Qingdao Hailifeng F.C.


Qingdao Hailifeng F.C., previously named Qingdao JVC Zhengyi, Qingdao Benda, Hefei Chuangyi, Qingdao Aokema and Qingdao Haixin is a former professional association football club in the Chinese Football Association Jia League. The club was engaged in "bribery and private business dealing" in matches held in 2007 and 2009 and was banned from all future national matches organised by the Chinese Football Association.

History

Qingdao Hailifeng Football Club was founded on 18 March 1998 and has recently been a regular in the second division. However, the club has never won promotion to the Jia B League, gaining it place in the division only by buying Guangdong Hongyuan in December 2001. After 4 years of failure to win promotion, the Guangdong Hongyuan Group had lost patience and agreed to sell their Jia B League team to Qingdao Hailifeng.
On February 21, 2010 the club was found guilty for accepting a bribe from Chengdu Blades and had their registration cancelled as well as being fined 200,000 RMB for their crime. It was discovered that the club deliberately lost a key game 2–0 during the 2007 league season for up to 500,000 RMB to allow Chengdu Blades to win promotion.

Name history

The Qingdao club has changed its name, its home stadium, and even its home city due to financial reasons.
Their previous names include:
Qingdao JVC Zhengyi was founded 7 January 1995.
All-time league Ranking
Season199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Division333333322222222
Position453435541311677710