1994 Dalian Wanda F.C. season

Dalian Wanda F.C.
ChairmanChina Wang Jianlin
ManagerChina Zhang Honggen
Jia-A LeagueWinner
Top goalscorerWang Tao (16 goals)
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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.[1][2] Private enterprises were allowed to sponsor or operate a football club. Wang Jianlin, owner of the Wanda Group, acquired the Dalian football club,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Players

As of the 1994 season.[7][8][9]

No. Name Nat. Place of birth Date of birth Aged Joined from
Goalkeepers
1 Han Wenhai China Dalian 28 January 1971 22 Dalian
23 Zhou Yong China Dalian 28 July 1973 20 Dalian youth
24 Chen Dong China Dalian 3 May 1978 15 Dalian youth
Defenders
2 Zhang Enhua China Dalian 28 April 1973 20 Dalian
3 Zhao Lin China Dalian 15 February 1966 27 Dalian
4 Zhu Xiaodong China Dalian 25 January 1969 24 Dalian
5 Xu Hong China Dalian 17 April 1968 25 Dalian
14 Zheng Yong China Dalian 28 June 1973 20 Dalian youth
19 Fan Wei China Dalian 20 June 1973 20 Dalian
21 Sun Jihai China Dalian 17 August 1977 16 Dalian youth
22 Wu Jun China Dalian 24 March 1977 16 Dalian youth
Midfielders
6 Li Ming China Dalian 26 January 1971 22 Dalian
7 Xu Hui China Dalian 22 August 1968 25 Dalian
8 Ma Xiaohong China Dalian 24 October 1970 23 Dalian
9 Wang Tao China Dalian 9 April 1967 26 Bayi
10 Shi Lei China Dalian 19 June 1963 30 Dalian
12 Sun Minghui China Dalian 20 April 1971 22 Dalian
13 Gao Jinggang China Dalian 8 January 1971 22 Dalian
15 Sun Xiaodong China Dalian 19 February 1974 19 Dalian
18 Liu Zhongchang China Dalian 31 August 1962 31 Dalian
25 Wang Jun China Dalian 20 April 1963 30 Dalian
Forwards
11 Wei Yimin China Dalian 12 July 1971 22 Dalian
16 Gao Xu China Dalian 2 April 1967 26 Liaoning
17 Zhang Gang China Dalian 30 March 1977 16 Dalian youth
20 Wang Tao China Dalian 22 April 1970 23 Dalian

Coaching staff

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

Chinese Jia-A League

Main article: 1994 Chinese Jia-A League

League table

Pos Team
 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
Source: rsssf.com

Fixtures and results

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Player Nat. Jia-A League
App. Goals
1 GK Han Wenhai China 22 0
2 DF Zhang Enhua China 12 1
3 DF Zhao Lin China 19 2
4 DF Zhu Xiaodong China 20 0
5 DF Xu Hong China 21 1
6 MF Li Ming China 21 2
7 MF Xu Hui China 21 2
8 MF Ma Xiaohong China 14 0
9 MF Wang Tao China 21 3
10 MF Shi Lei China 21 3
11 FW Wei Yimin China 21 4
12 MF Sun Minghui China 16 3
13 MF Gao Jinggang China 8 0
14 DF Zheng Yong China 0 0
15 MF Sun Xiaodong China 0 0
16 FW Gao Xu China 18 8
17 FW Zhang Gang China 1 0
18 MF Liu Zhongchang China 21 2
19 DF Fan Wei China 0 0
20 FW Wang Tao (born 1970) China 19 12
21 DF Sun Jihai China 0 0
22 DF Wu Jun China 0 0
23 GK Zhou Yong China 0 0
24 GK Chen Dong China 0 0
25 MF Wang Jun China 0 0
Total 43

Source:[9]

Goal scorers

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

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