Dalian Professional Football Club (), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional

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club based in

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, which mostly competed in the

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. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various grounds across Dalian, including the

Dalian Sports Centre Stadium Dalian Sports Centre Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dalian, Liaoning province, China. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 61,000. The stadium was built for the 2013 National Games of China, and switched to other purposes, mainly footbal ...

, the Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium, the

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, and the Puwan Stadium. The club was refounded on September 20, 2009, by Dalian Aerbin Group Company, Ltd., and started from the third tier of the Chinese football pyramid,

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. Winning two consecutive league titles in the second and third tier professional football leagues, they were promoted to the top tier in the

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season, where they experienced their highest ever placing of fifth in the same season. In 2014, they were relegated from the Chinese Super League. In December 2015, they were renamed Dalian Yifang Football Club. In October 2017, they were crowned champions of

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and once again secured promotion to the

. On May 25, 2019, Dalian Yifang Football Club was renamed Dalian Professional Football Club, with the new logo unveiled on January 21, 2020. The team dissolved on 17 January 2024 due to unaffordable historical debts.

History

Dalian Aerbin (2009–2014)

On September 20, 2009, Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd. established a new professional football club named Dalian Aerbin () and hired former

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footballer Li Ming to become the club manager. The club's name Aerbin comes from the

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, meaning ''a place with water'', which is also the name of a small town in

Jinzhou District Jinzhou District () is one of the seven districts of Dalian, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is located about northeast of the city centre and faces the Bohai Sea to the west as well as the Korea Bay to the east and has a long ...

of Dalian where Dalian Aerbin Group Co. Ltd is located. They would soon move into the

Dalian University Stadium 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 ...

in the

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and bring in

Chi Shangbin Chi Shangbin ( zh, s=迟尚斌, t=迟尚斌, p=Chí Shàngbīn; 19 September 1949 – 6 March 2021) was a Chinese football player and coach. As player, he spent his whole career playing for Liaoning, and also represented China at international ...

as their co-manager and Sun Xianlu as their head coach. Starting in the third-tier league, the club made their debut in the

2010 China League Two The 2010 China League Two season is the 21st season since its establishment. League kicked off on 9 May 2010. Group Stage Standings North Group * Round 1: Dalian Yiteng 2-2 Liaoning Tiger, Panjin Mengzun 0-1 Dalian Aerbin (9 May) * Round 2: ...

season. The club brought in established top-tier

players such as

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, 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 Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006, the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called ...

as the club won the championship. In the following season, the club hired its first foreign coach, Bulgarian manager Aleksandar Stankov. Dalian Aerbin F.C. set up a surprising winning streak and won the

2011 China League One The 2011 China League One is the eighth season of the China League One, the second tier of the China, Chinese Association football, football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on 26 March 2011 and ended in October 2011. The size of ...

championship. With their meteoric rise to the Super League, the club decided to use the 30,775-seater

as its home stadium and shared it with their local rival

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...

, as well as signing a more experienced manager in

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, who had previously managed in the Chinese Super League with

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

. The club initially struggled in the league and the club brought in

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as the head coach. By July 11, 2012, Dalian Aerbin brought in a marquee player in the form of former Barcelona F.C. midfielder

Seydou Keita Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder. He is both the record appearance holder and scorer of the Ma ...

, who departed the Spanish team on a free transfer and helped ensure Dalian Aerbin remained within the league. At the end of the 2012 league season, Stanojevć managed to not only avoid relegation but actually guided the club to fifth within the league. On 30 November 2012, Aerbin Group acquired the local rival

Dalian Shide F.C. Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's ...

by taking on responsibility of their 330 million

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debt after Dalian Shide's chairman

Xu Ming Xu Ming (; April 1971 – 4 December 2015) was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. He was the founder of the conglomerate Dalian Shide Group, and the chairman of Dalian Shide F.C., China's top football club in the 2000s. In 2005, ''Forbes' ...

was arrested for bribing and corruption. In the hope of bringing in a harmonious merger of the two teams, former Dalian Shide manager

Xu Hong Xu Hong (; born May 14, 1968, in Dalian) is a retired Chinese football player and football manager. He was most recently the manager of Chinese Super League team Dalian Aerbin F.C. for 63 days before he had to resign on February 19, 2013, bec ...

was brought in for the start of the

2013 Chinese Super League The 2013 Chinese Super League was the tenth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 20th season of a professional football league and the 52nd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won their third consecut ...

. However, after only 63 days in charge, he had to resign after the

Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...

found that he had manipulated a match while he was a manager at

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and was given a 5-year suspension from all football activity, which forced Li Ming to start the season as their caretaker manager. The Chinese Football Association called off this merger, according to regulations, and decided that former Dalian Shide players should join the free market, while Dalian Aerbin could only sign them through a normal transfer, 5 at most, instead of taking over the whole team. This incident caused Aerbin to face some serious financial problems, being unable to pay the salaries, bonuses, or even maintenance of the stadium. At the end of the

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, Aerbin was relegated to

Dalian Yifang (2015–2019)

With Dalian Aerbin back in the China League One division and with the loss of revenue generated from being in the top tier, the club could not afford to maintain their squad, which saw a mass exodus of players.

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was hired as the head coach at the start of the 2015 league campaign and looked to be pushing for promotion, which saw Dalian Yifang Group Co. Ltd on 8 July 2015, buy majority shares within the club. The purchase was promoted by

Wang Jianlin Wang Jianlin (; born 24 October 1954) is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the chairman, founder, and majority shareholder of the Dalian Wanda Group, one of China's foremost conglomerate companies, which is also well ...

and his

Dalian Wanda Group Wanda Group (), or the Dalian Wanda Group (), is a Chinese multinational conglomerate founded in Dalian, Liaoning, and headquartered in Beijing. The conglomerate's core businesses are a private property developer and an entertainment compan ...

, who are a main shareholder of the Yifang Group (一方, "one region"), with the investment signaling a return of football ownership from Wang Jianlin, who had previously owned Dalian Wanda F.C. The club failed to win promotion back into the top tier after finishing third place at the end of the 2015 season and officially changed their name to Dalian Yifang F.C. () in December 2015. On 10 July 2015, in a press conference to confirm the Yifang Group's investment, the general manager, Shi Xueqing (), admitted that the club was still losing money. In the

2017 China League One The 2017 China League One ( zh, 58同城2017中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 14th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the e- ...

season, Dalian Yifang won the division title and promotion back into the top tier under head coach

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. Despite this success, the Dalian Football Association announced that he was being replaced by Ma Lin, which saw speculation grow that the club was still in financial difficulties and was looking for the local government Dalian Sports Bureau to take over the club. On 20 February 2018, the Wanda Group took full control on the club after selling their 17% share in

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to Israeli businessman

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on 14 February 2018. The Wanda Group would use the money taken from Atlético Madrid and invest it in bringing in Argentinian international

Nicolás Gaitán Osvaldo Fabián Nicolás "Nico" Gaitán (; born 23 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger. A product of Boca Juniors, he joined Benfica in Portugal, where he won three Primeira Lig ...

and Belgium international

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. The team and the Wanda Group sought further influence in the 2019 season. In February 2019, the club completed another marquee signing from Europe, this time acquiring the services of

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man

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, who signed for a reported fee of about €20 million (£18m/$23m). Gaitán left the team to play for the

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side Chicago Fire after just one season. The team signed with Korean manager Choi Kang-hee, but had less-than-expected performance as the league went halfways. In July 2019, Dalian Pro ended contract with Choi, while

Rafael Benítez Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He was most recently the manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo. Beníte ...

was introduced to the team, that he "was impressed by chairman

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's passion and future plan on football". Salomon Rondon also joined from

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, as a response to Benítez's call.

Dalian Pro (2020–2024)

On 21 January 2020, Dalian Yifang changed their name to Dalian Pro. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Chinese Super League did not start until July, after which, Carrasco decided to leave the team. Dalian Pro and Benitez focused on aggressive promotion of young players, putting older players down to the reserves, as the 2020 league did not have much relegation pressure. In January 2021, Benítez and Dalian Pro parted ways. Hamsik and Rondon also decided to leave. As the CSL introduced further limits on salary cap and transfer fees, the team seemed to reach a post-marquee era by not introducing new foreign players and remained low-profile. The team appointed José González, but was relegated to China League One after the season. On 12 March 2022, Dalian Pro announced major changes in its owners. Wanda Group decided to quit, and the team would be taken over temporarily by a government-led reforming work team. Past debts and operating costs of the first team, youth training facilities, and projects for the next three years would still be covered by Wanda Group. The Dalian Pro Academy Base was donated to DETA Holdings (), a state-invested company in Dalian. On 27 May 2022, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced that Dalian Pro, which had been relegated from the top flight at the end of last season, would compete in the 18-team top flight, as a replacement for disbanded club Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic. Dalian Pro were relegated from the Chinese Super League once again in 2023, and failed to acquire the entry permission into the 2024 league due to historical debts. The team announced its cease of operations on 17 January 2024.

Ownership and naming history

Crest history

File:Dalian Professional F.C.2009-2015.svg, Dalian Aerbin logo used between 2009 and 2015 File:Dalian Professional F.C.2016-2019.svg, Dalian Yifang logo used between 2016 and 2019 File:Dalian Professional F.C.svg, Dalian Pro logo used from 2020 to dissolution in 2024

Last coaching staff

Managerial history

Honours

(tier-II) **Winners (2):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

(tier-III) **Winners (1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Results

All-time League Rankings : As of the end of the 2023 season * in group stage * in group stage. * the

2020 Chinese Super League The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The season was scheduled to begin o ...

was held behind closed doors most of the time; attendance and stadium not applicable. * the

2021 Chinese Super League The 2021 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2021 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An I ...

was held behind closed doors most of the time; attendance and stadium not applicable. ; 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

Past and present internationals

Had international caps for their respective countries. China * Chen Lei (2012–2013) * Chen Tao (2013–2015) *

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References

External links

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