Tan Long (front center) of Changchun Yatai competes during a 2022 season Chinese Football Association Super League match between Hebei FC and Changchun Yatai in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug 19, 2022 (HU ZHIXUAN / XINHUA)

BEIJING – Hebei FC has chosen Datong in neighboring Shanxi Province as its home venue for the remains of this season, the Chinese Super League club announced on Thursday.

In order to make it easier for supporters to watch the games, and through the help of various sides, we finally decided on the Datong Sports Center stadium as our club's home venue.

Hebei FC

China's top-flight resumed a home-and-away format midway through this season after its games had been played on a centralized basis over the past two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the Hebei side, which is based in Langfang, Hebei Province, found it impossible to play at home.

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"Due to relevant policies, our club cannot yet play our CSL home games in Langfang," the club said in a statement on Thursday.
"In order to make it easier for supporters to watch the games, and through the help of various sides, we finally decided on the Datong Sports Center stadium as our club's home venue," the statement read.
The Datong Sports Center is a complex with a 30,000-capacity stadium, which was built in 2018.
Hebei FC currently sits bottom of the CSL table with one win and 14 defeats.

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