Nantong Zhiyun

The club was formed when the Nantong Municipal Football Association bought the first team of Guangxi Longguida F.C. as well as their registration and position in the Chinese Football Association China League Two division. Nantong Zhiyun F.C. was officially established on March 13, 2016, in a launching ceremony held in Rugao, Nantong in the Jiangsu province where the Chairman Fan Bing, with the support from the Rugao, Nantong and Jiangsu Province Municipal Government, announced that the club was named after the Zhiyun Pagoda situated on the top of the Langshan hill overlooking the city of Nantong. The club's badge would utilise a wolf as reference to Langshan hill's history with wolves while blue was chosen as the team's home colours. Former Chinese referee Li Jun was appointed as the club's general manager and former Chinese international Wei Xin as the club's Head Coach.

In the 2018 China League Two season, they gained promotion to the China League One for the first time in its history after beating Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 1–0 at Shaanxi Province Stadium in front of 48,869 spectators on October 27, with a last minute goal by Nan Yunqi sealing the game. With that victory the club were able to gain investment after several shareholders left the club while they were in the third tier. In the second tier the club would struggle and Wei Xin was replaced with Gary White as Head Coach on 20 August 2019, who ensured the clubs survival within the division. On 31 March 2020, Xie Hui was brought in as the new Head Coach, however his vocal behaviour and critical options, particularly on the President of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan saw him resign. On 26 August 2021, Cao Rui would be brought in to manage the team and he would go on to lead the team to third within the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.

In 2022, Nantong Zhiyun secured promotion to Chinese Super League for the first time in history from 2023 season after finishing third place in China League One in 2022 season.

Cina - 1ª Divisione	06/15 11:35	13	^[14] Nantong Zhiyun v Zhejiang Greentown ^[4]	D	0-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	06/01 11:00	12	^[14] Shaanxi Athletic v Nantong Zhiyun ^[10]	L	3-2
Cina - 1ª Divisione	05/25 11:35	11	^[13] Nantong Zhiyun v Sichuan Longfor ^[11]	W	1-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	05/18 11:35	10	^[14] Nantong Zhiyun v Nei Mongol FC ^[9]	W	1-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	05/11 07:30	9	^[4] Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng v Nantong Zhiyun ^[14]	L	2-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	05/04 11:30	8	^[14] Shanghai Shenxin v Nantong Zhiyun ^[15]	W	0-3
Cina - 1ª Divisione	04/27 11:35	7	^[15] Nantong Zhiyun v Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C. ^[4]	L	1-2
Cina - 1ª Divisione	04/20 11:35	6	^[14] Nantong Zhiyun v Meizhou Hakka ^[10]	L	0-2
Cina - FA Cup	04/16 11:35	9	Nantong Zhiyun v Changchun Yatai	L	0-1
Cina - 1ª Divisione	04/13 07:30	5	^[14] Heilongjiang Lava Spring v Nantong Zhiyun ^[13]	D	0-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	04/06 07:30	4	^[16] Nantong Zhiyun v Xinjiang Tianshan ^[15]	W	4-2
Cina - 1ª Divisione	03/30 07:30	3	^[9] Changchun Yatai v Nantong Zhiyun ^[14]	L	1-0
Cina - 1ª Divisione	03/16 11:35	2	^[10] Nantong Zhiyun v Liaoning Kaixin ^[8]	L	1-2
Cina - 1ª Divisione	03/10 11:30	1	^[9] Shijiazhuang Ever Bright v Nantong Zhiyun ^[9]	L	2-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	11/04 09:00	1	Nantong Zhiyun v Sichuan Longfor	L	0-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	10/27 11:35	2	Shaanxi Athletic v Nantong Zhiyun	W	0-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	10/20 11:35	2	Nantong Zhiyun v Shaanxi Athletic	W	1-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	10/13 11:35	3	Nantong Zhiyun v Shenyang Urban	W	1-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	10/06 07:00	3	Shenyang Urban v Nantong Zhiyun	D	0-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	09/29 07:00	26	Nantong Zhiyun v Hunan Billows	W	2-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	09/22 07:00	25	Sichuan Annapurna v Nantong Zhiyun	L	4-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	09/16 11:30	24	Nantong Zhiyun v Shenzhen Ledman	W	2-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	09/08 07:00	23	Yunnan Feihu FC v Nantong Zhiyun	L	2-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	09/01 11:35	22	Nantong Zhiyun v Hainan Boying Seamen	W	4-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	08/25 11:30	21	Suzhou Dongwu v Nantong Zhiyun	W	1-3
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	08/18 07:00	20	Anhui Hefei Guiguan v Nantong Zhiyun	W	0-3
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	08/12 11:35	19	Nantong Zhiyun v Jiangxi Liansheng	W	2-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	08/04 11:30	18	Sichuan Jiuniu v Nantong Zhiyun	D	0-0
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	07/29 09:35	17	Nantong Zhiyun v Shenzhen Pengcheng	W	3-1
Cina - 2 ª Divisione	07/24 09:00	16	Nantong Zhiyun v Shanghai Sunfun	W	4-1

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