Kunming City Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in .

History

Hainan Dingli Flying Tiger Football Club was founded on 17 August 2017 in

Haikou Haikou; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Hoihow is the capital city, capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. ...

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. In 2019, the club moved to Lingshui County and changed its name to Lingshui Dingli Jingcheng Football Club. They participated in

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 2021 and was promoted to

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. In 2022, the club changed its name to Hainan Star Football Club.

Name history

*2017–2018 Hainan Dingli Flying Tiger F.C. 海南鼎力飞虎 *2019–2022 Lingshui Dingli Jingcheng F.C. 陵水鼎力靖程 *2022–2023 Hainan Star F.C. 海南之星 *2024 Haikou Mingcheng F.C. 海口名城 *2025– Kunming City F.C. 昆明城星

Players

Current squad

Managerial staff

References

External links

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