Ningbo Huaao Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 宁波华奥足球俱乐部) is a Chinese

China

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 football club based in Ningbo

Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

, Zhejiang

Zhejiang

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 who play in the Ningbo Fubang Stadium

Ningbo Fubang Stadium

Ningbo Fubang Stadium is a football stadium in Ningbo, China. This stadium holds 14,000 people....

 in the Chinese Football Association Yi League

Chinese Football Association Yi League

China League Two is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association. Above the League Two is the premier league - the Chinese Super League and the League One.League Two has two groups, northern and southern...

. Starting in 2006 the club entered the at bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where in their debt season they would qualify for the play-offs, yet were knocked out in the quarter-finals. In their attempt to win promotion they would merge with fellow third team football club Suzhou Trips

Suzhou Trips

Suzhou Trips is a former Chinese football club based in Suzhou, Jiangsu who played in the Suzhou City Stadium. Founded on January, 2004 the club entered the at bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where they stayed throughout their entire existence...

 in 2010.

History

All-Time League rankings

Season	2006	2007	2008	2009
Division	3	3	3	3
Position	4	5	7	6

in group stage

Current squad

As of 8 May 2009

External links

• http://www.fa.org.cn/zy/other/2009-05-08/246768.html Team profile at Official FA website