Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.

Tianjin Football Club

The club's first incarnation came in 1951 when the local government sports body decided to take part in China's first fully nationalized football league tournament and decided to merge the best players from Beijing and Tianjin to create the North China Football Team. The team name was taken from the football team in the 1910 multi-sport event Chinese National Games that also represented the same regions. The team ended up finishing fourth in their debut season and with the football league gradually expanding, the team was allowed to separate themselves from Beijing and the local government sports body were allowed to reformed the club as Tianjin Football Team in 1956. The players were mainly from the United White team that lost to the United Red team in the finals of the 1956 Chinese National Olympic Football Trial. The club took part in the expanding 1957 Chinese national football league tournament where they ended the campaign as runners-up at the end of the season. By 1959, the club would hire from within and promoted former team captain Zeng Xuelin as their manager, who would return this good faith by winning the 1960 league title as well as the Chinese FA Cup. For the next several seasons, Tianjin would now become regular title contenders. However, the Cultural Revolution halted football within the country and when it returned, Zeng Xuelin had already left to join the Beijing Football Team.

The club brought in Sun Xiafeng to manage the…

1956–1992: Tianjin (天津市足球队) 1993–1997: Tianjin F.C. (天津足球俱乐部) 1998–2020: Tianjin TEDA (天津泰达) 2021–: Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (天津津门虎)

All-time honours list, including semi-professional Tianjin Football Club period.

League

Chinese Jia-A League Winners (3): 1960, 1980, 1983 (Shared) Chinese Jia-B League Winners (1): 1998

Cup

Chinese FA Cup Winners (2): 1960, 2011 Runners-up (1): 1956

Reserve team

Coca-Cola Olympic League Champions: 1996 Reserve League Champions: 2007

Youth

U-19 Team

U19 FA Cup Winners: 2005 U-15 Team

U15 Winners Cup Winners: 2006

Minor trophies

Lord Mayor's Cup: Winners (1): 2009