Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Football Club () was a Chinese professional
football
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club based in
Xi'an
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,
Shaanxi
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. The club was dissolved in March 2023 as a
China League One club.
History
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic was founded on 30 March 2016 by co-raise funds of eight companies based in
Xi'an
Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
and the name of the
ancient capital and the name of the city it is based before it is changed to Xi'an. They played in the
2016 China Amateur Football League and won the winners of 2016 Shaanxi Provincial Super League and the first place of northwest region final–group A successively. Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic finished the runners-up in the national finals after losing
Dalian Boyang in the penalty shoot-out but won promotion to
2017 China League Two. The team was third place in the
2018 China League Two, though losing to
Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. in the relegation play-offs, the team was promoted to the China League One due to the financial problem of the
Yanbian Funde F.C. With the club within the second tier the Shaanxi Water Affairs Group Co., Ltd. would become the clubs majority shareholder.
Managerial history
* Huang Hongyi (2016–2017)
* Zhao Changhong (2018)
*
Xie Yuxin (2018)
* Zhang Jun (2019)
* Wang Bo (2019)
*
Kim Bong-gil (2019–2020)
*
Óscar Céspedes (2021)
*
Feng Feng (caretaker) (2021–2022)
*
Wang Baoshan (2022)
*
Feng Feng (caretaker) (2022–2023)
Results
All-time league rankings
''As of the end of 2022 season.''
* Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic had 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries on 23 November 2022.
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
{{Shaanxi Union F.C.
Defunct football clubs in China
Association football clubs established in 2016
Association football clubs disestablished in 2023
Sport in Shaanxi
2016 establishments in China
2023 disestablishments in China
Football clubs in China
Football clubs in Shaanxi
Football clubs in Xi'an
China League One clubs
China League Two clubs
Chinese Champions League clubs