Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

and their home stadium is the Chengdu Phoenix Hill Football Stadium that has a seating capacity of 50,695. The club currently participates in the

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division under licence from the

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(CFA). The clubs founder and their majority shareholder is Chengdu Better City Investment Group Co., Ltd.

History

The club was founded on 7 March 2018 by Chengdu Better City Investment Group Co., Ltd. on the ashes of the dissolved

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. With the support from the Chengdu Football Association and the appointment of

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as their Head coach the club would start their journey playing within the Chengdu FA Champions League. After winning the division the club would participate within the

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where they came runners-up to

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and promotion to the third tier of the Chinese football pyramid. Consecutive promotions would follow after finishing as runners-up to

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and promotion to the second-tier (

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) at the end of the

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season. In the

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campaign the club came fourth in their debut season in the second tier and the Head José Carlos Granero decided not renew his contract with the club, despite his achievements with the team. South Korean coach

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would be appointed as their new Head coach for the start of the

2021 China League One The 2021 China League One ( zh, 2021中国足球协会甲级联赛) is the 18th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic The 2021 Chi ...

campaign. On 15 January 2021, the club changed their name to Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. to comply with the

's request of teams having neutral names. On 12 January 2022, Chengdu was promoted to the

after beating Dalian Pro 2-1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-offs.

Name history

*2018–2020 Chengdu Better City F.C. 成都兴城 *2021– Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. 成都蓉城

Current squad

First team

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Managerial history

(2018–2020) *

(2021–)

Results

All-time league rankings ''As of the end of 2019 season.'' 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

{{Chinese Super League Football clubs in Chengdu