Zhaoqing Hengtai F.C. Explained

Clubname:Zhaoqing Hengtai
肇庆恒泰
Fullname:Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club
肇庆市恒泰足球俱乐部
Ground:Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan
Owner:Guangzhou Yifeng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd
Chairman:Yang Haowen (杨浩文)
Manager:Peng Jinbo (彭锦波)
League:Chinese Champions League
Season:2017
Position:Amateur League, 4th

Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club is an amateur Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Champions League. The team is based in Zhaoqing and currently uses Century Lotus Stadium of Foshan as their home stadium.

History

Zhaoqing Hengtai was founded in 2012 by retired footballer and college students of Guangdong. They advanced to the Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 2014 and were knocked out in the second round when they lost to China League One club Hunan Billows in the penalty shoot-out.[1] On 1 October 2017, Zhaoqing Hengtai won promotion to China League Two after which they advanced to semi-finals of the 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Qinghai Zhuangbo in the penalty shoot-out.[2] However, they gave up the opportunity to turn professional and remained at the amateur league.

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2017 season.

YearDivPtswidth=2%Pos.width=4%FA Cupwidth=2%Super CupAFCAtt./GStadium
46 R2 DNQ DNQ
4WD R1 DNQ DNQ
4GroupR2 DNQ DNQ
44 R1 DNQ DNQ Century Lotus Stadium

Key

  China top division
  China second division
  China third division
  China fourth division
W  Winners
RU  Runners-up
3  Third place
  Relegated

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 足协杯-湘涛点球4–2淘汰肇庆晋级 下轮主场对阵舜天 . sina . 15 April 2014 . 17 October 2017.
  2. Web site: 肇庆恒泰成功冲乙 . Guangzhou News . 1 October 2017 . 17 October 2017.