Tianjin Huochetou F.C.

Tianjin Huochetou Football Club (simplified Chinese: 天津火车头; traditional Chinese: 天津火車頭; pinyin: Tiānjīn Huǒchētóu) was a professional Chinese former football club that last participated in China League Two. The team was based in Tianjin and their home stadium was the Tianjin Huochetou Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 12,000. Their last major investors were the China Railway Corporation.

Tianjin Huochetou
Tiānjīn Huǒchētóu
天津火车头

Full name	Tianjin Huochetou Football Club 天津火车头足球俱乐部
Founded	1950; 75 years ago (1950) 1994; 31 years ago (1994) (professional)
Dissolved	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Ground	Tianjin Huochetou Stadium, Tianjin
Capacity	12,000
Home colours Away colours

The club was originally established in 1950 by the Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China and were one of the founding members of the 1951 Chinese league championship. In 1994 the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football unit. At the end of the 2016 China League Two season, the club disbanded.

Results

All-time League rankings

• As of the end of 2016 season.^[1][2]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
1951	1	7	2	1	4	15	9	+6	5	6	–	–	–
1953	1	4	1	1	2	10	6	+4	31	4	–	–	–
1954	1	4	1	1	2	8	5	+3	3	4	–	–	–
1955	1	10	6	3	1	22	8	+14	151	3	–	–	–
1956	1	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	71	9	DNE	–	–
1957	1	20	5	5	10	25	31	−6	35	9	NH	–	–
1958	1	21	6	7	8	26	28	−2	40	6	NH	–	–
1961	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	NH	–	–
1962	1	19	5	9	5	16	16	0	7 2	9	NH	–	–
1981	3	9	2	–	7				42	8	NH	–	–
1982	3	8	3	–	5	5	11	−6	62	8	NH	–	–
1984	2									91	DNQ	–	–
1987	3									RU	NH	–	–
1988	2									3	NH	–	–
1989	3									RU	NH	–	–
1990	2	22	8	6	8	24	22	+2	30	4	DNQ	–	–
1991	2	18	7	9	2	21	14	+7	231	3	R1	–	–
1992	2	10	3	4	3	12	13	−1	10	41	SF	–	–
1993	2	5	2	1/1	1	3	2	+1	6	41	NH	–	–
1994	2	20	6	8	6	19	19	0	20	6	NH	–	–
1995	2	22	9	5	8	29	23	+6	32	6	DNQ	DNQ	–
1996	2	22	5	7	10	15	23	−8	22	10	R1	DNQ	–
1997	2	22	3	4	15	18	52	−34	13	12	R1	DNQ	–
1998	3										DNQ	DNQ	–
2004	3	20	6	8	6	29	36	−7	251	5[3]	DNQ	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2005	3	14	5	4	5	18	13	+5	19	51	DNQ	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2006	3	21	8	10	3	29	17	+12	27	4[4]	DNQ	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2007	3	16	7	3	6	22	13	+9	231	9[5]	NH	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2008	3	20	10	2	8	32	19	+13	10	4	NH	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2009	3	14	4	5	5	14	18	−4	161	8[6]	NH	NH	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2010	3	18	6	2	10	15	20	−5	221	6[7]	NH	NH	–		Minyuan Stadium
2012	3	23	4	5	14	10	26	−16	17	111	DNE	DNQ	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2013	3	14	3	6	5	7	11	−4	15	61	DNE	DNQ	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2014	3	14	2	2	10	7	22	−15	8	71	R2	DNQ	–		Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2015	3	16	6	4	6	25	22	+3	22 1	8[8]	R2	DNQ	–	206	Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
2016	3	20	5	5	10	22	26	−4	20	13	R1	DNQ	DNQ	202	Tianjin Huochetou Stadium

• No league games in 1959, 1966–72.
• Did not compete in 1963–65, 1973, 1983–86, 1999–2003 and 2011.
• ^1 In group stage *^2 In final group stage

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Champions RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did not qualify DNE = Did not enter NH = Not Held - = Does Not Exist R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round