Shanghai women's volleyball team

Shanghai Bright Ubest Women’s Volleyball Club

Full name	Shanghai Bright Ubest Women's Volleyball Club 上海光明優倍女子排球俱乐部
Short name	上海女排
Nickname	Shanghai Bright Ubest
Founded	1996
Ground	Luwan Sports Centre, Shanghai, China (Capacity: 3500)
Owner	Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd Bright Dairy & Food Cop., Ltd
Manager	Wang Zhiteng (2015–present)
League	Chinese Volleyball League
2023-24	2nd
Uniforms
Home Away

Shanghai Bright Ubest Women's Volleyball Club (simplified Chinese: 上海光明优培女排; traditional Chinese: 上海光明優培女排; pinyin: shànghǎi nǚpái) is a Chinese professional women's volleyball team based in Shanghai that plays in the Chinese Volleyball League. The team has won five league titles altogether. Their head coach is Wang Zhiteng. They were sponsored by Guohua Life and Dunlop, and are now sponsored by Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd and Bright Dairy & Food Cop., Ltd.

CVL results

Season	Final ranking
2023-2024	Runner-up
2022-2023	Runner-up
2021-2022	Third Place
2020-2021	Third Place
2019-2020	Runner-up
2018-2019	Third Place
2017-2018	Runner-up
2016-2017	6th
2015-2016	Third Place
2014-2015	Runner-up
2013-2014	5th
2012-2013	6th
2011-2012	Runner-up
2010-2011	Third Place
2009-2010	Runner-up
2008-2009	Runner-up
2007-2008	Third Place
2006-2007	7th
2005-2006	11th
2004-2005	10th
2003-2004	11th
2002-2003	10th
2001-2002	5th
2000-2001	Champion
1999-2000	Champion
1998-1999	Champion
1997-1998	Champion
1996-1997	Champion

Team roster of Season 2019/20 [1]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Wang Weiyi	Libero	1.75	20/06/1996
2	Zhang Yuqian	Middle Blocker	1.83	18/08/1998
3	Huang Jiayi	Libero	1.74	16/08/1996
4	Chen Ruilan	Libero	1.74	23/11/2001
5	Zhang Yichan (c)	Spiker	1.87	11/02/1991
6	Zhao Xuening	Libero	1.75	27/01/2000
7	Qin Siyu	Opposite	1.84	02/05/1994
8	Zhang Lei	Opposite	1.81	11/01/1985
9	Yang Jie	Spiker	1.94	01/03/1994
10	Jordan Larson	Spiker	1.88	16/10/1986
11	Louisa Lippmann	Opposite	1.91	23/09/1994
14	Chen Fanglin	Setter	1.82	09/02/2000
15	Wang Xinyao	Middle Blocker	1.92	27/05/1995
16	Bian Yuqian	Setter	1.80	14/06/1990
17	Zhong Hui	Spiker	1.83	12/08/1997
18	Mi Yang	Setter	1.80	24/01/1989
19	Liu Zeyu	Middle Blocker	1.91	16/07/1999
20	Jiang Jing	Setter	1.74	04/03/1998

Team roster of Season 2018/19

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Wang Weiyi	Libero	1.75	20/06/1996
2	Zhang Yuqian	Middle Blocker	1.83	18/08/1998
3	Zhao Xuening	Libero	1.75	27/01/2000
4	Xu Qiuyi	Spiker	1.78	20/10/1999
5	Zhang Yichan (c)	Spiker	1.87	11/02/1991
6	Jin Yifan	Middle Blocker	1.87	07/12/1997
7	Qin Siyu	Opposite	1.84	02/05/1994
8	Zhang Lei	Opposite	1.81	11/01/1985
9	Yang Jie	Spiker	1.94	01/03/1994
10	Kelly Murphy	Opposite	1.88	20/10/1989
11	Huang Jiayi	Libero	1.74	16/08/1996
13	Chen Ruiqi	Libero	1.83	01/01/1999
14	Ji Xiaochen	Setter	1.74	23/11/2001
15	Ma Yunwen	Middle Blocker	1.90	19/10/1986
16	Bian Yuqian	Setter	1.80	14/06/1990
18	Mi Yang	Setter	1.80	24/01/1989
19	Liu Zeyu	Middle Blocker	1.91	16/07/1999
20	Xu Xiaoting	Setter	1.80	21/01/1998

Team roster of Season 14/15

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Birth date
1	Wang Weiyi	Libero	1.75	20/06/1996
2	Gao Jialing	Spiker	1.80	04/10/1993
3	Lou Jialin	Opposite	1.70	02/03/1992
4	Gu Xinwei	Opposite	1.81	22/05/1991
5	Zhang Yichan	Spiker	1.87	11/02/1991
6	Zhu Huijing	Middle Blocker	1.90	06/03/1988
7	Qin Siyu	Opposite	1.84	02/05/1994
8	Zhang Lei	Opposite	1.82	11/01/1985
9	Yang Jie	Spiker	1.94	01/03/1994
10	Xu Jiujing	Middle Blocker	1.87	13/07/1995
11	Cui Ziting	Middle Blocker	1.87	19/02/1996
12	Margareta Kozuch	Opposite	1.87	30/10/1986
13	Li Mohua	Spiker	1.88	21/03/1994
14	Ji Xiaochen	Setter	1.79	02/08/1994
15	Ma Yunwen	Middle Blocker	1.90	19/10/1986
16	Bian Yuqian (c)	Setter	1.80	14/06/1990
17	Chen Yina	Spiker	1.80	21/09/1987
18	Senna Ušić-Jogunica	Spiker	1.91	14/05/1986
19	Xie Yue	Spiker	1.87	25/06/1995
20	Xi Xi	Opposite/spiker	1.88	14/03/1988

Career titles

Chinese Volleyball League

Season	Champion	Runner-up
2009-2010	Tianjin	Shanghai
2008-2009	Tianjin	Shanghai
2000-2001	Shanghai	Bayi
1999-2000	Shanghai	Jiangsu
1998-1999	Shanghai	Zhejiang
1997-1998	Shanghai	Jiangsu
1996-1997	Shanghai	Jiangsu

AVC Club Championship

Year	Host	Champion	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
1999 Details	Ubon Ratchathani	LG Caltex Oil Corp	Aero Thai	Shanghai Cable TV	Alma Dinamo
2000 Details	Shaoxing	Shanghai Cable TV	NEC Red Rockets	Zhejiang Nandu	Hyundai Greenfox
2001 Details	Ho Chi Minh City	Shanghai Cable TV	Hisamitsu Springs	Aero Thai	Rahat CSKA
2002 Details	Bangkok	Hisamitsu Springs	BEC World	Rahat Almaty	Shanghai Cable TV

Former players

• Zhang Jing (1996-2008)
• Wang Yi (1996-1999)
• Li Yizhi (1996-2002)
• Zhu Yunying (1996–2002)
• He Qing (2001-2009)
• Heather Bown (2013-2014)
• Nellie Spicer (2013-2014)
• Kinga Kasprzak (2013-2014)
• Margareta Kozuch (2014-2015)
• Senna Ušić-Jogunica (2014-2016)
• Sarah Pavan (2015-2017)
• Helena Havelkova (2016-2017)
• Kim Yeon-koung (2017-2018, 2021-22)
• Louisa Lippmann (2019-2021)

Head coaches

Note: The following list may not be complete.

• Zhang Liming (????–1996)
• Zhang Jichen (1996–1997)
• Cai Bin (1997–2002)
• Yu Youwei (2002–2003)
• Zhang Liming (2003–2013)
• Wang Jian (2013–2014)
• He Jiong (2014–2015)
• Wang Zhiteng (2015–)

See also

• Shanghai Men's Volleyball Club

References

1. "Competition Site by Data Project".