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
Jinzhou Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Jinzhou District, Dalian, Liaoning, China. Currently it is mostly used for football matches. The stadium holds 30,776 people and was built in 1997. It is most famous for holding the 1998 FIFA Worl ...
.
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
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title. The tycoon
Xu Ming
Xu Ming (; April 1971 – 4 December 2015) was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He was the founder of the conglomerate Dalian Shide Group, and the chairman of Dalian Shide F.C., China's top football club in the 2000s. In 2005, ''Forbes ...
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 CSL as an abbreviation may stand for:
Places
* Coordinated Science Laboratory, at the University of Illinois
* Liège Space Center (Centre spatial de Liège), at the University of Liege in Belgium
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Dalian were the most successful club in Chinese football, while in the
Asian Football Confederation
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the club reached the
1997–98 Asian Club Championship
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Pohang Steelers of South Ko ...
and
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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finals.
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. 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.
Soon afterwards the
Chinese Football Association
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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
Wanda Group (), or the Dalian Wanda Group (), is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning and headquartered in Beijing. It is a private property developer and owner of Wanda Cinemas and the Hoyts Group.
With invest ...
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 the league title, however the club eventually brought in former Chinese international player
Chi Shangbin
Chi Shangbin (; 19 September 1949 – 6 March 2021) was a Chinese football player and coach.
As player, he spent his whole career playing for Liaoning, and also represented China at international level. As manager, he was best known for his re ...
into the club as their new manager. With
Wang Jianlin
Wang Jianlin (; born 24 October 1954) is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder of Dalian Wanda Group, China's largest real estate development company, and the world's largest movie theater operator. He previo ...
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
The 1997–98 Asian Club Championship was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
Pohang Steelers of South Ko ...
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
Zhang Enhua (; 28 April 1973 – 29 April 2021) was a Chinese professional football player and coach.
As a player, he was a defender from 1994 to 2006 and represented Dalian Wanda FC, Grimsby Town, Tianjin Teda and South China while internati ...
,
Li Ming and
Sun Jihai
Sun Jihai (; ; born 30 September 1977) is a Chinese former footballer who played in the English Premier League. He is one of the most well-known footballers in China. He was the first East Asian footballer to score in the Premier League when h ...
and with another former Chinese national team manager
Xu Genbao
Xu Genbao (; born January 16, 1944 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. He is the current founder, chairman and general coach of Shanghai East Asia football club as well as also being the owner ...
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 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
Xu Ming (; April 1971 – 4 December 2015) was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He was the founder of the conglomerate Dalian Shide Group, and the chairman of Dalian Shide F.C., China's top football club in the 2000s. In 2005, ''Forbes ...
and the Shide Group for 120 million
Yuan and the club's name was changed to Dalian Shide. The new owners brought in
Serbia
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n
Milorad Kosanović
Milorad Kosanović ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Косановић, ; born 4 January 1951) is a Serbian former football player and manager.
During his playing career, Kosanović represented Proleter Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Kikinda and Novi Sad, com ...
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
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and just missing out on
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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during his reign. When Milorad Kosanović left to coach the
Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team
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the club eventually brought in
Vladimir Petrović
Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon ( sr, Пижон), after the French for ''pigeon''.
...
who guided the team to the recently rebranded
2005 Chinese Super League
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title as well as 2005 Chinese FA Cup. With the retirement of striker
Hao Haidong
Hao Haidong (; born 9 May 1970) is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer.
As a player he represented Bayi Football Team, Dalian Shide and Sheffield United in a career that saw ...
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
Dalian Shide Siwu Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which was formed to play as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League in 2008.
The club was a satellite team of the Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide. Players from D ...
.
On 14 February 2010,
Zhang Yalin died of
lymphoma
Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). In current usage the name usually refers to just the cancerous versions rather than all such tumours. Signs and symptoms may include enla ...
in
Dalian,
Liaoning, aged 28, after 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.
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 ...
, although a lot of confusion and rumour surrounded the demise of Shide.
Club name history
* 1955–1982: Dalian Shipyards
* 1983–1992: Dalian Football Club
* 1993: Dalian Hualu
* 1994–1998: Dalian Wanda ()
* 1999: Dalian Wanda Shide ()
* 2000–2012: Dalian Shide ()
Grounds
Dalian played in the seat multi-purpose
Dalian People's Stadium for much of their early history. In 1997 the club moved to the recently built seat multi-use
Jinzhou Stadium
Jinzhou Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Jinzhou District, Dalian, Liaoning, China. Currently it is mostly used for football matches. The stadium holds 30,776 people and was built in 1997. It is most famous for holding the 1998 FIFA Worl ...
in
Dalian,
China.
Last squad
Retired numbers
26 –
Zhang Yalin,
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, 2000–2009 posthumous. The number was retired in March 2010.
Last coaching staff
Managerial history
Managers who have coached the club and team since the team became a professional club back on July 3, 1992
Honours
All-time honours list including amateur period.
League
*
Chinese Jia-A League
The National Football Jia A League ( simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Asso ...
/
Chinese Super League
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: Winners (8): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
* Chinese Jia-B League
: Winners (2): 1983, 1984
* Chinese Yi League/
China League Two
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(Third Tier League)
: Winners (1): 1981
Cup
*
Chinese FA Cup
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: Winners (3): 1992, 2001, 2005
*
Chinese Super Cup
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: Winners (3): 1997, 2001, 2003
Continental
*
Asian Club Championship
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: Runners-up (1):
1997–98
*
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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: 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''.
*: No promotion. : In final group stage. : Deduct 6 points for abandoning a match in protest of a referee's call.
Key
* 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)
References
External links
*
Sinosoc.com
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Football clubs in China
Association football clubs established in 1982
Association football clubs disestablished in 2012
Sport in Dalian
1982 establishments in China
2012 disestablishments in China
Defunct football clubs in China
Football clubs in Liaoning
Works association football clubs in China