Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club () is an amateur Chinese

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club that currently participates in the

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. The team is based in

Zhaoqing Zhaoqing ( zh, c=肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanz ...

and currently uses

Century Lotus Stadium Century Lotus Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Foshan, Guangdong, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 36,686 people and was built in 2005. It hosted a first round match between China and Myanmar du ...

Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

as their home stadium.

History

Zhaoqing Hengtai was founded in 2012 by retired footballer and college students of Guangdong. They advanced to the

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for the first time in 2014 and were knocked out in the second round when they lost to

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club

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in the penalty shoot-out. On 1 October 2017, Zhaoqing Hengtai won promotion to

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after which they advanced to semi-finals of the

2017 China Amateur Football League The 2017 China Amateur Football League season, also known as Shan Lin Financial China Amateur Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th season since its establishment in 2002. It is the highest amateur association football league in ...

by beating Qinghai Zhuangbo in the penalty shoot-out. However, they gave up the opportunity to turn professional and remained at the amateur league.

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2017 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

{{reflist Football clubs in China Association football clubs established in 2012 Football clubs in Guangdong Zhaoqing 2012 establishments in China Defunct football clubs in China Chinese Champions League clubs