Dalian Shide F.C.

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.

Dalian Shide
大连实德

Full name	Dalian Shide FC 大连实德队
Nickname(s)	Eight-star Dalian
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955) as Dalian Shipyards (Amateur) 1983 as Dalian FC (Semi-professional) 1992 (Professional)
Dissolved	30 November 2012
Ground	Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Capacity	30,776[1]
Chairman	Xu Ming
Manager	Nelo Vingada
League	Chinese Super League
2012	Chinese Super League, 14th of 16 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Dalian Shide F.C.
Simplified Chinese	大连实德
Traditional Chinese	大連實德
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàlián Shídé

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 the first fully professional 1994 Chinese Jia-A League title.^[2] 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 accumulated a huge debt and was eventually sold and merged into another club, thus becoming defunct.

History

The club 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.^[3] For the next several seasons Dalian were predominantly top tier regulars except for one season in 1989 when they were in the second tier, however they quickly won promotion and soon went on to win their first domestic cup in 1992.^[4]

Dalian Wanda logo used between 1994 and 1999

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 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.^[5] The following season saw Zhang Honggen decide to not stay on as the club's manager and Dalian were unable to retain 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.^[6] 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 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.^[7]

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 the 2011 Chinese Super League after former Chinese FA Vice-chairmen Xie Yalong and Nan Yong stood on trial for bribery.^[8]

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 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.^[9] 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 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 a two-year-battle with the disease.^[10]

On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquired by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C.,^[11] although a lot of confusion and rumour surrounded the demise of Shide.^[12]

Club name history

• 1955–1982: Dalian Shipyards
• 1983–1992: Dalian Football Club
• 1993: Dalian Hualu
• 1994–1998: Dalian Wanda (simplified Chinese: 大连万达; traditional Chinese: 大連萬達; pinyin: Dàlián Wàndá)
• 1999: Dalian Wanda Shide (simplified Chinese: 大连万达实德; traditional Chinese: 大連萬達實德; pinyin: Dàlián Wàndá Shídé)
• 2000–2012: Dalian Shide (simplified Chinese: 大连实德; traditional Chinese: 大連實德; pinyin: Dàlián Shídé)

Grounds

Dalian played in the 55,843 seat multi-purpose Dalian People's Stadium for much of their early history.^[13] In 1997 the club moved to the recently built 31,000 seat multi-use Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian, China.^[14]

Last Squad

As of 5 December 2012^[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Sun Shoubo 2 DF  CHN Jin Yangyang 3 DF  CHN Zheng Jianfeng 4 DF  CHN Xue Ya'nan 5 DF  CHN Yang Boyu 7 DF  CHN Zhang Yaokun 8 FW  CHN Zhu Ting 9 MF  BUL Martin Kamburov 10 FW  BRA Adriano 11 FW  ZAM James Chamanga 12 GK  CHN Jing Hao 13 MF  CHN Quan Lei 14 FW  CHN Zhao Xuebin 16 MF  CHN Hao Xingchen 17 MF  CHN Liu Yingchen 18 MF  CHN Li Zhichao

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CHN Yan Xiangchuang 20 MF  POR Ricardo Esteves 21 MF  CHN Lü Peng 22 GK  CHN Zhang Chong 23 DF  KOR Park Dong-Hyuk 24 MF  CHN Yan Song 25 DF  CHN Jihong Jiang 27 MF  CHN Li Xuepeng 28 DF  CHN Qu Jiachen 29 MF  CHN Sun Guowen 30 MF  CHN Ni Yusong 31 MF  CHN Zhao Honglue 33 MF  CHN Wang Liang 46 MF  CHN Yan Feng - FW  CHN Nan Yunqi

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

26 – Zhang Yalin, Midfielder, 2000–2009 posthumous. The number was retired in March 2010.^[16]

Last coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Nelo Vingada
Assistant coaches	Liu Zhongchang Shi Lei
Fitness coach	Dusko Tomas
Goalkeeping coach	Han Wenhai
Team physicians	Yu Jiatian Liu Guosheng

Source: Sina.com

Managerial history

Managers who have coached the club and team since the team became a professional club back on July 3, 1992

Manager	Period
Zhang Honggen	1994
Gai Zengjun	1995
Chi Shangbin	July 1995 – Jan 98
Xu Genbao	1998–99
Milorad Kosanović	2000–04
Hao Haidong (Caretaker)	2004
Vladimir Petrović	July 2005 – Dec 06
Jo Bonfrere	July 2008 – Dec 07
Ratko Dostanić	Jan 2008 – June 8
Milorad Kosanović	2008
Xu Hong	2008–10
Liu Zhongchang (Caretaker)	2010
Park Seong-Hwa	2010–11
Li Xicai (Caretaker)	2011
Gai Zengjun (Caretaker)	2011
Nelo Vingada	July 2011 – November 2012

Honours

All-time honours list including amateur period.^[17]

League

• Chinese Jia-A League/Chinese Super League
  • Winners (8): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
• Chinese Jia-B League
  • Winners (2): 1983, 1984
• Chinese Yi League/China League Two (Third Tier League)
  • Winners (1): 1981

Cup

• Chinese FA Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 2001, 2005
• Chinese Super Cup
  • Winners (3): 1997, 2001, 2003

Continental

• Asian Club Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1997–98
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Youth

• U19
  • U19 Winners Cup Winners: 2006
• U17
  • U17 Youth League Champions: 2000

Results

All-time League Rankings

• As of end of 2012 league season.^[18][19]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	League Cup	AFC	Other		Att./G	Stadium
1955	1	10	8	1	1	40	7	33	17	RU	NH	–	–	–
1965	2									R1	NH	–	–	–
1981	3	9	7	–	2				14	W1	NH	–	–	–				Dalian People's Stadium
1982	2	30	13	–	17	38	41	−3	26	12	NH	–	–	–				Dalian People's Stadium
1983	2	15	12	–	3				24	W1	NH	–	–	–				Dalian People's Stadium
1984	2	72	62	–	12				122	W	R1	–	–	–				Dalian People's Stadium
1985	1	15	9		6			+10	20	3	QR1	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1986	1	14	4	5	5	11	13	−2	13	9	R1	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1987	2	20	9	7	4	28	20	+8	25	3	NH	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1988	1	25	9	8	8	36	30	+6	39.5	10	NH	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1989	2	22	13	4	5	36	15	+21	46	RU	NH	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1990	1	14	8	2	4	17	10	+7	26	3	RU	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1991	1	14	5	4	5	17	17	0	15	6	R1	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1992	1	14	7	3	4	25	15	+10	17	3	W	–	–	DNQ				Dalian People's Stadium
1993	1	12	3	1/6	2	9	8	+1	8	4	NH	–	–	DNQ	ACWC	R1		Sanshui City Stadium
1994	1	22	14	5	3	43	21	+22	33	W	NH	–	–	DNQ			26,636	Dalian People's Stadium
1995	1	22	12	6	4	27	22	+5	42	3	QF	DNQ	–	DNE			22,273	Dalian People's Stadium
1996	1	22	12	10	0	42	18	+24	46	W	SF	W	–	DNQ			29,364	Dalian People's Stadium
1997	1	22	15	6	1	47	16	+31	51	W	R2	RU	–	RU			19,455	Jinzhou Stadium
1998	1	26	19	5	2	64	16	+48	62	W	SF	RU	–	4	FECC	RU	27,769	Jinzhou Stadium
1999	1	26	7	10	9	30	30	0	31	9	RU	DNQ	–	DNE			17,769	Jinzhou Stadium
2000	1	26	17	5	4	50	21	+29	56	W	R2	W	–	DNQ	ACWC	RU	27,077	Jinzhou Stadium
2001	1	26	16	5	5	58	31	27	53	W	W	RU	–	QF			21,385	Jinzhou Stadium
2002	1	28	17	6	5	48	27	+21	57	W	R2	W	–	SF			18,429	Jinzhou Stadium
2003	1	28	15	8	5	44	22	+22	53	3	RU	DNQ	–	–	A3CC	RU	30,500	Jinzhou Stadium
2004	1	22	10	6	6	33	26	+7	303	5	SF	NH	QF	QF			11,273	Jinzhou Stadium
2005	1	26	21	2	3	57	18	+39	65	W	W	NH	R1	DNQ			14,000	Jinzhou Stadium
2006	1	28	13	6	9	43	29	+14	45	5	RU	NH	NH	Group	A3CC	4	5,043	Jinzhou Stadium
2007	1	28	11	11	6	36	31	+5	44	5	NH	NH	NH	DNQ			10,286	Jinzhou Stadium
2008	1	30	6	12	12	30	40	−10	30	14	NH	NH	NH	DNQ			7,900	Jinzhou Stadium
2009	1	30	10	8	12	27	31	−4	38	8	NH	NH	NH	DNQ			16,613	Jinzhou Stadium
2010	1	30	10	12	8	40	37	+3	42	6	NH	NH	NH	DNQ			12,307	Jinzhou Stadium
2011	1	30	7	11	12	27	43	−16	32	12	R2	NH	NH	DNQ			17,148	Jinzhou Stadium
2012	1	30	8	10	12	39	49	−10	34	14	R4	DNQ	NH	DNQ			11,093	Jinzhou Stadium

• ^1 : No promotion. ^2 : In final group stage. ^3 : Deduct 6 points for abandoning a match in protest of a referee's call.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did not qualify DNE = Did not enter NH = Not Held - = Does Not Exist R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

See also

• Dalian Shide FC (Singapore)

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External links

• Official website
• Sinosoc.com