Editing Chengdu (section)

=== Soccer ===
[[File:Phoenix Hill Sports Park Football Stadium in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.jpg|thumb|Chengdu Phoenix Hill Sports Park Football Stadium]]
Soccer is a popular sport in Chengdu. [[Chengdu Tiancheng F.C.|Chengdu Tiancheng]], Chengdu's soccer team, played in the 42,000-seat Chengdu Sports Stadium in the [[Chinese League One]]. The club was founded on 26 February 1996 and was formerly known as Chengdu Five Bulls named after their first sponsor, the Five Bulls Cigarette Company. English professional soccer club Sheffield United F.C., took over the club on 11 December 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hk09.html |title=Hongkong 2008/09 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234906/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesh/hk09.html |archive-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The club was later promoted into the [[China Super League]] until they were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal in 2009. Punished with relegation the owners eventually sold their majority on 9 December 2010 to Hung Fu Enterprise Co., Ltd and Scarborough Development (China) Co., Ltd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sufc.com.cn/Article/ShowInfo.asp?InfoID=2387 |title= 成都谢菲联俱乐部2011赛季首次新闻通气会__成都天诚谢菲联足球俱乐部官方网站|website=sufc.com.cn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004342/http://www.sufc.com.cn/Article/ShowInfo.asp?InfoID=2387 |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2010-12-09/06071693872s.shtml |script-title=zh:英投资方决定成都谢菲联不出售 尽快解决欠薪稳军心_国内足球-中超_新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 |website=Sports.sina.com.cn|access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211012/http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2010-12-09/06071693872s.shtml |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 23 May 2013 the Tiancheng Investment Group announced the acquisition of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20130524/n376931074.shtml |script-title=zh:成足更名天诚谢菲联 短期内回中超3年内进亚冠-搜狐体育 |website=Sports.sohu.com |date=9 September 2010 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224819/http://sports.sohu.com/20130524/n376931074.shtml |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Currently, [[Chengdu Rongcheng F.C.]] plays in the [[Chinese Super League]].

[[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium|Longquanyi Stadium]] was one of the four venues which hosted the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]]. Chengdu, along with Shanghai, Hangzhou, Tianjin and Wuhan, hosted the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]].