Nickname(s) Southern Tigers 2001 10th Founded 1992 | League Chinese Jia-B League Ground Guangzhou | |
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Full name Guangdong Hongyuan F.C. Dissolved 2001; 16 years ago (2001) | ||
Guangdong Hongyuan Football Club (simplified Chinese: 广东宏远; traditional Chinese: 廣東宏遠; pinyin: Guǎngdōng Hóngyuǎn) was a disfunct Chinese football club, established on September 15, 1992 by Guangdong Hongyuan Group and Guangdong Football Association. It was one of the earliest professional football clubs in China.
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History
The club played in Jia-A League (the former name of Chinese Super League) from 1988 until 1997 except 1991 season. At the start of the Jia A League, Guangdong Hongyuan was one of the most agile teams and finished highly. The team benefitted from their purchases of superstars Li Bing and Ma Mingyu, plus local stars such as Xie Yuxin. However, Li Bing and Ma Mingyu were sold to Sichuan in 1997 and Guangdong Hongyuan were relegated to Jia-B League (the former name of Chinese Football Association Jia League). Since then, the club has been unsuccessful in winning promotion back into the elite division. In 1998, GuangDong Hongyuan Group bought the remaining shares from the Guangdong Football Association to gain full control of the club. The club was sold to Qingdao Hailifeng who played in Yi League in December, 2001.
Results
All-Time League rankings
no league game in 1959, 1966–1972, 1975;
Former players
1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.