Dongguan United
Club · China · League One
«Southern Lion»
Seventh place in China League One, in a first season at that level, is where Dongguan United stood at the end of 2023. In December of that year the club was renamed Foshan Nanshi , 佛山南狮, the Southern Lion.
From the 2023 season the club had already shifted its matches west to Foshan, to the Nanhai Sports Center Stadium. That ground, the Dongguan Sports Center Stadium, went up in 1994 and holds 22,191.
What came before was quicker than the renaming suggests. The club was founded on 19 October 2016 as Dongguan Machong Rongyi. Under the name Guangdong Lianghetang it won the Chinese Champions League in 2020 and went up to China League Two. Two seasons there — 2021 and 2022 — and it went up again.
Playing in blue at home, white away, the club found its rivals close by. The Dongguan–Guangzhou derby against Guangzhou FC is the one carrying a name of its own, 莞穗德比; the Guangdong derby, against Guangzhou Leopard, sets two provincial sides against each other. Both are short trips.
There is no club website.
Latest results
All matches| 29 Aug | League One |
Shenzhen Juniors
H
|
1:2 | L |
| 23 Aug | League One |
Changchun Yatai
A
|
0:6 | L |
| 16 Aug | League One |
Hebei Kungfu
H
|
1:2 | L |
| 8 Aug | League One |
Meizhou Kejia
A
|
2:3 | L |
| 1 Aug | League One |
Guangzhou E-Power
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 25 Jul | League One |
Wuxi Wugou FC
H
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
League One| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |
 Heilongjiang Lava Spring
|
21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 33:42 | 22 |
| 13 |
 Nanjing City
|
21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19:26 | 21 |
| 14 |
 Suzhou Dongwu
|
21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21:29 | 19 |
| 15 |
Meizhou Kejia
|
21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21:41 | 12 |
| 16 |
Dongguan United
|
21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21:45 | 11 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 133| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 133 | 65 | 68 |
| Scored | 133 | 69 | 64 |
| Conceded | 193 | 83 | 110 |
| Scored per game | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Conceded per game | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Difference | −60 | −14 | −46 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Dongguan United
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  Miloš Deletić |
Forward | 1 |
| 2 |  Qian Yumiao |
Defender | 1 |
| 11 |  M. Ndiaye |
Forward | 1 |
| 29 |  Yue Xu |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 19 |  Huan Liu |
Defender | 1 |
| 9 |  Chang Feiya |
Forward | 1 |
| 16 |  Li Ruiyue |
Defender | 1 |
| 15 |  Nicolas Benavides Medeiros |
Forward | 1 |
| 26 |  Ge Yifan |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 44 |  R. Antwi |
Forward | 1 |
| 13 |  Xingbo Zhang |
Defender | 1 |
| 3 |  V. Jiang |
Defender | 1 |
| 37 |  Shi Liang |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 7 |  Mu Zihan |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 32 |  G. Yu |
Defender | 1 |
| 12 |  Liu Zongyuan |
Defender | 1 |
| 25 |  Abduwahap Aniwar |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 38 |  Z. Zhang |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 22 |  Jiang Zhiqin |
Defender | 1 |
| 14 |  Zheng Junwei |
Forward | 1 |
| 1 |  Gao Yuqin |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 10 |  Zhong Ziqin |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 5 |  Jin Liangkuan |
Defender | 1 |
Fixtures of Dongguan United
-
29 Aug
Shenzhen Juniors
H
1:2
L
-
23 Aug
Changchun Yatai
A
0:6
L
-
16 Aug
Hebei Kungfu
H
1:2
L
-
8 Aug
Meizhou Kejia
A
2:3
L
-
1 Aug
Guangzhou E-Power
A
1:1
D
-
25 Jul
Wuxi Wugou FC
H
0:2
L
-
17 Jul
Nantong Zhiyun
H
1:2
L
-
13 Jul
Ningbo Professional
A
0:1
L
Honours of Dongguan United
- Champion, Chinese Champions League 2020 1