Dalian Yingbo Football Club (), currently known as Dalian Yingbo Ocean Development () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional

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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 (after Shenyang ...

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

, 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 Dalian Professional Football Club (), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, which mostly competed in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various ...

and

Dalian Transcendence Dalian Transcendence Football Club () 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 ...

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

Chinese Champions League The Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League (), referred to as the Chinese Champions League or CMCL, is the fourth-tier football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Fo ...

. 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 The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

. 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 2023 China League Two season, to gain promotion into

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

. 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 Yingbo Football Club, which was adopted from a pool of names in a naming contest. Dalian Yingbo tifo 2025-05-05

Players

First-team squad

Coaching staff

Head coach history

* Li Guoxu (2022–present)

Honours

**Runners-up:

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**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 * R3 = Third round

References

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