| Full name | Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan FC 南昌衡源足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | - | ||
| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Ground | Nanchang Bayi Stadium, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China (Capacity: 26,000) |
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| Chairman | Xu Guoliang 徐国良 | ||
| Manager | Zhu Jiong 朱炯 | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2011 | 14th | ||
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Nanchang Hengyuan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 南昌衡源足球俱乐部) is a football club based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China who currently play in the 26,000 seater Nanchang Bayi Stadium. The club was originally founded in 2003 as Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club until the People's Liberation Army dismissed part of its sports branch, including the Bayi Football Team and Shanghai Hengyuan became interested in taking over the entire football team as well as their position in the top tier of the Chinese football pyramid. Shanghai Hengyuan discovered that much of the first team were sold off and decided to change their focus in buying the youth team. On April 2, 2004, a new club named Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan Football Club was established with players who had previously played for the Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club and the Bayi U-19 team. The club would gradually work its way up to the top tier after coming runners-up in the second division during the 2009 league season and promotion to the Chinese Super League. The club name changed to "Nanchang Hengyuan Football Club" at 2010 summer, because the word "Bayi" (means People's Liberation Army) used by enterprise is prohibited from 2009.[1]
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In 2003 Zhabei District based Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club was formed and failed to reach the Chinese Football Association Yi League finals at the end of the league season. Bayi Football Team were in financial difficulties and were unable to be sold as a whole yet maintain a position in the Jia League while the players in the first team soon found new jobs in the Chinese Super League. Shanghai Hengyuan would show an interest in taking over the entire club particularly as they were at the top of the Chinese football pyramid, however when they discovered that much of the first team had been sold off they concentrated in buying their youth team and on April 2, 2004, a new club named Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan Football Club was established with players who had previously played for the Shanghai Hengyuan Football Club and the Bayi U-19 team. The club would move to Nanchang, Jiangxi and play at the Nanchang Bayi Stadium to take advantage of the regions lack of football representation, yet strong support. Playing at the bottom of the Chinese football pyramid in the third tier the club brought in Li Xiao to manage the team and he quickly guided the team to win the Yi League in 2005 as well as promoted to the Jia League.[2] After this achievement Li Xiao would become the clubs vice-chairman while high profile managers Zhou Suian and then Zho Bo came to manage the team with little success. Once again Li Xiao came in to manage the team until November 27, 2008 when he decided to resign at the end the season[3] The club then brought in Zhu Jiong who despite having a slow start to the season quickly guided the club to a runners-up position and promotion to the Chinese Super League for the first time in the clubs history.
All-time League Rankings
| Season | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Division | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 51 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
As of 31 July 2011 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Zhu Jiong |
| Goalkeepers coach | Wang Fubao |
| Fitness coach | Liu Junwei |
| Team physicians | Chen Bin Shen Ming |
Source: Sina.com
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