Tianjin Locomotive is a Chinese professional football club who founded by the football team of the Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China is a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China...

 in 1994. Based in Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

, China

China

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 the club currently play at the Tianjin Locomotive Stadium

Tianjin Locomotive Stadium

Tianjin Locomotive Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Tianjin, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. This stadium's capacity is 12,000 people....

 in the Chinese League Two, third tier of the Chinese pyramid. Locomotive have never played at the top tier of the Chinese pyramid with their debut sixth placed finish in 1994 being their highest achievement.

Name history

• 1994-1996 Locomotive (火车头)
• 1997 Locomotive Shanshan (火车头杉杉)
• 1998-2008 Tianjin Locomotive (天津火车头)
• 2009 Locomotive Yaqi (火车头雅琪)
• 2010- Tianjin Locomotive (天津火车头)

Current squad

As of 13 May 2010

Former players

Zhao Bin Qu Shengqing

Qu Shengqing

Qu Shengqing is a Chinese association football coach and former international player. As a player he was predominantly remembered for his time with Liaoning FC where he personally won the Golden Boot in the 1999 league season before joining Shanghai Shenhua and winning the 2003 league title with...

 Zhang Yuning

Zhang Yuning

Zhang Yuning is a former Chinese international footballer. After retiring from football he took up coaching to become the reserve team coach for Wenzhou Tomorrow until he left at the beginning of the 2010 league season.-Biography:He is a tall, strong centre forward who had a prolific record in...

 Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng is a Chinese football defender who currently plays for Tianjin Teda. He has represented the Chinese national football team over 100 times. He also played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship....

 Li Yi Wang Gang

Wang Gang (footballer)

Wang Gang is a Chinese football player who has played for S.C. Covilhã on loan from Shandong Luneng Taishan.-Club career:Wang transferred to S.C...

 Zhang Shichang

Zhang Shichang

Zhang Shichang is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays for Henan Construction in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

External links

• Team profile at Official FA website