Shijiazhuang Gongfu Football Club () is a professional Chinese
football
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club based in
Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...
,
Hebei. They currently play in
Chinese League One.
History
The club was founded as Hebei Jingying Zhihai F.C. in 2020 by the former shareholders of
Hebei Aoli Jingying (formerly Hebei Elite) after its acquisition by
Beijing Sports University
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Group and co.
They participated in the
Hebei FA Amateur League that year and were crowned as champions after beating
Tangshan Haihuang Mingzhu in the final, which earned them the right to play in the
2020 Chinese Champions League, in which they lost to
Yichun Jiangxi Tungsten Grand Tiger in the quarter-final play-off, as well as the crucial battle for promotion to
China League Two, failing to promote.
In 2021, the club changed its name to Hebei Kungfu F.C., and were admitted into the
2021 China League Two
The 2021 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 32nd season since its establishment in 1989.
Team changes
To League Two
Teams promoted from 2020 Chinese Champions League
* Guangdong Lianghetang
* Xiamen Qudian
* S ...
due to the withdrawal of other teams.
In 2022, the club changed its name to Shijiazhuang Gongfu F.C..
Name history
*2020 Hebei Jingying Zhihai 河北精英志海
*2021 Hebei Kungfu 河北功夫
*2022– Shijiazhuang Gongfu 石家庄功夫
Players
Current squad
Managerial history
*
Zhang Hui (2021–)
References
External links
{{China League One
Football clubs in China
Association football clubs established in 2020
2020 establishments in China