Veteran Team

About the "Legends"

We like to call our veteran team of players the “legends” as it is “la creme de la creme” of the club. Then, to become a legend you basically need to be over 35 years old. However, if you feel “legend” enough in your heart, the league allows 2 players below 35 to play among the true legends. Joke aside, what is good with a veteran team is that the players’ legendary selfishness is practically gone… For instance, it is frequent seeing players asking to be substituted after a few runs. In addition, it happens from time to time that a father can play with his son or daughter. These are rare moments to be cherished. In short, this is all about friendship, family, sharing and that’s why we like it 🙂

Staff (Season 2024/2025)

This season 2024/2025, Kevin B. has been kind enough taking over the coaching of the legends. As always, president Freek is here to assist and support on his mission 😉

    Job Age
Kevin B. Coach (Veteran Team) 42
Freek Boelen President 61

Competition

Our veteran team is playing 11 a-side on Sunday in Shanghai Premier League Veteran (SPL V).

SPL VeteranThe SPL was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organization. It organizes competitive leagues for amateur club teams of expatriates and local players. The SPL Organize Youth Leagues, Senior Leagues and Veteran Leagues on different locations in Pudong Shanghai.

For the season 2024/2025, the veteran league format consists in 12 teams:

  1. In the 1st round, each team plays each other once.
  2. In the 2nd round, top 6 teams compete for the Golden Cup while the other teams compete for the Silver Cup.
  3. Last but not the least, the league organizes the "Santa Cup" in December under the principle of a 1-day charity tournament.

On December 08th 2024, our legends managed to win the SPL V Santa Cup 2024.

Lions Legends Win the SPL V Santa Cup 2024

Unfortuntaly, the legends ended-up the 1st round as runner-up; letting the Marlins win the tittle of SPL V 1st round.

Next Fixtures

  • Legends SPL Veteran Golden Cup 2 May 11, 2025 @ 11:00
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    v

    Japan FC

  • Legends SPL Veteran Golden Cup 3 May 18, 2025 @ 09:30
    Wellington Champs

    Wellington Champs

    v
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

  • Legends SPL Veteran Golden Cup 4 May 25, 2025 @ 13:00
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    v
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

  • Legends SPL Veteran Golden Cup 5 June 8, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    v
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

Last Results

  • Legends SPL Veteran  April 13, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    5 - 0
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran Golden Cup 1 @ 11:30
    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Shanghai Scottish SC

    0 - 2
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:30
    Wellington Champs

    Wellington Champs

    4 - 2

    Japan FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  April 6, 2025 @ 11:00

    Ferie FC

    0 - 8

    FC Shanghai Super 48

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:00

    Strosso FC

    0 - 3

    Shanghai England F.C.

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  March 30, 2025 @ 13:00
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

    1 - 4
    Shanghai Emerald FC

    Shanghai Emerald FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 11:00

    Shanghai England F.C.

    1 - 3

    FC Shanghai Super 48

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  March 23, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    1 - 1

    Japan FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 11:30
    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Shanghai Scottish SC

    8 - 1
    Nail FC

    Nail FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 11:00

    Shanghai England F.C.

    1 - 2

    Ferie FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:30
    Wellington Champs

    Wellington Champs

    4 - 2
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  March 16, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    7 - 0
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 11:00

    Japan FC

    2 - 1
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:30
    Wellington Champs

    Wellington Champs

    2 - 0
    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  March 9, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    1 - 2
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 11:00
    Shanghai Emerald FC

    Shanghai Emerald FC

    1 - 0

    Strosso FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:00

    Shanghai England F.C.

    7 - 3
    Nail FC

    Nail FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  March 2, 2025 @ 14:00

    Shanghai Marlins FC

    6 - 1
    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Shanghai Scottish SC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 13:00
    Old Guns FC

    Old Guns FC

    2 - 0
    Nail FC

    Nail FC

    Match Center
  • Legends SPL Veteran  @ 09:30
    Wellington Champs

    Wellington Champs

    1 - 5
    Shanghai Lions Football Club

    Shanghai Lions FC

    Match Center

Veteran Team - Fixtures & Results (Season 2024/2025)

Fri 16 Aug 19:00 SPL V CEIBS FC v Shanghai Lions FC 3 - 5
Sun 22 Sep 12:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Shanghai England F.C. 4 - 2
Sun 13 Oct 11:30 SPL V Shanghai Scottish SC v Shanghai Lions FC 3 - 5
Sun 27 Oct 15:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Strosso FC 7 - 1
Sun 03 Nov 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Old Guns FC 3 - 3
Sun 17 Nov 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Ferie FC 4 - 4
Sun 01 Dec 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Nail FC 7 - 0
Sun 19 Jan 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Shanghai Emerald FC 4 - 1
Sun 16 Feb 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v FC Shanghai Super 48 2 - 0
Sun 02 Mar 09:30 SPL V Wellington Champs v Shanghai Lions FC 1 - 5
Sun 09 Mar 14:00 SPL V Shanghai Marlins FC v Shanghai Lions FC 1 - 2
Sun 16 Mar 11:00 SPL V Japan FC v Shanghai Lions FC 2 - 1
Sun 13 Apr 11:30 SPL V Shanghai Scottish SC v Shanghai Lions FC 0 - 2
Sun 11 May 11:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Japan FC
Sun 18 May 09:30 SPL V Wellington Champs v Shanghai Lions FC
Sun 25 May 13:00 SPL V Shanghai Lions FC v Old Guns FC
Sun 08 Jun 14:00 SPL V Shanghai Marlins FC v Shanghai Lions FC
 

Veteran Team - Players Statistics (Season 2024/2025)

    Age PL GLS
Mamdouh G. 43 13 9
Pierre D. 35 11 12
Laurent D. 40 11 4
Shu aka "Hira" H. 40 10 3
Germain V. 33 10 3
Julien P. 42 10 0
Francois L. 47 9 1
Jaylen Z. 35 9 0
Cyril B. 35 8 4
Jonas G. 38 8 0
Mikael B. 35 8 0
Seungbok L. 37 8 1
Peter K. 34 7 3
Othmane I. 33 7 1
Chris M. 41 6 0
Mehdi B. 37 6 0
Frederic R. 43 6 8
Yuanxun aka "Ben" M. 37 6 0
Jack B. 38 5 0
Romain H. 39 5 0
Freek B. 61 4 1
Nicolas L. 41 4 0
Paul W. 35 4 0
Clement Q. 36 3 0
Romain K. 39 3 0
Marcel B. 39 3 0
Alexandre M. 43 3 0
Jerome A. 50 2 0
Patrick L. 43 2 0
David VDB 44 2 1