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Gender:Male

Est:1951

Players:33

Tianjin Teda

Also known as: Tianjin Teda

📍 Tianjin, China, China•Chinese Super League

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Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (Chinese: 天津津门虎足球俱乐部; pinyin: Tiānjīn Jīnmén Hǔ Zúqiú Jùlèbù), previously Tianjin TEDA (Chinese: 天津泰达; pinyin: Tiānjīn Tàidá), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The founding owners of the team were TEDA Holding (the sponsorship name was derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area), a state-owned conglomerate of China. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004. The club's predecessor was called Tianjin Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football club. Since then, they have won the 2011 Chinese FA Cup and were runners-up in the 2010 Chinese Super League season. Notable players of the team include Yu Genwei and Li Weifeng. According to Forbes, Tianjin is the 8th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $84 million, and an estimated revenue of $15 million in 2015. The club's predecessor was called Tianjin Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football Club. Since then, they have won the 2011 Chinese FA Cup and came runners-up within the 2010 Chinese Super League season. The club has also set up a sister-city relationship with Australian A-League Club, Melbourne Victory. In 2007, the two clubs played in the Lord Mayor's Cup, which has become an annual off-season match between the two clubs. According to Forbes, Tianjin are the 8th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $84 million, and an estimated revenue of $15 million in 2015.

City:Tianjin, China

Country:China

Stadium:TEDA Football Stadium

Capacity:54,696

Home Venue

TEDA Football Stadium

Capacity:54,696

Location:Tianjin, China

The Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (simplified Chinese: 天津奥林匹克中心体育场; traditional Chinese: 天津奧林匹克中心體育場; pinyin: Tiānjīn Àolínpǐkè Zhōngxīn Tǐyùchǎng), often colloquially referred to as the Water Drop (Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: Shuǐdī), is a stadium in Tianjin, China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007. The stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 54,696 seats. It as a length of 380 meters, a width of 270 meters, and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow. The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes. American singer and recording artist Mariah Carey performed The Elusive Chanteuse Show in the stadium on 17 October 2014 and thus making her as the only international artist to have visited Tianjin.