The team was originally founded in 1998 on the initiative of the provincial government and the provincial sports office, and enrolled in the then Chinese Women's Premier Football League managed to move from ninth place in 2001, and after being renamed the Women's Super League to fourth in 2005, the second in 2008 and winning the championship in 2009. Between the seasons 2011 and 2014, the tournament was re-designated Women's National Football League, interrupting the promotion and relegation procedure to and from the cadet series due to the lack of available teams and players. In this period the team achieves the best result in 2012, ranking second behind the Dalian Shide champions by repeating the placements of the 2008 edition. Over the years, the team has provided the
Chinese national team with more than one player, among whom the most representative are
Song Xiaoli,
Zhang Yanru,
Weng Xinzhi,
Zhou Gaoping and
Ma Jun. As part of improving its staff, the management of the company convinces
Norwegian international Isabell Herlovsen as well as four-time champion of Norway with
LSK Kvinner and top scorer of
2016 Toppserien, to move to Jiangsu Suning, joining the other foreigner of the team, the Brazilian
Gabi Zanotti, an operation that proves to be positive by winning third place at the end of the 2017 season. the 2018 season enters into a contract with
Malawian international Tabitha Chawinga taken this time from the
Damallsvenskan and which despite being graduated top scorer of the
2017 Damallsvenskan with 26 goals to his credit, she couldn't avoid the relegation of
Kvarnsvedens. With the new arrival, the company makes a further leap in quality, with Chawinga at the top of the ranking of the scorers already in the middle of the championship. She was later joined by
Ghanaian international Elizabeth Addo in 2019. The duo helped Jiangsu quadruple during the 2019 season. At the end of the season, the club were also runners-up in the maiden
2019 AFC Women's Club Championship. On 28 February 2021, the parent company
Suning Holdings Group announced that operations were going to cease immediately alongside
the men and youth teams. The ownership of the Ladies Football Club was returned to the Administration of Sport of Jiangsu, but the club did not have enough time to register for the 2021 National Championship. On 8 March 2022, the team announced that
Chan Yuen Ting, the first woman to coach a
men's professional football team to the championship of a
nation's top league, will be the team's new coach. == Stadium ==