Join Chinese Double Winners Shanghai Port's Bats Fan Club

By Sven Aarne

Last season, Shanghai Port FC won an unprecedented Chinese Super League and FA Cup double before their fanatic supporters in the North Stand – or Curva Nord – of Pudong Football Stadium.

The Curva Nord of Pudong Football Stadium

The most foreign-friendly supporters' group, the Bats, invites football fans of all nations to join them behind the goal as the Red Eagles defend their crown for the 2025 CSL season, which kicks off this weekend.

Curva Nord fans unfurl an eagle tifo

The Bats supporters group just celebrated their 11 year anniversary, and has some 1,000 loyal supporters who take up the central position of the Curva Nord.

Shanghai Port manager Kevin Muscat

Managed by Australian coach Kevin Muscat, Port boast 2024 Chinese Men's Footballer of the Year Wu Lei, alongside China national team stand-outs Jiang Guangtai (AKA Tyias Browning) and goalkeeper Yan Jun Ling.

Wu Lei, Chinese Men's Footballer of the Year 2024

Throw in the Brazilian quintet of Gustavo, Matheus Jussa, Mateus Vital, Leonardo and Gabrielzinho, and the team will be looking to be crowned champions for the third successive year.

How to Join the Bats?

Playing in their magnificent, state-of-the-art 33,765 capacity Pudong Football Stadium, it can be tricky to get tickets on a game-by-game basis, so the easiest way is to secure a season ticket.

Shanghai Port's sexy new 33,765 capacity Pudong Football Stadium in Jinqiao

Season ticket holders will get access to all 15 CSL home games, 2025/26 Asian Champions' League group stage home games, all CFA Cup home games, as well as free tickets to CSL away games outside of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

To stand with the Bats, you need to be a season ticket holder. Paper tickets have gone the way of the videotape and the fax machine, so single game tickets on the website sell out in hours.

Bats fans celebrate winning the 2023 Chinese Super League Championship

The coveted season tickets are priced at RMB1,300 for adults and RMB800 for students with ID. Adult ticket holders can take one child under six years old for free.

Even if you miss a few fixtures across the season, it is well worth it, if only for the traditional home and away derby matches with bitter cross-town rivals Shanghai Shenhua.

Raucous celebrations after winning the 2023 Championship

The AFC Champions League group stage, meanwhile, will see Shanghai Port take on teams from Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asian countries.

The season starts with a bang when Port take on Shenzhen this Sunday, February 23, followed by Changchun on Wednesday, February 26.

Both those games are at Pudong Football Stadium, with 7.35pm kick off times.

Shanghai Bats Sven and Michael singing their hearts out for the lads

You can contact Shanghai Port Bat Fans Club International Supporters through diehard Red Eagles fan Michael. Simply scan his QR code below:

Please note: If you are fan of coming runner-up, we hear there is another club in Shanghai.

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[All images courtesy of the Bats Supporters Club]

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