Xiangxue Pharmaceutical was the name of several teams from

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that played in

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; they were all sponsored by Xiangxue Pharmaceutical.

History

In 2001–02 season, , a youth football club from

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, entered the

. It was replaced by the reserve team of

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in 2002–03 season, which was also sponsored by Xiangxue Pharmaceutical since January 2002, as Guangzhou Xiangxue. It became the name for the reserve team of another Chinese football club Hunan Shoking that was intended to play in 2004–05 Hong Kong First Division League. After the team withdrew at the start of season, "Hong Kong 10", a youth team that was organized by the

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, as well as other football club, lent several youth players to Xiangxue Pharmaceutical in order to make the team to finish 2004–05 season.

Post-defunct

After the season, Xiangxue Pharmaceutical sponsored Hong Kong football club

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, and then returned to sponsor the reserve team of Shenzhen F.C. to play in

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in 2008–09 season as Xiangxue Eisiti.

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History

Post-defunct

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