Qingdao West Coast F.C.

Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. as a company football team for their employees.^[1] The club would initially participate in local amateur and futsal tournaments until the 2011 league season when they participated in the Qingdao Football Association Cup and were knocked out in the last sixteen.^[2] The following season, they joined the Chinese football league pyramid in the second tier of the Qingdao League or seventh tier overall.

In 2017, after a third-place finish in the Qingdao City League, they changed their name to Qingdao Kangtine and participated in the China Amateur Football League for the first time. They advanced to the national play-offs after finishing first in their group but were eventually eliminated by Qinghai Zhuangbo.

In 2018, they were crowned champions of the Qingdao City League, and participated in the Chinese Champions League for a second time. However, they were eliminated by Taizhou Yuanda in the regional group stage play-offs and failed to advance to the national play-offs.

In 2019, they changed their name to Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai. In their third attempt at the highest level of amateur football league, they were eliminated once again by Shandong Wangyue in the group stage play-offs, but were later admitted into the national stage after the withdrawal of Huizhou Huixin. They eventually finished 8th and were promoted to China League Two for the first time in the club's history.

In January 2021, they changed their name to Qingdao Youth Island.^[3] They finished 4th this season and entered the promotion-relegation play-offs against Beijing BIT, who finished 17th in the 2021 China League One. Qingdao won 5–4 on penalties after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, gaining promotion to China League One for the first time in the club's history.

• 2007–2017: Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. (青岛康太源)
• 2017–2018: Qingdao Kangtine F.C. (青岛康太源)
• 2019–2020: Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai F.C. (青岛中创恒泰)
• 2021–2022: Qingdao Youth Island F.C. (青岛青春岛)
• 2023–: Qingdao West Coast F.C. (青岛西海岸)

As of 9 July 2024^[4]

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	TPE	Chen Po-liang
18	DF	CHN	Piao Shihao
19	FW	FRA	Jean-David Beauguel
20	MF	BRA	Matheus Índio
22	MF	CHN	Abduhelil Osmanjan
24	FW	CHN	Duan Liuyu (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
27	DF	CHN	Yang Boyu
28	GK	CHN	Yerjet Yerzat
30	MF	CHN	He Longhai (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
32	DF	CHN	Chen Yuhao (on loan from Wuhan Three Towns)
33	DF	ARM	Varazdat Haroyan
35	GK	CHN	Shi Xiaotian
36	DF	CHN	Sun Jie (on loan from Changchun Yatai)
39	FW	CHN	Lei Wenjie (on loan from Shanghai Port)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CHN	Zhao Mingyu
23	MF	BRA	Eduardo Henrique
—	FW	CHN	Yan Qihang

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

• Zhou Xin (2018–2023)
• Zoran Janković (interim) (2023)
• Hisashi Kurosaki (2024–)

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2023 season.

Key

• Club website at ktyfootball.com