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| Full name | Shandong Taishan Football Club 山东泰山足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nicknames | Taishan Dui (Chinese:泰山队;lit. 'The team ofMount Tai') | ||
| Founded | 10 April 1956; 69 years ago (1956-04-10) (Semi-professional) 2 December 1993; 31 years ago (1993-12-02) (Professional) | ||
| Ground | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 56,808 | ||
| Owner | Shandong Luneng Group | ||
| Chairman | Sun Hua | ||
| Head coach | Choi Kang-hee | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2025 | Chinese Super League, 5th of 16 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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| Traditional Chinese | 山東泰山 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 山东泰山 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | ShandongMount Tai | ||||||
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Shandong Taishan Football Club (Chinese:山东泰山足球俱乐部;pinyin:Shāndōng Tàishān Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professionalfootball club based inJinan,Shandong, that competes in theChinese Super League, the top tier ofChinese football. Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at theJinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located withinLixia District. Their current majority shareholder is Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation,[1] the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province and itself part of theState Grid Corporation of China.[2][3] Shandong Taishan is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since theChinese Super League's foundation in 2004. The club nameTaishan derives fromMount Tai.
The club's predecessor was called Shandong Provincial team which was founded on 10 April 1956, while the current professional football team was established on 2 December 1993. They were one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier football league in China. Since then, they have gone on to win their first league title in the1999 league season. They have continued to win domestic silverware with the 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2021 league titles, making them one of the most successful football clubs in China.
According toForbes, Shandong is the 5th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $126 million, and an estimated revenue of $24 million in 2015.[4] In that year,Beijing Guoan,Guangzhou Evergrande and Shandong Luneng Taishan were the only Chinese sports clubs with at least 5 million followers on Weibo.[5]
The club was founded on 10 April 1956 asShandong Provincial team by the localShandong Province government, to participate in the recently established and expanding Chinese football league, where the team originally named themselves Shandong Provincial team. Shandong took part in the 1957 league season, where they started within the second tier and finished bottom within the group stages.[6] The following season saw an improvement from the team, finishing third within their group, however participation within the league became sporadic as the management decided to concentrate the team's efforts on the multi-sport eventChinese National Games.[7] Participating within the 1965 Chinese National Games, the club ultimately finished ninth within the tournament.[8] The following season, any attempt to return to the league was halted for several seasons due to theChinese Cultural Revolution.
When the league started back up again in 1973, Shandong were allowed to be included in the top tier and finished ninth at the end of the campaign.[9] As the seasons progressed, they established themselves as regulars within the league, however the management still wished to compete within the Chinese National Games and entered a team in the 1979 tournament which they won, beating Beijing 3–1 in the final.[10] The success of that tournament acted as a springboard for the team, and Shandong finish as runners-up of the 1981 and 1982 league campaigns.[11] The momentum Shandong showed at the start of the decade quickly faded, and by the end of the decade they had experienced their first-ever relegation, finishing in the bottom positions for the 1989 league season.[12] Unfortunately for Shandong, they were once again relegated the following season and sent down to the third tier.[13]
The club's time within the third division did not last very long, and they immediately won the division title and promotion at the end of the 1991 league season.[14] The following campaign saw theChinese Football Association decide to make Chinese football fully professional, and this seemed to spur on the club, as they came third within the division and guaranteed promotion to the first fully professional top-tier league, the1994 Chinese Jia-A League.[15] On 2 December 1993, Shandong football club became fully professional, gathered sponsorship and changed their name toShandong Taishan Football Club. On 29 January 1994,Jinan City, the city government sponsored and participated in the club's management, changing its name toShandong Jinan Taishan Football Club to accommodate this.
Shandong would be one of the founding teams to participate within the inaugural fully professional 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season; however, the owners quickly ran into financial problems with the improved player wages and added costs of running a professional club, which saw players often paid late.[16] The lack of funds also saw the club unable to sign any foreign imports, making them one of the few teams in the league without any foreign players within their roster. To add to the club's problems, several veterans who established the club within the league such asWang Dongning andLeng Bo left the team at the end of the season. On 3 April 1995, the club changed its name toJinan Taishan Football Club to accommodate their sponsors, however their financial problems still remained the same and they were unable to bring any new players into the squad. Despite this, managerYin Tiesheng promoted from within, with players such asLi Xiaopeng andLiu Yue given a chance. However, it was the emergence of strikersSu Maozhen and Tang Xiaocheng which impressed the club's supporters the most, especially once Shandong defeated the recently crowned league championsShanghai Greenland Shenhua in the 1995Chinese FA Cup held inNanjing.[17] After the victory, Shandong General Tobacco (Group) Co., Ltd. became interested in the club and, on 2 March 1996, took control of the team, investing 6.5 millionyuan into the club. With the continued investment from the Jinan City government as well, the club was on a sure financial footing, and with Su Maozhen becoming the league's top goal scorer and the team reaching another cup final again in 1996, things looked to have improved for the team, despite losing the final toBeijing Guoan 4–1 inBeijing.[18]
On 4 December 1997, the club held a consultation with the Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation and, on 5 January 1998, Shandong Electric Power Group Corporation became the majority shareholders of the club and changed the club's name toShandong Luneng Football Club.[19] While the Jinan City government still had significant shareholdings within the club, the new majority shareholders decided that the team needed a new direction and brought in the club's first ever foreign coach inKim Jung-Nam at the beginning of the1998 league season, after Yin Tiesheng wasn't able to improve upon the previous season's results.[20] Kim came into Shandong with a reputation of having ledSouth Korea into the1986 FIFA World Cup, their first World Cup in over 32 years. He dramatically changed the team's style of play and emphasized attacking football, and new signingDeng Lejun from Beijing Guo'an thrived on this, scoring seven goals.[21] Kim's style, however, didn't bring the team many wins, and he resigned later in the season, while Yin Tiesheng returned to manage the team away from relegation.
On 25 December 1998, formerYugoslavia national team head coachSlobodan Santrač joined Shandong as their new manager for the start of the1999 league season. With key foreign signings in Yugoslavian goalkeeperSaša Petrović, strikerLuis Romero combining with now established Chinese international Su Maozhen along with the emergence of Li Xiaopeng, Shandong had the backbone of a team that surprised many to go on to the final day of the season and defeatChongqing Longxin 5–0 to claim their first ever league title.[22] Several days later, the club would achieve their first ever domestic cup double when they beatDalian Wanda 4–3 on aggregate to clinch the1999 Chinese FA Cup, which resulted in Santrač personally being awarded the Chinese 'Coach of the Year' award.[23] The 1999 FA Cup victory would unfortunately be tainted by controversy when, on 18 February 2013, it was confirmed by the Chinese police that former Chinese football association Head of refereeing, Zhang Jianqiang was paid 400,000 Yuan by the club to select the referees for their fixtures in the tournament.[24] Shandong would later be fined one million Yuan by the Chinese football association for this transgression.[25]
For the start of the2000 league season, Paraguayan strikerCasiano Delvalle and midfielderCharles Wittl were brought in to replace the exiting Luis Romero. Unfortunately for Shandong, they got off to the worst possible start to the season by losing their first game of the new campaign to the newly promoted sideYunnan Hongta 1–0.[26] The club continued to struggle with defending their title and by the 16 July clash withQingdao Etsong Hainiu, the pressure had already seen Santrač refuse to speak to the media despite Shandong actually winning the game 4–2.[27] With the title already gone from Shandong and Santrač appearing to have lost control of the team he was forced to resign on 13 September 2000, while youth team coachĐoko Koković temporarily took over the team for the remainder of the season.[28]
In preparation for the2001 season, speculations grew.CroatianMiroslav Blažević was rumoured to become the new head coach for the club's first team. After the end of the 2000 season, Shao Kenan was forced to step down as general manager and Dong Gang became his replacement on 2 November 2000. Dong's first decision was to hire RussianBoris Ignatiev.[29] With Casiano Delvalle being the previous season's top goal scorer and the introduction of foreign veterans such asGabriel Mendoza,José Oscar Herrera andSerhiy Nahornyak, expectations were high for Shandong.[30] However, the team started the new season badly, losing 0–1 to newly promoted sideShaanxi National Power in their opening match.[31] Shandong Luneng then experienced one of the most devastating defeats in their history in the continental2000–01 Asian Club Championship in March 2001, where they lost 6–2 toJúbilo Iwata and then 6–0 to theSuwon Samsung Bluewings.[32] These were the first of a series of Shandong's humiliating defeats on the international stage, affecting the team's morale. In the summer of 2001,Nii Lamptey and laterMárcio Santos were signed in an effort to halt the losing streak. Lamptey was instrumental in helping Shandong regain confidence and they finished their remaining matches strongly with 9 wins and 1 draw, including 7 straight wins towards the end of the 2001 season.[31]
Another Russian,Valeri Nepomniachi, who achieved great success at the1990 FIFA World Cup withCameroon, was appointed as Shandong's new head coach on 18 December 2001. Under his reign, the team's performance improved initially and finished 4th in the 2002 season, their second-best result since 1994.[33] Nepomniachi was to stay for another year. However, Shandong struggled throughout the season and only finished 12th, barely avoiding relegation.[34] Despite being named in a match-fixing scandal, Dong stayed as the club's general manager for another 2 years until November 2005, when he left his position to Kang Mengjun. Along the way, he made the decision to hireLjubiša Tumbaković, who was to become Shandong's most successful manager.[35]
On 7 January 2004, SerbianLjubiša Tumbaković was brought in as head coach for the rebranded2004 Chinese Super League and, with the signing of Chinese international strikerLi Jinyu along with the emergence ofHan Peng, the club were able to win the2004 Chinese FA Cup by beatingSichuan First City in the final.[36] With the continued investment coming from the signing of another Chinese international inZheng Zhi, Shandong looked to provide a better showing in the club's second outing in the2005 AFC Champions League, where they reached the quarter-finals before being humbled by eventual winnersAl Ittihad of Saudi Arabia with an 8–3 aggregate.[37] The capitulation against Al-Ittihad, which saw Tumbakovic and playersZheng Zhi as well asPredrag Pažin sent off for abusive and violent conduct, would ultimately affect the team's performance within the league, and see them lose the2005 league title, eventually finishing in third pllace.[38]
In the2006 Chinese Super League campaign, Tumbaković looked to overcome the disappointment of the previous season, and with the club not in the Champions League Shandong could concentrate on winning a league and cup double.[39] With talented and motivated young players that includedCui Peng,Zhou Haibin andWang Yongpo (along with Zheng Zhi personally winning the 2006 most valuable player award and Li Jinyu gaining the top goal scorer award), Shandong breezed to the title with several games remaining and, at the time, the highest points and goal total in Chinese football league history.[40] After gaining his MVP title, Zheng Zhi would interest then-top tier English clubCharlton Athletic, who he initially joined on loan before making his move permanent.[41] His departure would see Shandong struggle in the2007 AFC Champions League, and they couldn't improve upon their previous ACL results; despite gaining 13 points they were knocked out of the competition in the group stage by Korean clubSeongnam Ilhwa Chunma, who finished above them on goal difference. The continental exit would once again repercuss into the league and see Shandong unable to defend their title. Without the Champions League to contend with, Tumbaković was able to regroup his team again and win the2008 league campaign on the final day of the season when a 0–0 draw againstGuangzhou Pharmaceutical was enough to clinch the title.[42]
On 7 February 2009, the team's Chinese international footballerZhou Haibin signed for top tier Dutch clubPSV Eindhoven on a free transfer.[43] His sudden departure gave Shandong a confusing and difficult pre-season preparation, which saw them start the2009 AFC Champions League with a 3–0 defeat to Japanese clubGamba Osaka on 10 March 2009.[44] This detrimental start would ultimately see the club unable to reach the knockout stage once again under Tumbaković.[45] The club's league form also suffered, and after the team came fourth in their attempt to defend their title, the Shandong management decided to let Tumbaković go.[46]
On 21 November 2009, Sun Guoyu came in as the new general manager of the club, and his first assignment was to hireBranko Ivanković on 16 December 2009 as the club's new head coach.[47] Established Chinese international playerDeng Zhuoxiang joined the team before the start of the2010 league campaign in hopes of revitialising the team's midfield. Once again Shandong's continental campaign saw them knocked out in the group stage of the2010 AFC Champions League; however, unlike previous seasons, Shandong were able to recover from this disappointment, and with the inclusion ofJulio César de León during the season, were able to win the league title.[48] The club's defence of their league title saw promising youngsterZhang Chi seriously injured in the first game of the2011 league season.[49] The repercussion of his injury saw Shandong have a slow start to the season and on the verge of being eliminated once again in the group stage of the Champions League, which resulted in Ivanković resigning on 5 May 2011, two days after losing 2–1 toJeonbuk Hyundai Motors.[50]Rajko Magić took on the helm of head coach, however he was sacked after a series of losses and replaced by the head coach of the club's football schoolManuel Barbosa on a caretaker basis, where he guided the team to a runners-up spot in the2011 Chinese FA Cup.[51]
On 6 January 2012, Dutch coachHenk ten Cate was appointed as the new manager of the team.[52] It was hoped that with his experience in previously managingAjax, the birthplace oftotal football, he would enforce a faster, more free-flowing playing style. However, Henk ten Cate experimented with youth and alienated experienced regulars in Han Peng, Wang Yongpo andLiu Jindong, while the youngsters became overwhelmed with the increase of competitiveness. With the club's playmakerRoda Antar out injured, the management decided to sign experienced players inDu Wei,Simão Mate Junior,José Ortigoza andLeonardo Pisculichi.[53] Henk ten Cate would eventually call back Wang Yongpo and Han Peng into the team, however by then the club were flirting with relegation and had been knocked out of the FA Cup. Henk ten Cate would resign on 6 September 2012, and was replaced by Chinese coachWu Jingui, with Ten Cate stating he had left for personal reasons, with the monotonous daily life in Taishan and living separated from his family being the main signifiers.[54]
Controversies off the field would ultimately summarize Sun Guoyu's reign as general manager when on 6 October 2010 theMinistry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China would confirm the arrests of former Chinese Football Association vice chairman Xie Yalong for accepting bribes as well as his knowledge match-fixing during his tenure.[55] While under arrest he would claim that Shandong paid him 200,000 Yuan to select the referee for the 26 August 2006 league game againstBeijing Guoan, played at Shandong's home stadium in a match they won 1–0 on their way to clinching the 2006 league championship.[56] The former Head of Refereeing at the Chinese FA, Zhang Jianqiang, would corroborate this story and also claimed that he was paid 400,000 Yuan as a "thank you" from the club for his previous refereeing selections during his tenure.[57] On 18 February 2013, the Chinese Football Association disciplinary committee found Shandong guilty of violating the regulations of the sport and fined them one million Yuan.[58] On 25 December 2013, Sun Guoyu was replaced by Liu Yu as the new general manager of the team.[59]
On 22 December 2013, Shandong Luneng announced that Brazilian former footballerCuca would become the new coach of the team. In 2013, Shandong was eliminated in theAFC Champions League group stage and finished fourth in theChinese Super League. On 22 November 2014,Ryan McGowan's last-gasp header helped the team defeatJiangsu Sainty and win the Chinese FA Cup in dramatic fashion, entering next year's Champions League. In 2015, Cuca's team failed to qualify from the group stage of the2015 AFC Champions League again, but finished third in the domestic league, earning the chance to participate in the2016 AFC Champions League qualification stage.
In December 2015, formerBrazil national team managerMano Menezes became Shandong's new head coach, assisted byLi Xiaopeng.
On 21 April 2016, with a 1–0 victory over Japanese sideSanfrecce Hiroshima, Shandong returned to the Round of 16 in the2016 AFC Champions League after an 11-year absence where the club finished as group runners-up below Korean clubFC Seoul. On 25 May, they defeated Australian clubSydney FC on away goal rules with an aggregate of 3–3 to reach the Quarter-finals. However, bad results in the domestic league led to Menezes' resignation on 7 June 2016.Felix Magath was appointed the next day.
In 2017,Li Xiaopeng became the new manager after Magath was dismissed.[60] Li would lead the club to several years of contention. This included a third-placed finish in the2018 Chinese Super League and two Chinese FA Cup finals, winning the trophy in2020 and finishing as runner-up in2019.
After Li Xiaopeng, Hao Wei became the new manager of Shandong Taishan in 2020.[61] The team won the2021 Chinese Super League title,[62] and won three consecutive Chinese FA Cup in2020,2021 and2022 respectively.[63][64] making it the 8th time for Taishan to win the FA Cup in the club history.
Due to Hao Wei's corruption scandal,Choi Kang-hee became the team's new coach in May 2023.[65] The team won the league runner-up and cup runner-up in 2023. They also participated in the ACL competition and broke through the group stage.
In 2024, the team ranked fifth in the Chinese Super League,[66] and were the runners-up of the2024 Chinese FA Cup.[67]
With the start of professionalism in the 1994 league season Shandong were allowed to gain sponsorship and foreign investment.Adidas provided their kit from 1994 until 2001 untilMizuno took over from 2002 until 2004.Nike started to provide the kits from 2005 and in 2011, they extended their association with the club along with the Chinese Super League when they signed a 10-year deal to provide all the apparel for the whole league.[68]
Júbilo Iwata (since 2005)[69]
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| Name | Role |
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 Choi Kang-hee | Head coach |
 Han Peng | Interim coach |
| Kim Hyun-Min | Assistant coach |
| Liu Jindong | Assistant coach |
| Xu Haipeng | Assistant coach |
| Zhao Shuo | Assistant coach |
| Lucas Cerqueira | Goalkeeping coach |
| Wen Huyi | Fitness coach |
| Tang Tian | Athletic coach |
Source:[citation needed]
Only League matches are counted.[74]
| # | Manager | From | To | Season(s) | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Notes |
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| 1 | Yin Tiesheng | 1994-02-10 | 1997-12-21 | 1994–97 | 88 | 31 | 27 | 30 | |
| 2 | Kim Jung-nam | 1998-01-27 | 1998-08-23 | 1998 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
| C | Yin Tiesheng | 1998-08-24 | 1998-10-25 | 1998 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Slobodan Santrač | 1998-12-25 | 2000-09-13 | 1999–00 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 12 | |
| C | Đoko Koković | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-01 | 2000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Boris Ignatiev | 2000-11-30 | 2001-12-16 | 2001 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Valeri Nepomniachi | 2001-12-18 | 2003-11-30 | 2002–03 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 22 | |
| 6 | Ljubiša Tumbaković | 2004-01-07 | 2009-11-04 | 2004–09 | 164 | 90 | 43 | 31 | |
| 7 |  Branko Ivanković | 2009-12-16 | 2011-05-05 | 2010–11 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | |
| C | Rajko Magić | 2011-05-06 | 2011-09-14 | 2011 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
| C |  Manuel Barbosa | 2011-09-15 | 2011-11-19 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Henk ten Cate | 2012-01-06 | 2012-09-06 | 2012 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
| C | Wu Jingui | 2012-09-07 | 2012-11-03 | 2012 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 9 | Radomir Antić | 2012-12-24 | 2013-12-19 | 2013 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | |
| 10 | Cuca | 2013-12-21 | 2015-12-06 | 2014–15 | 60 | 30 | 17 | 13 | |
| 11 | Mano Menezes | 2015-12-06 | 2016-06-07 | 2016 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| 12 |  Felix Magath | 2016-06-08 | 2017-12-01 | 2016–17 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 15 | |
| 13 | Li Xiaopeng | 2017-12-01 | 2020-10-05 | 2018–20 | 98 | 54 | 22 | 22 | |
| 14 | Hao Wei | 2020-10-05 | 2023-05-16 | 2020–2023 | 89 | 61 | 15 | 13 | |
| 15 | Choi Kang-hee | 2023-05-17 | 2023– |
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| Season | Div. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | League Cup | ACL | Other | Att./G | Stadium | |
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| 1957 | Jia B | 6 | 61 | NH | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| 1958 | Jia B | 9 | 31 | NH | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| 1960 | Jia B | 8 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 62 | 52 | 12 | 52 | 9 | DNE | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1965 | Jia B | 10 | 81 | NH | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| 1973 | Jia A | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 182 | 9 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1974 | Jia A | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 27 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1976 | Jia A | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 21 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1977 | Jia A | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 32 | 11 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1978 | Jia A | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | 8 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1979 | Jia A | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 28 | 12 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1980 | Jia A | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 32 | 4 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1981 | Jia A | 30 | 18 | – | 12 | 40 | 2 | NH | – | – | – | |||||||
| 1982 | Jia A | 30 | 20 | – | 10 | 56 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 2 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1983 | Jia A | 14 | 11 | – | 3 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 23 | NH | – | – | – | ||||
| 1984 | Jia A | 30 | 14 | – | 16 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | ||||
| 1985 | Jia A | 15 | 6 | – | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | – | – | DNQ | ||||||
| 1986 | Jia A | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 5 | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1987 | Jia A | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 4 | NH | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1988 | Jia A | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 48.5 | 4 | NH | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1989 | Jia A | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 14 | 7 | NH | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1990 | Jia B | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 27 | 11 | SF | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1991 | Yi | 12 | 1 | DNQ | – | – | DNQ | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Jia B | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 34 | DNQ | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1993 | Jia B | 5 | 2 | 0/0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | 41 | NH | – | – | DNQ | ||||
| 1994 | Jia A | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 5 | NH | NH | NH | DNQ | 19,727 | Shandong Provincial Stadium | ||
| 1995 | Jia A | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 27 | 6 | W | RU | NH | DNQ | 24,545 | |||
| 1996 | Jia A | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 31 | 5 | RU | DNQ | NH | DNE5 | 42,272 | |||
| 1997 | Jia A | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 28 | 6 | QF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 22,545 | |||
| 1998 | Jia A | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32 | 9 | SF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 28,231 | |||
| 1999 | Jia A | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 1 | W | RU | NH | DNQ | 33,538 | |||
| 2000 | Jia A | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 5 | SF | DNQ | NH | QF | 27,231 | |||
| 2001 | Jia A | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 45 | 6 | SF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 21,385 | |||
| 2002 | Jia A | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 45 | 4 | R2 | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 21,571 | |||
| 2003 | Jia A | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 4 | 33 | 12 | QF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 23,286 | |||
| 2004 | CSL | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 36 | 2 | W | NH | W | DNQ | 23,636 | |||
| 2005 | CSL | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 52 | 3 | RU | NH | SF | QF | 26,000 | |||
| 2006 | CSL | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 26 | 48 | 69 | 1 | W | NH | NH | DNQ | 31,808 | |||
| 2007 | CSL | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 48 | 3 | NH | NH | NH | Group | A3 | RU | 22,607 | |
| 2008 | CSL | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 29 | 63 | 1 | NH | NH | NH | DNQ | 26,501 | |||
| 2009 | CSL | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 4 | NH | NH | NH | Group | PP | 4 | 17,072 | |
| 2010 | CSL | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 34 | 25 | 63 | 1 | NH | NH | NH | Group | 15,864 | |||
| 2011 | CSL | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 47 | 5 | RU | NH | NH | Group | 12,112 | |||
| 2012 | CSL | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 36 | 12 | SF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 20,148 | |||
| 2013 | CSL | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 35 | 20 | 59 | 2 | R4 | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 27,683 | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium | ||
| 2014 | CSL | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 48 | 4 | W | DNQ | NH | Group | 23,931 | |||
| 2015 | CSL | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 41 | 25 | 59 | 3 | SF | W | NH | Group | 22,559 | |||
| 2016 | CSL | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 34 | 14 | R4 | DNQ | NH | QF | 18,932 | |||
| 2017 | CSL | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 16 | 49 | 6 | QF | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 30,283 | |||
| 2018 | CSL | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 58 | 3 | RU | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 24,785 | |||
| 2019 | CSL | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 20 | 51 | 5 | RU | DNQ | NH | R16 | 22,181 | |||
| 2020 | CSL | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 32 | 5 | W | DNQ | NH | DNQ | ||||
| 2021 | CSL | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 1 | W | DNQ | NH | DNQ | ||||
| 2022 | CSL | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 29 | 58 | 78 | 2 | W | DNQ | NH | Group | ||||
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| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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| 2000–01[77] | Asian Club Championship | Second round |  Home United | 3–0 (H), 3–1 (A) |
| Quarter-finals |  PSM Makassar | 3–1 (N) | ||
| Júbilo Iwata | 2–6 (N) | |||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0–6 (N) | |||
| 2005[78] | AFC Champions League | Group F | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–0 (A), 2–1 (H) |
 BEC Tero | 1–0 (H), 4–0 (A) | |||
| PSM Makassar | 1–0 (A), 6–1 (H) | |||
| Quarter-finals |  Al-Ittihad | 1–1 (H), 2–7 (A) | ||
| 2007[79] | AFC Champions League | Group G | Adelaide United | 1–0 (A), 2–2 (H) |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–1 (H), 0–3 (A) | |||
 Đồng Tâm Long An | 4–0 (H), 3–2 (A) | |||
| 2007[80] | A3 Champions Cup | Table | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–3 (N) |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2–1 (N) | |||
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1–2 (N) | |||
| 2009[81] | AFC Champions League | Group F | Gamba Osaka | 0–3 (A), 0–1 (H) |
| Sriwijaya | 5–0 (H), 2–4 (A) | |||
| FC Seoul | 2–0 (H), 1–1 (A) | |||
| 2009[82] | Pan-Pacific Championship | Semi-finals | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0–1 (N) |
| Third-place match | Oita Trinita | 1–2 (N) | ||
| 2010[83] | AFC Champions League | Group H | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–0 (A), 2–3 (H) |
| Adelaide United | 0–2 (H), 1–0 (A) | |||
| Pohang Steelers | 0–1 (A), 1–2 (H) | |||
| 2011[84] | AFC Champions League | Group G | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0–1 (A), 1–2 (H) |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–0 (H), 0–4 (A) | |||
| Arema | 1–1 (A), 5–0 (H) | |||
| 2014[85] | AFC Champions League | Group E | Buriram United | 1–1 (H), 0–1 (A) |
| Cerezo Osaka | 3–1 (A), 1–2 (H) | |||
| Pohang Steelers | 2–2 (A), 2–4 (H) | |||
| 2015[86] | AFC Champions League | Group E | Becamex Bình Dương | 3–2 (A), 3–1 (H) |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–4 (H), 1–4 (A) | |||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1–2 (A), 4–4 (H) | |||
| 2016[87] | AFC Champions League | Group F | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–1 (A), 1–0 (H) |
| Buriram United | 3–0 (H), 0–0 (A) | |||
| FC Seoul | 1–4 (H), 0–0 (A) | |||
| Round of 16 | Sydney FC | 1–1 (H), 2–2 (A) | ||
| Quarter-finals | FC Seoul | 1–3 (A), 1–1 (H) | ||
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Play-off Round | Hanoi FC | 4–1 (H) |
| Group E | Gyeongnam FC | 2–1 (H), 2–2 (A) | ||
| Kashima Antlers | 2–2 (H), 2–1 (A) | |||
 Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2–1 (H), 0–1 (A) | |||
| Round of 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 2–1 (A), 2–3 (H) | ||
| 2022 | AFC Champions League | Group F | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–5 (H), 0–5 (A) |
| Daegu FC | 0–4 (A), 0–7 (H) | |||
| Lion City Sailors | 2–3 (A), 0–0 (H) | |||
| 2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Group G |  Kaya F.C.–Iloilo | 3–1 (A), 6–1 (H) |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–1 (H), 0–3 (A) | |||
| Incheon United | 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H) | |||
| Round of 16 | Kawasaki Frontale | 2–3 (H), 4–2 (A) | ||
| Quarter-finals | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–2 (H), 0–1 (A) |
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