Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (Chinese: 天津津门虎足球俱乐部; pinyin: Tiānjīn Jīnmén Hǔ Zúqiú Jùlèbù), previously Tianjin TEDA (Chinese: 天津泰达; pinyin: Tiānjīn Tàidá), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The founding owners of the team were TEDA Holding (the sponsorship name was derived from the initials of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area), a state-owned conglomerate of China. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004.
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