The 2016 Dalian Yifang F.C. season was the seventh season in club history.
Background Before the season, Yifang announced that Mikael Stahre will continue his job. The team and the manager himself claimed that the team will try to gain promotion into the 2017 Chinese Super League.
In July 2016, Yifang made changes of critical personnel including chairman and technical staffs, replacing their manager Mikael Stahre with Milinko Pantić from Atletico Madrid B, and signed Lin Lefeng as the chairman, hoping to improve their performance, but it failed. After just 8 matches, Pantić was replaced with Sergio Piernas Cárdenas, his assistant coach.
Kits
Friendlies Preseason
China League One
League table
Dalian Derby Yifang had experienced local derby back in the 2012 season against Dalian Shide, in the Chinese Super League. However, Shide was disbanded after the 2012 season. In this season, Yifang saw chances to compete with an alternate local team Dalian Transcendence. Yifang won by 2–0 in the first leg, but lost by 1–2 later.
Results summary
League fixtures and results
Chinese FA Cup FA Cup fixtures and results
Player information Transfers In
Name Age Moving from Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Notes 10MF Constantin Budescu26 Astra Giurgiu Transfer Winter €1.5M— 11FW Mohamed Bangura26 AIK Transfer Winter €0.8M — 3DF Cao Xuan30 Hangzhou Greentown Transfer Winter — — 7MF Li Zhendong25 Beijing Enterprises Transfer Winter — — 4DF Li Shuai20 Mafra U19 Transfer Winter — — 14MF Qu Xiaohui28 Shenyang Urban Transfer Winter — —5DF Wu Yuyin25 Shanghai SIPG Reserves Transfer Winter — — 9FW Nyasha Mushekwi29 Sundowns Transfer Winter — — DF Ji Zhengyu21 Dalian TranscendenceLoan ReturnWinter——FW Nan Yunqi22 Dalian TranscendenceLoan ReturnWinter——22MF Seykou Oliseh26 Astra GiurgiuTransferSummer——
Out NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeNotes21DF Yue Xin19 Hangzhou GreentownTransferWinter€575,000—13GK Liu Weiguo23 Guangzhou EvergrandeTransferWinter€150,000—9FW Bruno Meneghel28 Cerezo OsakaTransferWinter—— DF Ji Zhengyu21 Hunan BillowsTransferWinter——21MF Liu Yingchen23 Dalian TranscendenceTransferWinter——3DF Niklas Backman27 Aarhus GFTransferWinter——5DF Zou You30 Shaanxi Chang'an AthleticsTransferWinter——MF Nan Yunqi22 Dalian Transcendence—Winter——22FW Duan Yunzi21 Shenyang UrbanLoanWinter——11FW Mathias Ranégie31 WatfordEnd of loanWinter——10MF Chen Tao31—ReleasedWinter——10MF Constantin Budescu26 Astra GiurgiuLoanSummer——
Squad
Appearances and goals
Goalscorers RankPlayer League OneFA CupTotal1 Nyasha Mushekwi9FW190192 Sun Bo29MF6063 Mohamed Bangura11FW314 Zhao Xuebin12FW3255 Cao Xuan3DF202 Cui Ming'an26MF202 Qu Xiaohui14MF2028 Zhu Ting8DF101 Wang Wanpeng2DF101 Li Zhendong7MF101 Wang Jinxian18MF101 Dong Yanfeng42DF101 Zhang Hui17MF011Own goals101
Assists RankPlayer League OneFA CupTotal1 Wang Jinxian18MF8082 Sun Bo29MF6063 Cui Ming'an26MF4044 Nyasha Mushekwi9FW303 Zhu Ting8DF3036 Li Zhendong7MF202 Cao Xuan3DF2028 Mohamed Bangura11FW101 Qu Xiaohui14MF101 Zhao Xuebin12FW112 Sekou Oliseh22MF101 Constantin Budescu10MF101
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