Shanxi Longjin Football Club () is a defunct Chinese
football
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club that participated in the
China League Two
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. The team was based in
Taiyuan
Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
.
History
Hebei Lion F.C. was founded on November 2, 2015, in the city of
Cangzhou
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, in
Hebei Province
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, and started to participate in
China Amateur Football League to aim for promotion to
China League Two
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. After failing to make it out of group stages two consecutive seasons (
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
and
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
), the club moved to
Taiyuan
Taiyuan; Mandarin pronunciation: (Jin Chinese, Taiyuan Jin: /tʰai˦˥ ye˩˩/) is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. It is an industrial base foc ...
,
Shanxi Province
Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...
, changed its name to Shanxi Metropolis F.C., and started the year by winning the
2018 Shanxi Super League by beating
Shanxi Zhisheng in the finals. In their third attempt for promotion, they participated in
2018 Chinese Champions League and although narrowly missing promotion by being eliminated by
Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang at quarter-finals, then losing to
Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–2 at home, they were later admitted into
2019 China League Two
The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 30th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 32 teams, with 16 teams in North Group and 16 teams in South Group.
Team changes
To League Two
T ...
to fill vacancy left by withdrawn team
Dalian Transcendence.
In March 2020, they changed their name to Shanxi Longjin F.C.
The club was dissolved after 2021 season.
Name history
*2015–2017 Hebei Lion F.C. 河北信友
*2018–2019 Shanxi Metropolis F.C. 山西信都
*2020–2021 Shanxi Longjin F.C. 山西龙晋
Results
All-time league rankings
''As of the end of 2019 season.''
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
* WD = Withdrawal
* – = 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
External links
Soccerway
2018 establishments in China
Association football clubs established in 2018
Association football clubs disestablished in 2022
2022 disestablishments in China
Sport in Shanxi
Football clubs in China
Defunct football clubs in China
Football clubs in Cangzhou
Football clubs in Shanxi
China League Two clubs
Chinese Champions League clubs
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