Beijing Baxy Football Club (Chinese: 北京八喜; pinyin: Běijīng Bāxǐ) is a professional Chinese football club who currently participates in the China League One division. The team is based in Beijing where they play their home games in the 8,000 capacity Chaoyang Sports Centre.
History
Beijing Baxy F.C. was founded in 2004 by former Chinese footballers Guo Weiwei, Wang Tao and Guo Weijian as an amateur football club.[1] By 2009 the clubs youth team were considered good enough to take part in professional football and the club entered the third tier of Chinese football at the beginning of the 2009 China League Two season. Within their first professional campaign Wang Tao was their Chairman who brought in Cao Xiandong to manage the team, however despite a promising start the club finished third and just missed out of promotion to the second division.[2] After failure to win promotion from the previous season the club decided to take over financially struggling China League One side Beijing Hongdeng F.C. and took over their position within the league at the beginning of the 2010 league season.[3]
Location
The home ground of Beijing Baxi FC is Chaoyang Sports Centre which is located on Yaojiayuan Road No. 77 in Chaoyang District. The stadium was used during the 2008 Beijing Olympics [4]
and the grounds also incorporate a golf driving range, equistrian shop, baseball venue, indoor tennis, and training pitches.[5] Baxi do not train at this venue, but amateur football club Forbidden City Football Club often play weekend matches at the pitches located directly behind the main stadium.
Results
- As of the end of 2013 season.[6][7]
All-time League Rankings
- ^1 in group stage ^2 6-point deduction for late payment of wages
Key
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- Pld = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
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- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
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- F = Final
- SF = Semi-finals
- QF = Quarter-finals
- R16 = Round of 16
- Group = Group stage
- GS2 = Second Group stage
- QR1 = First Qualifying Round
- QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
- QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
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Current squad
As of 21 February 2013 [8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching staff
| Position |
Staff |
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| Head coach |
 Goran Tomić |
| Assistant coach |
 Shang Qing |
| Team Physician |
Zhao Hongyan |
References
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