Yunnan Hongta F.C.
| Full name | Yunnan Hongta 云南红塔 | ||
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| Founded | 1996 | ||
| Dissolved | 2003 Merged with Chongqing Lifan F.C. | ||
| Ground | Kunming Tuodong Sports Center, Kunming, China | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
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Yunnan Hongta (
History
Early club era
Founded as Shenzhen Kinspar (
Yunnan Hongta made huge investment in the club. First, Qi Wusheng, who failed to lead China to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup was introduced in 1999. Next, the club bought a lot of young players from the upper division (Group A). Under Qi Wusheng the team won the runner up position of Group B and was promoted to Group A.
In the next year,
After settled down in Group A, Yunnan Hongta began to chase the championship in 2002. However, despite leading in the first half, they end up with the seventh. In the same year, they hosted
Merger with Chongqing Lifan F.C.
See also
After ranked the seventh in the following year, the Yunnan Hongta Group lost the patience for the national title and sold the team to the relegated
The reserve team of Yunnan Hongta was not sold, however. They formed a new club named
Name history
- 1996: Shenzhen Kinspar (深圳金鹏)
- 1997-03: Yunnan Hongta (云南红塔)[1]
Crest history
-
1996
Shenzhen Kinspar
(深圳金鹏) -
1997-
Yunnan Hongta
(云南红塔) -
-2003
Yunnan Hongta
(云南红塔)
Results
All-time League rankings
- As of the end of 2003 season.[2]
| Season | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
See also
- Chongqing Lifan F.C.
References
- ^ "Yunnan Hongta". weltfussballarchiv.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "China League History". RSSSF. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2014-08-12.