Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C.

The Sunray Cave Group who had previously owned Guangzhou F.C. and the third-tier football club Guangzhou Sunray Cave Easter founded Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club on February 5, 2007, with the Guangdong Sports Bureau to take part in the third tier of Chinese football with a team predominantly built from the Guangdong youth team. In the club's debut season Cao Yang was brought in as their manager while the team played in the 8,000 seater Nanhai District Stadium in Foshan, Guangdong. Playing in an orange top, black shorts and orange socks for their home kits and an all white outfit for the away kits the team finished bottom within their group at the end at the end of the 2007 league season. The following 2008 league campaign saw the team move into the 36,686 seater Century Lotus Stadium in Foshan where they matured into genuine division championship contenders and came runners-up within the league, winning promotion to the second tier. The club's debut season in the second division saw them move into the 12,000 capacity Huangpu Sports Center in Huangpu District, Guangzhou and they ended the campaign in a respectable fifth. The following season saw the owners wanting to move into the 15,000 capacity Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, however it was going through renovation and the team had to use the Dongguan Stadium, Huangpu Sports Center and University of Technology Stadium before they finally moved in. With the team settled in results significantly improved within…

Cao Yang (February 5, 2007 – January 1, 2012) Dragan Kokotović (January 5, 2012 – March 27, 2012) Cao Yang (interim) (March 27, 2012–28 July 2012) José Ricardo Rambo (July 29, 2012 – August 30, 2012) Cao Yang (interim) (30 August 2012 – January 3, 2013) Zhang Jun (January 3, 2013 – January 2, 2014) Julio César Moreno (January 2, 2014 – April 20, 2014) Feng Feng (interim) (April 20, 2014 – May 13, 2014) Mai Chao (May 13, 2014 – November 2014) Alejandro Menéndez (December 28, 2014 – 2015)

League Level 2 National 2nd Runners-up (3): 2011 National 2nd Runners-up (3): 2013 League Level 3 Southern Champions (1): 2008 National Runners-up (2): 2008