Yunnan Flying Tigers Football Club () is a defunct professional Chinese football club based in Lijiang, Yunnan. Their home stadium was the Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium which has a seating capacity of 22,400. The club's major investors were the Kunming Minjian Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Limited Company along with Lijiang Materials Co. Ltd. and Lijiang Lijiang Taihe Group.

History After the disbandment of Yunnan Lijiang Dongba F.C. in 2006 it was decided by the Yunnan Sports Bureau, Yunnan Football Association, Lijiang Municipal People's Government, Lijiang Sports Bureau and Lijiang Football Association to help form another professional football team to help represent the province. This was realised in September 2012 when Lijiang Jiayunhao F.C. was officially registered within the Chinese football association to participate the 2013 China League Two division and by December 5, 2012, Niu Hongli was appointed as their first Head coach. The Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium was chosen as their home location and the team played in an all green home kit. On May 6, 2013, Kunming Minjian Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Limited Company along with Lijiang Materials Co. Ltd. and Lijiang Lijiang Taihe Group. would all become major investors within the team.

In their debut season the club would reach the divisions play-off where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Hebei Zhongji 3–2 on aggregate. By the 2015 league season the club would change their crest and colours to blue. After several seasons where they continued to reach the division play-off the club finally gained promotion when the club's Head coach Zhang Biao led them to win the division after defeating Baoding Yingli ETS 2–0 in the play-off final. In January 2017, Lijiang Jiayunhao F.C. changed their name to Yunnan Lijiang F.C..关于丽江嘉云昊足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告 fa.org.cn 2017-01-23 Retrieved 2017-01-23 Their nickname Flying Tigers is a homage to the famous 1st American Volunteer Group in World War II, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, based in Yunnan Province in China.“丽江飞虎”从天而降，那些你不能不知道的秘密！ toutiao.com 2016-02-26 Retrieved 2017-03-05

In January 2018, Yunnan Lijiang F.C. changed their name to Yunnan Flying Tigers F.C.关于云南丽江足球俱乐部有限公司更名的公告 fa.org.cn 2017-01-23 Retrieved 2017-01-23 following their relegation back to China League Two after finishing last in the 2017 China League One. During the season, the club's chairman, He Rongyao, was arrested, and the club was revealed for arrearage of salary at the end of 2018 season.云南飞虎投资人违纪被调查 曝欠薪达700万 无人接盘将被解散 qq.com 2018-12-24 Retrieved 2019-02-27 On 26 February 2019, Yunnan Flying Tigers officially withdrew from China League Two, and was dissolved.足协官宣撤销延边富德云南丽江深圳新桥准入资格 sina.com 2019-02-26 Retrieved 2019-02-27

Name history 2012–2016 Lijiang Jiayunhao F.C. 丽江嘉云昊 2017 Yunnan Lijiang F.C. 云南丽江 2018 Yunnan Flying Tigers F.C. 云南飞虎

Managerial history

Niu Hongli (2013) Li Hu (2014) Wang Zheng (2015–2016) Zhang Biao (2016) Lim Jong-heon (2017) Zhang Biao (caretaker) (2017) Kurt Garger (2017–2018) Huang Yan (2018)

Honours China League Two: 2016

Results All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.

YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2013 3 12 7 1 4 17 9 8 22 62013年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 fa.org.cn 2015-08-07 Retrieved 2016-04-08 DNE DNQ DNQ Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 2014 3 16 7 5 4 20 14 6 26 82014年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 fa.org.cn 2015-08-07 Retrieved 2016-04-08 R4 DNQ DNQ 2015 3 14 7 3 4 19 15 4 24 72015年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 fa.org.cn 2016-05-09 Retrieved 2016-05-16 R2 DNQ DNQ 6,287 2016 3 23 13 5 5 32 21 11 44 W R4 DNQ DNQ 7,356 2017 2 30 4 9 17 31 62 −31 21 16 R3 DNQ DNQ 4,929 2018 3 28 8 9 11 30 27 3 33 20 R2 DNQ DNQ 1,308

In group stage.

Key   China top division   China second division   China third division W  Winners 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

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