Guangxi Hengchen Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in . Guangxi Hengchen plays its home matches at the Nanning Sports School Wuhe Campus Stadium, located within

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History

Founded in March 2021, Guangxi Hengchen participated in the regional 2022 Guangxi Champions League. On 18 April 2022, Guangxi Hengchen finished second place only behind Guangxi Lanhang, and were promoted to the 2022 CMCL, the fourth tier of Chinese football. In the 2022 CMCL, the club was drawn against Yuxi Yukun and Chongqing Rich in

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. Guangxi Hengchen finished top of their group to qualify for a two-legged group stage play-off tie. On 28 June 2022, they were knocked out 3–2 on aggregate by Hunan HBS Mangguoba. In 2023, Guangxi Hengchen were qualified to play for the CMCL once again, this time as champions of the 2022 Guangxi Super League, a different competition to that of the Guangxi Champions League, and was drawn into

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. After four wins and a draw, Guangxi Hengchen went through to the final round of the CMCL. They were slotted into group B, alongside the likes of Binzhou Huilong and Langfang Glory City. After all seven matches of the group, Hengchen were 5th of the group, and advanced through to the promotion play-offs. In the promotion play-offs, Hengchen were forced into two penalty shoot-outs, and the club had to beat both Xi'an Chongde Ronghai 4–3 in the semi-final on 21 October and 5–4 against Rizhao Yuqi in the decider on 28 October 2023, to earn promotion to

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for the first time in the club's history.

Managerial history

Wang Jun (February 2022 – 6 June 2024)

Honours

League * CMCL **Play-off winners:

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References

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