Qingdao West Coast Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao West Coast plays its home matches at the Qingdao West Coast University City Sports Center, located within Huangdao District.
History
Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. as a company football team for their employees. The club would initially participate in local amateur and futsal tournaments until the 2011 league season when they participated in the Qingdao Football Association Cup and were knocked out in the last sixteen. The following season, they joined the Chinese football league pyramid in the second tier of the Qingdao League or seventh tier overall.
In 2017, after a third-place finish in the Qingdao City League, they changed their name to Qingdao Kangtine and participated in the China Amateur Football League for the first time. They advanced to the national play-offs after finishing first in their group but were eventually eliminated by Qinghai Zhuangbo.
In 2018, they were crowned champions of the Qingdao City League, and participated in the Chinese Champions League for a second time. However, they were eliminated by Taizhou Yuanda in the regional group stage play-offs and failed to advance to the national play-offs.
In 2019, they changed their name to Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai. In their third attempt at the highest level of amateur football league, they were eliminated once again by Shandong Wangyue in the group stage play-offs, but were later admitted into the national stage after the withdrawal of Huizhou Huixin. They eventually finished 8th and were promoted to China League Two for the first time in the club's history.
In January 2021, they changed their name to Qingdao Youth Island. They finished 4th this season and entered the promotion-relegation play-offs against Beijing BIT, who finished 17th in the 2021 China League One. Qingdao won 5–4 on penalties after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the club's history.
Name history 2007–2017: Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. (青岛康太源) 2017–2018: Qingdao Kangtine F.C. (青岛康太源) 2019–2020: Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai F.C. (青岛中创恒泰) 2021–2022: Qingdao Youth Island F.C. (青岛青春岛) 2023–: Qingdao West Coast F.C. (青岛西海岸)
Players
Current squad
Reserve squad
Out on loan
Coaching staff
Managerial history Zhou Xin (2018–2023) Zoran Janković (interim) (2023) Hisashi Kurosaki (2024) Shao Jiayi (2024–2025) Zheng Zhi (2026–) Results All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2023 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2018 4 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1 N/A N/A DNQ DNQ DNQ Taixing Sports Center Stadium 2019 4 11 5 3 3 13 14 -1 18 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2020 3 9 4 2 3 11 9 2 14 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2021 3 28 13 9 6 44 26 18 48 4 R16 DNQ DNQ 2022 2 34 13 9 12 47 44 3 48 8 R1 DNQ DNQ 2023 2 30 17 10 3 44 22 22 61 RU R4 DNQ DNQ 5,515 Guzhenkou University City Sports Center Stadium2024130 8 8 14 41 58 -17 322025130 10 10 10 39 43 -4 40
Key
China top division China second division China third division China fourth division W Winners RU Runners-up 3 Third place Relegated
Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position
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
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
External links Official Weibo page
References