Heilongjiang Ice City Football Club (), previously known as Heilongjiang Lava Spring Football Club, is a professional

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club that 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

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, which has a capacity of 50,000. Their majority shareholder is the Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd.

History

The club was established by Heilongjiang Volcanic Springs Green Natural Mineral Water Co., Ltd. on December 31, 2015, and took over

Anhui Litian Anhui Litian F.C. () is a Chinese football club based in Anqing, Anhui Province. History The club was original founded on August 25, 2014 when the local Sports Bureau of Anhui Province along with funding from the Anhui Litian Group (安徽力� ...

to participate in

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. They appointed Zoran Janković as their head coach, and finished tenth at the end of the 2016 league season. Upon the next season, Duan Xin became the Head coach of the team on December 1, 2016 and he was able to guide the club into not only the play-offs but also surprised the entire league by winning the

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championship, and gaining promotion to

for the first time in the team's history.

Name history

*2016–2020: Heilongjiang Lava Spring 黑龙江火山鸣泉 *2021–: Heilongjiang Ice City 黑龙江冰城

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Zoran Janković (2016) * Duan Xin (2017 – )

Honours

**Champions (1):

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Results

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

{{China League One Football clubs in China Sport in Harbin Organizations based in Harbin