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Beijing Guoan Talent Singapore Football Club (北京国安精英队) is a Chinese

People's Republic of China

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professional soccer

Football (soccer)

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club which was formed to play as a foreign team in Singapore

Singapore

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's S.League

S.League

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in 2010.

The club is a satellite team of the Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

club Beijing Guoan F.C.. Players from Beijing Guoan's youth teams make up its S.League squad.

Beijing Guoan (Singapore) became the ninth foreign team to compete in the S-League after Sinchi FC (2003), Albirex Niigata (2004), Sporting Afrique (2006), Liaoning Guangyuan and Super Reds (both 2007), Dalian Shide (2008), DPMM (2009) and Etoile FC (2010).

In 2011, the Football Association of Singapore has decided to replace them with Tanjong Pagar United.

Controversy

On 7 September 2010, the club was involved in a brawl during a match with Young Lions

Young Lions

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at the Jalan Besar Stadium

Jalan Besar Stadium

Jalan Besar Stadium is a football stadium located along Jalan Besar, in the Kallang area of Singapore and is the current home stadium of Young Lions, a S.League football team. The stadium can also be used for any Singapore national football team matches as the National Stadium, Singapore is being...

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The FAS Discipline committee issued a penalty to both clubs. Both clubs have been docked five points and fined S$5,000 each. The FAS Disciplinary Committee has also concluded that the match will not be replayed and the result will stand.

Six players from the Young Lions and ten players from Beijing Guoan were charged for gross misconduct which brought the game into disrepute. Most were fined or given suspensions.

Squad

As of 27 June 2010

Technical Staff

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