Dalian Yingbo F.C.

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The team was founded on 24 December 2021 as Dalian Duxing Football Club (Chinese: 大连读行足球俱乐部) by a group of former Dalian Shide players led by Chen Dong, who became the club's general manager.^[1][2][3] 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.^[4]

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,^[5] and signed more players from Dalian.^[6] 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.^[7] This meant that the club lost their funding, and was put into a forced auction in December 2023.^[8] On 15 December, it was confirmed that Dalian Tongshun Construction Engineering Co., which has run an amateur team Dalian Tongshun Construction F.C. since 2014, completed the acquisition.^[9][10]

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.^[11] The new owners completed the renaming process, obtained league registration, and recruited new players within a single month.^[12]

The club recorded the highest attendances in China League One history, with eight of the top ten best-attended matches in the division belonging to Dalian Yingbo.^[13] On 3 November 2024, in the final match of the season against Shanghai Jiading Huilong, Zhu Pengyu scored a header in the 90th minute to secure a 2–1 victory and confirm promotion to the Chinese Super League. The match was attended by 60,951 spectators, setting a new attendance record for China League One and becoming the second match in the division's history to exceed 60,000 attendees.^[14][15] The victory completed a three-level jump from the fourth tier to the top flight in three seasons.^[14][16]

Following promotion, the club underwent a mixed-ownership restructuring in December 2024. While Tongshun Group remained the controlling shareholder, two state-owned enterprises Dalian Zhangzidao Marine Development Group (海发集团) and Dalian Huipu Financial Holdings (汇融集团) joined as minority shareholders.^[17]

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First-team squad

As of July 2026^[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Ge Peng 2 DF  MLI Mamadou Traoré 4 MF  MKD Isnik Alimi 5 DF  CHN Peng Shunjie 6 DF  CHN Song Yue 7 MF  CHN Luo Jing 8 FW  CHN Zhang Huachen 9 MF  POR Pedro Delgado (on loan from Shandong Taishan) 10 MF  ROU Nicolae Stanciu 11 FW  SUI Cephas Malele 12 MF  CHN Feng Boxuan 15 DF  CHN Wen Jiabao 16 FW  CHN Zhu Pengyu 20 GK  CHN Liu Weiguo 21 MF  CHN Lü Peng

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  CHN Mao Weijie 23 MF  CHN Huang Shan 24 DF  CHN Bi Jinhao 26 GK  CHN Huang Zihao 27 DF  CHN Yang Mingrui 28 MF  CHN Sun Kangbo 30 FW  GHA Frank Acheampong 32 GK  CHN Wang Xiaofeng 33 DF  CHN Cao Haiqing 37 DF  CHN Zhang Chengrui 38 MF  CHN Lü Zhuoyi 40 MF  CHN Liao Jintao 44 FW  CHN Feng Jin (on loan from Shanghai Port) 56 DF  CHN Zeng Junhao 59 DF  CHN Xiao Lirong

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B-team squad

As of July 2026^[19]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  CHN Peng Shunjie 7 MF  CHN Piao Zhixun 8 FW  CHN Zhang Shuai 9 FW  CHN Wang Shengbo 10 MF  CHN Muzapar Obuqasym 11 MF  CHN Mao Wuda 12 DF  CHN Nie Xin 17 MF  CHN Zhu Yanpeng 18 MF  CHN Wang Zhenghao 19 GK  CHN Xiao Zhiren 23 MF  CHN Huang Shan 25 MF  CHN Liu Jincheng 27 DF  CHN Yang Mingrui 29 MF  CHN Jing Kuanjie 31 GK  CHN Ding Xiangrui 34 DF  CHN Mo Weihao 35 DF  CHN Zhang Tao

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 MF  CHN Lin Shangyuan 37 DF  CHN Zhang Chengrui 39 FW  CHN Ma Mingwei 40 FW  CHN Hu Mingyu 44 FW  CHN Tursun Memet 45 MF  CHN Liu Yi 46 MF  CHN Wang Shixin 47 MF  CHN Abdusalam Abdurehim 49 DF  CHN Wu Xinze 50 FW  CHN Lu Jiayi 51 DF  CHN Yang Mingjie 55 DF  CHN Wang Shicheng 56 DF  CHN Zeng Junhao 57 DF  CHN Li Gecan 58 MF  CHN Umut Abibulla 59 DF  CHN Xiao Lirong 60 MF  CHN Imran Ibrahim

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Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CHN Li Ang (at Wuhan Three Towns until 31 December 2026) — MF  CHN Yan Yihan (at Dalian K'un City until 31 December 2026)

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Head coach history

• Li Guoxu (2022–present)

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

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Promoted

• DNQ = Did not qualify
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R16 = Round of 16