Qingdao Hailifeng F.C. (), previously named Qingdao JVC Zhengyi, Qingdao Benda and Hefei Chuangyi was a former professional

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club in the

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. The club was engaged in "bribery and private business dealing" in matches held in 2007 and 2009 and was banned from all future national matches organised by the

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History

Qingdao JVC Zhengyi Football Club was founded on 7 January 1995, and was renamed Qingdao Benda in 1997 and Qingdao Hailifeng in 1998. It had been a regular in

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until it bought Guangdong Winnerway and its place in Jia B League in December 2001, After 4 years of failure to win promotion, after the Guangdong Winnerway Group lost their patience after 4 years of failure to win promotion and agreed to sell their Jia B team to Qingdao Hailifeng. On February 21, 2010 the club was found guilty for accepting a bribe from

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and had their registration cancelled as well as being fined 200,000

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for their crime. It was discovered that the club deliberately lost a key game 2–0 during the 2007 league season for up to 500,000

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Name history

The Qingdao club has changed its name, its home stadium, and even its home city due to financial reasons. Their previous names include: * 1995–1996 Qingdao JVC Zhengyi 青岛JVC正义 (

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

) * 1997 Qingdao Benda 青岛奔达 (

) * 1998–2001 Qingdao Hailifeng 青岛海利丰 (

) * 2002 Hefei Chuangyi 合肥创亿 (

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) * 2003–2010 Qingdao Hailifeng 青岛海利丰 (

)

Results

*As of the end of 2009 season All-time league Ranking *: in group stage *: in Final Group 3 *: in Final North Group

References

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(Simplified Chinese) Defunct football clubs in China Sport in Qingdao Association football clubs established in 1995 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Football clubs in China 1995 establishments in China 2010 disestablishments in China