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.
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 title. The tycoon Xu Ming 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 Dalian were the most successful club in Chinese football, while in the Asian Football Confederation the club reached the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship and 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals.
The club accumulated a huge debt and was eventually sold and merged into another club, thus becoming defunct.
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 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 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 into the club as their new manager. With Wang Jianlin 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 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, Li Ming and Sun Jihai and with another former Chinese national team manager Xu Genbao 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 and the Shide Group for 120 million Yuan and the club's name was changed to Dalian Shide. The new owners brought in Serbian Milorad Kosanović 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 and just missing out on 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup during his reign. When Milorad Kosanović left to coach the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team the club eventually brought in Vladimir Petrović who guided the team to the recently rebranded 2005 Chinese Super League title as well as 2005 Chinese FA Cup. With the retirement of striker Hao Haidong 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.
On 14 February 2010, Zhang Yalin died of lymphoma 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., 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 in Dalian, China.
Last Squad
Retired numbers
26 – Zhang Yalin, Midfielder, 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 ManagerPeriod Zhang Honggen1994 Gai Zengjun1995 Chi ShangbinJuly 1995 – Jan 1998 Xu Genbao1998–99 Milorad Kosanović2000–04 Hao Haidong (Caretaker)2004 Vladimir PetrovićJuly 2005 – Dec 2006 Jo BonfrereJuly 2008 – Dec 2007 Ratko DostanićJan 2008 – June 2008 Milorad Kosanović2008 Xu Hong2008–10 Liu Zhongchang (Caretaker)2010 Park Seong-Hwa2010–11 Li Xicai (Caretaker)2011 Gai Zengjun (Caretaker)2011 Nelo VingadaJuly 2011 – November 2012
Honours All-time honours list including amateur period.
League Chinese Jia-A League/Chinese Super League Winners (8): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 Chinese Jia-B League Winners (2): 1983, 1984 Chinese Yi League/China League Two (Third Tier League) Winners (1): 1981
Cup Chinese FA Cup Winners (3): 1992, 2001, 2005 Chinese Super Cup Winners (3): 1996, 2000, 2002
Continental Asian Club Championship Runners-up (1): 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 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.
YearDivPtsPos.FA CupSuper CupLeague CupAFCOtherAtt./GStadium 1955 1 10 8 1 1 40 7 33 17 RU – – – 1965 2 R1 – – – 1981 3 9 7 – 2 14 W – – – Dalian People's Stadium 1982 2 30 13 – 17 38 41 −3 26 12 – – – Dalian People's Stadium 1983 2 15 12 – 3 24 W – – – Dalian People's Stadium 1984 2 7 6 – 1 12 W R1 – – – Dalian People's Stadium 1985 1 15 9 6 +10 20 3 QR1 – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1986 1 14 4 5 5 11 13 −2 13 9 R1 – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1987 2 20 9 7 4 28 20 +8 253 – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1988 1 25 9 8 8 36 30 +6 39.5 10 – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1989 2 22 13 4 5 36 15 +21 46 RU – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1990 1 14 8 2 4 17 10 +7 26 3 RU – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1991 1 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 15 6 R1 – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1992 1 14 7 3 4 25 15 +10 17 3 W – – DNQ Dalian People's Stadium 1993 1 12 3 1/6 2 9 8 +1 8 4 – – DNQ ACWC R1 Sanshui City Stadium 1994 1 22 14 5 3 43 21 +22 33 W – – DNQ 26,636 Dalian People's Stadium 1995 1 22 12 6 4 27 22 +5 42 3 QF DNQ – DNE 22,273 Dalian People's Stadium 1996 1 22 12 10 0 42 18 +24 46 W SF W – DNQ 29,364 Dalian People's Stadium 1997 1 22 15 6 1 47 16 +31 51 W R2 RU – RU 19,455 Jinzhou Stadium 1998 1 26 19 5 2 64 16 +48 62 W SF RU – 4 FECC RU 27,769 Jinzhou Stadium 1999 1 26 7 10 9 30 30 0 31 9 RU DNQ – DNE 17,769 Jinzhou Stadium 2000 1 26 17 5 4 50 21 +29 56 W R2 W – DNQ ACWC RU 27,077 Jinzhou Stadium 2001 1 26 16 5 5 58 31 27 53 W W RU – QF 21,385 Jinzhou Stadium 2002 1 28 17 6 5 48 27 +21 57 W R2 W – SF 18,429 Jinzhou Stadium 2003 1 28 15 8 5 44 22 +22 53 3 RU DNQ – – A3CC RU 30,500 Jinzhou Stadium 2004 1 22 10 6 6 33 26 +7 30 5 SF QF QF 11,273 Jinzhou Stadium 2005 1 26 21 2 3 57 18 +39 65 W W R1 DNQ 14,000 Jinzhou Stadium 2006 1 28 13 6 9 43 29 +14 45 5 RU Group A3CC 4 5,043 Jinzhou Stadium 2007 1 28 11 11 6 36 31 +5 44 5 DNQ 10,286 Jinzhou Stadium 2008 1 30 6 12 12 30 40 −10 30 14 DNQ 7,900 Jinzhou Stadium 2009 1 30 10 8 12 27 31 −4 38 8 DNQ 16,613 Jinzhou Stadium 2010 1 30 10 12 8 40 37 +3 42 6 DNQ 12,307 Jinzhou Stadium 2011 1 30 7 11 12 27 43 −16 32 12 R2 DNQ 17,148 Jinzhou Stadium 2012 1 30 8 10 12 39 49 −10 34 14 R4 DNQ DNQ 11,093 Jinzhou Stadium : No promotion. : In final group stage. : Deduct 6 points for abandoning a match in protest of a referee's call.
Key China top division China second division China third division W Winners RU Runners-up 3 Third place Relegated
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
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