Chengdu Better City squad 2026/27
The Chengdu Better City squad for 2026/27: 27 first-team players with shirt numbers, positions, ages and nationalities, plus appearances, starts and minutes for Chengdu Better City this season. This is the full Chengdu Better City roster, updated after every match.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · after Shandong Luneng 3-2 Chengdu Better City
Manager John Aloisi since Sep 2025Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Park
- 27
- Players
- 29.0
- Avg age
- 0
- Injured now
- 0
- On loan
Goalkeepers
3 players · avg age 28.3Defenders
8 players · avg age 27.9Left-back23 yrsChina
6 appsLeft-back23China66365
6 st · 365'Defender27 yrsEngland
1 appsDefender27England107
0 st · 7'Right-back21 yrsChina
6 appsRight-back21China66319
6 st · 319'Defender29 yrsChina
4 appsDefender29China42175
2 st · 175'Centre-back33 yrsChina
4 appsCentre-back33China44172
4 st · 172'Defender30 yrsChina
1 appsDefender30China1178
1 st · 78'Centre-back29 yrsChina
4 appsCentre-back29China43103
3 st · 103'Centre-back31 yrsRussia
4 appsCentre-back31Russia44365
4 st · 365'
Midfielders
9 players · avg age 30.1Defensive mid30 yrsBrazil
6 appsDefensive mid30Brazil66357
6 st · 357'Midfielder37 yrsChina
0 appsMidfielder37China000
0 st · 0'Midfielder31 yrsBrazil
5 appsMidfielder31Brazil54286
4 st · 286'Defensive mid31 yrsChina
6 appsDefensive mid31China66342
6 st · 342'Midfielder33 yrsChina
2 appsMidfielder33China2031
0 st · 31'Midfielder35 yrsChina
0 appsMidfielder35China000
0 st · 0'Midfielder22 yrsChina
1 appsMidfielder22China1014
0 st · 14'Midfielder31 yrsChina
0 appsMidfielder31China000
0 st · 0'- ChenNew
Midfielder21 yrsNationality not yet known
0 appsMidfielder21–000
0 st · 0'
Forwards
7 players · avg age 29.0Forward31 yrsChina
2 appsForward31China220
2 st · 0'Centre-forward34 yrsBrazil
4 appsCentre-forward34Brazil44262
4 st · 262'Forward33 yrsBrazil
6 appsForward33Brazil65273
5 st · 273'Forward30 yrsChina
6 appsForward30China64223
4 st · 223'Forward30 yrsChina
0 appsForward30China000
0 st · 0'Forward23 yrsChina
3 appsForward23China33227
3 st · 227'Forward22 yrsChina
3 appsForward22China3043
0 st · 43'
Transfers, summer 2026
Most Common Chengdu Better City Starting XI
Based on 6 official matches this season
- DianzuoGK · 6 starts
- YiranDEF · 6 starts
- HetaoDEF · 6 starts
- SorokinDEF · 4 starts
- PengfeiDEF · 4 starts
- MingyangMID · 6 starts
- JussaMID · 6 starts
- RômuloMID · 4 starts
- SilvaFWD · 5 starts
- ZimingFWD · 4 starts
- FelipeFWD · 4 starts
The 11 players with the most starts across all official lineups this season.