Suzhou Trips F.C.

Suzhou Trips
Sūzhōu Qùpǔshì
苏州趣普仕
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Full nameSuzhou Trips FC
苏州趣普仕派尔劲足球俱乐部
FoundedJanuary 2004; 20 years ago (January 2004)
Dissolved2009; 15 years ago (2009)
GroundSuzhou City Stadium,
Suzhou, China
Capacity30,000
ChairmanGuan Minghua
ManagerZhu Mingliang
LeagueChina Yi League
20076th, Southern Group

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 in January, 2004 the club entered at the 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]

  1. ^ "范志毅带教练组索要欠薪被集体解聘-欠薪-社会万象-社会-新闻中心-东北新闻网-". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  2. ^ "新赛季中乙趣普仕与镇江合并 主场仍是苏州体育中心_国内足坛-其他_Nike新浪竞技风暴_新浪网".