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Forbidden City Football Club was established in Beijing in 2004 with the idea of a touring football side around China and rest of Asia and was formed from members from other amateur football clubs in Beijing. Our first tour was to Shanghai in August 2004 for the Shanghai Shooters Sevens where we won the plate! The club’s colours are yellow and red, reflecting the colours of the Forbidden City..

Forbidden City FC joined Beijing’s International Friendship Football Club (IFFC) League in the 2004-05 season. After finishing in fourth place in the First Division in their inaugural season, we had a meteoric rise to the top becoming Champions of the Second Division in the 2005/06 Season and gained promotion to the Premier League. In their first Premier League season FCFC finished in a healthy mid table place.

In 2007, Forbidden City Football Club decided to form a second team as part of the club to accommodate the many players that joined the club and make sure that as many people as possible can be part of the fun and friendship. This B-Team was named after another truly Beijing landmark: Summer Palace.

2007-08 was the most successful season of the Forbidden City Football Club to date. City finished in second place in the Premier League, leading the league for a good part of the season and only conceding the title on the finish line. The newly formed Palace team finished third place in the First Division.

The 08-09 season saw City crowned winter Champions. After the break however, the team didnt quite manage to sustain the momentum but still managed an honourable 4th place.

Last season The citizens fought hard all season and only just missed the 1st spot, finishing 2nd with the best defense in the league.

Since the club’s founding more than 150 players representing all six continents and 24 countries have played for Forbidden City Football Club; currently, there are about 45 players from more than ten countries playing for FCFC.