Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C.

Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Football Club, commonly referred to as Hohhot, was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association. The team was based in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and their home stadium was the 51,632 capacity Hohhot City Stadium. Their majority shareholders were the Hohhot Sports Bureau and Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group.

History

On 8 October 2011 Shanxi Jiayi football club was officially established by the Shanghai Zhongyou Real Estate Group who formed a senior team predominantly comprised from players from the Taiyuan University of Technology. With the aid of the Sports Bureau of Shanxi Province a youth team and women's team was also established and the Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium was chosen to be the club's home ground. They registered to play within the third tier of the Chinese football league system in the 2012 league season while the club chose white shirts and black shorts as their home uniform. In their debut season they however decided to move to the artificial turf ground Wanbailin Stadium and later Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium to play their home games. On the field the club made their debut in the Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first round by Shanghai Pudong Zobon F.C. 3–1 while in their first season they finished ninth within their group.
The club owners decided not to compete within the 2013 league season after a disappointing debut campaign. Wang Bo replaced Wu Jianwen as the club's manager and the team went through an extensive rebuilding process in preparation for the 2014 league season as well as changing the club's name to Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi. The rebuilding process would be a big success and the club would come runners-up within the league to Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. that saw them gain promotion to the second tier for the first time. Despite the promotion the club officially admitted the financial difficulties required with the higher level of professionalism and would consider relocating the team to gain the necessary investment.
On 5 January 2015 the Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Government Information Office held a press conference to announce that the Hohhot Sports Bureau would be investing and relocating the team to their city, which resulted in the name change of Nei Mongol Zhongyou.

Name history

2011–2013: Shanxi Jiayi
2014: Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
2015–2018: Nei Mongol Zhongyou
2019–2021: Inner Mongolia Zhongyou

Managerial history

Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.

Year	Div								Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2012	3	24	8	4	12	31	36	−5	28	9	R1	DNQ	DNQ	715	Wanbailin Stadium/Taiyuan IEE Stadium
2014	3	19	11	6	2	30	10	20	33	RU	DNE	DNQ	DNQ	2,500	Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium
2015	2	30	12	7	11	38	32	6	43	6	R3	DNQ	DNQ	18,238	Hohhot City Stadium
2016	2	30	12	5	13	37	35	2	41	7	R3	DNQ	DNQ	9,468	Hohhot City Stadium
2017	2	30	9	8	13	40	47	−7	35	10	R4	DNQ	DNQ	7,656	Hohhot City Stadium
2018	2	30	10	4	16	36	54	−18	34	13	R3	DNQ	DNQ	5,553	Hohhot City Stadium
2019	2	30	15	6	9	35	30	5	51	7	R2	DNQ	DNQ	8,751	Hohhot City Stadium
2020	2	15	2	5	8	13	19	-6	13	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		-

Shanxi Jiayi did not compete in 2013.

in North Group. In group stage.

Key

Pld = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position
DNQ = Did not qualify
DNE = Did not enter
NH = Not Held
– = Does Not Exist
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
F = Final
SF = Semi-finals
QF = Quarter-finals
R16 = Round of 16
Group = Group stage
GS2 = Second group stage
QR1 = First qualifying round
QR2 = Second qualifying round
QR3 = Third qualifying round