Dalian Yifang F.C.

Dàlián Yīfāng
大连一方
Full name Dalian Yifang Football Club
大连一方足球俱乐部
Nickname(s) Blue Hawks
Founded 20 September 2009 (2009-09-20)
Ground Dalian Sports Center Stadium,
Dalian, Liaoning
Ground Capacity 61,000
Chairman Shi Xueqing (石雪清)
Manager Mikael Stahre
League China League One
2015 League One, 3rd

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 Stadium 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]

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
2009–15 Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd. Dalian Aerbin Football Club
2015 Dalian Yifang Group Co. Ltd.
2016– Dalian Yifang Football Club

Crest history

Current squad

As of 4 March 2016 [12]

First team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 China GK Zhang Chong
2 China DF Wang Wanpeng
3 China DF Cao Xuan (captain)
4 China DF Li Shuai
5 China DF Wu Yuyin
6 China MF Zhu Xiaogang
7 China MF Li Zhendong
8 China MF Zhu Ting
9 Zimbabwe FW Nyasha Mushekwi
10 Romania MF Constantin Budescu
11 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Bangura
12 China FW Zhao Xuebin
14 China MF Qu Xiaohui
15 China MF Jin Qiang
No. Position Player
16 China FW Xie Hui
17 China MF Zhang Hui
18 China FW Wang Jinxian
19 China GK Yu Ziqian
20 China MF Du Yuxin
21 China MF Dong Honglin
23 China GK Chen Junlin
26 China MF Cui Ming'an
27 China DF Shan Pengfei
29 China MF Sun Bo
30 China DF Han Xuegeng
31 China DF Wang Yaopeng
32 China DF Eddy Francis

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
41 China MF Li Yuqiu
42 China DF Dong Yanfeng
43 China DF Li Zhen
44 China DF Wang Qianshuo
45 China DF Fu Yuncheng
46 China FW Yang Fangzhi
47 China MF Yuan Hao
No. Position Player
48 China MF Wang Tianci
49 China DF Zhang Yuning
50 China DF Cheng Rui
51 China MF Liu Yang
52 China MF Song Xiaoyu
53 China MF Zhao Zaiping

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
China FW Duan Yunzi (at Shenyang City)
China FW Yan Peng (at Shenyang City)

Coaching staff

Head coachSweden Mikael Stahre
Assistant coachChina Chi Shangbin
China Wang Tao
China Ji Mingyi
Fitness coachSweden Mikael Kallstrom
Goalkeeper coachChina Han Wenhai
Reserve coachChina Xu Hui
Team physicianSouth Korea Kwon Hyuck-Jun
China Li Hengjun
China Wang Zhong
U17 Team coachChina Pei Yongjiu
U15 Team coachChina Qi Xiaoguang
China Lei Tao
U13 Team coachChina Liu Yujian
China Wang Zhaochen

Managerial history

As of 9 January 2015 [13][14]
Managers Period
China Chi Shangbin Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2010
China Sun Xianlu 2010
Bulgaria Aleksandar Stankov June 2010 – Dec 11
South Korea Chang Woe-Ryong Jan 1, 2012 – April 3, 2012
Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević April 4, 2012 – Nov 9, 2012
China Xu Hong Dec 11, 2012 – Feb 18, 2013
China Li Ming (interim) Feb 18, 2013 – June 5, 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina Simo Krunić June 3, 2013 – Dec 5, 2013
China Ma Lin Nov 5, 2013 – May 28, 2014
Japan Yasuharu Kurata May 30, 2014 – Dec 19, 2014
Sweden Mikael Stahre January 5, 2015–

Honours

Winners (1): 2011
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
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 -15,774Jinzhou 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

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Africa

Asia

Europe

South America

References

  1. ↑ "CSL 2012". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "大连阿尔滨俱乐部简介：成就梦想 造历史豪门". sports.qq.com. 2011-03-23. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "大连阿尔滨2010战绩：决赛不败 绝对优势冲甲". sports.qq.com. 2011-03-23. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "China League One 2011". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "大连阿尔滨挖来张外龙 青岛中能接触图拔福拉多". ifeng.com. 8 Dec 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "阿尔滨官方宣布新主帅 塞尔维亚欧冠名帅接手". sports.qq.com. 2012-04-04. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Dalian Aerbin confirm Seydou Keita signing". goal.com. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "China’s most successful club on the brink of death? An in-depth background". wildeastfootball.net. January 21, 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "徐弘独立离韩落寞离去 63天阿尔滨帅位生涯终结". sports.sohu.com. 20 Feb 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ 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
  12. ↑ 2016中甲联赛大连一方队完全名单 sports.sohu.com 2016-03-04 Retrieved 2016-03-04
  13. ↑ "Dalian Aerbin » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  14. ↑ "Dalian Aerbin Football Club". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  15. ↑ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE – 2011". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  16. ↑ "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 10 Oct 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "大连阿尔滨". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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