Jiangsu F.C.
Jiangsu Football Club (Chinese: 江苏足球俱乐部), previously known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissolution in 2021. The team was based in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and their home stadium was the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre. The club's last owner was Suning Appliance Group, a sister company of Suning.com.
| Full name | Jiangsu Football Club 江苏足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Founded | 1958 (semi-professional) 28 March 1994 (professional) | ||
| Dissolved | 28 February 2021 | ||
| Ground | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China PR | ||
| Capacity | 61,443 | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2020 | Super League, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Traditional Chinese | 江蘇足球俱樂部 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 江苏足球俱乐部 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Jiangsu Football Club | ||||||
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The team was founded in 1958 as Jiangsu Provincial Team. The modern professional football club was established in March 1994, and was one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier league in China participating in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season. It faced relegation in that campaign; however, the team went on to win promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2008 league season and achieved their best ever league position when they finished as champions in the 2020 Chinese Super League. Three months after this top-tier league win, the club was dissolved.