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Suzhou TripsSūzhōu Qùpǔshì苏州趣普仕

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Full name Suzhou Trips FC苏州趣普仕派尔劲足球俱乐部
Founded January 2004; 20 years ago (January 2004)
Dissolved 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Ground Suzhou City Stadium,Suzhou, China
Capacity 30,000
Chairman Guan Minghua
Manager Zhu Mingliang
League China Yi League
2007 6th, Southern Group
Home colours Away colours

Suzhou Trips Football Club (simplified Chinese: 苏州趣普仕; traditional Chinese: 蘇州趣普仕; pinyin: Sūzhōu Qùpǔshì) is a former Chinese football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu who played in the Suzhou City Stadium. Founded in January, 2004 the club entered at the bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where they stayed throughout their entire existence. The club brought in former Asian Footballer of the Year winner Fan Zhiyi as their technical director to raise their profile and performances of the club, however this ended up being highly disruptive and caused the club to get into debt.[1] In their hopes to win promotion they would merge with another third-tier club Zhenjiang Groupway FC and then this would following with another merging with Ningbo Huaao football club at the beginning of the 2010 league season.[2]

All-Time League rankings

Season 2005 2006 2007 2008
Division 3 3 3 3
Position 81 81 61 51
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