Guangdong South China Tiger F.C.

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{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Guangdong South China Tiger
Guǎngdōng Huánánhǔ
广东华南虎

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| fullname = Guangdong South China Tiger Football Club
广东华南虎足球俱乐部

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2003|07|3|df=yes}}

| dissolved = {{End date and age|2020|02|3|df=yes}}

| ground = Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium,
Meizhou, Guangdong, China PR

| capacity = 20,221

| owner = Shenzhen Techand Ecological Environment Co., Ltd.

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| league = China League One

| season = 2019

| position = League One, 11th

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Guangdong South China Tiger Football Club ({{lang-zh|s=广东华南虎足球俱乐部|t=廣東華南虎足球俱樂部|p=Guǎngdōng Huánánhǔ Zúqiú Jùlèbù}}) or simply Guangdong South China Tiger ({{lang-zh|s=广东华南虎|t=廣東華南虎}}) was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in China League One. The team was based in Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong and their home stadium was the Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium. Their majority shareholder was engineering, and construction company Shenzhen Techand Ecological Environment Co., Ltd.{{Cite web |url=http://mz.southcn.com/content/2016-12/30/content_162760057.htm |title=梅县客家足球俱乐部更名为梅县铁汉足球俱乐部 |publisher=mz.southcn.com |date=2016-12-30 |access-date=2017-01-20 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202115400/http://mz.southcn.com/content/2016-12/30/content_162760057.htm |url-status=dead }}

History

The club was founded on 3 July 2003 as Dongguan Nancheng F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 东莞南城足球俱乐部) by the Dongguan City Sports Bureau who created them as a Phoenix club to Guangdong Hongyuan F.C. who were sold-off and moved cities in 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/SPORT-c/143536.htm |title=青岛海利丰更名合肥创亿-甲Ｂ出现新面孔 |publisher=china.com.cn |date=2002-05-10 |access-date=2017-01-20 |archive-date=2020-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200312173726/http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/SPORT-c/143536.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.vvtai.com/article/view?id=95030 |title=那些中国顶级联赛消失的足球俱乐部最令人惋惜的是谁？ |publisher=vvtai.com |date=2016-07-07 |access-date=2017-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000827/http://www.vvtai.com/article/view?id=95030 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=dead }} The club would then gain entry to participate within the 2003–04 Hong Kong First Division League as a foreign team within the league.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.163.com/11/0506/05/73BMRPT500051C8L.html |title=东莞南城征战乙级联赛首年不提冲甲只提锻炼 |publisher=sports.163.com |date=2011-05-06 |access-date=2015-11-13 |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014830/http://sports.163.com/11/0506/05/73BMRPT500051C8L.html |url-status=dead }} The Dongguan City Sports Bureau gained sponsorship and investment from real estate developers South City Real Estate Development Company, Guangdong Hongyuan Real Estate Development Company, Guangdong Enterprises Group Co., Ltd., China Everbright, Huang City Development Co., Ltd., Dongguan City Royal Garden residential construction Limited, Carnation New Garden Construction Co., Ltd., The new Bank of Development and Construction Co., Ltd., Dongguan Kuari Footwear Holdings Limited and Dongguan CITIC Group before participating within the league where they finished sixth.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2003-07-06/0502490105.shtml |title=东莞足球目标冲甲 |publisher=sina.com |date=2003-07-06 |access-date=2017-05-04 |archive-date=2020-03-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200312174322/http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2003-07-06/0502490105.shtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk04.html |title=Hongkong 2003/04 |date=2005-01-01 |website=RSSSF |access-date=2015-11-13 |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913212810/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk04.html |url-status=live }} The club only spent one season within the Hong Kong league, which was mired by their on-field disciplinary issues against Buler Rangers on March 7, 2004, that saw nine players from Dongguan Nancheng and six from Buler Rangers suspended for their behaviour.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20040308/3901528 |title=流浪南城東莞對賽爆醜聞港粵球隊40人球場毆鬥8分鐘 |publisher=hk.news.appledaily.com |date=2004-03-08 |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200652/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20040308/3901528 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://sports.sohu.com/2004/03/17/73/news219467324.shtml |title=禁赛港脚花钱"赎身" 港币砸开3.31中港战之门 |publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2004-03-17 |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131080959/http://sports.sohu.com/2004/03/17/73/news219467324.shtml |url-status=live }} After the season ended the club deciding to switch to the Chinese league system in the 2005 league season where they started within the third tier. In the campaign they topped the group stages and reached the semi-final within the play-off's where they lost 3–2 to Nancheng Bayi Hengyuan in extra time, missing out on promotion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china05.html |title=China 2005 |date=2006-10-26 |access-date=2015-11-13 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929192517/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china05.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }} After that disappointment the club pulled out of the league and disbanded their first team, however they still maintained their youth system after the season ended.

The club rejoined the China League Two division in 2011 and made significant changes to the club, such as changing their home ground to Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Stadium, altering their uniforms from red to yellow tops with blue shorts, building a new squad from their existing youth team, changes that saw the club reach the semi-finals of the division play-offs.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.sohu.com/20111010/n321713317.shtml |title=中乙-10人东莞1–0抚顺总分3–3客场进球多进4强 |publisher=sports.sohu.com |date=2011-10-10 |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081055/http://sports.sohu.com/20111010/n321713317.shtml |url-status=live }} The club moved to the city of Meizhou and changed their name as Meixian Hakka F.C. on 12 December 2012 making them the first professional football club in Meizhou, which the city like to proclaim as the "Homeland of football" in China due to it being where the Europeans introduced Association football to the country as well as paying homage to the former Chinese footballer and coach Lee Wai Tong who grew up there.[http://sports.sohu.com/20121214/n360445775.shtml 足球之乡诞生首家职业俱乐部 2013年冲甲是目标] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128100356/http://sports.sohu.com/20121214/n360445775.shtml |date=2013-01-28 }} sports.sohu.com 2012-12-24 Retrieved 2016-04-08 This was followed by a move into Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium and a new Head coach in Hirokazu Sakuma. In March 2015 engineering, and construction company Shenzhen Techand Ecological Environment Co., Ltd. took over the club.{{Cite web |url=http://www.meizhou.cn/2016/1230/489599.shtml |title=梅县客家足球俱乐部更名为梅县铁汉足球俱乐部 |publisher=meizhou.cn |date=2016-12-30 |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160836/http://www.meizhou.cn/2016/1230/489599.shtml |archive-date=2016-12-30 |url-status=dead }} Once again the club changed its name to Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. in January 2016.[http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-01-13/490920.html 关于梅县客家足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140430/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-01-13/490920.html |date=2018-01-16 }} fa.org.cn 2016-01-13 Retrieved 2016-04-08 On 30 December 2016, they changed their name to Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. so as not to be confused with local rivals Meizhou Hakka F.C.[http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-12-30/515932.html 关于梅州市梅县区客家足球俱乐部有限责任公司更名的公告] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230255/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-12-30/515932.html |date=2016-12-30 }} fa.org.cn 2016-12-30 Retrieved 2016-12-30 A new badge, a change in home colours to red over the previous yellow tops and blue shorts would complete their transformation of the club.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mxtechand.com/a/zixun/saishibaodao/174.html |title=梅县铁汉获2017中乙联赛亚军，与黑龙江携手进军中甲 |publisher=mxtechand.com |date=2017-11-12 |access-date=2018-04-22 |archive-date=2018-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202853/http://www.mxtechand.com/a/zixun/saishibaodao/174.html |url-status=live }} In the 2017 league season under the management of Li Haiqiang the club came runners-up to Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. in the division and gained promotion to the second tier for the first time, which saw the players given a bonus of £2.86 million.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/chinese-side-meixian-techand-celebrate-promotion-with/ua3o4h2xq4xy1d43mro9xstsc |title=CHINESE SIDE MEIXIAN TECHAND CELEBRATE PROMOTION WITH MOUNTAINS OF CASH |publisher=goal.com |date=2017-10-30 |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081201/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/chinese-side-meixian-techand-celebrate-promotion-with/ua3o4h2xq4xy1d43mro9xstsc |url-status=live }}

The club deleted the owner's information from their name and changed to Guangdong South China Tiger F.C. in answer to Chinese FA's new regulation in January 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecfa.cn/lstz/20190114/26091.html|script-title=zh:关于梅州市梅县区铁汉足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告|work=Chinese FA|language=zh|date=2019-01-14|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=2020-03-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200312175056/http://www.thecfa.cn/lstz/20190114/26091.html|url-status=live}} The club announced its dissolution in February 2020.{{cite web |author1=Sun Donghao |title=曝中甲球队广东华南虎俱乐部宣布正式解散 |url=http://sports.iqilu.com/luneng/2020/0203/4433902.shtml |website=iqilu.com |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203142323/http://sports.iqilu.com/luneng/2020/0203/4433902.shtml |url-status=live }}

Name history

2003–2012 Dongguan Nancheng F.C. 东莞南城
2013–2015 Meixian Hakka F.C. 梅县客家
2016 Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. 梅州梅县客家
2017–2018 Meizhou Meixian Techand F.C. 梅州梅县铁汉
2019–2020 Guangdong South China Tiger F.C. 广东华南虎

Managerial history

{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hu (2011)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Paulic (2012)
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirokazu Sakuma (2013)
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoo Tsukoshi (2014)
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Hongwei (2015–2016)
{{flagicon|HKG}} Li Haiqiang (2017)
{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Ignacio Martínez (2018)
{{flagicon|CHN}} Fu Bo (2018–2020)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/7/12407/D3A8754EAD5DB689.shtml|script-title=zh:梅县客家|publisher=sodasoccer.com|access-date=2016-07-22|language=zh|archive-date=2016-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822053420/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/club/7/12407/D3A8754EAD5DB689.shtml|url-status=dead}}

Year !Div !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Match(es) lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !Pts !width=2%\|Pos. !width=4%\|FA Cup !width=2%\|Super Cup !\|AFC !Att./G !Stadium
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2003/04{{ref\| 1\| 1}}	style="background:#d0f0c0;"\|1	18	5	5	8	25	31	−8	20	6	R1	DNQ	DNQ		style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" \|Dongguan Stadium
2005	3	19	11	4	4	30	14	16	29	style="background:orange;"\|3[http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2013-04-30/398235_12.html 2005年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段名次] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005631/http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2013-04-30/398235_12.html \|date=2015-09-24 }} fa.org.cn 2013-04-30 Retrieved 2016-04-08	DNE	DNQ	DNQ
2011	3	25	11	7	7	32	21	11	36{{ref\| 2\| 2}}	4[http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2013-04-30/398235_18.html 2011年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段名次] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005655/http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2013-04-30/398235_18.html \|date=2015-09-24 }} fa.org.cn 2013-04-30 Retrieved 2016-04-08	DNE	DNQ	DNQ		Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Stadium
2012	3	24	12	4	8	41	30	11	40	6{{ref\| 2\| 2}}	DNE	DNQ	DNQ	1,488	Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park, Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
2013	3	14	4	3	7	11	20	−9	15{{ref\| 2\| 2}}	7[http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2015-08-07/481080.html 2013年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段名次] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005733/http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2015-08-07/481080.html \|date=2015-09-24 }} fa.org.cn 2015-08-07 Retrieved 2016-04-08	R1	DNQ	DNQ		style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"\| Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
2014	3	16	7	4	5	25	20	5	25	5{{ref\| 2\| 2}}	R2	DNQ	DNQ
2015	3	16	7	6	3	15	9	6	24{{ref\| 2\| 2}}	5[http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2016-05-09/501714.html 2015年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段名次] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605124153/http://www.fa.org.cn/news/clb/2016-05-09/501714.html \|date=2016-06-05 }} fa.org.cn 2016-05-09 Retrieved 2016-05-16	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2016	3	20	8	11	1	26	17	9	35	7	R2	DNQ	DNQ	5,219
2017	3	27	15	4	8	39	27	12	49	bgcolor=#C0C0C0\|RU	R3	DNQ	DNQ	3,863
2018	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	8	10	12	41	44	−3	34	14	R3	DNQ	DNQ	6,550
2019	bgcolor=#FFFFE0\|2	30	10	6	14	41	50	-9	36	11	R3	DNQ	DNQ

Dongguan Nancheng didn't compete in 2006–2010.

{{note|1|1}} At Hong Kong First Division League
{{note|2|2}} In group stage.

Key

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bgcolor="#D0F0C0" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China top division
bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China second division
bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| China third division
bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" \| W \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Winners
bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" \| RU \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Runners-up
bgcolor="#FFA500" width="20" \| 3 \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Third place
bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="20" \| \| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" \| Relegated

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bgcolor="#D0F0C0" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China top division

bgcolor="#FFFFE0" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China second division

bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | China third division

bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" | W

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Winners

bgcolor="#C0C0C0" width="20" | RU

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Runners-up

bgcolor="#FFA500" width="20" | 3