Dalian Yifang F.C.
Full name | Dalian Yifang Football Club 大连一方足球俱乐部 |
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Nickname(s) | Blue Hawks | ||
Founded | 20 September 2009 | ||
Ground | Dalian Sports Center, Dalian, Liaoning |
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Capacity | 61,000 | ||
Chairman | Shi Xueqing (石雪清) | ||
Manager | Mikael Stahre | ||
League | China League One | ||
2015 | League One, 3rd | ||
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Dalian Yifang Football Club (Chinese: 大连一方足球俱乐部) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Dalian, Liaoning and their home stadium is the 61,000 capacity Dalian Sports Center where they are owned by the Dalian Yifang Group Co. Ltd.
The club was founded in September 20, 2009 by Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd and started at the bottom of the Chinese football pyramid in the third tier. After successive league title wins in the 2nd and 3rd tier professional football leagues, they were promoted to the top tier in 2012 Chinese Super League season where they would experience their highest ever placing of fifth in the same season.[1]
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History
On September 20, 2009, Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd. established a new professional football club named Dalian Aerbin (Chinese: 大连阿尔滨) and hired former Chinese international footballer Li Ming to become the club manager. The club's name Aerbin comes from the Manchu language meaning a place with water, which is also the name of a small town in Jinzhou District of Dalian where Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd locates. They would soon move into the Dalian University Stadium in the Dalian Development Area and bring in Chi Shangbin as their co-manager and Sun Xianlu as their Head coach.[2] Starting in the third tier league, the club made their debut in 2010 China League Two season. The club brought in established top tier Chinese Super League players such as Guo Hui, Chang Lin and Yang Lin. The quality of these players helped the club win their regional division section and later the league title over Tianjin Songjiang as the club won the championship.[3]
The following season, the club hired its first foreign coach, a Bulgarian, Aleksandar Stankov. Dalian Aerbin F.C. set up a surprising winning streak and won the 2011 China League One championship.[4] With its meteoric rise to the Super League, the club decided to use the 30,775 seater Jinzhou Stadium as its home stadium and shared it with their local rival Dalian Shide as well as signing a more experienced manager Chang Woe-Ryong who had previously succeeded in the Chinese Super League Qingdao Jonoon.[5] The club initially struggled in the league and the club brought in Aleksandar Stanojević as the head coach.[6] By July 11, 2012 Dalian Aerbin would bring in a marquee player in Mali international Seydou Keita who departed on a free transfer from Barcelona F.C. to ensure their stay within the league.[7] Stanojevć managed the club successfully and Dalian Aerbin F.C. was actually the "champion" in the 2nd half of the league. The club finally ranked 5th in 2012.
On 30 November 2012, Aerbin Group acquired the local rival Dalian Shide F.C. by taking on responsibility of their 330 million RMB debt.[8] In hopes of bringing in a harmonious merger of the two teams, former Dalian Shide manager Xu Hong was brought in for the start of the 2013 Chinese Super League. However, after only 63 days in charge he had to resign after the Chinese Football Association found that he manipulated a match while as a manager at Sichuan Guancheng and was given a 5-year suspension from all football activity, which forced Li Ming to start the season as their caretaker manager.[9]
On 8 July 2015, Dalian Yifang Group Co. Ltd. bought majority shares of the club.[10] The club fail to promote back to the first tier after finishing the 3rd place of the league in the 2015 season. They changed their name to Dalian Yifang F.C. (Chinese: 大连一方) in December 2015.[11]
Ownership and naming history
Year | Owner | Club name | Sponsored team name |
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2009–15 | Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd. | Dalian Aerbin Football Club | |
2015 | Dalian Yifang Group Co. Ltd. | ||
2016– | Dalian Yifang Football Club |
Crest history
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Dalian Aerbin
2009–2015
Current squad
As of 14 march 2015 [12]
First team
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Reserve squad
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On loan
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Coaching staff
Head coach | Mikael Stahre |
Assistant coach | Vanja Radinović |
Cheng Jun | |
Shi Lei | |
Fitness coach | Fabien Bossuet |
Goalkeeper coach | Han Wenhai |
Reserve coach | Li Guoxu |
Team physician | Kwon Hyuck-Jun |
Li Hengjun | |
Wang Zhong | |
U17 Team coach | Guo Hui |
U15 Team coach | Serge Romano |
Qi Xiaoguang | |
Yang Dexin | |
U13 Team coach | Liu Yujian |
Wang Zhaochen |
Managerial history
Managers | Period |
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Chi Shangbin | Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2010 |
Sun Xianlu | 2010 |
Aleksandar Stankov | June 2010 – Dec 11 |
Chang Woe-Ryong | Jan 1, 2012 – April 3, 2012 |
Aleksandar Stanojević | April 4, 2012 – Nov 9, 2012 |
Xu Hong | Dec 11, 2012 – Feb 18, 2013 |
Li Ming (interim) | Feb 18, 2013 – June 5, 2013 |
Simo Krunić | June 3, 2013 – Dec 5, 2013 |
Ma Lin | Nov 5, 2013 – May 28, 2014 |
Yasuharu Kurata | May 30, 2014 – Dec 19, 2014 |
Mikael Stahre | January 5, 2015– |
Honours
- China League One (Second Tier League)[15]
- Winners (1): 2011
- China League Two (Third Tier League)
- Winners (1): 2010
Results
All-time League Rankings
Year | Div | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Super Cup | AFC | Att./G | Stadium |
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2010 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 34 1 | W | NH | DNQ | – | Dalian University Stadium | |
2011 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 54 | W | R2 | DNQ | – | Dalian University Stadium | |
2012 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 45 | 5 | R4 | DNQ | - | 15,774 | Jinzhou Stadium |
2013 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 41 | 5 | QF | DNQ | – | 10,538 | Jinzhou Stadium |
2014 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 29 | 15 | R3 | DNQ | – | 10,993 | Dalian Sports Center |
2015 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 24 | 58 | 3 | R3 | DNQ | – | 15,213 | Dalian Sports Center |
- ^1 in group stage
Key
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries.
Africa
Asia
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Europe
South America
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References
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- ↑ 重磅!一方4000万入股阿尔滨 万达回归大连足球 at sina 2015-07-08 Retrieved 2015-12-23
- ↑ 大连阿尔滨主要股权转让并更名为大连一方的公示 at fa.org.cn 2015-12-14 Retrieved 2015-12-22
- ↑ 2015赛季中甲联赛大连阿尔滨队球员报名名单 (Chinese)
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