Liaoning Tieren F.C.
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| Full name | Liaoning Tieren Football Club辽宁铁人足球俱乐部 | |||
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| Founded | 26 June 2015 (2015-06-26) as Shenyang City | |||
| Ground | Tiexi Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 | |||
| Chairman | Wu Jiang | |||
| Manager | Li Jinyu | |||
| League | Chinese Super League | |||
| 2025 | China League One, 1st of 16 (promoted) | |||
| Website | www | |||
Liaoning Tieren Football Club (Chinese: 辽宁铁人足球俱乐部; pinyin: Liáoníng Tiěrén Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Liaoning Iron Men F.C.'), currently known as Liaoning Tieren Rural Commercial Bank (Chinese: 辽宁铁人农商银行) for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Shenyang, Liaoning, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Liaoning Tieren plays its home matches at the Tiexi Stadium, located within Tiexi District.
History
Shenyang City was established by former footballer Zhuang Yi in 2015 with out-of-contract players from Shenyang Zhongze who dissolved just before the 2015 China League One season.[1][2] They enrolled in the 2015 China Football Amateur League and finished in the top 4, gaining promotion to China League Two, and subsequently rebranded to Shenyang Urban starting the following year.
The club enjoyed a lengthy stay in China League Two, making it to the play-off stage twice, in the 2016 and 2018 seasons, but fell short in the first round both times. On 12 May 2018, club owner Zhuang Yi was substituted on in a 7–1 league win over Baotou Nanjiao to become the oldest ever appearance-maker in professional Chinese football at 44 years and 305 days.[3] Zhuang then broke his own appearance record on 3 June 2018 in a 4–0 win against Yanbian Beiguo, and scored a penalty in the match, making him the oldest goal scorer in professional Chinese football at 44 years and 327 days.[4] The club's effort finally came to fruition in the 2019 China League Two, when they were crowned as champions after beating Chengdu Better City in the finals, gaining a historic promotion to China League One.
In April 2020, the club changed their name to Liaoning Shenyang Urban.[5]
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On 8 January 2024, a press conference held by the People's Government of Liaoning revealed that the club would be renamed to Liaoning Liudi (Chinese: 辽宁六地足球俱乐部), and would be promoted to the Chinese Super League within the next two years, in an effort to revitalise football in Liaoning.[6] On 6 February, it was announced that Liaoning Shenyang Urban have changed their name to Liaoning Tieren.[7] On 26 October 2025, after a 1–0 victory over Nantong Zhiyun, Liaoning Tieren were promoted to the 2026 Chinese Super League for the first time in their history, being crowned the 2025 China League One champions in the process.[8]
Players
Current squad
- As of July 2025[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Li Jinyu |
| Assistant coach | Yang Yu |
| Assistant coach | Wang Chen |
| Assistant coach | Jiang Feng |
| Assistant coach | Wang Liang |
| Goalkeeping coach | Liu Peng |
Source: CFA
Managerial history
Li Zheng (2015)- Marek Zub (2016)
- Xiao Zhanbo (2017)
- Wang Bo (2018)
- Niu Hongli (2018)
- Wang Gang (2018)
- Yu Ming (2019–2022)
- Zhao Faqing (2022)
- Duan Xin (2022–2024)
- Sun Wei (2024)
- Li Jinyu (2024–)
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Honours
League
- China League One
- Champions: 2025
- China League Two
- Champions: 2019
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the start from 2026 season.[10]
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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| 2015 | 4 | 4 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 33 | 8 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 3,239 | Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium |
| 2017 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 39 | 12 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 1,910 | ||
| 2018 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 53 | 6 | R16 | DNQ | DNQ | 4,190 | ||
| 2019 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 19 | 43 | 741 | W | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 2,511 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 91 | 5 | DNQ | 28 | Tiexi Stadium | ||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 52 | 4 | |||||||
| 2021 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 30 | 62 | -32 | 25 | 16 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 4,177 | ||
| 2022 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 19 | 34 | 35 | 12 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 35 | 10 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 2,626 | ||
| 2024 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 50 | 4 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 14,752 | ||
| 2025 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 27 | 37 | 68 | 1 | R3 | DNQ | DNQ | 26,407 | ||
| 2026 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||||||
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