Suzhou Trips F.C.
Suzhou Trips Football Club (simplified Chinese: 苏州趣普仕; traditional Chinese: 蘇州趣普仕; pinyin: Sūzhōu Qùpǔshì) is a former Chinese football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu who played in the Suzhou City Stadium. Founded on January, 2004 the club entered the at bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where they stayed throughout their entire existence. The club brought in former Asian Footballer of the Year winner Fan Zhiyi as their technical director to raise their profile and performances of the club, however this ended up being highly disruptive and caused the club to get into debt.[1] In their hopes to win promotion they would merge with another third-tier club Zhenjiang Groupway FC and then this would following with another merging with Ningbo Huaao football club at the beginning of the 2010 league season.[2]
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| Full name | Suzhou Trips FC 苏州趣普仕派尔劲足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | January 2004 | ||
| Dissolved | 2009 | ||
| Ground | Suzhou City Stadium, Suzhou, China | ||
| Capacity | 30,000 | ||
| Chairman | Guan Minghua | ||
| Manager | Zhu Mingliang | ||
| League | China Yi League | ||
| 2007 | 6th, Southern Group | ||
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Results
- As of the end of 2009 season
All-Time League rankings
| Season | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Division | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Position | 81 | 81 | 61 | 51 |
- ^Note 1 : in group stage
See also
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2008-02-20/10163482856.shtml