Liaoning Guangyuan Football Club (

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: 辽宁广原足球俱乐部) was a

professional

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club which played in

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as a foreign team in the 2007 season. The club was a satellite team of the

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club

Liaoning FC Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

. Players from Liaoning's youth teams made up the majority of Liaoning Guangyuan's S.League squad. The team played their home games at the

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. They finished in 10th place out of 12 teams in the S.League in 2007. The club did not participate in the S.League in 2008 as

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(FAS) did not invite them back for another season.

History

In 2008, FAS decided not to invite Liaoning Guangyuan to participate in the S.League again. They were replaced in the league by

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Match-fixing scandal

In January 2008, the Singapore media reported that Liaoning Guangyuan's Team Manager Wang Xin had been arrested following an investigation by Singapore's

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into alleged match-fixing. Eight players from the team also had had their passports impounded pending investigations. Shortly after the scandal broke, the Football Association of Singapore announced that it would not be inviting Liaoning Guangyuan to participate in the S.League again in 2008. Investigations showed that Wang had arranged for a friend in China to place online bets on some of Liaoning Guangyuan's matches through a China-based betting website. He then approached certain players individually and asked them to help ensure the team would lose the match by a particular number of goals in return for bribes.Six match-fixing Liaoning soccer players jailed
''The Straits Times'', 23 April 2008 Wang posted bail and left Singapore for China to attend a court hearing. However, he failed to return to Singapore on 16 January 2008 for a hearing on the charges. He was eventually detained in

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by the China's Police Force in April 2009 following his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in China.粤媒三点质疑反赌风暴知情人称反赌可能到此为止
''Sina Sports News (in Chinese)'', 27 November 2009 Seven Liaoning Guangyuan players were charged and pleaded guilty to accepting amounts ranging between S$1,200 and S$4,000 from Wang to throw games. Li Xuebai, Li Zheng, Dong Lei, Peng Zhiyi, Tong Di and Zhao Zhipeng received jail sentences of five months, while Wang Lin was sentenced to four months. Each of the six players also received fines ranging from S$2,200 to S$6,200.

Seasons

Players for 2007 season

References

External links

S.League website page on Liaoning Guangyuan FC
{{S-League Liaoning F.C. Foreign teams in Singapore football leagues Singapore Premier League clubs Expatriated football clubs