# 2016 Dalian Yifang F.C. season

The 2016 Dalian Yifang F.C. season was the seventh season in club history.

## Background

Before the season, Yifang announced that Mikael Stahre will continue his job. The team and the manager himself claimed that the team will try to gain promotion into the 2017 Chinese Super League.
In July 2016, Yifang made changes of critical personnel including chairman and technical staffs, replacing their manager Mikael Stahre with Milinko Pantić from Atletico Madrid B, and signed Lin Lefeng as the chairman, hoping to improve their performance, but it failed. After just 8 matches, Pantić was replaced with Sergio Piernas Cárdenas, his assistant coach.

## China League One
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Qingdao Huanghai | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 59 |
| 4 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 49 |
| 5 | Dalian Yifang | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 45 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 43 |
| 7 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 41 |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 9 pts, Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 6 pts, Qingdao Huanghai 3 pts.
* ↑ Head-to-head results: Nei Mongol 1–0 Beijing Enterprises Group, Beijing Enterprises Group 0–0 Nei Mongol.

### Dalian Derby

Yifang had experienced local derby back in the 2012 season against Dalian Shide, in the Chinese Super League. However, Shide was disbanded after the 2012 season. In this season, Yifang saw chances to compete with an alternate local team Dalian Transcendence. Yifang won by 2–0 in the first leg, but lost by 1–2 later.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 October 2016. Source: See Results

### League fixtures and results
## Player information
### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 10 | MF | Constantin Budescu | 26 | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Winter | €1.5M | — |
| 11 | FW | Mohamed Bangura | 26 | AIK | Transfer | Winter | €0.8M | — |
| 3 | DF | Cao Xuan | 30 | Hangzhou Greentown | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 7 | MF | Li Zhendong | 25 | Beijing Enterprises | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 4 | DF | Li Shuai | 20 | Mafra U19 | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 14 | MF | Qu Xiaohui | 28 | Shenyang Urban | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 5 | DF | Wu Yuyin | 25 | Shanghai SIPG Reserves | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 9 | FW | Nyasha Mushekwi | 29 | Sundowns | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| | DF | Ji Zhengyu | 21 | Dalian Transcendence | Loan Return | Winter | — | — |
| | FW | Nan Yunqi | 22 | Dalian Transcendence | Loan Return | Winter | — | — |
| 22 | MF | Seykou Oliseh | 26 | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Summer | — | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 21 | DF | Yue Xin | 19 | Hangzhou Greentown | Transfer | Winter | €575,000 | — |
| 13 | GK | Liu Weiguo | 23 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Transfer | Winter | €150,000 | — |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Meneghel | 28 | Cerezo Osaka | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| | DF | Ji Zhengyu | 21 | Hunan Billows | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 21 | MF | Liu Yingchen | 23 | Dalian Transcendence | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 3 | DF | Niklas Backman | 27 | Aarhus GF | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 5 | DF | Zou You | 30 | Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| | MF | Nan Yunqi | 22 | Dalian Transcendence | — | Winter | — | — |
| 22 | FW | Duan Yunzi | 21 | Shenyang Urban | Loan | Winter | — | — |
| 11 | FW | Mathias Ranégie | 31 | Watford | End of loan | Winter | — | — |
| 10 | MF | Chen Tao | 31 | — | Released | Winter | — | — |
| 10 | MF | Constantin Budescu | 26 | Astra Giurgiu | Loan | Summer | — | — |

### Squad

    As of 4 March 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Zhang Chong |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Wang Wanpeng |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Cao Xuan (captain) |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Li Shuai |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Wu Yuyin |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Zhu Xiaogang |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Li Zhendong |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhu Ting |
| 9 | FW | ZIM | Nyasha Mushekwi |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Constantin Budescu |
| 11 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Bangura |
| 12 | FW | CHN | Zhao Xuebin |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Qu Xiaohui |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Jin Qiang |
| 16 | FW | CHN | Xie Hui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Zhang Hui |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Wang Jinxian |
| 19 | GK | CHN | Yu Ziqian |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Dong Honglin |
| 22 | FW | LBR | Sekou Oliseh (from June) |
| 23 | GK | CHN | Chen Junlin |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Cui Ming'an |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Shan Pengfei |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Sun Bo |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Han Xuegeng |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Wang Yaopeng |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Eddy Francis |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Dong Yanfeng |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Li Zhen |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | No. | Pos. | League One | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Nyasha Mushekwi | 9 | FW | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Sun Bo | 29 | MF | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Mohamed Bangura | 11 | FW | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Zhao Xuebin | 12 | FW | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Cao Xuan | 3 | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Cui Ming'an | 26 | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Qu Xiaohui | 14 | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Zhu Ting | 8 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wang Wanpeng | 2 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Li Zhendong | 7 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wang Jinxian | 18 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Dong Yanfeng | 42 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zhang Hui | 17 | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | No. | Pos. | League One | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Wang Jinxian | 18 | MF | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Sun Bo | 29 | MF | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cui Ming'an | 26 | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Nyasha Mushekwi | 9 | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Zhu Ting | 8 | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Li Zhendong | 7 | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Cao Xuan | 3 | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Mohamed Bangura | 11 | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Qu Xiaohui | 14 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zhao Xuebin | 12 | FW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sekou Oliseh | 22 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Constantin Budescu | 10 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |