Meizhou Hakka

Meizhou Hakka F.C. was established in January 2013 by former Guangdong Sunray Cave manager Cao Yang along with the support of the Meizhou municipal government, Municipal Sports Bureau. He would soon go on to gain financial support from the Chairman of Wei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., Wei Jinping who was persuaded in investing into the team after Cao Yang described his envision of creating a footballing hub in Wuhua County, the home town of former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong. The squad was assembled with local Hakka players and players from other teams in Guangdong, including Guangdong Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shenzhen Ruby and Shenzhen Fengpeng before entering the third tier in the 2013 league season where despite topping the group stages they finished fifth in the knock-out stages.

Kejia Football club logo in 2013

Former Chinese national team head coach Qi Wusheng was brought in during the 2015 China League Two season. He would go on to help guide the club to win the division title in a penalty shoot-out against Dalian Transcendence and promotion to the second tier for the first time in the club's history. Qi Wusheng would not extend his contract with the club and Dutch football manager Luc Nijholt was brought in on 1 January 2016 as well as 80 million yuan to invest within the team. Luc Nijholt would leave the team on 19 July 2016 as the club sat twelfth within the league and marginally above the relegation zone, a position they would remain in for the rest of the season. After several managerial changes with limited success, Serbian manager Milan Ristić was brought in on 6 February 2021 and he was able to guide the team to promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season.

Čína - 1. divízia	03/10 07:30	1	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright v Meizhou Hakka	L	2-1
Svet - priateľské zápasy klubov	01/28 09:50	-	Chachaengsao FC v Meizhou Hakka	L	1-0
Svet - priateľské zápasy klubov	01/26 09:30	-	Navy FC v Meizhou Hakka	L	5-4
Čína - 1. divízia	10/28 06:30	30	^[4] Qingdao Huanghai v Meizhou Hakka ^[12]	W	1-2
Čína - 1. divízia	10/21 06:30	29	Meizhou Hakka v Zhejiang Yiteng FC	L	2-3
Čína - 1. divízia	10/14 07:30	28	^[10] Beijing EG FC v Meizhou Hakka ^[11]	L	1-0
Čína - 1. divízia	09/24 11:00	27	^[10] Xinjiang Tianshan v Meizhou Hakka ^[11]	W	1-3
Čína - 1. divízia	09/16 11:45	26	Meizhou Hakka v Baoding Yingli	W	1-0
Čína - 1. divízia	09/09 08:00	25	Yunnan Lijiang v Meizhou Hakka	W	2-3
Čína - 1. divízia	09/02 11:45	24	Meizhou Hakka v Dalian Transcendence	W	3-1
Čína - 1. divízia	08/26 11:45	23	^[7] Shanghai Shenxin v Meizhou Hakka ^[15]	D	2-2
Čína - 1. divízia	08/19 11:45	22	Meizhou Hakka v Hangzhou Greentown	L	1-2
Čína - 1. divízia	08/12 11:35	21	Nei Mongol FC v Meizhou Hakka	L	2-0
Čína - 1. divízia	08/05 11:45	20	Meizhou Hakka v Beijing Renhe	D	0-0
Čína - 1. divízia	07/23 11:35	19	Shenzhen v Meizhou Hakka	L	3-1
Čína - 1. divízia	07/16 11:45	18	Meizhou Hakka v Cangzhou Mighty Lions	L	0-1
Čína - 1. divízia	07/08 11:30	17	Wuhan Zall FC v Meizhou Hakka	L	1-0
Čína - 1. divízia	07/02 11:00	16	Dalian Yifang v Meizhou Hakka	D	1-1
Čína - 1. divízia	06/24 11:45	15	Meizhou Hakka v Qingdao Huanghai	L	1-2
Čína - 1. divízia	06/17 11:00	14	Zhejiang Yiteng FC v Meizhou Hakka	W	0-1
Čína - 1. divízia	06/10 11:45	13	Meizhou Hakka v Beijing EG FC	L	0-1
Čína - 1. divízia	06/04 11:45	12	Meizhou Hakka v Xinjiang Tianshan	D	2-2
Čína - 1. divízia	05/27 08:00	11	Baoding Yingli v Meizhou Hakka	D	1-1
Čína - 1. divízia	05/20 11:35	10	Meizhou Hakka v Yunnan Lijiang	D	1-1
Čína - 1. divízia	05/13 06:30	9	Dalian Transcendence v Meizhou Hakka	D	1-1
Čína - 1. divízia	05/06 11:45	8	Meizhou Hakka v Shanghai Shenxin	W	2-1
Čína - 1. divízia	04/29 11:35	7	Hangzhou Lucheng v Meizhou Hakka	L	1-0
Čína - 1. divízia	04/22 11:45	6	Meizhou Hakka v Nei Mongol FC	D	1-1
Čína - FA Cup	04/19 11:30	8	Suzhou Dongwu v Meizhou Hakka	L	2-0
Čína - 1. divízia	04/15 07:30	5	Beijing Renhe v Meizhou Hakka	L	2-1

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