Zhaoqing Hengtai F.C.

Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club (Chinese: 肇庆市恒泰足球俱乐部) is an amateur Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Champions League. The team is based in Zhaoqing and currently uses Century Lotus Stadium of Foshan as their home stadium.

Zhaoqing Hengtai
肇庆恒泰

Full name	Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club 肇庆市恒泰足球俱乐部
Founded	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Ground	Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan
Owner	Guangzhou Yifeng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd
Chairman	Yang Haowen (杨浩文)
Manager	Peng Jinbo (彭锦波)
League	Chinese Champions League
2017	Amateur League, 4th

History

Zhaoqing Hengtai was founded in 2012 by retired footballer and college students of Guangdong. They advanced to the Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 2014 and were knocked out in the second round when they lost to China League One club Hunan Billows in the penalty shoot-out.^[1] On 1 October 2017, Zhaoqing Hengtai won promotion to China League Two after which they advanced to semi-finals of the 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Qinghai Zhuangbo in the penalty shoot-out.^[2] However, they gave up the opportunity to turn professional and remained at the amateur league.

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2017 season.

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2014	4									6	R2	DNQ	DNQ
2015	4									WD	R1	DNQ	DNQ
2016	4									Group	R2	DNQ	DNQ
2017	4									4	R1	DNQ	DNQ		Century Lotus Stadium

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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 WD = Withdrawal  – = 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

1. "足协杯-湘涛点球4–2淘汰肇庆晋级 下轮主场对阵舜天". sina. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
2. "肇庆恒泰成功冲乙". Guangzhou News. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.