Sichuan First City F.C. Explained

Clubname:Sichuan First City
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Fullname:Sichuan First City Football Club
Founded: (Semi Pro)
1993 (Professional)
Ground:Chengdu Sports Centre,
Chengdu, China
League:Chinese Super League
Season:2005
Position:9th
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Sichuan First City is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in Chengdu, Sichuan where they played in the Chengdu Sports Centre. They were founded in 1953 and spent a large part of their history within the top tier of Chinese football until on November 8, 1993, they became a fully professional unit and took part in China's inaugural season of professional football in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season.[1] After being the flagship of western Chinese football the club was sold to the Dahe Group in 2002, however the new owners were found to be under the influence of another Chinese football team Dalian Shide. Despite the sale of the club to the First City Group in 2003, an investigation by the Chinese Football Association found them to still be breaking competition rules, and on January 27, 2006, the club were unable to sell the club's remaining Dalian Shide's shares to the Sichuan Football Association and were forced to disband.

History

Formed as Sichuan Quanxing (四川全兴) on 8 November 1993, the football club was the football flagship of western China until Qianwei Huandao (now Chongqing Lifan) surfaced. In 2002, Sichuan Quanxing was sold to Dahe Group and was renamed Sichuan Dahe.

However, the Dahe Group was found under the influence of Dalian Shide. Under the criticism of unfair competition, the team was sold again to the First City Group, renamed Sichuan First City and finished 9th in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The sale had not removed the doubt of Dalian Shide influence, however. After an investigation by Chinese Football Association, the club was ordered to remove any relationship with Dalian Shide. The club disbanded on January 27, 2006, because the owner Dalian Shide could not make a deal with the Sichuan Football Association in time.

Name history

Managerial history

Managers who coached the club and team since Sichuan First City became a professional club in 1993.[2] [3]

Results

All-time league rankings[4]
Season1960196119621963196419651973197419761977197819791980198119821983198419861987198819891990199119921993
Division1111221111212111122133222
Position139152449189623bgcolor=silver2144101058bgcolor=orange39197bgcolor=silver2845
Season199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
Division111111111111
Position61067533414899

In the group stage.

in the southern league.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://sports.163.com/special/00051O64/csgc.html 冠城解散
  2. Web site: Sichuan Guancheng » Manager history. worldfootball.net. 2015-11-09. 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014512/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sichuan-guancheng/9/. live.
  3. Web site: 冠城主帅高惠辰只有遗憾:这是我首场职业联赛啊. sports.sina.com.cn. 2004-09-13 . 2018-01-23.
  4. Web site: List of Chinese football league tables. 2015-11-05. RSSSF. 2015-11-09. 2014-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140704080845/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinachamp.html. live.