Dalian Transcendence Football Club () is a Chinese
football
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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 ...
,
Liaoning
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. 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.
History
Dalian Transcendence F.C. was established on 18 November 2013 by Zhao Yang () 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
The 2014 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 25th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 17 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 9 t ...
season. 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. 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.
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 late ...
players, which included
Han Jiabao
Han Jiabao (Chinese: 韩家宝) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Liaoning Shenyang Urban in the China League One as a forward or midfielder.
Club career
Han Jiabao would start his career in the 2006 Chinese league sea ...
,
Hao Xingchen
Hao Xingchen is a former Chinese professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward.
Club career
Hao Xingchen started his professional career with Dalian Shide F.C. and would make his debut o ...
Yan Song
Yan Song (; 1480–1567), courtesy name Weizhong (惟中), pseudonym Jiexi (介溪), was a Chinese politician and regent of the Ming dynasty. He was notorious for being corrupt and for dominating the Ming government for two decades as Grand Sec ...
. 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.
The club's first competitive game would be on 30 March 2014 against
Guangxi Liuzhou Liuyue
Guangxi Liuzhou Liuyue () is an association football club based in Liuzhou, China. The club had competed in various local amateur competitions, as well as China Amateur Football League and Chinese FA Cup, before its annexation by Liuzhou Ranko ...
in the first round of the
2014 Chinese FA Cup
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The cup title sponsor is Beijing Yanjing Brewery.
Schedule
Qualifying rounds Group A
Group B
Group C
...
where they won their game 3–0 at home. 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.
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on away goals. The following season the club would reach the divisions Play-off final where they lost the tie to
Meizhou Kejia F.C.
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on penalties, however despite coming runners-up they still gained promotion to the second tier.
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 () for the rest of the 2018 season.
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.
Retired numbers
17 –
Wang Renlong
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* Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname
* Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname
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* A title in Korean nobility
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Places
* Wang River in Thail ...
,
Forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, 2014 posthumous. The number was retired in November 2014.
Managerial history
*
Liu Zhongchang
Liu Zhongchang (; born 31 August 1962) is a Chinese former football player and current manager.
Club career
Liu entered Dalian youth team in 1974. He moved to Liaoning youth team in 1976. Between 1983 and 1987, he played for Liaoning.
In 1988, ...
(2014 – 13 April 2016)
* Sun Feng (caretaker) (15 April 2016 – 21 April 2016)
*
Ermin Šiljak
Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
Managerial career
Early career
Šiljak managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams.
In 2012, he was a manager of Olim ...
(21 April 2016 – 10 August 2016)
* Rusmir Cviko (10 August 2016 – 8 August 2017)
*
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 ...
(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.''
* In group stage.
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