Xiamen 1026 F.C.


Xiamen 1026 Football Club is a Chinese professional football club based in Xiamen, Fujian, that competes in. Xiamen 1026 plays its home matches at the Xiamen Sports Center Stadium, located within Siming District.

History

The club was founded as Xiamen Lianchuang Century Football Club on 18 August 2011. It was founded by three local entrepreneurs from Xiamen, two of which were in the international trade industry, who pushed to foster a professional football club in the city as there were none. In their start to life, the team was made up of local school football coaches and physical education teachers. In 2019, the club changed its name to Xiamen 1026 Football Club, as one of the founders' birthday fell on 26 October.
Xiamen 1026 qualified for the Chinese Champions League for the first time in 2023, as the winners of the 2022 Xiamen FA Super League. In the club's first ever match in a national competition, Xiamen 1026 were defeated 4–0 to Guangzhou E-Power on 22 May. The club were eventually eliminated at the regional tournament, after losing to Chao Pak Kei and Guangdong Red Treasure. In 2024, Xiamen 1026 set a goal to fight for promotion. After finishing in first place in the Zhangzhou region of the regional tournament, they qualified for the final round for the first time. They qualified for a promotional play-offs spot, but were eliminated by Qianxinan Xufengtang via a penalty shoot-out.
In the 2025 Chinese Champions League, Xiamen 1026 progressed to the final round once more through the regional tournament, and were allocated into the south group of the final round. After a 2–0 win over old rivals Qianxinan Xufengtang on 12 October and remaining undefeated in seven matches, they topped their group and secured promotion to China League Two. In the year 2025, the first team trained in Fuzhou, Fujian, instead of their home city of Xiamen, and has had to take a three-hour bus ride and an overnight stay in Xiamen for their home matches. On 26 October, after beating Shanghai Second 5–2 on aggregate in the final, Xiamen 1026 were crowned 2025 Chinese Champions League champions.

Colours

The club wears orange as its main colour, as the founders thought that it symbolised prosperity and pride.

Honours

LeagueChinese Champions League