The club was owned by Qingdao Central Plaza Business Management Co., Ltd. who formed the team on 29 January 2013.

was established on 29 January 2013 by former players and coaches from Shandong that included Qi Wusheng as chairman, Hao Haidong as managerial director and Su Maozhen as general manager.

On the field the team would show their dominance within the league and go through the divisions group stage undefeated, while also beating Meixian Super-X and Shenzhen Fengpeng F.C.

[4] On 3 July 2015, Serbian player Goran Gogić collapsed and lost consciousness after a training session with the club.

[7] In the following two years, the club came close to promotion each time but fell short, earning fourth place in the League One.