Shanghai Sunfun Football Club () is a professional Chinese
football
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club that currently participates in the
China League Two
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. The team is based in
Shanghai
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.
History
The club was originally founded in 2012 as Shanghai Sun & Fun F.C. (). On 30 December 2015, they changed their name to Shanghai Sunfun F.C. (). They played in the 2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Shanghai Chen Yi Cup and the first place of southeast region final–group A successively. Shanghai Sunfun finished the 4th place in the national finals and won promotion to
2017 China League Two
The 2017 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 28th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 24 teams, with 12 teams in North Group and 12 teams in South Group.
Team changes
To League Two ...
.
In 2018, the club’s chairman and former football commentator, Zhou Liang, was arrested, and the club was dissolved afterwards.
Name history
*2012–2015 Shanghai Sun & Fun F.C. 上海森梵
*2015–2018 Shanghai Sunfun F.C. 上海申梵
All-time league rankings
''As of the end of 2018 season.''
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