Liaoning Shenyang Urban Football Club, also sometimes known as Liaoning Shenyang City, is a professional Chinese

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club that currently participates in the Chinese League One under licence from the

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(CFA). The team is based in

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and their home stadium is

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History

Shenyang City F.C. was established by former footballer

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in 2015 with free players from

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which dissolved just before the

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season. They enrolled in the 2015 China Football Amateur League, finished in the top 4, and gained promotion to

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, before changing the English name of the club to Shenyang Urban F.C.. The club had a lengthy stay in

, making it to the play-off stage twice, in the 2016 and 2018 seasons, but fell short in the first round both times. During the 2018 season, on 12 May 2018, Zhuang Yi, the owner of the club, appeared in a 7–1 home win over

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to become the oldest ever player of Chinese professional league at the age of 44 years and 305 days. Zhuang renewed his record on 3 June 2018 in a 4–0 win against

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and scored a penalty in the match, making him the oldest scorer in the Chinese professional league at the age of 44 years and 327 days. The club’s effort finally came to fruition in the

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, when they were crowned as champions after beating

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in the finals, as well as gaining a historical promotion to

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. In April 2020, the club changed their name to Liaoning Shenyang Urban FC.

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Managerial history

* Li Zheng (2015) *

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(2016) * Xiao Zhanbo (2017) * Wang Bo (2018) * Niu Hongli (2018) * Wang Gang (2018) * Yu Ming (2019–)

Results

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