Guangzhou Matsunichi F.C.
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| Full name | Matsunichi Electric Group FC Co, Ltd. 松日电器集团足球俱乐部有限公司 |
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| Founded | 1990 as Guangzhou B 28 February 1995 as Guangzhou Matsunichi |
| Dissolved | 26 November 2000 |
| Ground | Xihe Sports Centre |
| Capacity | 21,570 |
Guangzhou Matsunichi Football Club (simplified Chinese: 广州松日; traditional Chinese: 廣州松日; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Sōngrì) was a professional football club based in Shaoguan, Guangdong, PR China who last played in the 21,570 capacity Xihe Sports Centre. The club was originally established as the youth team for Guangzhou F.C. whom were allowed to participate within the Chinese football league pyramid until the team was sold-off to Pan Sutong and his company Matsunichi Digital Holdings Limited to form Guangzhou Matsunichi F.C. on 28 February 1995. The club would soon gain promotion to the top tier of Chinese football where in total they spent three seasons before suffering relegation at the 1999 league season. When the club experienced another relegation campaign in 2000, Pan Sutong decided to pull his funding for the club, which officially became defunct on 26 November 2000.
The club was originally established in 1990 to be the youth team for Guangzhou F.C. who were allowed to participate within the Chinese football league pyramid. They were often referred to as Guangzhou B and in their first appearance within the Chinese leagues they entered the third tier in the 1992 season where they came third, which was enough to gain promotion for the 1994 campaign. After the 1993 league season was restructured the club were allowed to make their second appearance in the 1994 campaign, this time within the second tier where they went on to come third. With these impressive positions and with the dawn of professionalism, which allowed private investors to own football clubs the club decided to take advantage of this and separate from their parent club and sell the team to Pan Sutong and his company Matsunichi Digital Holdings Limited to form Guangzhou Matsunichi F.C. on 28 February 1995.
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