Ground Capacity 30,776 Manager Rusmir Cviko (鲁斯米尔) Location Dalian, China Founded 2013 | Chairman Wei Yimin (魏意民) 2016 League One, 14th League China League One Grounds Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian | |
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Full name Dalian Transcendence Football Club
大连超越足球俱乐部 | ||
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.
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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. 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. 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. With the club choosing the same blue home jersey colours and using the same home ground of Jinzhou Stadium it saw many within the Chinese media to believe that Dalian Transcendence were actively claiming to be the successor to Dalian Shide, Zhao Yang proclaimed to be neutral on the matter.
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. 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. 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.
Name history
Current squad
As of 3 March 2017Note: 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.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial history
Results
All-time league rankings
As of the end of 2016 season.
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