Chinese Super League: Club Profile – Jiangsu Suning

As part of our series of ‘fact-files’ focusing on each of the teams contesting in the Chinese Super League (CSL), we take a look into everything you would need to know about the highly ambitious, and current Chinese FA Cup holders, Jiangsu Suning. With the high-profile recent additions of Brazilians Alex Teixeira and Ramires, this is a football club that has set its since firmly on big things – definitely one of the teams to watch!

Team: Jiangsu Suning

City Based: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province

Year founded (professionally): 1994

Owner: Suning Appliance Group

Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre

Stadium Capacity: 61,443

Manager: Choi Yong-soo (South Korean)

Captain: Wu Xi

Three Players To Watch (Foreign): Alex Teixeira (Brazilian), Ramires (Brazilian), Jô (Brazilian)

Three Players To Watch (Chinese): Wu Xi, Li Áng, Ren Hang

Position Last Season: 9th

Current League Position (as of 1st July 2016): 3rd

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Team

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Points

1

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao

15

11

3

1

30

7

23

36

2

Hebei China Fortune

15

9

3

3

22

15

7

30

3

Jiangsu Suning

15

8

5

2

20

11

9

29

4

Shanghai SIPG

15

6

6

3

21

12

9

24

5

Shanghai Shenhua

15

5

7

3

24

15

9

22

6

Henan Jianye

15

6

4

5

13

12

1

22

7

Tianjin Teda

15

5

6

4

17

19

-2

21

8

Beijing Guoan

14

5

5

4

15

13

2

20

9

Liaoning

14

4

5

5

15

22

-7

17

10

Yanbian Funde

15

4

4

7

16

18

-2

16

11

Guangzhou R&F

15

4

4

7

13

20

-7

16

12

Chongqing Lifan

15

3

6

6

15

20

-5

15

13

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

14

3

5

6

10

16

-6

14

14

Changchun Yatai

15

3

4

8

11

23

-12

13

15

Hangzhou Greentown

15

3

3

9

8

18

-10

12

16

Shandong Luneng Taishan

14

2

4

8

13

22

-9

10

Current Top Goalscorer (This Season): Alex Teixeira (4)

Current Most Assists (This Season): Alex Teixeira (3)

Continental Competition (This Season): Asian Champions League – eliminated in the group stage.

League Wins: None

Chinese FA Cup Wins: 2015 (1 time – Current Holders)

Asian Champions League Wins: None

Highest League Position: 2nd (2012)

Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £37.50m (Alex Teixeira – from Shakhtar Donetsk)

Highest Transfer Fee Received: £6.90m (Sun Ke – to Tianjin Quanjian)

Rivals: Hangzhou Greentown, Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai SIPG

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Edited by Staff Editor