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club based in

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which last played in the

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division. The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007 as Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. and was once owned by Guangdong Sports Bureau and Sunray Cave Group. In November 2014, a group of local companies from

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collectively acquired the full ownership of the club and subsequently renamed it to Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C., following the club's relocation to the

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in Xi'an. However, the club failed to settle the wages of the players for 2014 season and was forbidden to play in the Chinese football league system by

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History

The Sunray Cave Group who had previously owned

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and the third-tier football club Guangzhou Sunray Cave Easter founded Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club on February 5, 2007 with the Guangdong Sports Bureau to take part in the third tier of Chinese football with a team predominantly built from the Guangdong youth team. In the club's debut season Cao Yang was brought in as their manager while the team played in the 8,000 seater Nanhai District Stadium in

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, Guangdong. Playing in an orange top, black shorts and orange socks for their home kits and an all white outfit for the away kits the team finished bottom within their group at the end at the end of the 2007 league season. The following 2008 league campaign saw the team move into the 36,686 seater

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in Foshan where they matured into genuine division championship contenders and came runners-up within the league, winning promotion to the second tier. The club's debut season in the second division saw them move into the 12,000 capacity

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and they ended the campaign in a respectable fifth. The following season saw the owners wanting to move into the 15,000 capacity

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, however it was going through renovation and the team had to use the

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and University of Technology Stadium before they finally moved in. With the team settled in results significantly improved within the 2011 campaign with the club looking like genuine promotion contenders until on September 24, 2011 they lost a league against

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3–2 and the club were unable to recover for the final run in for promotion. After the club's failed promotion attempt

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was brought in to provide more experience, however he left on March 27, 2012 after only several games and Cao was brought back as a caretaker manager. On July 29, 2012

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came in as permanent manager while Cao became General manager. José time as manager was not a success and Guangdong became embroiled in a relegation battle, which saw the chairman Lin Qin bring back Cao once again on August 30, 2012 as a caretaker manager and relegate José as his assistant for the rest of the 2012 league campaign. On 14 December 2014, a group of local companies from

collectively acquired the full ownership of the club and subsequently renamed it to Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. However, the club failed to register for the 2015 league season due to wage arrears. On 31 January 2015, the club was forbidden to play in the Chinese football league system by

, and was dissolved soon after.

Name changes

*2007–2014: Guangdong Sunray Cave () *2015: Shaanxi Wuzhou ()

Kit colours

Honours

*League Level 2 :''National 2nd Runners-up'' (3):

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:''National 2nd Runners-up'' (3):

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*League Level 3 :''Southern Champions'' (1):

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:''National Runners-up'' (2):

Results

All-time League Rankings *As of the end of 2014 season. * In southern group Had to use several other stadiums: see Home Stadiums 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

Managerial history

* Cao Yang (February 5, 2007 – January 1, 2012) *

(January 5, 2012 – March 27, 2012) * Cao Yang ''(interim)'' (March 27, 2012–28 July 2012) *

(July 29, 2012 – August 30, 2012) * Cao Yang ''(interim)'' (30 August 2012 – January 3, 2013) * Zhang Jun (January 3, 2013 – January 2, 2014) * Julio César Moreno (January 2, 2014 – April 20, 2014) * Feng Feng ''(interim)'' (April 20, 2014 – May 13, 2014) *

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(May 13, 2014 – November 2014) *

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(December 28, 2014 – 2015)

Past and present Internationals

Names in bold indicate players who had international cap when played for Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. ;Bosnia and Herzegovina * Petar Jelić (2014) ;China PR *

Ye Weichao Ye Weichao (; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for China League One club Guangdong South China Tiger. Club career Ye started his football career in 2007 when he was loaned to Guangdong Sunray Cave from Guangzh ...

(2007–10, 2014) ;Costa Rica * Darío Delgado (2011) ;Hong Kong *

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(2012–13) *

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(2012–13) ;Mali * Mourtala Diakité (2011) ;Uruguay * Carlos Andrés García (2013–14) ;Brazil *

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(2009–10)

References

External links

Club website

The Sunray Cave Group website

Supporters' site 1

Supporters' site 2
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