Back نادي تيانجين جينمين تايجر Arabic نادى تيانجين تيدا ARZ تیانجین تدا فوتبال کولوبو AZB Tianjin Jinmen Tiger FC Catalan Tchien-ťin Teda Czech Tianjin Jinmen Tiger German Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Spanish باشگاه فوتبال تیانجین تایگرز Persian Tianjin Tigers Football Club French טיינג'ין ג'ינמן טייגר HE
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| Full name | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club 天津津门虎足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | 津门虎 (Jinmen Tigers) | ||
| Founded | 1951 (as North China) 1956 (as Tianjin F.C.) 16 February 1998 (as Tianjin TEDA) | ||
| Ground | TEDA Soccer Stadium, Tianjin | ||
| Capacity | 36,390 | ||
| Owner | Tianjin Sports Bureau | ||
| Manager | Yu Genwei | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2023 | Chinese Super League, 8th of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (Chinese: 天津津门虎足球俱乐部; pinyin: Tiānjīn Jīnmén Hǔ Zúqiú Jùlèbù), previously Tianjin TEDA (Chinese: 天津泰达; pinyin: Tiānjīn Tàidá), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The founding owners of the team were TEDA Holding (the sponsorship name was derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area), a state-owned conglomerate of China.[1] Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004.
The club's predecessor was called Tianjin Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football club. Since then, they have won the 2011 Chinese FA Cup and were runners-up in the 2010 Chinese Super League season. Notable players of the team include Yu Genwei and Li Weifeng.
According to Forbes, Tianjin is the 8th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $84 million, and an estimated revenue of $15 million in 2015.[2]
- ^ "Company Overview of Tianjin TEDA Group Company Ltd". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ^ "Chinese Soccer's Most Valuable Teams". Forbes. Retrieved 14 August 2016.