Bayi Football Team

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August First
Bāyī
八一
Full name The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club
中国人民解放军八一足球俱乐部
Nickname(s) August 1st
Founded 1951 (1951)
Dissolved 2003 (2003)
League Chinese Jia-A League
Chinese Jia-B League
Home colours
Away colours

August First Football Team (Chinese: 八一; pinyin: Bāyī) was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army (Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军) in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军八一足球俱乐部). The team was based in Beijing.

The Name of Bayi (八一) means that Ba (八) is for eight and Yi (一) is for one. This name comes from the People's Liberation Army's establishment in 1 August 1927.

Bayi had a long history of honors and won the national title five times before 1986. However, as a part of the People's Liberation Army, Bayi can not introduce foreign players and attract sponsors.

After the formation the Chinese Football Association Jia League (now Chinese Super League) in 1994, Bayi moved its home city almost every year for financial reasons. Their home cities include Taiyuan, Xi'an, Kunming, Shijiazhuang, XinXiang, Liuzhou and Xiangtan, Hunan. In these years, Bayi had many named due to sponsorship, include Bayi Zhengbang, and Bayi Xiangtan.[1]

Bayi Football Team was disbanded in 2003 by the People's Liberation Army.

Crest and Name History

  • Old Bayi Zebon crest

  • Classic Bayi crest

  • 1951-1998: Bayi FC 八一足球队
  • 1999: Bayi Jinsui 八一金穗
  • 2000-2002: Bayi Zebon(Zhenbang) 八一振邦
  • 2003: Bayi Xiangtan 八一湘潭

Results

All time league rankings

Season 1951 1953 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Division 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Position 3 1 3 12 7 2 2 12 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 7 1 5 3 6
Season 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Division 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Position 2 1 5 8 4 2 5 4 5 9 9 3 10 13 5 2 12 13 14

no league games in 1954-1956, 1966–1973, 1975;

  • ^1 in group stage

Performance in AFC Competitions

  • Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
1988: Group Stage

Honours

See also

References

  1. ↑ 中国足坛消失的那些球队 at sports.sohu.com 2013-01-31 Retrieved 2013-04-06
  2. ↑ China - List of Champions at rsssf.com

External links

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