# Guangdong Vermilion Birds

Guangdong Vermilion Birds is a Chinese professional women's basketball club based in Dongguan, Guangdong, playing in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). It was known as Guangdong Dolphins from 2007–2018 and Guangdong Kapok before 2007.
The Vermilion Bird is a mythical creature in Chinese culture.

## History

The team was founded in 1954 as the Guangdong women's basketball team. The team has a long and rich history and has won numerous accolades over the years. In 2017, the Guangdong women's basketball team won the first National Games championship. In 2018, the team helped the men's basketball women's basketball team win the championship at the Asian Games. Both the men's and women's three-man basketball teams also won gold at the Asian Games. In 2019, the Guangdong women's basketball team was renamed Dongguan Vermilion Birds Women's Basketball. That same year, the team won the WCBA League championship for the first time, achieving the double glory of the 2019 Dongguan Men's and Women's Basketball League.
In 2023, the team won the 10th "Guangdong Youth May Fourth Medal" collective award, which is the first time that the team has been honored with this award.
The team changed its name from Guangdong women's basketball team to Dongguan Vermilion Birds Women's Basketball Team and its logo from "Dolphin" to "Suzaku", which means auspicious, brave, and powerful.
The team held a meeting for the new season in 2018, and Liu Kejun, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and president of the Provincial Basketball Association, Huang Huihong, director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, Ye Shufan, member of the town party committee, and relevant personnel such as Xintongsheng Industrial Development Co., Ltd., and New Century Basketball Club unveiled the new team logo.

## Season-by-season records

| Season | Corporate Sponsor | Home City | Final Rank | Record (including playoffs) | Record (including playoffs) | Record (including playoffs) | Head coach |
| Season | Corporate Sponsor | Home City | Final Rank | W | L | % | Head coach |
| Guangdong Kapok ||||||||
| 2002 | Dongguan Junda | Dongguan | 3rd | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | Zheng Wei |
| 2002–03 | Dongguan Junda | Dongguan | 2nd | 15 | 8 | 65.2 | Zheng Wei |
| 2004 | Foshan Hongjia Aluminum | Foshan | 6th | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | Zheng Wei |
| 2004–05 | Foshan Hongjia Aluminum | Foshan | 6th | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | Zheng Wei |
| 2005–06 | Foshan Hongjia Aluminum | Dongguan | 10th | 9 | 16 | 36.0 | Zheng Wei |
| 2007 | Sunray Cave | Dongguan | 7th | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | Zheng Wei |
| Guangdong Dolphins ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Asia Aluminum | Zhaoqing | 6th | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | Zheng Wei |
| 2008–09 | Asia Aluminum | Foshan | 6th | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | Zhao Li |
| 2009–10 | Asia Aluminum | Foshan | 5th | 14 | 10 | 58.3 | Chen Duan |
| 2010–11 | Asia Aluminum | Foshan | 2nd | 23 | 8 | 74.2 | Pan Wei |
| 2011–12 | Asia Aluminum | Foshan | 7th | 15 | 10 | 60.0 | Pan Wei |
| 2012–13 | Dongguan Daily News | Dongguan | 8th | 10 | 14 | 41.7 | Bo Overton |
| 2013–14 | Dongguan Daily News | Dongguan | 5th | 14 | 10 | 58.3 | Ma Yongzhong |
| 2014–15 | Dongguan Songshan Lake | Dongguan | 7th | 13 | 17 | 43.3 | Yoo Soo-jong |
| 2015–16 | Dongguan Marco Polo Group | Dongguan | 4th | 17 | 20 | 45.9 | Wang Wei-chieh |
| 2016–17 | Dongguan Marco Polo Group | Dongguan | 6th | 18 | 19 | 48.6 | Wang Wei-chieh |
| 2017–18 | Guangdong Xintongsheng | DongguanShenzhen | 4th | 16 | 17 | 48.5 | Lin Yaosen |
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds ||||||||
| 2018–19 | Guangdong Xintongsheng | Dongguan | | | | | Lin Yaosen |

## Notable former players

* Deanna Jackson (2002–05)
* Chasity Melvin (2008–09)
* Swin Cash (2009–12)
* Ashley Corral (2012)
* Tamika Catchings (2012–13)
* Aneika Henry (2014–15)
* Yelena Leuchanka (2015–17)
* Candace Parker (2016)
* Glory Johnson (2017)
* Amber Harris (2017–18)
* Yui Hanada (2009–10)
* Yang Ya-hui (2015–17)
* Xu Chunmei (2002)
* Pan Wei (2002–05)
* Song Xiaoyun (2002–09)
* Guan Xin (2004–13)
* Wei Wei (2004–14)
* Huang Hongpin (2007–14, 2017–18)