Baoding Yingli ETS () is a professional Chinese

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club that participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Baoding, Hebei and their home stadium is the 13,000 capacity

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. Their owner is the Baoding City Real Estate Group Co., Ltd.

History

The club was originally formed as Hebei Yingli (河北英利) in 2008 as an affiliated team by the China Yingli group, where they took part as an amateur team in the Hebei Amateur Football League. With a team built using Yingli employees they were able to reach the

China Amateur Football League The Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会会员协会冠军联赛), or CMCL, former known as Chinese Football Association Bing League (中国足球协会丙级联赛) (before 2006 ...

finals where they came fourth in the 2010 championship. After this performance the Baoding City Real Estate Group Co., Ltd became interested in acquiring the club so they could register them in and gain participation in the China League Two division. This would come into fruition on April 21, 2015 when they officially took over the club, renamed them Baoding Yingli ETS F.C. and converted them into a professional team when they participated at the bottom of the professional Chinese football league within the

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season. In their debut season Fan Yuhong was brought in as the Head coach and the club would play within the

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. After finishing fifth within their group stage and missing out on the play-offs

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was brought in as the new manager the following season, where with continued investment from Baoding City Real Estate Group along with a move to

, he was able to guide the club to a runners-up spot at the end of the

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season and promotion to the China League One division for the first time. On 1 July 2017, Meng Yongli, chairman of the club, announced that the club would withdraw from the league after Baoding conceded a controversial penalty in the injury time against

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. Meng Yongli resigned on the following day, as the club proclaimed their stay in the league, and would be willing to accept punishment from the Chinese Football Association. Unfortunately, the team were still relegated at the end of their first season in the League One.

Name history

* 2008–2015: Hebei Yingli F.C. (河北英利) * 2015–present: Baoding Yingli ETS F.C. (保定英利易通)

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Fan Yuhong (2015) *

(2016–25 May 2017) * Jo Bonfrère (25 May 2017–9 Oct 2017) *

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''(caretaker)'' (9 Oct 2017–16 Dec 2017) *

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(10 Feb 2018–25 Jan 2019) * Fan Yuhong (25 Jan 2019–31 Dec 2019)

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2019 season.'' * in North Group. * Baoding Yingli ETS was deducted six points for failing to implement ruling of CFA. Key

* 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

References

{{Reflist Football clubs in China Defunct football clubs in China