Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.
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| Full name | Guangdong Hongyuan F.C. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Southern Tigers | ||
| Founded |
1958 (Semi-pro) 1992 (Professional) | ||
| Dissolved | 2001 | ||
| Ground | Guangzhou, China | ||
| League | Chinese Jia-B League | ||
| 2001 | 10th | ||
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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.
Name Changes
- 1958-1991 Guangdong Provincial team 广东队
- 1992-2001 Guangdong Hongyuan 广东宏远 (home city: Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shaoguan, Liuzhou, Nanning, Guiyang)
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.[1]
Results
All-Time League rankings
| Season | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1973 | 1974 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 5 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Season | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
no league game in 1959, 1966–1972, 1975;
- ^1 in group stage
- ^2 in South League