Shanghai Dongya F.C.
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| Full name | Port Shanghai F.C. 上海上港集团足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | Red Eagles 红鹰 |
| Founded | 25 December 2005 |
| Ground | Shanghai Stadium |
| Capacity | 56,842 |
| Chairman | Chen Xuyuan |
| Head Coach | André Villas-Boas |
| League | Chinese Super League |
| 2016 | Super League, 3rd |
| Website | Club home page |
Port Shanghai Football Club (Chinese: 上海上港; pinyin: Shànghǎi Shànggǎng) or SIPG FC is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Xuhui, Shanghai, and their home stadium is the Shanghai Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 56,842. Their owners are the Chinese group Shanghai International Port (Group) (SIPG).
The club was founded on December 25, 2005, as Shanghai Dongya FC (Dongya literally means East Asia in Chinese) by former Chinese international footballer coach Xu Genbao. The club used graduates from 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 worked their way up to the top tier and the highest position they have ever finished is second in the 2015 Chinese Super League season.
According for Forbes, Port Shanghai F.C. are the third-most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $159 million, and an estimated revenue of $37 million in 2015.
On May 16, 2000 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.
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