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club, which was located in

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Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

where they played in the

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. They were founded in 1953 and spent a large part of their history within the top tier of Chinese football until on November 8, 1993, they became a fully professional unit and took part in China's inaugural season of

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football in the

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season. After being the flagship of western Chinese football the club was sold to the Dahe Group in 2002, however the new owners were found to be under the influence of another Chinese football team

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. Despite the sale of the club to the First City Group in 2003, an investigation by the

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found them to still be breaking competition rules, and on January 27, 2006, the club were unable to sell the club's remaining Dalian Shide's shares to the

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and were forced to disband.

History

Formed as Sichuan Quanxing (四川全兴) on 8 November 1993, the football club was the football flagship of western China until Qianwei Huandao (now

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) surfaced. In 2002, Sichuan Quanxing was sold to Dahe Group and was renamed Sichuan Dahe. However, the Dahe Group was found under the influence of

. Under the criticism of

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, the team was sold again to the First City Group, renamed Sichuan First City and finished 9th in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The sale had not removed the doubt of Dalian Shide influence, however. After an investigation by

, the club was ordered to remove any relationship with Dalian Shide. The club disbanded on January 27, 2006, because the owner Dalian Shide could not make a deal with the Sichuan Football Association in time.

Name history

* 1953–1993: Sichuan 四川 * 1994–2001: Sichuan Quanxing F.C. 四川全兴 * 2002: Sichuan Dahe F.C. 四川大河 * 2003–2005: Sichuan First City F.C. 四川冠城

Crest history

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Managerial history

Managers who coached the club and team since Sichuan First City became a professional club in 1993. * Milos Hrstic (1998) *

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(1998) *

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(1999) * Milos Hrstic (2000) *

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(2001) *

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(2003–2004) *

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(2004–2005)

Results

;All-time league rankings * No league games in 1959, 1966–72, 1975; Sichuan did not compete in 1985. *: In the group stage. *: in the southern league.

References

External links

Team profile
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