Sinchi Football Club (

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: 新麒足球俱乐部) is a professional

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club from

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which played as a foreign team in

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from 2003 to 2005. The club played its home games in Singapore at the

Jurong Stadium Jurong Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Jurong, Singapore, the stadium held 8,000 people. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Sinchi FC when they played in the S.League from 2003 to 2005. Previously, Warri ...

. The team's best league finish was seventh-place in 2003. In December 2005, after three seasons, the club's management announced that they would not be participating in the S.League again in the 2006 season.

2003/04 players

Seasons

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saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.

Notable former players

* Shi Jiayi *

Qiu Li Qiu Li (, born June 6, 1981 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China) is a naturalised Chinese-Singaporean former professional association football player and current assistant coach of Shenyang Urban F.C. Playing career Club career Qiu started h ...

Xie Yuxin Xie Yuxin (; born 12 October 1968 in Xingning, Guangdong) is a retired Chinese international footballer. He made more than 100 appearances for his country in international competitions. On 6 February 1987, Yuxin signed for PEC Zwolle '82, be ...

* Jiang Feng * Zhang Meng * Li Benjian * Jiang Tao

External links

* http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=10486 {{S-League Foreign teams in Singapore football leagues Expatriated football clubs Singapore Premier League clubs