# 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.

## Overview

The 1994 season was the first season that the Jia-A League had turned professional. Private enterprises were allowed to sponsor or operate a football club. Wang Jianlin, owner of the Wanda Group, acquired the Dalian football club, 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. 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. 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.

## Players

As of the 1994 season.
| No. | Name | 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

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

## Chinese Jia-A League
### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

### Fixtures and results
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Nat. | Jia-A League | Jia-A League |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nat. | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 |
Source:

### Goal scorers

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