# 2017 Dalian Transcendence F.C. season

The 2017 Dalian Transcendence F.C. season is the 4th season in club history.

## Background

After struggling in the relegation zone last season, many valuable players decided to leave. Goal keeper Guo Wei announced on his social media that the team defaulted his salary, and he gained a chance to end his contract through a CFA arbitration. They renewed their contract with their caretaker, Rusmir Cviko.
Jaílton Paraíba, the best scorer last season, had been absent since May. It was believed that he flew to the United States to take care of his wife, who recently gave birth to a child. However, Paraíba released a video clip later, accusing the team for providing poor accommodation, as well as defaulting his salary for more than 3 months, that he will seek to end the contract.
On 10 August, it's been reported that Rusmir resigned due to family concern, and the team decided to promote their reserve team manager, Li Guoxu.
Dalian Transcendence struggled throughout the 2017 season to prevent from relegation. The position was fixed until the last round, as Transcendence shared same points with Baoding Yingli ETS, but won a head-to-head match.

## China League One
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | |
| 13 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 14 | Dalian Transcendence | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 31 | |
| 15 | Baoding Yingli ETS (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to League Two |
| 16 | Yunnan Lijiang (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 21 | Relegation to League Two |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |

### League fixtures and results

    As of 24 February 2017. Some fixtures might be adjusted if necessary.
| | Date | Time | Time | H/A | Opponent | Res.F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Location | Stadium | Report |
| | Date | Time | Time | H/A | Opponent | Res.F–A | Att. | Dalian Transcendence | Opponent | Location | Stadium | Report |
| 1 | 12 March | Sunday | 16:00 | A | Shenzhen F.C. | 0-6 | 25,891 | Xue Ya'nan 29' Liu Yusheng 33' | Preciado 22', 62', 77' Obasi 30', 48' Aboubakar 53' | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | |
| 2 | 16 March | Thursday | 15:30 | A | Beijing Renhe | 2-3 | 2,837 | Wang Hongyou 8' Ivan Božić 32' Quan Heng 35' Jaílton Paraíba 57' Zheng Jianfeng 82' Dong Zhiyuan 89' Hu Zhaojun 90' | Jaime Ayoví 17' Wan Houliang 29' Chen Jie 84' | Beijing | Beijing Fengtai Stadium | |
| 3 | 1 April | Saturday | 15:00 | A | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 1-0 | 8,051 | Hu Zhaojun 43' Zhang Jian 53' David Fallman 72' Ötkür Hesen 74' | | Hohhot | Hohhot City Stadium | |
| 4 | 8 April | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Hangzhou Greentown | 1-0 | 2,853 | Ivan Božić 15' 57' | Anselmo Ramon 90' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 5 | 15 April | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Shanghai Shenxin | 0-0 | 2,816 | Zheng Jianfeng 38' Zhao Yibo 51' Dong Zhiyuan 53' | | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 6 | 23 April | Sunday | 16:30 | A | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 0-1 | 2,654 | Wang Hongyou 73' | Abduhamit Abdugheni 34' | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre | |
| 7 | 29 April | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Yunnan Lijiang | 2-1 | 1,902 | Fan Peipei 36' Xue Ya'nan 47' Sheng Jun 86', 90+2' | Zhou Shengyuan 43' Kaio 50' Johnny 88' Ha Zhaotong 90+4' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 8 | 6 May | Saturday | 16:00 | A | Baoding Yingli ETS | 2-1 | 4,905 | Wang Hongyou 34', 44' | Sun Jiangshan 35' | Baoding | Langfang Stadium | |
| 9 | 13 May | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Meizhou Hakka | 1-1 | 2,633 | Wang Hongyou 2' Zhao Yibo 27' Fan Peipei 43' Hu Zhaojun 63' | Yang Wenji 62' Valeri Bojinov 83' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 10 | 20 May | Saturday | 19:35 | A | Beijing BG | 1-3 | 5,150 | Ivan Božić 15' Zhao Yibo 26' | Bu Xin 60' Wang Jianwen 62' Rubin Okotie 68' Bu Xin 78' | Beijing | Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing) | |
| 11 | 27 May | Saturday | 19:00 | A | Zhejiang Yiteng | 3-1 | 3,500 | Jaílton Paraíba 26', 41' Xue Ya'nan 44' Cui Kai 51' Ivan Božić 55' | Ren Xin 74' He Yang 82' | Shaoxing | Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center | |
| 12 | 3 June | Saturday | 19:30 | A | Qingdao Huanghai | 1-3 | 5,966 | Wang Hongyou 26' Zhang Jian 57' Liu Yuchen 67' Xue Ya'nan 70' | Joan Verdú 27', 72' Godfred Karikari 37' Yang Yun 54' | Qingdao | Guoxin Gymnasium | |
| 13 | 10 June | Saturday | 15:30 | H | Dalian Yifang | 2-4 | 15,772 | Hu Zhaojun 28' Ivan Božić 31' 31' Liu Yuchen 42' Zhao Yibo 45' | Sun Guowen 14' Jonathan Ferrari 24' Yannick Boli 54' Zhao Xuebin 87' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 14 | 18 June | Sunday | 19:30 | A | Wuhan Zall | 1-3 | 21,513 | Dong Zhiyuan 50' | Marcelo Moreno 7' (p), 51' Jean Evrard Kouassi 90+4' | Wuhan | Wuhan Sports Center | |
| 15 | 24 June | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Postponed. | Postponed. | Postponed. | Postponed. | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 16 | 1 July | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Shenzhen F.C. | 3-3 | 3,213 | Wang Hongyou 4' Zhao Yibo 9' Ivan Božić 50' Eldar Hasanović 90+2' | Fei Yu 31' Aboubakar 55' Guan Zhen 59' Xu Liang 68' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 17 | 8 July | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Beijing Renhe | 0-4 | 2,325 | Ötkür Hesen 84' Sheng Jun 87' | Cao Yongjing 12' 57' Jaime Ayoví 22', 45+1' Ayub Masika 37' Ivo 87' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 18 | 15 July | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 1-1 | 2,236 | Wang Hongyou 81' Dong Zhiyuan 82' | André Senghor 43' Zhu Zilin 90+2' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 19 | 23 July | Sunday | 19:35 | A | Hangzhou Greentown | 1-0 | 2,887 | Liu Yuchen 39' Eldar Hasanović 48' Hu Zhaojun 65' | Ge Zhen 41' Dong Yu 60' | Hangzhou | Huanglong Stadium | |
| 15 | 30 July | Sunday | 19:30 | H | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1-3 | 2,377 | Ivan Božić 59' Hu Zhaojun 72' | Adriano 30' (p), 68' Martheus 53' Lü Jianjun 75' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 20 | 5 August | Saturday | 19:45 | A | Shanghai Shenxin | 0-3 | 6,169 | Zhao Yibo 47' Liu Yuchen 49' Eldar Hasanović 58' | Gu Bin 19' Xu Xiaolong 33' Biro Biro 36' Zhang Yudong 49' Wang Yun 69' | Shanghai | Jinshan Sports Centre | |
| 21 | 12 August | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 1-1 | 2,018 | Eldar Hasanović 28' Zhang Jian 45' | Wu Peng 27' Sabit Abdusalam 43' Abduhamit Abdugheni 90' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 22 | 19 August | Saturday | 16:00 | A | Yunnan Lijiang | 1-2 | 3,682 | Ivan Bozic 67' | Chen Fangzhou 17' Natalio 84' | Lijiang | Lijiang Stadium | |
| 23 | 26 August | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Baoding Yingli ETS | 1-1 | 1,892 | Wang Hongyou 57' (p) | Yang Hao 18' 76' Miao Ming 23' Du Junpeng 52' 69' Che Kerui 54' Zhao Xudong 55' Sun Fabo 75' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 24 | 2 September | Saturday | 15:30 | A | Meizhou Hakka | 1-3 | 7,835 | Dong Zhiyuan 17' Zheng Jianfeng 42' Fan Peipei 50' | Li Zhilang 33' Serges Déblé 61' Japa 67', 90' | Meizhou | Wuhua County Stadium | |
| 25 | 10 September | Sunday | 19:30 | H | Beijing BG | 2-4 | 861 | David Fallman 19' Wang Hongyou 40' (p) Zheng Jianfeng 42' Eldar Hasanović 56' | Zhang Junzhe 32' Yan Xiangchuang 37' Anichebe 49' 52' Jin Hui 67' Bu Xin 90+4' Chen Hao-wei 95' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 26 | 16 September | Saturday | 19:30 | H | Zhejiang Yiteng | 1-0 | 871 | Wang Hongyou 48' (p) Zheng Jianfeng 84' | | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 27 | 23 September | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Qingdao Huanghai | 0-3 | 1,011 | Quan Heng 58' David Fallman 83' Hu Zhaojun 85' | Đorđe Rakić 18', 37' Fan Lingjiang 27' Deng Zhuoxiang 39' Godfred Karikari 83' Liu Peng 90+1' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 28 | 15 October | Sunday | 15:30 | A | Dalian Yifang | 1-2 | 24,981 | Wang Hongyou 20' Fan Peipei 32' Liu Yusheng 47' Sheng Jun 89' Zhao Yibo 90+4' | Yannick Boli 14' Jin Qiang 23' Jonathan Ferrari 24' Zhu Xiaogang 45' Zhao Xuebin 81' Li Shuai 89' | Dalian | Dalian Sports Center | |
| 29 | 21 October | Saturday | 14:30 | H | Wuhan Zall | 2-0 | 533 | Hu Zhaojun 45' Quan Heng 66' | Song Zhiwei 90' | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | |
| 30 | 28 October | Saturday | 14:30 | A | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1-1 | 12,613 | Zheng Jianfeng 52' | Liu Xinyu 59' | Shijiazhuang | Yutong Sports Center | |

## Player information
### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 9 | FW | Ivan Božić | 33 | NK Sesvete | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 15 | MF | Otkur Hasan | 23 | Hebei China Fortune Reserves | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 18 | MF | Fan Peipei | 32 | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 12 | DF | Wang Xiaoxing | 20 | Yinchuan Helanshan | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 20 | FW | Dong Zhiyuan | 27 | Hebei Elite | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 19 | DF | Zheng Jianfeng | 27 | 1º Dezembro | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 30 | DF | Liu Yusheng | 26 | Hunan Billows | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 22 | GK | Wang Yi | 26 | Wuhan Zall | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 4 | MF | Eldar Hasanović | 26 | Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. | Transfer | Summer | — | — |
| 6 | MF | Yang Fangzhi | 26 | Dalian Yifang | Loan | Summer | — | — |
| 61 | DF | He Huan | | — | Transfer | Summer | — | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 6 | MF | Han Xu | 28 | Dalian Yifang | Transfer | Winter | €1.35M | — |
| 4 | MF | Zhang Gong | 24 | Guangzhou R&F | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 11 | MF | Su Di | 26 | Wuhan Zall | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 10 | FW | William Paulista | 31 | Macaé | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 21 | MF | Liu Yingchen | 24 | Dalian Yifang | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 32 | MF | Nan Yunqi | 23 | Dalian Boyang | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 15 | MF | Liu Huan | 27 | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 23 | GK | Guo Wei | 27 | Shanghai Shenxin | Released | Winter | — | Team violated contract |
| 36 | DF | Liu Tao | 32 | Shenzhen Ledman | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 33 | FW | Du Wenxiang | 25 | Sichuan Longfor | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 9 | FW | Erton Fejzullahu | 29 | Sarpsborg 08 | Released | Winter | — | — |
| 7 | FW | Jaílton Paraíba | 26 | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | Released | Summer | — | Team violated contract |

### Squad

    As of 3 March 2017
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 | Cui Kai |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Wang Guanghao |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Zhao Yibo |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Eldar Hasanović |
| 5 | MF | CHN | Xue Ya'nan |
| 6 | FW | CHN | Yang Fangzhi (on loan from Dalian Yifang) |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Jing Deyang |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Ivan Božić |
| 11 | DF | CHN | Cui Yu |
| 12 | FW | CHN | Wang Xiaoxing |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Otkur Hasan |
| 16 | DF | SWE | David Fällman |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Fan Peipei |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zheng Jianfeng |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Dong Zhiyuan |
| 21 | DF | CHN | Liu Yuchen |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Wang Yi |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Guo Chen |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Quan Heng |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Chen Yongxin |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Tang Lizhen |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Zhang Jian |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Sheng Jun |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Liu Yusheng |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Hong Youpeng |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Hongyou |
| 37 | DF | CHN | Xie Zhaoyu |
| 45 | DF | CHN | Zhang Xiaolong |
| 46 | DF | CHN | Qu Jiachen |

### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | DF | CHN | Yao Diran |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Cui Binhui |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Hao Xingchen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Tian Ziyi |
| 48 | MF | CHN | Yu Ziran |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Li Ning |

## Coaching staff

As of season 2017
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Rusmir Cviko Li Guoxu (caretaker, from August) |
| Assistant coaches | Qu Gang Dželaludin Muharemović Zou Peng |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chen Dong |
| Fitness coach | Almir Seferovic |
| Team doctor | Liu Pangui |

### League performance data

As of 28 October.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Nat. | Age | China League One | China League One | China League One | China League One | China League One | Note |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Nat. | Age | App. | Goals | | | | Note |
| 1 | GK | Cui Kai | | 30 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | Wang Yi | | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | GK | Chen Yongxin | | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | CB | David Fällman | | 27 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | RB | Zheng Jianfeng | | 28 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | LB | Fan Peipei | | 32 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | CB | Wang Hongyou | | 32 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Wang Guanghao | | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | Not used |
| 30 | CB | Liu Yusheng | | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | DF | Liu Yuchen | | 28 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Guo Chen | | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | Not used |
| 27 | DF | Tang Lizhen | | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | Not used |
| 45 | DF | Zhang Xiaolong | | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | Not used |
| 46 | DF | Qu Jiachen | | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DM | Ötkür Hesen | | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Cui Yu | | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | AM | Eldar Hasanović | | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DM | Zhao Yibo | | 29 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DM | Xue Ya'nan | | 27 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | AM | Hu Zhaojun | | 36 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | AM | Sheng Jun | | 27 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | RM | Jing Deyang | | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | LW | Quan Heng | | 28 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | MF | Xie Zhaoyu | | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | LW | Jaílton Paraíba | | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | CF | Ivan Božić | | 33 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | RW | Zhang Jian | | 28 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | CF | Dong Zhiyuan | | 28 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | RW | Yang Fangzhi | | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | LW | Wang Xiaoxing | | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | LW | Hong Youpeng | | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 59 | 0 | 1 | |