Xiamen Blue Lions F.C.
Xiamen Blue Lions (simplified Chinese: 厦门蓝狮; traditional Chinese: 廈門藍獅; pinyin: Xiàmén Lánshī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: E-mng Na-sai) is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in Xiamen, Fujian. They were founded in the 1996 league season and their nickname was the "Blue Lions" while they played in the Xiamen Stadium. Throughout their history they would twice win promotion to the top tier of Chinese football and also play in the Chinese Super League. When they were relegated at the end of 2007 league season they disbanded.
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