Hangzhou Nabel Greentown F.C.

Hangzhou Nabel Greentown F.C. (Simplified Chinese: 杭州绿城足球俱乐部) is a Chinese football club who play at 51,000 seater Hangzhou Huanglong Stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Founded on January 14, 1998 the club's main investor is the Greentown China Holdings Limited company. The team currently play in the Chinese Super League after winning promotion in 2006 and their current manager is Wu Jingui.

History

On January 14, 1998 the Zhejiang green city soccer club limited company was officially established with a capital of 16,000,000 Yuan and Zeng Leming was appointed as their general manager. The Zhejiang green city real estate company, the Hangzhou money pond real estate company, the Zhejiang University and the Zhejiang Province soccer association all participated in the creation as well as the registration of the club. The company would go on to form a youth team before finally creating a senior team on January 22, 1999 to take part in the third tier with Bao Yingfu as their first Head coach. They wouldn't wait long to show their ambition when they would make the play-offs in 2000 before losing to Tianjin Lifei. Still determined to win promotion the club decided to buy the first team of Jilin Aodong as well as their position in Chinese Football Association Jia League on November 23, 2000 for 25,000,000 Yuan, in time...
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