Foshan Nanshi Football Club () is a Chinese professional

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club based in

Foshan Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, that competes in . Foshan Nanshi plays its home matches at the Nanhai Sports Center, located within

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History

Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. was founded on 19 October 2016 in the town of Machong, in

Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the s ...

. The club changed its name to Guangdong Rongyi F.C. in 2017 and Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. in 2019. The club won

Chinese Champions 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 ...

in 2020 and was promoted to

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

. In 2021, the club changed its name to Dongguan United F.C. On 28 December 2023, the club changed its name to Foshan Nanshi F.C.

Name history

*2016: Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. () *2017–2018: Guangdong Rongyi F.C. () *2019–2020: Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. () *2021–2023: Dongguan United F.C. () *2023–present: Foshan Nanshi F.C. ()

Players

Current squad

Honours

League * CMCL **Champions:

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References

External links

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