Liaoning Guangyuan FC

Liaoning Guangyuan Football Club (Chinese: 辽宁广原足球俱乐部) was a Chinese professional soccer club which played in Singapore's S.League as a foreign team in the 2007 season. The club was a satellite team of the Chinese Super League club Liaoning FC. Players from Liaoning's youth teams made up the majority of Liaoning Guangyuan's S.League squad. The team played their home games at the Queenstown Stadium. They finished in 10th place out of 12 teams in the S.League in 2007.

Liaoning Guangyuan FC
Full nameLiaoning Guangyuan Football Club
Founded2007
GroundQueenstown Stadium
Queenstown, Singapore
Capacity5,000

In 2008, allegations of match-fixing surfaced involving officials and players of Liaoning Guangyuan. Seven Liaoning Guangyuan players were subsequently jailed, while Team Manager Wang Xin left Singapore and failed to appear in court to face charges against him. He was eventually detained in Shenyang by the China's Police Force in April 2009 following his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in China.[1]

The Football Association of Singapore decided not to invite Liaoning Guangyuan to participate in the S.League again in 2008. They were replaced in the league by Dalian Shide Siwu FC.[2][3]

Match-fixing scandal

In January 2008, the Singapore media reported that Liaoning Guangyuan's Team Manager Wang Xin had been arrested following an investigation by Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau into alleged match-fixing. Eight players from the team also had had their passports impounded pending investigations.[4][5] Shortly after the scandal broke, the Football Association of Singapore announced that it would not be inviting Liaoning Guangyuan to participate in the S.League again in 2008.

Investigations showed that Wang had arranged for a friend in China to place online bets on some of Liaoning Guangyuan's matches through a China-based betting website. He then approached certain players individually and asked them to help ensure the team would lose the match by a particular number of goals in return for bribes.[6]

On 16 January 2008, Wang failed to appear in court for a hearing on the charges.[7][8][9][10] He remains wanted by the Singapore authorities.

Seven Liaoning Guangyuan players were charged and pleaded guilty to accepting amounts ranging between S$1,200 and S$4,000 from Wang to throw games. Li Xuebai, Li Zheng, Dong Lei, Peng Zhiyi, Tong Di and Zhao Zhipeng received jail sentences of five months, while Wang Lin was sentenced to four months. Each of the six players also received fines ranging from S$2,200 to S$6,200.[6]

Seasons

Season Pos P W D L F A Pts Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
2007 10th 338520336329 Preliminary Withdrew

Players for 2007 season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CHN Haikal Dong
2 DF  CHN Li Xuebai
3 DF  CHN Su Mingtao
4 MF  CHN Xu Wenbin
5 FW  CHN Qu Bo
6 MF  CHN Li Zheng
7 MF  CHN Zhu Kai
8 FW  CHN Zhang Haifeng
9 FW  CHN Li Xinyu
10 FW  CHN Tong Di
12 GK  CHN Wang Haoyi
13 MF  CHN Gong Yu
14 MF  CHN Liu Haoming
15 FW  CHN Xu Kun
MF  SIN Abdullah Hamzid

References

  1. 粤媒三点质疑反赌风暴 知情人称反赌可能到此为止, Sina Sports News (in Chinese), 27 November 2009
  2. Dalian fill 12th S-League spot, Today, 30 January 2008
  3. Dalian Shide to field team in S.League, channelnewsasia.com, 30 January 2008
  4. Match-fixing taint again, Today, 8 January 2008
  5. S-League Manager Arrested on Match-Fixing Charge, au.fourfourtwo.com, 10 January 2008
  6. Six match-fixing Liaoning soccer players jailed, The Straits Times, 23 April 2008
  7. Arrest warrant issued for Liaoning Guangyuan's team manager, channelnewsasia.com, 16 January 2008
  8. Manager's no-show, Today, 17 January 2008
  9. S-League GM in match-fixing case fails to show up in court, The Straits Times, 17 January 2008
  10. Missing manager had modest lifestyleThe Straits Times, 18 January 2008
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