Dalian Transcendence F.C.
Dalian Transcendence Football Club (Chinese: 大连超越足球俱乐部) 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 Jinzhou Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,776. The clubs owner is Zhao Yang and the team is a publicly listed football club.
History
Dalian Transcendence F.C. was established on 18 November 2013 by Zhao Yang (赵阳) with a registered capital of 3 million Yuan to participate in the third tier of Chinese football at the beginning of the 2014 China League Two season.[1] As a publicly listed football club Zhao Yang would proclaim that this model had already seen investment reach 10 million Yuan and he would be reinvesting that money on educating the teams youth system.[2] Liu Zhongchang was brought in as the clubs manager while the clubs recruitment policy saw them actively bring in recently defunct Dalian Shide F.C. players, which included Han Jiabao, Hao Xingchen, Hu Zhaojun, Nan Yunqi, and Yan Song.[3] The clubs first competitive game would be on 30 March 2014 against Guangxi Liuzhou Liuyue in the first round of the 2014 Chinese FA Cup where they won their game 3-0 at home in the Jinzhou Stadium.[4] The clubs debut appearance within the league saw them come third within the leagues group stages, however within the knock-out phase they were eliminated by Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. on away goals.[5] The following season the club would reach the divisions Play-off final where they lost the tie to Meizhou Kejia F.C. on penalties, however despite coming runners-up they still gained promotion to the second tier.[6]
Name history
- 2013- Dalian Transcendence 大连超越
Current squad
As of 4 march 2016 [7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Retired numbers
17 – 
Wang Renlong, Forward, 2014 posthumous. The number was retired in November 2014.[8]
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 |
|
MF |
Xie Zhaoyu
|
| 42 |
|
DF |
Guo Chen
|
| 43 |
|
MF |
Hong Youpeng |
|
Coaching staff
| Position |
Staff |
|---|
| Head coach |
 Ermin Šiljak |
| Assistant coach |
Sun Feng
Zou Peng |
| Goalkeeper coach |
Chen Dong |
| Team doctor |
Liu Pan
Xu Qiang |
Managerial history
- Liu Zhongchang (2014–13 Apr 2016)
- Sun Feng (caretaker) (15 Apr 2016–21 Apr 2016)
- Ermin Šiljak (21 Apr 2016–)
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2015 season.[9][10]
Key
|
|
- 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
|
References
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