1994 Dalian Wanda F.C. season

The 1994 Dalian Wanda F.C. season was Dalian's 10th consecutive season in the top division of Chinese football, and the first season to compete as a fully professional team.

Dalian Wanda F.C.
ChairmanChina Wang Jianlin
ManagerChina Zhang Honggen
Jia-A LeagueWinner
Top goalscorerWang Tao (16 goals)
← 1993
1995 →

Overview

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The 1994 season was the first season that the Jia-A Legue had turned professional.[1][2] Private enterprises were allowed to sponsor or operate a football club. Wang Jianlin, owner of the Wanda Group, acquired the Dalian football club,[3] and reorganized the team as Dalian Wanda Football Club in March 1994. Originally, he planned to establish a team that consist players and managerial staff only from Dalian, but was convinced by Gai Zengjun, former manager of the team.[4] He threw quite some money at the time by appointing Zhang Honggen from Shanghai as the head coach, and set high winning bonuses for the team.[5] Dalian Wanda won the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League without effort.

Since round 5 of the 1994 season, the team set a record of 57 unbeaten home league matches.[6]

Players

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As of the 1994 season.[7][8][9]

No. Name Nat. Place of birth Date of birth Aged Joined from
Goalkeepers
1 Han Wenhai   Dalian 28 January 1971 22 Dalian
23 Zhou Yong   Dalian 28 July 1973 20 Dalian youth
24 Chen Dong   Dalian 3 May 1978 15 Dalian youth
Defenders
2 Zhang Enhua   Dalian 28 April 1973 20 Dalian
3 Zhao Lin   Dalian 15 February 1966 27 Dalian
4 Zhu Xiaodong   Dalian 25 January 1969 24 Dalian
5 Xu Hong   Dalian 17 April 1968 25 Dalian
14 Zheng Yong   Dalian 28 June 1973 20 Dalian youth
19 Fan Wei   Dalian 20 June 1973 20 Dalian
21 Sun Jihai   Dalian 17 August 1977 16 Dalian youth
22 Wu Jun   Dalian 24 March 1977 16 Dalian youth
Midfielders
6 Li Ming   Dalian 26 January 1971 22 Dalian
7 Xu Hui   Dalian 22 August 1968 25 Dalian
8 Ma Xiaohong   Dalian 24 October 1970 23 Dalian
9 Wang Tao   Dalian 9 April 1967 26 Bayi
10 Shi Lei   Dalian 19 June 1963 30 Dalian
12 Sun Minghui   Dalian 20 April 1971 22 Dalian
13 Gao Jinggang   Dalian 8 January 1971 22 Dalian
15 Sun Xiaodong   Dalian 19 February 1974 19 Dalian
18 Liu Zhongchang   Dalian 31 August 1962 31 Dalian
25 Wang Jun   Dalian 20 April 1963 30 Dalian
Forwards
11 Wei Yimin   Dalian 12 July 1971 22 Dalian
16 Gao Xu   Dalian 2 April 1967 26 Liaoning
17 Zhang Gang   Dalian 30 March 1977 16 Dalian youth
20 Wang Tao   Dalian 22 April 1970 23 Dalian

Coaching staff

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Position Name Note
Head coach   Zhang Honggen
Assistant coach   Gai Zengjun
Assistant coach   Guo Xinyuan
Assistant coach   Yang Xianmin
Team doctor   Xu Liaosheng

Chinese Jia-A League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dalian Wanda 22 14 5 3 43 21 +22 33
2 Guangzhou Apollo 22 11 5 6 36 27 +9 27
3 Shanghai Shenhua 22 10 6 6 36 36 0 26
4 Liaoning Yuandong 22 11 3 8 47 36 +11 25
5 Shandong Taishan 22 10 4 8 22 22 0 24
Source: rsssf.com

Fixtures and results

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Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos. Player Nat. Jia-A League
App.  Goals
1 GK Han Wenhai   22 0
2 DF Zhang Enhua   12 1
3 DF Zhao Lin   19 2
4 DF Zhu Xiaodong   20 0
5 DF Xu Hong   21 1
6 MF Li Ming   21 2
7 MF Xu Hui   21 2
8 MF Ma Xiaohong   14 0
9 MF Wang Tao   21 3
10 MF Shi Lei   21 3
11 FW Wei Yimin   21 4
12 MF Sun Minghui   16 3
13 MF Gao Jinggang   8 0
14 DF Zheng Yong   0 0
15 MF Sun Xiaodong   0 0
16 FW Gao Xu   18 8
17 FW Zhang Gang   1 0
18 MF Liu Zhongchang   21 2
19 DF Fan Wei   0 0
20 FW Wang Tao (born 1970)   19 12
21 DF Sun Jihai   0 0
22 DF Wu Jun   0 0
23 GK Zhou Yong   0 0
24 GK Chen Dong   0 0
25 MF Wang Jun   0 0
Total 43

Source:[9]

Goal scorers

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Rank Player Goals
1 Wang Tao (born 1970) 12
2 Gao Xu 9
3 Wei Yimin 4
4 Shi Lei 3
Sun Minghui 3
Wang Tao (born 1967) 3
7 Liu Zhongchang 2
Xu Hui 2
Zhao Lin 2
10 Li Ming 1
Xu Hong 1
Zhang Enhua 1
Total 43

References

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