Hebei Lion F.C. was founded on November 2, 2015, in the city of
Cangzhou, in
Hebei Province, and started to participate in
China Amateur Football League to aim for promotion to
China League Two. After failing to make it out of group stages two consecutive seasons (
2016 and
2017), the club moved to
Taiyuan,
Shanxi Province, changed its name to
Shanxi Metropolis F.C., and started the year by winning the
2018 Shanxi Super League by beating
Shanxi Zhisheng in the finals. In their third attempt for promotion, they participated in
2018 Chinese Champions League and although narrowly missing promotion by being eliminated by
Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang at quarter-finals, then losing to
Lhasa Urban Construction Investment 1–2 at home, they were later admitted into
2019 China League Two to fill vacancy left by withdrawn team
Dalian Transcendence. In March 2020, they changed their name to
Shanxi Longjin F.C. The club was dissolved after 2021 season. ==Name history==