Shanghai Port F.C.

2005–2007: League Two

On 16 May 2000, the former Chinese international football coach Xu Genbao founded the Genbao Football Base and enrolled 96 academy members born between 1988 and 1991, who were to be trained in the recently built Genbao Football Base Arena. Xu Genbao initially had no intention of establishing a professional football club. However, as the youngsters in the Base grew up, the lack of youth football competition in China prompted Xu to set up a football club so that his protégés could earn match experiences in professional football. On 25 December 2005, Shanghai East Asia Football Club was jointly established by Xu Genbao and Shanghai East Asia Sports and Culture Center Co. Ltd, with Xu Genbao being the club chairman. Xu appointed Claude Lowitz, a French youth coach in the Base, as the team manager. With young players aged between 14 and 17, Shanghai East Asia competed in the 2006 China League Two, the third-tier of the Chinese league system. The team played their home games at Genbao Football Base Arena training ground in Chongming, Shanghai, and eventually finished their first season in seventh place. During the campaign, Xu's players broke a few records during the season, with Cao Yunding being the youngest Chinese goalscorer aged 16 years and 242 days, and Wu Lei the youngest Chinese professional footballer, aged only 14 years and 287 days. At the end of 2006, Claude Lowitz left the club, and former assistant manager Jiang Bingyao took up the…

League

Chinese Super League Winners (4): 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 Runners-up (3): 2015, 2017, 2021 China League One Winners (1): 2012 China League Two Winners (1): 2007

Cup

Chinese FA Cup Winners (1): 2024 Runners-up (2): 2017, 2021 Chinese FA Super Cup Winners (1): 2019 Runners-up (3): 2024, 2025, 2026