Heilongjiang Ice City Football Club (
Chinese: 黑龙江冰城足球俱乐部;
pinyin: Hēilóngjiāng Bīngchéng Zúqiú Jùlèbù) is a Chinese professional
football club based in
Harbin,
Heilongjiang, that competes in
China League One, the second tier of
Chinese football. Heilongjiang Ice City plays its home matches at the
Harbin ICE Center Stadium, located within
Nangang District. Their majority shareholder is the Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd.
History
Heilongjiang Lava Spring logo used between 2016 and 2020
The club was established by Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd. on December 31, 2015, and took over
Anhui Litian to participate in
China League Two.[1] They appointed
Zoran Janković as their head coach, and finished tenth at the end of the
2016 league season. Upon the next season,
Duan Xin became the Head coach of the team on December 1, 2016, and he was able to guide the club into not only the play-offs but also surprised the entire league by winning the
2017 China League Two championship, and gaining promotion to
China League One for the first time in the team's history.[2]
Name history
2016–2020: Heilongjiang Lava Spring 黑龙江火山鸣泉
2021–: Heilongjiang Ice City 黑龙江冰城
Players
Current squad
As of 28 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Ren Jianglong,
defender (2015–22) – posthumous honour
[3]
Darko Novic (2015)
Zoran Janković (2016)