Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Football Club (Chinese: 内蒙古草上飞足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ Cǎoshàngfēi Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Inner Mongolia Flying on the Grass F.C.') is a Chinese semi-professional football club based in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, that competes in the CMCL, the fourth tier of Chinese football. Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei plays its home matches at the Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, located within Jiuyuan District.
History
On 5 May 1998 the club was established as a local amateur football team who took part in the regional Baotou leagues.[1] They gradually worked their way up through the regional leagues until they were able to enter 2012 China Amateur Football League where they finished seventh.[2] The local Baotou Municipal Sports Bureau would become interested supporting the team.[3] By the 2014 league season they would financially invest into the team to take part in the 2014 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first official round to Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in a 3–1 home defeat. They continued to support the team and helped Baotou Nanjiao F.C. to officially establish themselves as a professional unit on 25 January 2015 to allow them to take part in the 2015 China League Two season.[4]
Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.[5]
Name history
2015–2018 Baotou Nanjiao F.C. 包头南郊
2019– Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. 内蒙古草上飞
Players
Current squad
As of 1 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
