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| Full name | Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club 重庆两江竞技 | ||
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Dissolved | 24 May 2022 | ||
| Ground | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | ||
| Capacity | 58,680 | ||
| Owner | Wuhan Dangdai Group (90%) Lifan Group (10%) | ||
| Chairman | Jiang Lizhang | ||
| 2021 | Super League, 13th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic (simplified Chinese: 重庆两江竞技; traditional Chinese: 重慶兩江競技; pinyin: Chóngqìng Liǎngjiāng Jìngjì) was a Chinese professional football club based in Chongqing.
The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league system where they started in the third tier within the 1995 league season. They would quickly rise up to the top tier and experience their greatest achievement of winning the 2000 Chinese FA Cup and coming fourth within the league. In 2002, they came fourth place in the last season of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. After these achievements they struggled to replicate the same success and experienced their first relegation from the top tier in the 2006 league season. After gaining promotion in 2008 back into the top tier they were unable to remain in the top flight and were relegated once more in the 2010 season. In 2014, they finished the season at the top of Chinese League One (tier 2) division and won promotion to the Chinese Super League again. Between 2017 and 2021 the club was known as Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.
According to Forbes, in 2016, Chongqing was the 9th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $76 million, and an estimated revenue of $17 million in 2015.[1]
The club was dissolved on 24 May 2022.[2]
- ^ "Chinese Soccer's Most Valuable Teams". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "重庆队官方：退出中超联赛并停止运营，解散球队". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.