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club that currently participates in the

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division under licence from the

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(CFA). The team is based in

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and their home stadium is the 40,545 capacity

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History

On 5 May 1998 the club was established as a local amateur football team who took part in the regional Baotou leagues. They gradually worked their way up through the regional leagues until they were able to enter 2012

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 ...

where they finished seventh. The local Baotou Municipal Sports Bureau would become interested supporting the team. By the 2014 league season they would financially invest into the team to take part in the

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where they were knocked out in the first official round to Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in a 3–1 home defeat. They continued to support the team and helped Baotou Nanjiao F.C. to officially establish themselves as a professional unit on 25 January 2015 to allow them to take part in the

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season. Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.

Name history

*2015–2018 Baotou Nanjiao F.C. 包头南郊 *2019– Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. 内蒙古草上飞

Current squad

First team

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Yao Zhiqiang (2014) *

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(2015) * David Camhi (2016) *

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（2017–）

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2019 season.'' * in North Group. *

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and Shanghai JuJu Sports withdrew, so Baotou Nanjiao could stay at third level. 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

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