{{Short description|Chinese football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Hubei Istar<br />湖北青年星 | image = logo|150px | fullname = Hubei Istar Football Club<br />湖北青年星足球俱乐部 | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|2016|7|8|df=yes}} | ground = Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan, Hubei | capacity = 22,140 | owner = Hubei Chufeng United Amateur Football Club Co., Ltd. | chairman = Yang Dongqiang | manager = Wan Houliang | league = {{Chinese football updater|HBIstar}} | season = {{Chinese football updater|HBIstar2}} | position = {{Chinese football updater|HBIstar3}} | current = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _2 yellow stripes | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = _color_3_stripes_yellow | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF }} '''Hubei Istar Football Club''' ({{zh|s=湖北青年星足球俱乐部|p=Húběi Qīngniánxīng Zúqiú Jùlèbù|l=Hubei Youth Stars F.C.}}) is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in {{Chinese football updater 2|{{Chinese football updater|HBIstar}}}}. Hubei Istar plays its home matches at the Xinhua Road Sports Center, located within Jianghan District.
==History== '''Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C.''' was founded on 8 July 2016 combined by amateur club Wuhan New Era and unpunished players from Wuhan Hongxing after the Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.163.com/16/1115/10/C5THHE1C00058780.html |title=从武汉宏兴到村集体股份制 看中国社区足球未来 |publisher=Netease |date=15 November 2016 |accessdate=16 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115050333/http://sports.163.com/16/1115/10/C5THHE1C00058780.html |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Wuhan City Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group B successively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sxrb.com/sxwb/aban_0/14/6394927.shtml |title=山西龙城闯进全国总决赛 |publisher=Shanxi News |date=9 October 2016 |accessdate=16 November 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213841/http://www.sxrb.com/sxwb/aban_0/14/6394927.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wuhan Chufeng Heli finished third place in the national finals and won the qualification for promoting to 2017 China League Two,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/16/1114/16/C5RJRCBD00058780.html|title=业余联赛总决赛落幕 博阳携手长安楚风申梵冲乙 |publisher=Netease |date=14 November 2016 |accessdate=16 November 2016}}</ref> but then gave up to turn professional and remained at the amateur league. Two years later, they finally promoted to China League Two after finishing in third place again in 2018 Chinese Champions League, after changing their name to '''Hubei Chufeng United F.C.''' before the season.
In January 2021, Hubei Chufeng United changed their name to '''Hubei Istar F.C.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.net/article/1779924.html |title=关于湖北楚风合力足球俱乐部名称变更的公告|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=11 January 2021|accessdate=11 January 2021}}</ref>
==Name history== *2016–2018: '''Wuhan Chufeng Heli F.C.''' (武汉楚风合力) *2018–2020: '''Hubei Chufeng United F.C.''' (湖北楚风合力) *2021–present: '''Hubei Istar F.C.''' (湖北青年星)
==Players== ===First-team squad=== {{updated|20 March 2024}}<ref name="2024Istar">{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/4109188.html|title=2024中乙联赛湖北青年星一线队大名单及赛程表|website=dongqiudi.com|publisher=Hubei Istar F.C.|date=20 March 2024|access-date=20 March 2024|language=zh}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=41|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Yu Jingcheng}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Xia Jiayi}} {{Fs player|no=43|nat=CHN|pos=GK|name=Wang Xinghao}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Li Dongnan}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Huang Kaijun}} {{Fs player|no=46|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Yang Bowen}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Sun Kangbo}} {{Fs player|no=48|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Wang Zhicheng}} {{Fs player|no=49|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Wang Dingkun}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Wang Boyue}} {{Fs player|no=51|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Gao Su}} {{Fs player|no=52|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Huang Wenzheng}} {{Fs player|no=53|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Sun Wenchao}} {{Fs player|no=54|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Yu Tianle}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Xia Zihao}} {{Fs player|no=56|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Liu Xin}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=57|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Wang Ziyang}} {{Fs player|no=58|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Wang Zheng}} {{Fs player|no=59|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Huang Bo}} {{Fs player|no=60|nat=CHN|pos=GK|name=Hu Guiying}} {{Fs player|no=61|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Zhong Mingzhi}} {{Fs player|no=62|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Lin Zihao}} {{Fs player|no=63|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Zhang Jun}} {{Fs player|no=64|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Wei Zixian}} {{Fs player|no=65|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Mewlan Memetimin}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Cui Shengcheng}} {{Fs player|no=67|nat=CHN|pos=FW|name=Min Xiankun}} {{Fs player|no=68|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Huang Jiale}} {{Fs player|no=69|nat=CHN|pos=MF|name=Lin Shangyuan}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=CHN|pos=DF|name=Wei Suowei}} {{Fs player|no=71|nat=CHN|pos=GK|name=Meng Derui}} {{Fs end}}
==Coaching staff== {{Fb cs header}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head coach |s= {{flagicon|CHN}} Wan Houliang }} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant coach |s= {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Yining <br/> {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Dongliang }} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping coach |s= {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Yan }} {{Fb cs footer|u= |s=<ref name="2024Istar"/> |date=February 2026}}
==Managerial history== * {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yi (2016) * {{flagicon|CHN}} Deng Sheng (2017) * {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Zhengguo (2018) * {{flagicon|Brazil}} Luíz Felipe (2019–2020) * {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Rui (2021) * {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Feng (2022–2025) * {{flagicon|CHN}} Wan Houliang (2026–present) ==Results== '''All-time league rankings'''
''As of the end of 2019 season.''
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100% style=text-align:Center |- !Year !Div !{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Match(es) lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !Pts !width=2%|Pos. !width=4%|FA Cup !width=2%|Super Cup !|AFC !Att./G !Stadium |- | 2016 ||bgcolor="#c1ddfd"|4|| || || || || || || || || bgcolor=#FFA500|3 || DNQ || DNQ || DNQ || || |- | 2017 ||bgcolor="#c1ddfd"|4|| || || || || || || || || 11 || R1 || DNQ || DNQ || || Tazi Lake Sports Centre |- | 2018 ||bgcolor="#c1ddfd"|4|| || || || || || || || || bgcolor=#FFA500|3 || R4 || DNQ || DNQ || || Xinhua Road Sports Center |- | 2019 || 3 || 30 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 27 || 39 || −12 || 34{{ref|1|1}} || 19 || R1 || DNQ || DNQ || || Hankou Cultural Sports Centre |} *<small>{{note|1|1}} In group stage</small>.
Key <div> {{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" | China top division |- | bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China second division |- ! bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China third division |- ! bgcolor="#c1ddfd" width="20" | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China fourth 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 * WD = Withdrawal * – = 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}} </div>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{China League Two}}
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