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.NameNat.Place of birthDate of birthAgedJoined fromGoalkeepers1Han WenhaiDalian28 January 197122Dalian23Zhou YongDalian28 July 197320Dalian youth24Chen DongDalian3 May 197815Dalian youthDefenders2Zhang EnhuaDalian28 April 197320Dalian3Zhao LinDalian15 February 196627Dalian4Zhu XiaodongDalian25 January 196924Dalian5Xu HongDalian17 April 196825Dalian14Zheng YongDalian28 June 197320Dalian youth19Fan WeiDalian20 June 197320Dalian21Sun JihaiDalian17 August 197716Dalian youth22Wu JunDalian24 March 197716Dalian youthMidfielders6Li MingDalian26 January 197122Dalian7Xu HuiDalian22 August 196825Dalian8Ma XiaohongDalian24 October 197023Dalian9Wang TaoDalian9 April 196726Bayi10Shi LeiDalian19 June 196330Dalian12Sun MinghuiDalian20 April 197122Dalian13Gao JinggangDalian8 January 197122Dalian15Sun XiaodongDalian19 February 197419Dalian18Liu ZhongchangDalian31 August 196231Dalian25Wang JunDalian20 April 196330DalianForwards11Wei YiminDalian12 July 197122Dalian16Gao XuDalian2 April 196726Liaoning17Zhang GangDalian30 March 197716Dalian youth20Wang TaoDalian22 April 197023Dalian
Coaching staff +PositionNameNoteHead coach Zhang HonggenAssistant coach Gai ZengjunAssistant coach Guo XinyuanAssistant coach Yang XianminTeam doctor Xu Liaosheng
Chinese Jia-A League
League table
Fixtures and results
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals PlayerJia-A LeagueGoals1GKHan Wenhai2202DFZhang Enhua1213DFZhao Lin1924DFZhu Xiaodong2005DFXu Hong2116MFLi Ming2127MFXu Hui2128MFMa Xiaohong1409MFWang Tao21310MFShi Lei21311FWWei Yimin21412MFSun Minghui16313MFGao Jinggang8014DFZheng Yong0015MFSun Xiaodong0016FWGao Xu18817FWZhang Gang1018MFLiu Zhongchang21219DFFan Wei0020FWWang Tao (born 1970)191221DFSun Jihai0022DFWu Jun0023GKZhou Yong0024GKChen Dong0025MFWang Jun00Total43 Source:
Goal scorers RankPlayerGoals1Wang Tao (born 1970)122Gao Xu93Wei Yimin44Shi Lei3Sun Minghui3Wang Tao (born 1967)37Liu Zhongchang2Xu Hui2Zhao Lin210Li Ming1Xu Hong1Zhang Enhua1Total43
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