Changsha Ginde

Changsha Ginde

Guangzhou R&F (simplified Chinese: 广州富力; traditional Chinese: 廣州富力; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Fùlì) is a professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong who play in the Chinese Super League. Most of the players have origin from Northern China, the club was originally founded in 1986, in Shenyang and was once named Shenyang Ginde FC (simplified Chinese: 沈阳金德; traditional Chinese: 瀋陽金德; pinyin: Shěnyáng Jīndé) where they played in the 55,000-seater Shenyang Wuilihe Stadium (五里河体育场), until they moved to Changsha in 2007 to move to the Helong Stadium. After being relegated in 2010, the club would be taken over by MAZAMBA, an American sportswear and sports equipment company and move to Shenzhen in February 2011. By June 2011 the club would change ownership to Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F who moved the club to the Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangzhou. The club's name R&F is short for "Rich" (富) and "Force" (力).