{
  "id": "cn-football-clubs",
  "name": "China — Football Clubs",
  "title": "China — Football Clubs",
  "description": "Football (soccer) clubs that have appeared in China's domestic leagues, aggregated from historical match results. Each record includes the club name, total matches in the dataset, number of seasons played, list of leagues played, and the first and last season year observed.",
  "category": "sports",
  "source": "https://github.com/jokecamp/FootballData",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/jokecamp/FootballData",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 29,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "matches_played",
      "label": "Matches Played",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "seasons_count",
      "label": "Seasons Count",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "leagues",
      "label": "Leagues",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "first_season_year",
      "label": "First Season Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "last_season_year",
      "label": "Last Season Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "seasons",
      "label": "Seasons",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "name": "BeijingGuoan",
      "matches_played": 452,
      "seasons_count": 16,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShandongLuneng",
      "matches_played": 452,
      "seasons_count": 16,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShanghaiShenhua",
      "matches_played": 452,
      "seasons_count": 16,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "TianjinTeda",
      "matches_played": 452,
      "seasons_count": 16,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "GuangzhouR&F",
      "matches_played": 422,
      "seasons_count": 15,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "Liaoning",
      "matches_played": 422,
      "seasons_count": 15,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "GuizhouRenhe",
      "matches_played": 400,
      "seasons_count": 14,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2002,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2010, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "QingdaoJonoon",
      "matches_played": 392,
      "seasons_count": 14,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2013,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-leag…"
    },
    {
      "name": "DalianShide",
      "matches_played": 362,
      "seasons_count": 13,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2012,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-leag…"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shenzhen",
      "matches_played": 332,
      "seasons_count": 12,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2011,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-leag…"
    },
    {
      "name": "ChangchunYatai",
      "matches_played": 322,
      "seasons_count": 11,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2010, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-20…"
    },
    {
      "name": "ChongqingLifan",
      "matches_played": 274,
      "seasons_count": 10,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2010,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2009, super-league-2010"
    },
    {
      "name": "HangzhouGreentown",
      "matches_played": 268,
      "seasons_count": 9,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2007,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2010, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "HenanJianye",
      "matches_played": 238,
      "seasons_count": 8,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2007,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2010, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "GuangzhouEvergrande",
      "matches_played": 210,
      "seasons_count": 7,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2008,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "JiangsuSainty",
      "matches_played": 210,
      "seasons_count": 7,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2009,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2009, super-league-2010, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShanghaiShenxin",
      "matches_played": 180,
      "seasons_count": 6,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2010,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2010, super-league-2011, super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "SichuanGuancheng",
      "matches_played": 156,
      "seasons_count": 6,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2005,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003, super-league-2004, super-league-2005"
    },
    {
      "name": "WuhanZall",
      "matches_played": 142,
      "seasons_count": 5,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2005,
      "last_season_year": 2013,
      "seasons": "super-league-2005, super-league-2006, super-league-2007, super-league-2008, super-league-2013"
    },
    {
      "name": "YunnanHongta",
      "matches_played": 108,
      "seasons_count": 4,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2003,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003"
    },
    {
      "name": "ChengduTiancheng",
      "matches_played": 90,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2008,
      "last_season_year": 2011,
      "seasons": "super-league-2008, super-league-2009, super-league-2011"
    },
    {
      "name": "DalianYifangF.C.",
      "matches_played": 90,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2012,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league-2012, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShanghaiSIPG",
      "matches_played": 90,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2013,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league, super-league-2013, super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "BayiArmy",
      "matches_played": 82,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2001,
      "last_season_year": 2003,
      "seasons": "super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShaanxiGuoli",
      "matches_played": 82,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2001,
      "last_season_year": 2003,
      "seasons": "super-league-2001, super-league-2002, super-league-2003"
    },
    {
      "name": "XiamenLanshi",
      "matches_played": 82,
      "seasons_count": 3,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2000,
      "last_season_year": 2007,
      "seasons": "super-league-2000, super-league-2006, super-league-2007"
    },
    {
      "name": "ShanghaiUnited",
      "matches_played": 54,
      "seasons_count": 2,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2005,
      "last_season_year": 2006,
      "seasons": "super-league-2005, super-league-2006"
    },
    {
      "name": "HarbinYiteng",
      "matches_played": 30,
      "seasons_count": 1,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": 2014,
      "last_season_year": 2014,
      "seasons": "super-league-2014"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shijiazhuang",
      "matches_played": 30,
      "seasons_count": 1,
      "leagues": "super-league",
      "first_season_year": "",
      "last_season_year": "",
      "seasons": "super-league"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "China — Football Clubs - Free Download",
    "description": "Football (soccer) clubs that have appeared in China's domestic leagues, aggregated from historical match results. Each record includes the club name, total matches in the dataset, number of seasons played, list of leagues played, and the first and last season year observed. Contains 29 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "China — Football Clubs | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download China — Football Clubs dataset with 29 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 29 records with 7 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/jokecamp/FootballData"
    ]
  }
}