Guangdong Southern Tigers (football club)

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Basic data
Surname Guangdong Southern Tigers Football Club
Seat Meizhou - Meixian , China
founding 2003 (as Dongguan Nancheng)
president Wen Jianda
First soccer team
Head coach Fu Bo
Venue Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Places 22,221
league China League One
2019 11th place
home
Away

The Guangdong Southern Tigers Football Club (simplified Chinese: 广东 华南虎 足球 俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 廣東 華南虎 足球 俱樂部; pinyin: Guǎngdōng Huánánhǔ Zúqiú Jùlèbù), commonly known as the Guangdong Southern Tigers (simplified Chinese: 广东 华南虎; traditional Chinese : 廣東 華南虎), is a professional Chinese football club currently participating in the China League One under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA) . The team is based in Meixian District in Meizhou City ( Guangdong ) and its home stadium is the Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium , which seats 20,221 people. Its current majority shareholder is the engineering and construction company Shenzhen Techand Ecological Environment .

history

The club was founded on July 3, 2003 as Dongguan Nancheng Football Club (东莞 南城 足球 俱乐部) by the Dongguan Sports Bureau, which they originally founded as Guangdong Hongyuan FC, but then sold the franchise . The club then appeared as a foreign team within the league in the Hong Kong First Division League 2003/04. In 2005, the club left the league again and entered the third Chinese division ( League Two ). After a disappointing 2005 season, the club withdrew from the league and dissolved its first team. Nevertheless, he kept his youth system after the end of the season.

The club appeared again in 2011 in League Two and reached the playoffs for promotion. The club moved to Meizhou City after that season and changed its name to Meixian Hakka FC. On December 12, 2012, it was the first professional football club in Meizhou, the city that is often referred to as the "home of football" in China, as the ball game was first introduced here by Europeans. On December 30, 2016, Meizhou the club changed its name to Meizhou Meixian Techand FC in order not to be confused with local rival Meizhou Hakka .

In 2017 the team rose to the second highest division (League One). In January 2019, the club was renamed Guangdong Southern Tigers FC.

Name story

  • 2003–2012 Dongguan Nancheng FC东莞 南城
  • 2013-2015 Meixian Hakka FC梅县 客家
  • 2016 Meizhou Meixian Hakka FC梅州 梅县 客家
  • 2017-2018 Meizhou Meixian Techand FC梅州 梅县 铁汉
  • 2019– Guangdong Southern Tigers FC广东 华南虎

Placements.

season 2004 2005 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
league 1 (Hong Kong) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
position 6th 6th 4th 6th 7th 5 5 7th 2 14th

Individual evidence

  1. 梅县 客家 足球 俱乐部 更名 为 梅县 铁汉 足球 俱乐部 . mz.southcn.com. December 30, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. 青岛 海利丰 更名 合肥创亿 - 甲 B 出现 新面孔 . china.com.cn. May 10, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. 那些 中国 顶级 联赛 消失 的 足球 俱乐部 最 令人 惋惜 的 是 谁? . vvtai.com. July 7, 2016. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vvtai.com
  4. 东莞 南城 征战 乙级 联赛 首 年 不 提 冲甲 只 提 锻炼 . sports.163.com. May 6, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  5. 关于 梅州 市 梅县 区 客家 足球 俱乐部 有限 责任 公司 更名 的 公告 ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. fa.org.cn 2016-12-30 Retrieved 2016-12-30 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fa.org.cn
  6. CHINESE SIDE MEIXIAN TECHAND CELEBRATE PROMOTION WITH MOUNTAINS OF CASH . goal.com. October 30, 2017. Accessed January 30, 2018.
  7. 关于 梅州 市 梅县 区 铁汉 足球 俱乐部 有限公司 更名 的 公告 ( zh ) In: Chinese FA . January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  8. 武汉 卓尔 . sodasoccer.com.