Sichuan First City () is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese provin ...
,
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of th ...
where they played in the
Chengdu Sports Centre
The Chengdu Sports Center () or Sichuan Provincial Sports Center () is a sports complex with a multiuse stadium in Chengdu, China which is used mostly for soccer matches.
The stadium holds 39,225 and opened on 28 December 1991; it was the home of ...
. 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
professional
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football in the
1994 Chinese Jia-A League
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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
Dalian Shide
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then l ...
. Despite the sale of the club to the First City Group in 2003, an investigation by the
Chinese Football Association
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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
Sichuan Football Association
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...
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 Chongqing Lifan) 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
Dalian Shide
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then l ...
. Under the criticism of
unfair competition
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Image:SichuanQuanxing.png, Sichuan Quanxing logo
Image:SichuanDahe.png, Sichuan Dahe logo
Image:SichuanGuancheng.jpg, Sichuan First City logo
Managerial history
Managers who coached the club and team since Sichuan First City became a professional club in 1993.
* Milos Hrstic (1998)
*
Chi Shangbin
Chi Shangbin (; 19 September 1949 – 6 March 2021) was a Chinese football player and coach.
As player, he spent his whole career playing for Liaoning, and also represented China at international level. As manager, he was best known for his r ...
(1998)
*
Edson Tavares
Edson Araujo Tavares (born 10 June 1956 in Rio de Janeiro
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