Dalian Haichang FC - last updated on 24 December 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Dalian Haichang Football Club (大连海昌国际队)
Foundation: 1983
City: Dalian (大连
)
Colours: Blue and white
Website: www.shidefc.com
Honours:
Chinese Super League - 1 (2005)
Jia A - 7 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Chinese Super Cup - 3 (1997, 2001, 2003)
Chinese FA Cup - 2 (2001, 2005)
A bit of history:
Dalian Haichang, also known as Dalian Haichang International Football Team Shide FC or previously as Dalian Wanda, is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shide Group. The men's team play at the 31 000 seat Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian, China and their Head Coach is Ratko Dostanić.
Dalian Shide is the most successful club in Chinese professional football winning the first professional league season in 1994, they have since won a total of 8 titles from both the Jia A and CSL seasons. Dalian Shide's owner is tycoon Xu Ming.
Dalian possesses a well-funded and prolific academy. Famous players include Zhang Enhua, who had a successful three month spell at then-first division English team Grimsby Town and Hao Haidong. Sun Jihai and Dong Fangzhuo are successful players with Sheffield United and Royal Antwerp (now back to Dalian Haichang), respectively.
The men's team is by far the most successful team in Chinese football, winning 7 of the 10 Jia A seasons and has also claimed the crown in the second Chinese Super League season. Dalian also reached the quarterfinals of the first two ACL editions but have recently been inconsistent due to team and coach changes, especially the retirement of talisman Hao Haidong. Currently, the team is primarily academy members. Since 2008, Dalian Shide has selected a number of players for its satellite team in the S.League in Singapore, called Dalian Shide Siwu FC.
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