Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Football Club () is a Chinese semi-professional
football
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club based in
Baotou
Baotou; is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total po ...
,
Inner Mongolia
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, that competes in . Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei plays its home matches at the
Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Baotou; is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total pop ...
, located within
Jiuyuan District
Jiuyuan District ( Mongolian: ; zh, s=九原区) is a district of Baotou, the largest city of Inner Mongolia, China.
Administrative divisions
Jiuyuan District is made up of 4 subdistricts, 3 towns
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.
History
On 5 May 1998 the club was established as a local amateur football team who took part in the regional Baotou leagues. They gradually worked their way up through the regional leagues until they were able to enter 2012
China Amateur Football League
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where they finished seventh. The local Baotou Municipal Sports Bureau would become interested supporting the team. By the 2014 league season they would financially invest into the team to take part in the
2014 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first official round to
Guizhou Zhicheng F.C.
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in a 3–1 home defeat. They continued to support the team and helped Baotou Nanjiao F.C. to officially establish themselves as a professional unit on 25 January 2015 to allow them to take part in the
2015 China League Two
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season.
Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.
Name history
*2015–2018 Baotou Nanjiao F.C. 包头南郊
*2019– Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. 内蒙古草上飞
Players
Current squad
Coaching staff
Managerial history
*
Yao Zhiqiang (2014)
*
Xu Hui (2015)
*
David Camhi (2016)
*
Wang Hongwei
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(2017)
*
Fan Wenlong (caretaker) (2017)
*
Branko Božović （2017–）
Results
All-time league rankings
''As of the end of 2019 season.''
* in North Group.
*
Chengdu Qbao and
Shanghai JuJu Sports withdrew, so Baotou Nanjiao could stay at third level.
Key
* Pld = Played
* W = Games won
* D = Games drawn
* L = Games lost
* F = Goals for
* A = Goals against
* Pts = Points
* Pos = Final position
* DNQ = Did not qualify
* DNE = Did not enter
* NH = Not Held
* – = Does Not Exist
* R1 = Round 1
* R2 = Round 2
* R3 = Round 3
* R4 = Round 4
* F = Final
* SF = Semi-finals
* QF = Quarter-finals
* R16 = Round of 16
* Group = Group stage
* GS2 = Second Group stage
* QR1 = First Qualifying Round
* QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
* QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
References
Association football clubs established in 1998
1998 establishments in China
Football clubs in China
Football clubs in Inner Mongolia
China League Two clubs
Chinese Champions League clubs
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