Beijing Women Football Club () is a Chinese professional
football
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club located in
Beijing. They compete in the
Chinese Women's Super League, and their home stadium is
Xiannongtan Stadium.
History
Beijing Women's Football Team was established in 1984 or 1985 under the regional sports commission. In 1996 Weikerui Company bought the club which was re-branded as Weikerui Company Women's Football Team. When Weikerui went bankrupt in 1998 the sports commission continued the team, who in 1999 were
named Beijing Construction Company Women's Football Team following a three-year,
RMB7.8m
sponsorship deal.
Beijing Enterprises ownership
In November 2016,
Beijing Enterprises took control of the team and promised an ambitious program of funding and development, aiming to become national champions within three to five years. The club signed a cooperation agreement with the
French Football Federation
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in July 2017, which they hoped would help them replicate the success of the French youth academy at
Clairefontaine.
After another disappointing season in 2017, coach
Liu Ying was replaced with
Kim Björkegren from Swedish champions
Linköpings FC. Björkegren named recently retired
Elena Sadiku
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She started her career with LdB Malmö, before moving to Kristianstads DFF and Eskilstuna United.
Sadiku suffered a knee injury i ...
as his fitness coach.
Zhao Rong returned to the club after a two-year loan in Changchun. In February 2018 the club announced the signing of
Verónica Boquete.
Under Bjorkegren, the club finished sixth in the 2018
Chinese Women's Super League but enjoyed better results in cup competitions as they reached the last four of both the CFA Tournament and CFA Cup.
In January 2019, Bjorkegren left the club to be replaced by his former assistant Yu Yun as the new head coach. On 23 February 2019, their foreign players for the 2019 season were announced as South African duo
Thembi Kgatlana and
Linda Motlhalo
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Players
First team squad
As of 15 October 2022
Former internationals
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Chen Yanhong
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Gu Yasha
Gu Yasha (; born 28 November 1990 in Zhengzhou, Henan) is a Chinese football player who competed for the national team in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her position is midfielder.
International goals
Major performances
*2004 National U16 Champio ...
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Liu Ailing
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Liu Shanshan
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Ma Xiaoxu
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Wang Chen
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Wang Lingling
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Places
* Wang River in Thailand ...
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Wang Yan
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Xu Huan
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Zhang Linyan
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Zhao Rong
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Thembi Kgatlana
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Linda Motlhalo
Linda Maserame Motlhalo (born 1 July 1998) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for SWPL 1 club Glasgow City F.C., Glasgow City and the South Africa women's national soccer team, South Africa wo ...
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Vero Boquete
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Marija Banusic
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References
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External links
Official Website
Chinese Women's Super League clubs
1984 establishments in China
Association football clubs established in 1984
Women's football clubs in China