Shanxi Longjin Football Club () is a defunct Chinese football club that participated in the China League Two. The team was based in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

History Hebei Lion F.C. was founded on November 2, 2015, in the city of Cangzhou, in Hebei Province, and started to participate in China Amateur Football League to aim for promotion to China League Two. After failing to make it out of group stages two consecutive seasons (2016 and 2017), the club moved to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, changed its name to Shanxi Metropolis F.C., and started the year by winning the 2018 Shanxi Super League by beating Shanxi Zhisheng in the finals. In their third attempt for promotion, they participated in 2018 Chinese Champions League and although narrowly missing promotion by being eliminated by Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang at quarter-finals, then losing to Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–2 at home, they were later admitted into 2019 China League Two to fill vacancy left by withdrawn team Dalian Transcendence.

In March 2020, they changed their name to Shanxi Longjin F.C.

The club was dissolved after 2021 season.

Name history 2015–2017 Hebei Lion F.C. 河北信友 2018–2019 Shanxi Metropolis F.C. 山西信都 2020–2021 Shanxi Longjin F.C. 山西龙晋

Results All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2019 season.

YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupAFCAtt./GStadium 2016 4 Group DNQ DNQ DNQ 2017 4 Group DNQ DNQ DNQ 2018 4 7th DNQ DNQ DNQ Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium 2019 3 30 2 4 24 12 82 −70 10 32 R1 DNQ DNQ

Key

  China top division   China second division   China third division   China fourth division W  Winners RU  Runners-up 3  Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did not qualify DNE = Did not enter NH = Not Held WD = Withdrawal  – = Does Not Exist R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

References

External links Soccerway