Full name | Hubei Wuhan Professional F.C. 湖北武汉职业足球俱乐部 | ||
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Nickname(s) | Jiu Tou Niao (Nine Heads Phoenix), Han Jun (Han Army) | ||
Founded | 1954 1994 (Professional) | (Amateur)||
Dissolved | 2008 | ||
Ground | Xinhua Road Sports Center and Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
Capacity | 36,000 and 60,000 | ||
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Wuhan Optics Valley Football Club (simplified Chinese: 武汉光谷; traditional Chinese: 武漢光谷; pinyin: Wǔhàn Guānggǔ) is a defunct football club that was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. Their fans were mainly from Hubei province and the club had supporters from the city of Wuhan, and the surrounding cities of Ezhou, Huangshi, and Xiaogan. It was founded in 1954 as the Hubei Football Team, while the professional football team was founded in February 1994. In 2008, the club quit the Chinese Super League because of what it believed to be unfair punishment after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over the club's on-field behaviour against Beijing Guoan in a league game. Some of its players formed a new team called Hubei Luyin and made a return to Chinese Super League in 2013.[1]