Dalian Yingbo Football Club (), officially known as Dalian Young Boy Football Club, is a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, that competes in . Dalian Yingbo plays its home matches at the

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, located within Ganjingzi District.

History

The team was founded in 2021 as Dalian Duxing Football Club (). Upon establishment, the team has strong connection with the dissolved Dalian Shide, as the coaching staff consisted of former Shide players. The team attracted many Dalian players who previously played at local teams such as Dalian Aerbin and

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, many of which had Chinese Super League appearances. In the 2022 season, Dalian Duxing started in the

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. The team placed first in Group I of the regional competition and made it to the final round, where they finished third, and went on to win the promotion play-offs to acquire promotion into China League Two. At the beginning of the 2023 season, the team changed to a neutralised name Dalian Zhixing Football Club (), as requested by the Chinese Football Association, and signed more players from Dalian. Dalian Zhixing finished second in the

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season, to gain promotion into China League One. However, the investors of the team, the Dalian Shanhai Group, were involved in illegal fundraising cases. This meant that the club lost their funding, and was put into a forced auction in December 2023. On 15 December, it was confirmed that Dalian Tongshun Construction Co., Ltd. (), a company that has been running an amateur team Dalian Tongshun Construction F.C. since 2014, completed the acquisition. On 29 January 2024, the team was renamed as Dalian Young Boy Football Club (), which was adopted from a pool of names in a naming contest.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Li Guoxu Li Guoxu (; born 11 April 1978) is Chinese football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Dalian Zhixing. Club career Li Guoxu started his career at Dalian Wanda. In 1999, he left Dalian Wanda to join Chongqing Hongyan in t ...

(2022–present)

Honours

League * China League Two **Runners-up:

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* CMCL **Play-off winners:

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Season-by-season record

* DNQ = Did not qualify * R2 = Second round

References

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