# Dalian Yingbo F.C.

Dalian Yingbo Football Club (Chinese: 大连英博足球俱乐部; pinyin: Dàlián Yīngbó Zúqiú Jùlèbù), currently known as Dalian Yingbo Ocean Development (Chinese: 大连英博海发) for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Dalian Yingbo plays its home matches at the Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium, located within Ganjingzi District.

## History

The team was founded in 2021 as Dalian Duxing Football Club (Chinese: 大连读行足球俱乐部). Upon establishment, the team has strong connection with the dissolved Dalian Shide, as the coaching staff consisted of former Shide players. The team attracted many Dalian players who previously played at local teams such as Dalian Aerbin and Dalian Transcendence, many of which had Chinese Super League appearances.
In the 2022 season, Dalian Duxing started in the Chinese Champions League. The team placed first in Group I of the regional competition and made it to the final round, where they finished third, and went on to win the promotion play-offs to acquire promotion into China League Two.
At the beginning of the 2023 season, the team changed to a neutralised name Dalian Zhixing Football Club (Chinese: 大连智行足球俱乐部), as requested by the Chinese Football Association, and signed more players from Dalian. Dalian Zhixing finished second in the 2023 China League Two season, to gain promotion into China League One. However, the investors of the team, the Dalian Shanhai Group, were involved in illegal fundraising cases. This meant that the club lost their funding, and was put into a forced auction in December 2023. On 15 December, it was confirmed that Dalian Tongshun Construction Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 大连统顺建设有限公司), a company that has been running an amateur team Dalian Tongshun Construction F.C. since 2014, completed the acquisition.
On 29 January 2024, the team was renamed as Dalian Yingbo Football Club, which was adopted from a pool of names in a naming contest.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Ge Peng |
| 2 | DF | MLI | Mamadou Traoré |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Zhang Jianan |
| 4 | MF | MKD | Isnik Alimi |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Jin Pengxiang |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Song Yue |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Fernando Karanga |
| 8 | FW | CHN | Zhao Xuebin |
| 9 | FW | CHN | Yan Peng |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Cephas Malele |
| 15 | FW | CHN | Liu Zhurun (on loan from Shanghai Port) |
| 16 | FW | CHN | Zhu Pengyu |
| 17 | GK | CHN | Sui Weijie |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Liu Yi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Wang Chengkuai |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Lü Peng |
| 22 | MF | CHN | Mao Weijie |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Huang Shan |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Huang Zihao |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Yang Mingrui |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Fei Yu |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Sun Bo |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Wen Jiabao |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Cui Qi |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Cao Haiqing |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Lü Zhuoyi |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Yan Xiangchuang |
| 40 | MF | CHN | Liao Jintao |
| 42 | FW | CHN | Yu Zhuowei |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Li Guoxu |
| Assistant coach | Liu Yujian |
| Assistant coach | Jia Shunhao |
| Goalkeeping coach | Zang Yongliang |
| Fitness coach | Zheng Tao |

### Head coach history

* Li Guoxu (2022–present)

## Honours

League
* China League One
** Runners-up: 2024
* China League Two
** Runners-up: 2023
* CMCL
** Play-off winners: 2022

## Season-by-season record

| Year | Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos. | FA Cup | Stadium |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4th ↑ | DNQ | |
| 2023 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 2nd ↑ | R2 | Jinzhou Stadium |
| 2024 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 57 | 2nd ↑ | R3 | Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium |
| 2025 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Key :
| ↑ | Promoted |
* DNQ = Did not qualify
* R2 = Second round
* R3 = Third round