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| Full name | Shanghai Port Football Club 上海海港足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Eagles (红鹰) | ||
| Founded | 25 December 2005 | ||
| Ground | Pudong Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 37,000 | ||
| Owner | Shanghai International Port Group | ||
| Chairman | Zhang Min[1] | ||
| Manager | Kevin Muscat | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
| Website | https://www.fcshanghaiport.com/ | ||
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Shanghai Port Football Club (Chinese: 上海海港足球俱乐部; pinyin: Shànghǎi Hǎigǎng Zúqiú Jùlèbù), previously Shanghai SIPG (Chinese: 上海上港; pinyin: Shànghǎi Shànggǎng), is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Shanghai Port plays its home matches at the Pudong Football Stadium, located within Pudong. Their owners are the Chinese group Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).
The club was founded on 25 December 2005 as Shanghai East Asia Football Club by former Chinese international footballer Xu Genbao. The club used graduates from the Genbao Football Base, a football academy also founded by Xu, to form their first team as they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 2006 league season. They made it to the top tier and finished as league champions for the first time in the 2018 Chinese Super League season, before winning two more consecutive titles in 2023 and 2024.
According to a Forbes report from 2015, Shanghai Port was the third-most valuable football club in China, with a club value of $159 million and an estimated revenue of $37 million.[2] According to the annual report of the parent company, the club had a revenue of CN¥565.7 million in 2015, as well as a net loss of CN¥41.5 million, total assets of CN¥286.8 million, and net assets of CN¥59.7 million.[3]
- ^ "Leaders' biographies" (in Chinese). Shanghai International Port Group. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Chinese Soccer's Most Valuable Teams". Forbes. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF) (in Chinese). Shanghai International Port Group. 29 March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.