Foshan Nanshi Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, that competes in . Foshan Nanshi plays its home matches at the

Nanhai Sports Center The Nanhai Sports Center is a sports complex located in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, China, which includes a multi-purpose stadium that has been the home to Foshan Nanshi since 2023. It is the only new comprehensive sports venue in Foshan ...

, located within

Nanhai District Nanhai District (), is a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China. History Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally attributed two brothers c ...

History

Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. was founded on 19 October 2016 in the town of

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, in

Dongguan Dongguan,; pinyin: alternately romanized via Cantonese as Tungkun, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou t ...

. The club changed its name to Guangdong Rongyi F.C. in 2017 and Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. in 2019. The club won

Chinese Champions League The Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (), referred to as the Chinese Champions League or CMCL, is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Fo ...

in 2020 and was promoted to

China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

. In 2021, the club changed its name to Dongguan United F.C. On 28 December 2023, the club changed its name to Foshan Nanshi F.C.

Name history

*2016: Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. () *2017–2018: Guangdong Rongyi F.C. () *2019–2020: Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. () *2021–2023: Dongguan United F.C. () *2023–present: Foshan Nanshi F.C. ()

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

League * CMCL **Champions:

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References

External links

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