Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C.
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| Full name | Chongqing Lifan Football Club 重庆力帆足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 19 August, 2000 as Chongqing Lifan | ||
| Ground | Yanghe Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 32,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Yin Mingshan 尹明善 | ||
| Manager |  Arie Haan | ||
| League | Jia League | ||
| 2008 | Chinese Super League 16th (Relegated) | ||
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Chongqing Lifan, previously named Vanguard Huandao and Chongqing Qiche, is a former Chinese Super League club owned by Chongqing Lifan Group, which manufactures motorcycles, cars and spare parts. They play at the Yanghe Stadium in Chongqing.
History
Merger with Yunnan Hongta
See also Yunnan Hongta
In 2003 Chongqing Lifan was relegated and the club decided to buy Yunnan Hongta with the merger allowing the club to remain in the top devision. The former Chongqing Lifan team became the new formed Hunan Xiangjun club that was relegated from the second division Jia League.
Despite finishing bottom for both the first and the second season of the CSL, they still participated in the 2006 season as relegation had been cancelled for the first two seasons. However, in 2006, they finished last again and were finally 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 Al Sadd. Anyang Cheetahs defeated Chongqing in the previous year. Wei Xin was Chongqing's best player.
Name changes
- -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 重庆奇伡
- 2005-2008 Chongqing Lifan 重庆力帆
- 2009-current Chongqing Shixian Taibai 重庆诗仙太白
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-1995
Qianwei FC
前卫俱乐部 -
1996-2000
Qianwei Huandao, Chongqing Longxin
前卫寰岛, 重庆隆鑫 -
2000-current
Chongqing Lifan
重庆力帆
Honours
- Chinese FA Cup 2000
- Jia B Champions 1996
- U19 Adidas Youth League Champions 2007
- Jia League 2008 2 place promoted to Chinese Super League
Results
- As of the end of 2008 season
All-time League rankings
| Season | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Division | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 131 | 122 | 142 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
- Template:Fnb merged with Yunnan Hongta so that the club could stay at top level.
- Template:Fnb no relegation.
Current squad
As of 21 August 2009
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable Players
Notable Coaching Members
External links
- http://www.lifanfc.com/
- http://www.lifanth.com/ Lifan Thailand 力帆泰国制造有限公司
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