Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.
Squad
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Career & Clubs
Hubei Football Team
The club was formed in 1954 by the local Hubei province sports body to take part in China's national football league tournament. They entered the league in the 1955 season and finished 10th. After several years struggling within the division, the club found themselves in the second tier by the 1958 season. After achieving a fourth-place finish they were promoted to the top division. By 1960 the club had renamed themselves the Hubei Football Team and for a short period they adapted better within the league. By the end of the 1963 season the club were relegated to the second division until the Chinese Cultural Revolution saw football in China halted. When football returned in 1973 the club were allowed to enter straight back into the top tier. From then on the club predominantly remained a top division team. They narrowly missed out on winning their first league title to Bayi Football Team on goal difference in the 1986 league season. They could not improve upon that result and were relegated at the end of the 1988 league season. In response to this failure the local Hubei government pushed for better representation within the league pyramid, and several new teams were formed in the Hubei region.
Professionalism
While the club was in the second tier, the Chinese Football Association were starting to demand full professionalism throughout the league. Hubei football team decide to merge with the Wuhan Football Team to form a fully…
1954–1993 Hubei (湖北) 1994–1995 Hubei WISCO (湖北武钢) 1996 Hubei Mailyard (湖北美尔雅) 1997–1998 Wuhan Yaqi (武汉雅琪) 1999–2000 Wuhan Hongtao K (武汉红桃K) 2001 Wuhan Hongjinlong (武汉红金龙) 2002 Wuhan Donghu Hi-Tech (武汉东湖高科) 2003 Wuhan Guoce Bluestar (武汉国测蓝星) 2004–2005 Wuhan Huanghelou (武汉黄鹤楼) 2006–2008 Wuhan Optics Valley (武汉光谷).
Managers who have coached the team since the club became a professional unit back in 1994.
- League
- Chinese Super League
Legacy
All-time honours list including semi-professional period.
League
Chinese Jia-B League / China League One (Second Tier League) 1980, 1997, 2004
Cups
Chinese Super League Cup 2005
Reserve Team
Reserve League Champions 2008
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Wuhan Optics Valley Football Club is a defunct football club that was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. Their fans were mainly from Hubei province and the club had supporters from the city of Wuhan, and the surrounding cities of Ezhou, Huangshi, and Xiaogan. It was founded in 1954 as the Hubei Football Team, while the professional football team was founded in February 1994. In 2008, the club quit the Chinese Super League because of what it believed to be unfair punishment after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over the club's on-field behaviour against Beijing Guoan in a league game. Some of its players formed a new team called Hubei Luyin and made a return to Chinese Super League in 2013.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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