Wuhan Three Towns
武汉三镇

Full name	Wuhan Three Towns Football Club 武汉三镇足球俱乐部
Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013) (as Wuhan Shangwen)
Ground	Wuhan Sports Center, Wuhan, China
Capacity	54,000
Chairman	Wang Fang
Head coach	Ricardo Rodríguez
League	Chinese Super League
2024	Chinese Super League, 11th of 16
Website	http://www.whszfc.com
Home colours Away colours

Wuhan Three Towns Football Club (Chinese: 武汉三镇足球俱乐部; pinyin: Wǔhàn Sānzhèn Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Wuhan Three Towns plays its home matches at the Wuhan Sports Center, located within Caidian District. Wuhan Three Towns had remarkably gone from playing in the fourth division of Chinese football, to winning the 2022 Chinese Super League in a matter of five years, and had won the league title for each of the top three divisions on its climb up the pyramid.

The club was established as Wuhan Shangwen (Simplified Chinese: 武汉尚文) in 2013 by the Wuhan Football Association and private investment from the Wuhan Benhui Group, to mainly focus on the development of youth players.^[1] In 2018, the club started to participate in the Wuhan Super League, and finished second right behind Wuhan Chufeng Heli. They also participated in the 2018 Chinese Champions League, and made it to the final round of 16 before being eliminated by Nanjing Shaye.

Ranking 11th in the 2018 Chinese Champions League, the club was later admitted into 2019 China League Two to fill the gap left by a withdrawn team, right after changing their name to Wuhan Three Towns F.C. in January 2019.^[2]

Albert Garcia Xicota would be appointed head coach of the club for the 2019 China League Two season and finished eleventh at the end of the season. The following campaign with the club, he would go on to guide them in winning the division title and promotion into the second tier.^[3] In July 2021, Pedro Morilla was appointed as caretaker manager of the club; he had previously worked as techniques director.^[4] In December 2021, he was promoted to manager for winning 14 matches in a row.^[5] This achievement would see Wuhan going on to win the 2021 China League One division and promotion to the top tier.^[6]

On 31 December 2022, Wuhan Three Towns won the 2022 Chinese Super League for the first time after several fixtures were cancelled due to a national COVID-19 outbreak. They were awarded a 3–0 win against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, who had forfeited due to sick players, and had a better goal difference than Shandong Taishan to top the table.^[7]

On 17 June 2023, Morilla stepped down from his role after only 3 wins from the first 12 league games of the season.^[8] Japanese coach Tsutomu Takahata was appointed as his successor on the following day.^[9]

On 28 August 2023, the club's investors announced their intention to withdraw funding from the team, as well as selling it for free.^[10]

Wuhan Three Towns finished as league champions in the 2022 Chinese Super League season saw them qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage for the first time in the club history. They are drawn in group J with Urawa Red Diamonds, Pohang Steelers and Vietnamese club, Hanoi FC. On 20 September 2023, Wuhan Three Towns played their first ever AFC Champions League match against the defending champions Urawa Red Diamonds, which ended in a 2–2 draw at home.

• 2013–2018 Wuhan Shangwen F.C. 武汉尚文
• 2019–present Wuhan Three Towns F.C. 武汉三镇

As of 13 July 2024^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  CHN Jiang Zhipeng 5 DF  KOR Park Ji-soo 6 MF  CHN Ablahan Haliq (on loan from Shanghai Port) 7 MF  CHN Tao Qianglong 8 MF  CHN Liu Ruofan 9 FW  BRA Pedro Henrique 10 MF  CHN Luo Senwen 11 FW  GNB Romário Baldé 12 MF  CHN Zhang Xiaobin 14 MF  POR Joca 16 MF  CHN Zhang Hui 17 DF  CHN Chen Yuhao 18 DF  CHN Liu Yiming 19 MF  CHN Liu Yue 20 FW  CHN Afrden Asqer (on loan from Guangzhou) 21 MF  CHN He Chao 23 DF  CHN Ren Hang

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  CHN Deng Hanwen 28 DF  CHN Denny Wang 29 DF  CHN Zhang Zhenyang 30 FW  CHN Liu Yiheng 31 GK  CHN Guo Jiayu 32 GK  CHN Liu Dianzuo 34 MF  CHN Xiong Jizheng 35 DF  CHN Abdurahman Abdukiram 37 MF  BRA Darlan 38 GK  CHN Chen Xing 40 DF  CHN Umidjan Yusup 41 MF  CHN Xia Xiaoxi 42 MF  CHN Min Zixi 43 DF  CHN Zhang Tao 44 DF  CHN Yu Tianxiang 45 GK  CHN Huang Zhouxin — DF  CHN Yan Zhiyu

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  COL Danilo Arboleda 36 DF  CHN Lin Wenjie 39 DF  CHN Luo Kui

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 DF  CHN Tian Chenglong 52 DF  CHN Lin Kejun

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Wei Minzhe (at Shenzhen Peng City until 31 December 2024) — GK  CHN Li Jiawei (at Heilongjiang Ice City until 31 December 2024) 15 DF  CHN Shewketjan Tayir (at Nanjing City until 31 December 2024) — DF  CHN Chen Yuhao (at Qingdao West Coast until 31 December 2024) — DF  CHN Yang Minjie (at Guangxi Pingguo Halia until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 DF  CHN Yu Tianle (at Hubei Istar until 31 December 2024) 64 DF  CHN You Wenjie (at Haikou Mingcheng until 31 December 2024) — MF  CHN Xia Zihao (at Hubei Istar until 31 December 2024) 13 MF  CHN Gao Yunan (at Haikou Mingcheng until 31 December 2024) 33 MF  CHN He Tongshuai (at Haikou Mingcheng until 31 December 2024)

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ricardo Rodríguez
Assistant coach	Arnau Navarro
Goalkeeping coach	Adauto
Team official	Long Jing Sun Zhongkai
Team manager	Yu Chen

• Zeng Qinggao (2018)
• Albert Garcia Xicota (2019–2021)
• Pedro Morilla (2021) (caretaker)
• Pedro Morilla (2021–2023)
• Tsutomu Takahata (2023)
• Ricardo Rodríguez (2024–)

The following players had international caps for their respective countries.

League

• Chinese Super League
  • Champions (1): 2022
• China League One
  • Champions (1): 2021^[6]
• China League Two
  • Champions (1): 2020^[3]

Cup

• Chinese FA Super Cup
  • Champions (1): 2023

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.

• ^1 In group stage.

Key

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away
2023–24	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	1–2
			Pohang Steelers	1–1	1–1
			Hanoi FC	2–1	1–2

• Shonan Bellmare (2022–present)^[12]

• Official website (in Chinese)