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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 Tianjin Teda. Something of a mid-table club for the past few seasons, this is a team that will be increasingly wary of the money being spent by the teams around them in the league.
Team: Tianjin Teda
Nickname: Tianjin Tigers
City Based: Tianjin
Year founded (professionally): 1993
Owner: Tianjin TEDA Group
Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
Stadium Capacity: 54,696
Manager: Dragan Okuka (Serbian)
Captain: Zong Lei
Three Players To Watch (Foreign): Zainadine Junior (Mozambican), Fredy Montero (Colombian), Mbaye Diagne (Senegalese)
Three Players To Watch (Chinese): Guo Hao, Qu Bo, Zhou Haibin
Position Last Season: 13th
Current League Position (as of 1st July 2016): 7th
# | 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): Fredy Montero/Mbaye Diagne (4)
Current Most Assists (This Season): Wagner (3)
Continental Competition (This Season): None
League Wins: 1960, 1980, 1983 (3 times)
Chinese FA Cup Wins: 1960, 2011 (2 times)
Asian Champions League Wins: None
Highest League Position: 1st
Highest Transfer Fee Paid: £3.75m (Fredy Montero – from Sporting CP)
Highest Transfer Fee Received: £1.83m (Yu Dabao – to Dalian Yifang)
Rivals: Beijing Guoan, Tianjin Quanjian
