Zhaoqing Hengtai Football Club () is an amateur Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Champions League. The team is based in Zhaoqing and currently uses Century Lotus Stadium of Foshan as their home stadium.
History Zhaoqing Hengtai was founded in 2012 by retired footballer and college students of Guangdong. They advanced to the Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 2014 and were knocked out in the second round when they lost to China League One club Hunan Billows in the penalty shoot-out. On 1 October 2017, Zhaoqing Hengtai won promotion to China League Two after which they advanced to semi-finals of the 2017 China Amateur Football League by beating Qinghai Zhuangbo in the penalty shoot-out. However, they gave up the opportunity to turn professional and remained at the amateur league.
Results All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2017 season.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2014 4 6 R2 DNQ DNQ 2015 4 WD R1 DNQ DNQ 2016 4 Group R2 DNQ DNQ 2017 4 4 R1 DNQ DNQ Century Lotus Stadium
Key China top division China second division China third division China fourth 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 WD = Withdrawal – = 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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