Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian , Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then later in 1997 they moved to the 30,776 capacity Jinzhou Stadium .
17-517: The club was initially founded in 1955 as Dalian Shipyards and made sporadic appearances within the Chinese national leagues until 1982 when the local Dalian government took ownership of the club and renamed it Dalian Football Club . The club won their first major silverware when they won the 1992 domestic cup title. In 1993, the club was reorganised to become a completely professional football team, renamed themselves Dalian Wanda FC and went on to win
34-586: A position with the Chinese national team. Despite this Dalian had a well-funded and prolific academy that produced numerous Chinese internationals such as Zhang Enhua , Li Ming and Sun Jihai and with another former Chinese national team manager Xu Genbao Dalian were easily able to replicate their success by winning the 1998 league title . In 2000 at the height of their success, Wang Jianlin decided to pull out from football after publicly criticizing Chinese referees for match fixing and he did not return to football until 2011 when his associated Wanda Group sponsored
51-762: A two-year-battle with the disease. On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquired by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C. , although a lot of confusion and rumour surrounded the demise of Shide. Dalian played in the 55,843 seat multi-purpose Dalian People's Stadium for much of their early history. In 1997 the club moved to the recently built 31,000 seat multi-use Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian , China . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 26 – [REDACTED] Zhang Yalin , Midfielder , 2000–2009 posthumous . The number
68-561: The 2011 Chinese Super League after former Chinese FA Vice-chairmen Xie Yalong and Nan Yong stood on trial for bribery. On January 9, 2000, Wang Jianlin sold Dalian to Xu Ming and the Shide Group for 120 million Yuan and the club's name was changed to Dalian Shide . The new owners brought in Serbian Milorad Kosanović as their new manager and win another league title in the 2000 league season . Kosanović made
85-501: The Dalian Wanda Group on March 8, 1994, who changed the club's name to Dalian Wanda FC . In the inaugural fully professional 1994 league season , the club brought in former Chinese national team manager Zhang Honggen to coach the team and under his leadership guide the club to their first ever league title. The following season saw Zhang Honggen decide to not stay on as the club's manager and Dalian were unable to retain
102-762: The Chinese National Football Championship ( Chinese : 全国足球锦标赛 ) in 1956. It was reorganized after the Cultural Revolution and used the name Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 1984. It was scrapped for the 6th National Games of China in 1987, and was reorganized again as the Chinese National Cup Winners' Cup ( Chinese : 全国足球优胜者杯赛 ) between 1990 and 1992 as the qualifiers for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup . The current format of
119-680: The clubs names to accommodate the sponsor. Below is a list of the dates on when the clubs officially became professional as well as when they gained their first sponsor and changed their name to accommodate this. Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup ( Chinese : 中国足协杯 , abbreviated as CFA Cup ) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association . The current holders are Shanghai Port , having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. The competition started as
136-655: The first fully professional 1994 Chinese Jia-A League title. The tycoon Xu Ming and the Shide Group would go on to take over the club rename it Dalian Shide. Achieving a total of eight league titles from both the Jia A and the rebranded CSL Dalian were the most successful club in Chinese football, while in the Asian Football Confederation the club reached the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship and 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals. The club
153-497: The league from Marlboro . Clubs were awarded with a 700,000 Yuan season appearance fee which saw the average monthly players wages jump up significantly from 100 Dollars to 2000 Dollars. With better wages clubs could now transfer professional foreign players except for Bayi who because they're part of the People's Liberation Army had to have active military members. The league was also expanded to twelve teams compared to eight from
170-592: The league title, however the club eventually brought in former Chinese international player Chi Shangbin into the club as their new manager. With Wang Jianlin and the full support of his company the Dalian Wanda Group taking full ownership of the club, they started to build a football dynasty by winning the 1996 league season undefeated. Domestic dominance continued in the 1997 league season while Dalian narrowly just missed out on 1997–98 Asian Club Championship and Chi Shangbin decided to leave to take on
187-586: The men's team by far the most successful team in Chinese football by winning the 2001, 2002 league title, 2001 Chinese FA Cup and just missing out on 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup during his reign. When Milorad Kosanović left to coach the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team the club eventually brought in Vladimir Petrović who guided the team to the recently rebranded 2005 Chinese Super League title as well as 2005 Chinese FA Cup. With
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#1732771982818204-464: The previous season, while the four teams promoted came from the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League league season because there was no promotion or relegation held in the 1993 Chinese Jia-A League league season. By the end of the season Dalian Wanda won their first ever championship while Shenyang Liuyao and Jiangsu Maint were relegated at the end of the season. With clubs now professional units they were allowed to gain sponsorship and would often change
221-510: The retirement of striker Hao Haidong and Vladimir Petrović leaving to take the Chinese national team management position, the club went through an inconsistent period due to team and coach changes. In 2008, Dalian Shide selected a number of players from its academy to play in a satellite team in the S.League in Singapore, called Dalian Shide Siwu FC . On 14 February 2010, Zhang Yalin died of lymphoma in Dalian , Liaoning , aged 28, after
238-468: The second tier, however they quickly won promotion and soon went on to win their first domestic cup in 1992. Soon afterwards the Chinese Football Association started to demand full professionalism and sponsorship from all the clubs in China. Dalian went on to be one of the first fully professionalised clubs in China on July 3, 1992. They gained sponsorship in 1993 from the China Hualu group and then
255-464: Was expanded to twelve teams and started on April 17, 1994 and ended on November 13 with Dalian Wanda winning the championship. By the start of the 1994 league season the Chinese Football Association had been demanding full professionalism since 1992, this meant that private businesses were allowed to own or sponsor football clubs for the first time. The Chinese FA would also sell the television rights to CCTV for 450,000 Yuan and gain sponsorship for
272-453: Was founded as Dalian Shipyards in 1955. After the 1982 season the local Dalian government took over its ownership and renamed it Dalian Football Club to represent the city. The club immediately became a major force within the second tier and eventually win promotion to the top level in 1984 when they won the division title. For the next several seasons Dalian were predominantly top tier regulars except for one season in 1989 when they were in
289-514: Was retired in March 2010. Source: Sina.com Managers who have coached the club and team since the team became a professional club back on July 3, 1992 All-time honours list including amateur period. All-time League Rankings Key Chinese Jia-A League 1994 The 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season was the inaugural season of professional association football and the 33rd top-tier overall league season held in China. The league
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