Dalian Transcendence F.C.

Dalian Transcendence Football Club (Chinese: 大连超越足球俱乐部) was a Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning. Founded in 2013, the club played in the Chinese professional league between 2014 and 2018. They quit from the professional league and turn as amateur in January 2019 when failing to apply professional league license.

Dalian Transcendence
Dàlián Chāoyuè
大连超越

Full name	Dalian Transcendence Football Club 大连超越足球俱乐部
Founded	18 November 2013; 10 years ago (18 November 2013)
Dissolved	14 January 2019; 5 years ago (14 January 2019)
Ground	Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Capacity	30,776
2018	League One, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

Dalian Transcendence F.C. was established on 18 November 2013 by Zhao Yang (赵阳) with a registered capital of 3 million Yuan to participate in the third tier of Chinese football at the beginning of the 2014 China League Two season.^[1] As a publicly listed football club Zhao Yang would proclaim that this model had already seen investment reach 10 million Yuan and he would be reinvesting that money on educating the team's youth system.^[2] Liu Zhongchang was brought in as the club's manager while the club's recruitment policy saw them actively bring in recently defunct Dalian Shide F.C. players, which included Han Jiabao, Hao Xingchen, Hu Zhaojun, Nan Yunqi, and Yan Song.^[3] With the club choosing the same blue home jersey colours and using the same home ground of Jinzhou Stadium it saw many within the Chinese media to believe that Dalian Transcendence were actively claiming to be the successor to Dalian Shide, Zhao Yang proclaimed to be neutral on the matter.^[2][4]

The club's first competitive game would be on 30 March 2014 against Guangxi Liuzhou Liuyue in the first round of the 2014 Chinese FA Cup where they won their game 3–0 at home.^[5] The club's debut appearance within the league saw them come third within the league's group stages, however within the knock-out phase they were eliminated by Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. on away goals.^[6] The following season the club would reach the divisions Play-off final where they lost the tie to Meizhou Kejia F.C. on penalties, however despite coming runners-up they still gained promotion to the second tier.^[7]

In July 2018, the team signed naming sponsorship for the first time in club history, with local car dealer Dalian Huifeng, to compete as Dalian Huifeng Automobile Plaza (Chinese: 大连慧丰汽车广场队) for the rest of the 2018 season.^[8]

On January 13, 2019, after their relegation in the 2018 season, Transcendence lost their license to compete in the 2019 China League Two, as they failed to sign the salary confirmation files. The club announced they decided to quit from the professional league and turn as amateur one day later.^[9]

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

17 – Wang Renlong, Forward, 2014 posthumous. The number was retired in November 2014.^[10]

Managerial history

• Liu Zhongchang (2014 – 13 April 2016)
• Sun Feng (caretaker) (15 April 2016 – 21 April 2016)
• Ermin Šiljak (21 April 2016 – 10 August 2016)
• Rusmir Cviko (10 August 2016 – 8 August 2017)
• Li Guoxu (8 August 2017 – 18 April 2018)
• Dželaludin Muharemović (18 April 2018 – 31 December 2018)

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2018 season.^[11][12]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2014	3	14	7	6	1	29	9	18	27 1	5[13]	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Jinzhou Stadium
2015	3	14	10	4	0	38	11	27	34 1	RU	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,643
2016	2	30	10	8	12	32	36	−4	38	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ	4,350
2017	2	30	8	7	15	34	58	−24	31	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ	2,888
2018	2	30	7	7	16	28	48	−20	28	15	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,209

• ^1 In group stage.

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

Seasons

China League Two		China League One
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

References

1. "大连超越下赛季战中乙" (in Chinese). fa.org.cn. 2013-11-21. Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
2. "大连足球突然超越" (in Chinese). roll.sohu.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
3. "大连超越增加投入超1700万 季铭义:因家乡球队坚持" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
4. "DALIAN TRANSCENDENCE AND MEIZHOU WUHUA SECURE PROMOTION TO LEAGUE ONE". wildeastfootball.net. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
5. "China 2014". RSSSF. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
6. "中乙综述-梅州智诚逆转晋级4强 超越钱宝遭淘汰" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
7. "中乙决赛-超越120分钟闷平 客家点球8–7险胜夺冠" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
8. "大连慧丰汽车广场正式冠名大连超越足球队". runsky.com (in Chinese). 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
9. "重磅！大连超越宣布球队解散 中甲降级后再遭痛击". sports.sina.com.cn. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
10. 超越宣布封存王仁龙17号战袍 2015首战举行悼念 sports.sohu.com 2014-11-13 Retrieved 2016-03-04
11. "China – List of Champions". RSSSF. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
12. "大连超越" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
13. 2014年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine fa.org.cn 2015-08-07 Retrieved 2016-03-04

External links

• Club website