Suzhou Trips is a former Chinese

China

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 football club based in Suzhou

Suzhou

Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...

, Jiangsu

Jiangsu

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

 who played in the Suzhou City Stadium

Suzhou City Stadium

Suzhou City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Suzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 35,000 people....

. Founded on January, 2004 the club entered the at bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where they stayed throughout their entire existence. The club brought in former Asian Footballer of the Year

Asian Footballer of the Year

The Asian Footballer of the Year is an award that annually honors Asian footballer each year, has been conferred by Asian Football Confederation since 1994...

 winner Fan Zhiyi

Fan Zhiyi

Fan Zhiyi is a former professional football player from the People's Republic of China. A folk hero and football icon in his native country he was considered a trailblazer when he moved to English club Crystal Palace to become the first Chinese person to do so. Internationally he would go on to...

 as their technical director to raise their profile and performances of the club, however this ended up being highly disruptive and caused the club to get into debt. In their hopes to win promotion they would merge with another third tier club Zhenjiang Groupway FC

Zhenjiang Groupway FC

Zhenjiang Groupway Football Club is a former football club based in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China who played in the Jurong District Stadium. The club was founded at March 26, 2007 and joined the Chinese Yi League on March 28, 2007 and played in one season in the football football league system where...

 and then this would following with another merging with Ningbo Huaao

Ningbo Huaao

Ningbo Huaao Football Club is a Chinese football club based in Ningbo, Zhejiang who play in the Ningbo Fubang Stadium in the Chinese Football Association Yi League. Starting in 2006 the club entered the at bottom of the Chinese football league pyramid where in their debt season they would qualify...

football club at the beginning of the 2010 league season.

Results

• As of the end of 2009 season

All-Time League rankings

Season	2005	2006	2007	2008
Division	3	3	3	3
Position	8	8	6	5

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