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19 Jul 2016
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10 Jul 2016
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15 Feb 2016
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Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 01/2018


Full name
Beijing Sinobo Guoan Football Club
北京中赫国安足球俱乐部

Nicknames
The Imperial Guards
御林军

Founded
1951: (Semi-professional)
1992;:(Professional)

Ground
Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China

Capacity
66,161

Owner
Sinobo Group (64%)
CITIC Limited (36%)

Chairman
Zhou Jinhui

Head coach
Roger Schmidt

League
Chinese Super League

2017
Super League, 9th


Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. (Chinese: 北京中赫国安; pinyin: Běijīng Zhōnghè Guó'ān) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). 

The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their home stadium is the Workers' Stadium with a seating capacity of 66,161. 

Their shareholders are the real estate company Sinobo Group (64%) and CITIC Limited (36%) of CITIC Group, a state-owned enterprise of China. 

Beijing Guoan F.C. was founded as a professional team by CITIC Guoan Group, which was a subsidiary of CITIC Group until 2014.

The club's predecessor was called Beijing Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. 

On December 29, 1992 the club was recognized to become a completely professional football club making them one of the founding members of the first fully professional top tier league in China. 

Since then they have gone on to win their first ever professional league title in the 2009 league season as well as the 1996, 1997 and 2003 Chinese FA Cup.

According to Forbes, Guoan was the second most valuable football team in China, with a team value of US$167 million, and an estimated revenue of US$30 million in 2015.

According to the disclosure of CITIC Pacific, the club revenue was CN¥244 million in 2013 season.

In 2015 season, the sponsorship from CITIC Securities was CN¥25 million.

 


Players

  • Cédric Bakambu