Qingdao Hainiu F.C.

Qingdao Jonoon Football Club started out as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission F.C. in 1990 by some retired footballers at the corporation affiliated with Shandong economic and trade commission associated with some workers at Qingdao Municipal Sanatorium. After playing in the Chinese Yi League for three seasons, the club finished as Second Division Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-B League in 1992 – the club's first league title. As required by Chinese Football Association, on 31 December 1993, the club set up a professional system and became the first professional football club in Qingdao. Subsequently, the club was renamed to Qingdao Manatee F.C., the Chinese name for manatee, "海牛 (hainiu, literally 'sea bull')", also being the nickname for the foghorn in Tuandao Lighthouse due to the sound it emits.

Qingdao Manatee finished as the Chinese Jia-B League Champions and won promotion to the Chinese Jia-A League in 1994. In the following season, the club was invited to compete the Tainland Queen's Cup and achieved the third place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss – the club's first international honour. However, in domestic league the club was relegated to the Division 1B after losing an epic battle against Sichuan Quanxing 2–3. In 1996, the club appointed Wu Hongyue as manager, who led the team to a second-place league finish and regained promotion to the Division 1A. Soon after that season, the state-run tobacco producer – Qingdao Etsong Group started to…

Qingdao Jonoon's first trophy was the Chinese Yi League Champions, which it won as Shandong Economic and Trade Commission in 1992. In 1995, the club won its first international honour as Qingdao Hainiu – the Thailand Queen's Cup third place. In 2002, the club won its first major trophy – the China FA Cup, which allowed to enter the Chinese FA Super Cup where they came Runners-up that season. Domestic

Chinese FA Cup Winners: 2002 Chinese Football Super Cup Runners-up: 2002 Chinese Jia-B League / China League One (level 2) Champions: 1994 Runners-up: 1993, 1996, 2022 Chinese Yi League / China League Two (level 3) Champions: 1992, 2021 Reserve team

Coca-Cola Olympic League Champions: 2 1998, 1999 Youth team:

U19 FA Cup Winners: 1 2006

International

Queen's Cup Third-place: 1 1995

Player honours

Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year

Qu Bo – 2000 Song Wenjie – 2012 Best 11 in the Chinese Football Association Team of the year

Chen Gang – 1999, DF Liu Jian – 2007, MF Qu Bo – 2009, FW