Dalian Changbo F.C. () was a football club based in

Dalian Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

History

The club was founded in 2001 as Dalian Sundy and started in the third tier

China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

in 2002, where it achieved third place in its debut, narrowly missing promotion due to losing to Guangdong Xiongying in the semi-finals. In the following year, however, the club won the entire championship and gained promotion to

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

. Upon entering professional level, due to its affiliation with Dalian Shide, the club was forcibly overtaken by Dalian FA, and changed its name to Dalian Mingzhu. However, it was taken over again by its former shareholders in May 2004, this time under the name Dalian Changbo. After the 2005 season, the club's alleged affiliation with Dalian Shide was again under investigation, resulting in the club itself as well as its place in

being forced to sold to

team Xizang Huitong Luhua to take over its place in the league.

Name history

*2001–2003 Dalian Sundy F.C. 大连三德 *2004 Dalian Mingzhu F.C. 大连明珠 *2004–2005 Dalian Changbo F.C. 大连长波 All-time League Rankings

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