Xinjiang Begonia Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 新疆海棠足球俱乐部) is a Chinese football club based in Xinjiang. They competed in the China League Two.

Xinjiang Begonia
新疆海棠
Full nameXinjiang Begonia Football Club
新疆海棠足球俱乐部
Founded28 May 2010; 14 years ago (28 May 2010)
GroundXinjiang Sports Centre
Capacity50,000
ChairmanYang Quanbin (杨全斌)
ManagerSergey Gorokhovodatskiy (谢尔盖)
LeagueChina League Two
20124th (North Group)

History

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Xinjiang Begonia was found in February 2012 by Xiyu Group and Xinjiang Zhaori Group.[citation needed] The team kicked off its career within China League Two, the third-tier league of the chinese football league system, during the 2012 league season. The team started off the season with a great 5-game undefeated start, winning three and tied two without letting in one goal.[1] However, they failed to finish within the top four of the north group, and ended up fifth, missing both the playoffs and the chance of advancing to China League One.

The team will not compete in the 2013 season. However, with the decent start to the league the team was able to pull off, the team hopes to achieve China League One in the near future, and hopefully China Super League to potentially promote football in Xinjiang.[2]

All-time league rankings

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Season 2012
Division 3
Position 5
  • ^1 in North Group

Staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy
Assistant coach   Parhat Armat
Athletic doctor   Li Jie (李捷)
Trainers   Qu Wenhu (曲文湖)

Source: SoSo Baike

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