# Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C.

Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Football Club (Chinese: 内蒙古草上飞足球俱乐部; pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ Cǎoshàngfēi Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Inner Mongolia Flying on the Grass F.C.') is a Chinese semi-professional football club based in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, that competes in . Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei plays its home matches at the Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, located within Jiuyuan District.

## History

On 5 May 1998 the club was established as a local amateur football team who took part in the regional Baotou leagues. They gradually worked their way up through the regional leagues until they were able to enter 2012 China Amateur Football League where they finished seventh. The local Baotou Municipal Sports Bureau would become interested supporting the team. By the 2014 league season they would financially invest into the team to take part in the 2014 Chinese FA Cup where they were knocked out in the first official round to Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in a 3–1 home defeat. They continued to support the team and helped Baotou Nanjiao F.C. to officially establish themselves as a professional unit on 25 January 2015 to allow them to take part in the 2015 China League Two season. Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.

## Name history

* 2015–2018 Baotou Nanjiao F.C. 包头南郊
* 2019– Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. 内蒙古草上飞

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Tang-Kang Beiyi |
| 8 | FW | CHN | Imamhesen Ababekri |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Zhao Xiaodong |
| 10 | FW | CHN | Zhang Hang |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Bao Jinzhu |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Liu Xuanchi |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Cui Yuyang |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Zhang Hao |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Wang Tongzhou |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Xia Wenshuai |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Liu Yuehai |
| 22 | DF | CHN | Wang Yong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | CHN | Yuan Weihao |
| 24 | DF | CHN | Zhang Mengxuan |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Pang Jun |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Fujun |
| 45 | MF | CHN | Meng Jiahui |
| 46 | GK | CHN | Yang Chaoran |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Yang Yuankun |
| 52 | DF | CHN | Wang Jiaqi |
| 55 | DF | CHN | Deng Hanqi |
| 56 | DF | CHN | Dong Huahui |
| 57 | FW | CHN | Epolan Jenisbek |
| 58 | MF | CHN | Su Ming |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Branko Božović |
| Assistant coach | |
Source: CFA

## Managerial history

* Yao Zhiqiang (2014)
* Xu Hui (2015)
* David Camhi (2016)
* Wang Hongwei (2017)
* Fan Wenlong (caretaker) (2017)
* Branko Božović （2017–）

## Results

All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2019 season.
| Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
| 2012 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2013 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | |
| 2014 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 10 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2015 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 6 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 6,065 | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2016 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 19 | 12 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 1,708 | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2017 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 8 | 23 | R1 | DNQ | DNQ | 3,202 | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2018 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 68 | −38 | 15 | 25 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | 427 | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
| 2019 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 25 | 29 | R2 | DNQ | DNQ | | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium |
* ^1 in North Group.
* ^2 Chengdu Qbao and Shanghai JuJu Sports withdrew, so Baotou Nanjiao could stay at third level.
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