0}} |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|0–2}} |- !rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center"|[[2016 AFC Champions League|2016]] |rowspan="3"|[[AFC Champions League]] |rowspan="3"|[[2016 AFC Champions League group stage#Group E|Group stage]] |{{fbaicon|VIE}} [[Becamex Binh Duong]] |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|3–0}} |style="background:#ffd;"|{{center|1–1}} |rowspan="3" style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|3rd}} |- |{{fbaicon|KOR}} [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|3–2}} |style="background:#ffd;"|{{center|2–2}} |- |{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[FC Tokyo]] |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|1–2}} |style="background:#ffd;"|{{center|0–0}} |- !rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center"|[[2017 AFC Champions League|2017]] |rowspan="4"|[[AFC Champions League]] |rowspan="3"|[[2017 AFC Champions League group stage#Group H|Group stage]] |{{fbaicon|KOR}} [[Jeju United FC|Jeju United]] |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|1–2}} |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|1–0}} |rowspan="3" style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|1st}} |- |{{fbaicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]] |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|2–1}} |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|1–0}} |- |{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Gamba Osaka]] |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|3–0}} |style="background:#dfd;"|{{center|1–0}} |- |[[2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage#Round of 16|Round of 16]] |{{fbaicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai SIPG F.C.|Shanghai SIPG]] |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|2–3}} |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|1–2}} |style="background:#fdd;"|{{center|3–5}} |}

==Asian clubs ranking== {{updated|18 February 2018}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://footballdatabase.com/ranking/asia/2|title=Asia Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking|website=FootballDatabase|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317230334/http://footballdatabase.com/ranking/asia/2|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Current Rank !! Country !! Team |- | 61 || {{flagicon|THA}} || [[Bangkok United F.C.|Bangkok United]] |- | 62 || {{flagicon|IRI}} || [[Naft Tehran F.C.|Naft Tehran]] |- | 63 || {{flagicon|CHN}} || [[Guangzhou R&F F.C.|Guangzhou R&F]] |- | 64 || {{flagicon|China}} || '''Jiangsu Suning FC''' |- | 65 || {{flagicon|IDN}} || [[Arema F.C.|Arema]] |- | 66 || {{flagicon|KSA}} || [[Al Fateh SC|Al Fateh]] |- | 67 || {{flagicon|AUS}} || [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]] |}

== See also == *[[Jiangsu Football City League]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/team.php?season=2012&type=T&teamid=4 Stats on Sohu] {{in lang|zh}} *[http://data.sports.sina.com.cn/csl/teams/?team_id=30 Stats on Sina] {{in lang|zh}} *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/china-pr/jiangsu-shuntian/ Soccerway profile]

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