Dalian Shide F.C.

The club was founded as Dalian Shipyards in 1955. After the 1982 season the local Dalian government took over its ownership and renamed it Dalian Football Club to represent the city. The club immediately became a major force within the second tier and eventually win promotion to the top level in 1984 when they won the division title. For the next several seasons Dalian were predominantly top tier regulars except for one season in 1989 when they were in the second tier, however they quickly won promotion and soon went on to win their first domestic cup in 1992.

Soon afterwards the Chinese Football Association started to demand full professionalism and sponsorship from all the clubs in China. Dalian went on to be one of the first fully professionalised clubs in China on July 3, 1992. They gained sponsorship in 1993 from the China Hualu group and then the Dalian Wanda Group on March 8, 1994, who changed the club's name to Dalian Wanda FC. In the inaugural fully professional 1994 league season, the club brought in former Chinese national team manager Zhang Honggen to coach the team and under his leadership guide the club to their first ever league title. The following season saw Zhang Honggen decide to not stay on as the club's manager and Dalian were unable to retain the league title, however the club eventually brought in former Chinese international player Chi Shangbin into the club as their new manager. With Wang Jianlin and the full support of his company the Dalian…

1955–1982: Dalian Shipyards 1983–1992: Dalian Football Club 1993: Dalian Hualu 1994–1998: Dalian Wanda (simplified Chinese: 大连万达; traditional Chinese: 大連萬達; pinyin: Dàlián Wàndá) 1999: Dalian Wanda Shide (simplified Chinese: 大连万达实德; traditional Chinese: 大連萬達實德; pinyin: Dàlián Wàndá Shídé) 2000–2012: Dalian Shide (simplified Chinese: 大连实德; traditional Chinese: 大連實德; pinyin: Dàlián Shídé)

All-time honours list including amateur period.

League

Chinese Jia-A League/Chinese Super League Winners (8): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 Chinese Jia-B League Winners (2): 1983, 1984 Chinese Yi League/China League Two (Third Tier League) Winners (1): 1981

Cup

Chinese FA Cup Winners (3): 1992, 2001, 2005 Chinese Super Cup Winners (3): 1996, 2000, 2002

Continental

Asian Club Championship Runners-up (1): 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up (1): 2001

Youth

U19 U19 Winners Cup Winners: 2006 U17 U17 Youth League Champions: 2000