Bayi Football Team
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| Full name | The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club 中国人民解放军八一足球俱乐部 |
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| Nickname(s) | August 1st |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Dissolved | 2003 |
| League | Chinese Jia-A League Chinese Jia-B League |
Bayi Football Team (Simplified Chinese: 八一足球队) was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army (Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军) in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军八一足球俱乐部). The team was based in Beijing.
The Name of Bayi (八一) means that Ba (八) is for eight and Yi (一) is for one. This name comes from the People's Liberation Army's establishment in 1 August 1927.
Bayi had a long history of honors and won the national title five times before 1986. However, as a part of the People's Liberation Army, Bayi can not introduce foreign players and attract sponsors.
After the formation the Chinese Football Association Jia League (now Chinese Super League) in 1994, Bayi moved its home city almost every year for financial reasons. Their home cities include Taiyuan, Xi'an, Kunming, Shijiazhuang, XinXiang, Liuzhou and Xiangtan, Hunan. In these years, Bayi had many named due to sponsorship, include Bayi Zhengbang, and Bayi Xiangtan.
Bayi Football Team was disbanded in 2003 by the People's Liberation Army.
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[edit] Crest and Name History
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Old Bayi Zebon crest
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Classic Bayi crest
- 1951-1998: Bayi FC 八一足球队
- 1999: Bayi Jinsui 八一金穗
- 2000-2002: Bayi Zebon(Zhenbang) 八一振邦
- 2003: Bayi Xiangtan 八一湘潭
[edit] Results
All time league rankings
| Season | 1951 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1974 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1[1] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3[2] | 6 |
| Season | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
no league games in 1954-1956, 1966–1973, 1975;
- ^1 in group stage
Performance in AFC Competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
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- 1988: Group Stage
[edit] Honours
- Chinese Jia-A League: 1953, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986[1]
[edit] Former players
- Zeng Xuelin
- Xu Genbao (1965–1975)
- Chi Shangbin
- Zhu Guanghu
- Pei Encai (1972–1982)
- Jia Xiuquan (1976–1988)
- Jiang Jin (1987–1999)
- Hao Haidong (1986–1996)
- Li Leilei (1999–2003)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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