Dalian Haichang

Football club infobox
clubname = Dalian Shide
大连海昌


fullname = Dalian Haichang Football Club
大连海昌国际队
nickname = -
founded = 1983
ground = Jinzhou Stadium,
Dalian Liaoning, China
capacity = 30,776 [ [http://www.fussballtempel.net/afc/listeafc.html www.fussballtempel.net] ]
chairman = flagicon|China Xu Ming
manager = flagicon|SerbiaMilorad Kosanovic
league = Chinese Super League
season = 2007
position = Chinese Super League, 6th
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Dalian Haichang (Simplified Chinese: 大连海昌), also known as Dalian Haichang International Football Team Shide FC (Simplified Chinese: 大连实德) or previously as Dalian Wanda (Simplified Chinese: 大连万达), 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 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.

History

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.

Colours and badge

Stadium

Supporters

They have lots of supporter on many occasions. It is important to note that they are forbidden access of almost everything since China filters almost everything a person might need to live.

Current squad

Men's team

"Correct as of 8 September 2008"

Women's team

Noted former players

"Listed according to when they debuted for Dalian Shide (year in parentheses):"
*flagicon|CHN Dong Fangzhuo (2002)
*flagicon|BUL Zoran Janković (2002)
*flagicon|IRN Reza Shahroudi (2000)
*flagicon|CHN Hao Haidong (1996)
*flagicon|CZE Václav Němeček (1998)
*flagicon|SVN Ermin Šiljak
*flagicon|CHN Sun Jihai (1995)
*flagicon|CHN Li Ming
*flagicon|CHN Zhang Enhua
*flagicon|CHN Xu Hong
*flagicon|CHN Wei Yimin
*flagicon|CHN Wang Tao
*flagicon|CHN Hang Wenhai

*flagicon|CHN Chi Shangbin

Honours

* Chinese Super League
** Winners (1): 2005
* Jia A
** Winners (7): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
* Chinese Super Cup
** Winners (3): 1997, 2001, 2003
* Chinese FA Cup
** Winners (2): 2001, 2005
* Asian Cup Winners' Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2001
* Asian Club Championship
** Runners-up (1): 1998

ee also

*Dalian Shide FC (Singapore)
*List of Chinese Super League clubs

References

External links

* [http://www.shidefc.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.sinosoc.com Sinosoc]