Shenyang Zhongze F.C.

Shenyang Zhongze
Shěnyáng Zhōngzé
沈阳中泽

Full name	Shenyang Zhongze Football Club 沈阳中泽足球俱乐部
Founded	2009
Dissolved	February 27, 2015
Ground	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium,[1] Shenyang
Capacity	60,000
Home colours Away colours

Shenyang Zhongze F.C. (simplified Chinese: 沈阳中泽; traditional Chinese: 瀋陽中澤; pinyin: Shěnyáng Zhōngzé) was a former professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese League One division.

History

The club was founded in August 2009 as Tianjin Runyulong and were initially set-up as an amateur football team to take part in the amateur leagues. At the beginning of the 2011 league season, Tianjin Runyulong would decide to take over Anhui Jiufang and took their position in the China League One division.^[2] The club would make Liu Zhicai their first professional manager and play in the 18,000-seat Minyuan Stadium in Tianjin while wearing an all red strip within their debut season. The club would quickly find out that the full acquisition of Anhui Jiufang as well as the running cost of the club would cost them 540 million yuan, more than the club expected and that they would need to quickly find investment if they were to pay their players on time.^[3] The investment would come from the local Shenbei government who wanted them to move into the 30,000-seat Tiexi Stadium in Shenyang.^[4] On July 2011, Tianjin Runyulong moved to the city of Shenyang and the name changed to Shenyang Shenbei.^[5]

Shenyang Zhongze failed to transfer of ownership after they finished 11th of League One in the 2014 season. On 15 January 2015, it is reported that they gave up to register for the 2015 league season and dissolved.^[6] However, Shenyang Zhongze appeared on the list of registered clubs for the 2015 league season several days later. Shenyang Zhongze was officially dissolved on 27 February 2015.

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2014 season.^{[7] [8]}

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2011	2	26	8	10	8	31	31	0	34	6	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Minyuan Stadium / Tiexi Stadium
2012	2	30	9	11	10	36	38	−2	38	12	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,018	Shenyang Sport University Stadium
2013	2	30	13	8	9	46	39	7	47	6	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,038	Shenyang Sport University Stadium / Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
2014	2	30	8	11	11	27	30	-3	35	11	R3	DNQ	DNQ	6,156	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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 - = 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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Europe Vladimir Vujović Zoran Rendulić References http://nl.soccerway.com/teams/china-pr/anhui-juifang/10656/ 天津润宇隆成功收购九方 朱广沪或出任球队主帅 拖欠安徽九方540万元转让费 天津润宇隆处境难 沈阳沈北足球队成立 收购天津润宇隆征战中甲 润宇隆已更名沈阳沈北 队员沈阳报到开始新生活 (Chinese) 沈阳中泽放弃新赛季中甲注册资格 俱乐部已解散 (Chinese) "China - List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014. "沈阳中泽". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014. External links Official club website (Chinese)