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Football in Dalian

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Football is the most popular sport in Dalian, as the city bears the name "City of Football" (Chinese:足球城) in its recent history. Dalian trained hundreds of professional football players, many of which represented China national football team.

Introduction

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Football teams in Dalian could date back into the 1920s. In 1946, Dalian Shipbuilding Company established a football team. A formal Dalian football team was formed in 1983. The team name used to be Pearl, Xinghai and Hualu. Based on the existing team, Dalian Wanda were China's first team to turn professional in 1993. They became Dalian Shide in 1999 as the Wanda group decieded to quit football, and dissolved in 2012 due to financial and political issue. Dalian Wanda set a few records in China's professional football, including most champions in the professional era (8 times), longest unbeaten streak (55 matches, from 1995 to 1998) and longest unbeaten home matches (57 matches, from 1994 to 1998).

Dalian Shide used to operate a few affiliated clubs, Dalian Saidelong and Dalian Sundy, both of which were sold and moved to other cities, and eventually dissolved. Retired players and former officials from Dalian Shide formed Dalian Transcendence (dissolved in 2018) and Dalian Zhixing.

Dalian Aerbin were established in 2009. They became Dalian Yifang in 2015. Wanda officially returned to local football in 2018, but did not change the team name until 2020, when they became Dalian Professional, or Dalian Pro in short. The team eventually ceased to operate in early 2024.

Dalian Shide were the only club to appear in continental matches.

As of 2024, Dalian Zhixing is the only existing professional team in Dalian.

History

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Early history of football in Dalian was mostly recorded by Zhu Yuanbao (朱元宝), former chairman of Dalian Football Association, and former team official of Dalian Wanda.

As the Chinese football decided to turn professional in 1992, Dalian began to reform the existing Dalian football team into a professional football club. In 1993, Wang Jianlin and the local sports bureau reached agreement to establish Dalian Wanda F.C. based on the existing team. The team...

Present and past clubs

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The table below lists all Dalian clubs in top four tiers of the Chinese football league system: from the top division (Chinese Super League/Jia-A League), down to tier 4, the China Champions League.

Club Stadium Founded Until Status Notes
Dalian Shide Dalian People Stadium 1993 2012 Defunct Founded as Dalian Wanda. Renamed as Dalian Shide in 1999.
Dalian Saidelong Jinzhou Stadium 2000 2005 Defunct Relocated and renamed as Zhuhai Anping in 2003. Moved to Shanghai as Shanghai Zhongbang in 2005, then Shanghai United in 2006. Merged into Shanghai Shenhua by the end of 2006.
Dalian Changbo Jinzhou Stadium 2002 2005 Defunct Founded as Dalian Sundy in 2002. Renamed as Dalian Changbo in 2004. Relocated as Shanxi Wosen Luhu in 2006, then Hohhot Black horse in 2007, then dissolved.
Dalian Professional Multiple 2009 2023 Defunct Founded as Dalian Aerbin. Renamed as Dalian Yifang in 2015, then Dalian Professional in 2020.
Dalian Transcendence Jinzhou Stadium 2014 2018 Defunct
Dalian Chanjoy Jinzhou Stadium 2016 2017 Defunct Founded as Dalian Boyang. Renamed as Dalian Chanjoy in 2019, then dissolved.
Dalian Jinshiwan 2022 2022 Defunct Founded based on Dalian Pro Under-21 team.
Dalian Huayi 2022 2022 Defunct
Dalian Zhixing Jinzhou Stadium 2022 2024 Existed

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Domestic honours

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Team Chinese Super League/Jia-A FA Cup CSL cup League One/Jia-B League Two Domestic Total Asian Cup ? Asian total
Dalian Shide 8
Dalian Saidelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalian Changbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalian Professional 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dalian Transcendence 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dalian Chanjoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalian Jinshiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalian Huayi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalian Zhixing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Continental contests

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National players and individuals

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Dalian derbies

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Stadium

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Dalian Peoples Stadium

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Dalian Sports Center

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Jinzhou Stadium

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Other stadiums

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See also

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