Dalian Changbo F.C. (大连长波足球俱乐部) is a defunct Chinese football club based in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

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History

The club was founded in 2001 as Dalian Sundy and started in the third tier

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

in 2002, where it achieved third place in its debut, narrowly missing promotion due to losing to

Guangdong Xiongying Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) a ...

in the semi-finals. In the following year, however, the club won the entire championship and gained promotion to

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

. Upon entering professional level, due to its affiliation with

Dalian Shide 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 lat ...

, the club was forcibly overtaken by Dalian FA, and changed its name to Dalian Mingzhu. However, it was taken over again by its former shareholders in May 2004, this time under the name Dalian Changbo. After the 2005 season, the club's alleged affiliation with

was again under investigation, resulting in the club itself as well as its place in

being forced to sold to

team

Xizang Huitong Luhua Hohhot Black Horse (呼和浩特黑马) is a defunct Chinese football club based in Hohhot, China and were based at the Hohhot People's Stadium. Founded as Beijing Zangying Xuequan, a team based in Beijing but dedicated to unearthing and develo ...

to take over its place in the league.

Name history

*2001–2003 Dalian Sundy F.C. 大连三德 *2004 Dalian Mingzhu F.C. 大连明珠 *2004–2005 Dalian Changbo F.C. 大连长波 All-time League Rankings

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