Wikipedia - Shanxi Longjin F.C.
Shanxi Longjin Football Club (Chinese: 山西龙晋足球俱乐部) is a defunct Chinese football club that participated in the China League Two. The team was based in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
History
Hebei Lion F.C. was founded on November 2, 2015 in the city of Cangzhou, in Hebei Province, and started to participate in China Amateur Football League to aim for promotion to China League Two. After failing to make it out of group stages 2 seasons in a row in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the club moved to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, changed its name to Shanxi Metropolis F.C., and started the year by winning the 2018 Shanxi Super League by beating Shanxi Zhisheng in the finals. In their third attempt for promotion, they participated in 2018 Chinese Champions League and although narrowly missing promotion by being eliminated by Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang at quarter-finals, then losing to Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–2 at home, they were later admitted into 2019 China League Two to fill vacancy left by withdrawn team Dalian Transcendence.
In March 2020, they changed their name to Shanxi Longjin F.C.
The club was dissolved after 2021 season.
Die Heimspiele des Shanxi Longjin FC werden im Taiyuan Sport Center ausgetragen, das über ein Fassungsvermögen von 30.000 Zuschauern verfügt. Die Vereinsfarben sind Rot und Blau.
Der größte Erfolg des Shanxi Longjin FC war der Gewinn des chinesischen Pokals im Jahr 2011. Im Finale besiegte der Verein den Shandong Luneng Taishan FC mit 2:1.
In der Saison 2020 belegte der Shanxi Longjin FC den 15. Platz in der China League One und konnte sich somit den Klassenerhalt sichern.
Die bekanntesten Spieler des Shanxi Longjin FC sind der chinesische Nationalspieler Wang Dalei und der brasilianische Stürmer Júnior Negrão.