Gansu Tianma

Gansu Tianma (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃天马) is a football team who played in the Chinese Football Association Jia League.

Founded in 18 December, 1999 [http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn/bbsanc,path,%2Fgroups%2FGROUP_6%2FFootball_cn%2FD56B5C22D%2FM.1183863314.A.html] , the club did not get promotion from the Chinese Football Association Yi League. In 2001, however, the club bought a position in the Jia League from Tianjin Lifei.

Paul Gascoigne played four games for them in 2003, scoring two goals, before returning to England and later player-coaching Boston United, then going to Kettering Town where ultimately he was dismissed.

Gansu Tianma changed their name to Ningbo Yaoma (Simplified Chinese: 宁波耀马) in 2003. [ [http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2003-09-15/073751342s.shtml 甘肃天马改名宁波耀马 武汉队暗喜去宁波_国内足坛-甲B_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 ] ]

Gansu Tianma ware relegated to the Yi League in 2004 and sold to Dongguan Dongcheng, who moved the club to Hong Kong First Division League.

Name Changes

*1999-2001: Gansu Tianma 甘肃天马
*2001: Lanzhou Huanghe 兰州黄河
*2002: Gansu Nongken甘肃农垦
*2003: Ningbo Yaoma 宁波耀马
*After 2004: "see Lanwa FC"

Famous Players

*flagicon|England Paul Gascoigne (2003)

ee also

*Lanwa FC

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