Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C.
| Full name | Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club Chinese: 广东日之泉足球俱乐部 |
|---|---|
| Founded | 5 February 2007 |
| Dissolved | 31 January 2015 |
| Ground | Huangpu Stadium, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club (Chinese: 广东日之泉足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong which last played in the China League One division.
The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007 and was once owned by Guangdong Sports Bureau and Sunray Cave Group. In November 2014, a group of local companies from Shaanxi Province collectively acquired the full ownership of the club and subsequently renamed it to 'Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C.' (Chinese: 陕西五洲), following the club's relocation the Shaanxi Province Stadium in Xi'an. However, the club failed to settle the wages of the players for 2014 season and was forbidden to play in the Chinese football league system by Chinese Football Association.
The Sunray Cave Group who had previously owned Guangzhou FC and the short-lived Hong Kong football club Sunray Cave founded Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club on February 5, 2007 with the Guangdong Sports Bureau to take part in the third tier of Chinese football with a team predominantly built from the Guangdong youth team. In the club's debut season Cao Yang was brought in as their manager while the team played in the 8,000 seater Nanhai District Stadium in Foshan, Guangdong. Playing in an orange top, black shorts and orange socks for their home kits and an all white outfit for the away kits the team finished bottom within their group at the end at the end of the 2007 league season. The following 2008 league campaign saw the team move into the 36,686 seater Century Lotus Stadium in Foshan where they matured into genuine division championship contenders and came runners-up within the league, winning promotion to the second tier.
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