In the 2002 season, the club was named Hefei Chuangyi, and at one time had its home stadiums in Hefei, Anhui Province, and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, before moving back to Qingdao in 2003.
In 2004, Hisense Real Estate named Haileafon Qingdao home matches, and on April 17, Haileafon played its first home match in the Hisense Real Estate Cup in the Chinese League A. In the 2004 season, Haileafon ranked 11th in the Chinese League A. That year, Haileafon played in the Chinese Football Association (CFA), and in the Chinese Football League (CFA). In that year, Hailey abundance in the football association cup force over Liaoning team's excellent record, as well as in the league, the successive victory over Shaanxi GuoLi, Changchun Yatai, Wuhan HuangHeLou and other strong team, end Wuhan HuangHeLou 17 consecutive victories, the 2005 season, successive victories over Changchun Yatai, Xiamen blue lion, become a deserved "giant killer".
In the 2007 season, due to the departure of Zuo Wenqing, Yu Dabao moved to Benfica in the Portuguese Super League, and the team's strength declined, eventually finishing 7th in the Central League.
At the beginning of 2008, Haileafon set the goal of reaching the Super League in the new season, and in order to realize this dream, the club is also actively strengthening the hematopoietic function in order to increase investment. The original head coach Ji Yujie was dismissed, and Wang Zheng, who had led Zhejiang Greentown to success in the Super League, took over. However, after 9 rounds, the team only achieved 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, and the team's senior management was dissatisfied with Wang Zheng. on June 16th, Wang Zheng resigned, and Ji Yujie resumed his position as the team's head coach. However, the team's performance continued to fluctuate and it finished in 8th place.
On February 21, 2010, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) ruled that Chengdu Sheffield United and Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals suffered relegation to the first division; Qingdao Hailifeng was disqualified from registration and fined 200,000 yuan;
The team's league results in previous years are as follows: Year League Level Ranking Match Wins and Losses Goals Lost Net Winning Points F.A.C.A. Cup 1995 B Final C Group 4 - 1996 B rematch East District 5th - 1997 B rematch Central District 4103161819-110-1998 B final 3rd - 1999 B final 3rd - 2000 B rematch North District 5103251115-411-2001 B final 8 - 2002 A B4221021025232328 strong 2003 A B132659129128 strong 2003 A B132659122439-1524 1st stage 2004 C.A. 1132109133639-33916 strong 2005 C.A. 6261259353234116 strong 2006 C.A. 7248792532-73116 strong 2007 C.A. 724103112736-933 -2008 C.A. 72477103338-528 - 2009 China A 102475123845-726-