The Shenyang Rhinos are a professional

arena football Indoor American football, or arena football, is a variation of gridiron football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas. While varying in details from league to league, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller ...

team based in

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

participating as members of the

China Arena Football League The China Arena Football League (), often abbreviated as the CAFL, was a professional arena football league that played its games in the China, People's Republic of China. It featured players from the now-defunct Arena Football League (AFL) and ...

(CAFL). They were originally called the Dalian Dragon Kings and were based in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

, China. Their home stadium was the

Damai Center The Damai Centre () is a multi-purpose arena, indoor arena located in Dalian, China. It was completed in 2012 for the 2013 National Games of China, 2013 National Games of the People's Republic of China. It hosted the basketball and gymnastics even ...

. In 2017, the Dragon Kings relocated to become the Shenyang Black Rhinos.

Seasons

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External links

China Arena Football League official website
China Arena Football League teams 2016 establishments in China Sport in Dalian American football teams established in 2016 Sport in Shenyang {{Americanfootball-team-stub