Chongqing Lifan
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| Chongqing Lifan 重庆力帆 |
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| Full name | Chongqing Lifan Football Club 重庆之窗&重庆力帆足球俱乐部 |
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| Founded | 19 August,2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Datianwan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 32,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Yin Minshang |
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| Manager | Ma Lin |
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| League | CSL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 15th Place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chongqing Lifan (Simplified Chinese: 重庆力帆), previously named Vanguard Huandao and Chongqing Qiche (Simplified Chinese: 重庆汽车), is a relegating Chinese Super League club owned by Chongqing Lifan Group, which manufactures motorcycles, cars and spare parts. They play at the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Chongqing and their Head Coach is Wei Xin.
[edit] Merge with Yunnan Hongta
see also Yunnan Hongta
the 2003 season Chongqing Lifan tanked and was relegated. The club decided to buy a Jia A position from Yunnan Hongta. The merge allowed then to remain in the top devision. The former Chongqing Lifan team became the new formed Hunan Xiangjun club that is relegating from the second division Jia League.
Despite finishing bottom for both the first and the second season of the CSL, they are still participating in the 2006 season as relegation had been cancelled for the first two seasons. However, in the 2006 season, they finished last again and is relegated for 2007. Their best ever finish in the old First Division was fourth.
As recently as 2002, Chongqing Lifan participated in Asian Cup Winner's Cup, but lost to a Korean opposition, either Anyang or Suwon. Wei Xin was Chongqing's best player.
[edit] History
- -1995 Qianwei (Vanguard) FC 前卫俱乐部
- 1996-1998 Qianwei (Vanguard) Huandao 前卫寰岛
- 1999-2000 Chongqing Longxin 重庆隆鑫
- 2000-2002 Chongqing Lifan 重庆力帆
- 2003 Chongqing Lifan Xinganjue 重庆力帆新感觉
- 2004 Chongqing Qiche 重庆汽车
- 2005- Chongqing Lifan 重庆力帆
[edit] Honours
- Chinese FA Cup 2000
- Jia B Champions 1996
| Chinese Jia League Teams 2007 |  |
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Beijing Hongdeng | Beijing Institute of Technology FC | Chengdu Blades | Chongqing Lifan | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | Harbin Yiteng | Jiangsu Shuntian | Nanchang Bayi | Nanjing Yoyo | Qingdao Haixin | Shanghai Stars | Shanxi Luhu | Yanbian FC |
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