Hohhot Black Horse (呼和浩特黑马) is a defunct Chinese football club based in

Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...

, China and were based at the

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but dedicated to unearthing and developing

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football talents, and later renamed as Xizang Huitong Luhua, the team played in the Yi League until 2005, when they purchased

Dalian Changbo Dalian Changbo F.C. (大连长波足球俱乐部) is a defunct Chinese football club based in Dalian, China. History The club was founded in 2001 as Dalian Sundy and started in the third tier China League Two in 2002, where it achieved third p ...

from the upper

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in 2006. The newly merged team was moved to

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and renamed to Shanxi Wosen Luhu, but relocated again to

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in 2007 and renamed themselves Hohhot Black Horse, then withdrew mid-season and dissolved. In November 2009, the former club general manager Wang Pu and deputy general manager Wang Xin were arrested and later convicted, becoming the first case in the 2009 "Chinese football anti-betting storm".

Name history

*2002–03: Beijing Zangying Xuequan (北京藏鹰雪泉) *2004–05: Xizang Huitong Luhua (西藏惠通陆华) *2006: Shanxi Wosen Luhu (山西沃森路虎) *2007: Hohhot Black Horse (呼和浩特黑马)

Results

*As of the end of 2007 season All-time league Ranking * In group stage. * In North Group.

References

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