About

Guizhou Renhe Football Club (simplified Chinese: 贵州人和; traditional Chinese: 貴州人和; pinyin: Guìzhōu Rénhé) is a professional football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium is the Guiyang Olympic Centre that has a seating capacity of 51,636. Their current majority shareholder is Chinese property developers of shopping centers Renhe Commercial Holdings Company Limited. The club was founded in Pudong, Shanghai in February 1995 and were originally known as Shanghai Pudong before they made their debut in the third tier of China's football league pyramid in the 1995 league season. They would work there way up to the top tier while changing name to accommodate their sponsors. In the 2006 league season the club would relocate the team to Shaanxi and rename themselves Xi'an Chanba International, however by the 2012 league season, the club relocated once again this time to Guizhou, and changed their name to Guizhou Renhe. Throughout the clubs history their greatest achievement has been winning the 2013 Chinese FA Cup while the highest position they have ever finished was second within the 2003 league season.