Dalian Transcendence F.C.

Dalian Transcendence
Dàlián Chāoyuè
大连超越

Full name	Dalian Transcendence Football Club 大连超越足球俱乐部
Founded	18 November 2013
Ground	Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Capacity	30,776
Chairman	Li Xiaoyong (李晓勇)
Manager	Rusmir Cviko (鲁斯米尔)
League	China League One
2016	League One, 14th
Home colours Away colours

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] 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.^[2][4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Name history

• 2013– Dalian Transcendence 大连超越

Current squad

As of 4 march 2016 ^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Cui Kai 2 DF Wang Guanghao 3 DF Zhao Yibo 5 MF Xue Ya'nan 6 MF Han Xu 7 FW Jaílton Paraíba 8 MF Jing Deyang 11 MF Su Di 12 DF Cui Yu 14 MF Hu Zhaojun 15 DF Liu Huan 16 DF David Fällman 18 DF Hao Xingchen

No. Position Player 19 FW William 21 DF Liu Yuchen 22 GK Chen Yongxin 23 GK Guo Wei 25 MF Quan Heng 27 DF Tang Lizhen 28 MF Zhang Jian 29 MF Sheng Jun 31 FW Du Wenxiang 32 FW Nan Yunqi 33 MF Wang Hongyou 36 MF Liu Tao 37 MF Liu Yingchen

Retired numbers

17 – Wang Renlong, Forward, 2014 posthumous. The number was retired in November 2014.^[9]

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 10 FW Erton Fejzullahu 41 MF Xie Zhaoyu 42 DF Guo Chen

No. Position Player 43 MF Hong Youpeng 45 DF Zhang Xiaolong 46 DF Qu Jiachen

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Rusmir Cviko
Assistant coach	Sun Feng Zou Peng
Goalkeeper coach	Chen Dong
Team doctor	Liu Pan Xu Qiang

Source: Club website

Managerial history

• Liu Zhongchang (2014–13 Apr 2016)
• Sun Feng (caretaker) (15 Apr 2016–21 Apr 2016)
• Ermin Šiljak (21 Apr 2016 – 10 August 2016)
• Rusmir Cviko (caretaker) (10 August 2016 – )

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of 2016 season.^[10][11]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
2014	3	14	7	6	1	29	9	18	27^1	5[12]	R2	DNQ	DNQ		Jinzhou Stadium
2015	3	14	10	4	0	38	11	27	34^1	RU	R3	DNQ	DNQ	1,643	Jinzhou Stadium
2016	2	30	10	8	12	32	36	-4	38	14	R2	DNQ	DNQ	4,350	Jinzhou Stadium
2017	2	30										DNQ	DNQ		Jinzhou Stadium

• ^1 In group stage.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

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

1. "大连超越下赛季战中乙" (in Chinese). fa.org.cn. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
2. "大连足球突然超越" (in Chinese). roll.sohu.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
3. "大连超越增加投入超1700万 季铭义:因家乡球队坚持" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
4. "DALIAN TRANSCENDENCE AND MEIZHOU WUHUA SECURE PROMOTION TO LEAGUE ONE". wildeastfootball.net. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
5. "China 2014". rsssf.com. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
6. "中乙综述-梅州智诚逆转晋级4强 超越钱宝遭淘汰" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
7. "中乙决赛-超越120分钟闷平 客家点球8–7险胜夺冠" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
8. 2016中甲联赛大连超越队完全名单 sports.sohu.com 2016-03-04 Retrieved 2016-03-04
9. 超越宣布封存王仁龙17号战袍 2015首战举行悼念 sports.sohu.com 2014-11-13 Retrieved 2016-03-04
10. "China – List of Champions". rsssf.com. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
11. "大连超越" (in Chinese). sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
12. 2014年中国足球协会乙级联赛决赛阶段比赛名次 fa.org.cn 2015-08-07 Retrieved 2016-03-04

External links

• Club website