# 2015 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season

The 2015 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season was the sixth season in the club's history, and the first season after relegation from the Chinese Super League.

## Background

When they were relegated from the Super League, Aerbin sold many starting players trying to minimize their expenses.
Aerbin signed Swedish manager Mikael Stahre before the season started. However, financial issue was still a tough problem for the team. As the performance was below expectation, another back pay was reported to be connected with the team.
On 8 July, Dalian Yifang Group became the major share holder of the club to gain full control of the team, before officially changed the team name to Dalian Yifang F.C.(Chinese: 大连一方足球俱乐部) by the end of the season.

## China League One
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Yanbian Changbaishan (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 61 | Promotion to 2016 CSL |
| 2 | Hebei Zhongji (P) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 60 | Promotion to 2016 CSL |
| 3 | Dalian Aerbin | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 58 | |
| 4 | Beijing Enterprises Group | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 56 | |
| 5 | Harbin Yiteng | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 47 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 November 2016. Source: See Results

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ 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 |
| Dalian Aerbin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
* Winner; promote to Chinese Super League
* Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League
* Relegate to China League Two

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

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 2 | DF | Wang Wanpeng | 32 | Changchun Yatai | Transfer | Winter | €420,000 | — |
| 11 | FW | Mathias Ranégie | 30 | Watford | Loan | Winter | — | — |
| 20 | DF | Du Yuxin | 22 | Shandong Luneng Reserves | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 19 | GK | Yu Ziqian | 29 | Qingdao Hainiu | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 5 | DF | Zou You | 29 | Chengdu Tiancheng | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 8 | DF | Zhu Ting | 29 | Wuhan Zall | Transfer | Winter | — | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 22 | FW | Yu Dabao | 26 | Beijing Guoan | Transfer | Winter | €4.2M | — |
| 39 | MF | Zhang Jiaqi | 23 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Transfer | Winter | €2.8M | — |
| 8 | MF | Lü Peng | 25 | Beijing BG | Transfer | Winter | €1.7M | — |
| 5 | DF | Jin Pengxiang | 25 | Beijing Guoan | Transfer | Winter | €1.4M | — |
| 7 | DF | Zhao Honglüe | 25 | Tianjin TEDA | Transfer | Winter | €1.13M | — |
| | DF | Jin Yangyang | 21 | Guangzhou R&F | Transfer | Winter | €1.1M | — |
| 2 | DF | Yang Boyu | 25 | Shanghai SIPG | Transfer | Winter | €915,000 | — |
| 17 | MF | Quan Heng | 25 | Dalian Transcendence | Transfer | Winter | — | — |
| 16 | FW | Nan Yunqi | 21 | Dalian Transcendence | Loan | Winter | — | — |
| 24 | DF | Ji Zhengyu | 20 | Dalian Transcendence | Loan | Winter | — | — |
| 35 | FW | Esteban Solari | 34 | Ergotelis | Transfer | Winter | — | — |

### Squad

    As of 17 March 2015
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 | SWE | Niklas Backman |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zou You |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Zhu Xiaogang |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhu Ting |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Mathias Ranégie |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Chen Tao |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Bruno Meneghel |
| 12 | FW | CHN | Zhao Xuebin |
| 13 | GK | CHN | Liu Weiguo |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Jin Qiang |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Zhang Hui |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Wang Jinxian |
| 19 | GK | CHN | Yu Ziqian |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Du Yuxin |
| 21 | DF | CHN | Liu Yingchen |
| 22 | MF | CHN | Duan Yunzi |
| 23 | GK | CHN | Chen Junlin |
| 25 | DF | CHN | Wang Qianshuo |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Cui Ming'an |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Shan Pengfei |
| 21 | DF | CHN | Yue Xin |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Sun Bo |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Han Xuegeng |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Wang Yaopeng |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Eddy Francis |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Sun Guowen |