Dalian Shide F.C.

Dalian Shide F.C.

Dalian Shide (simplified Chinese: 大连实德; traditional Chinese: 大連實德; pinyin: Dàlián Shídé) was a former professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League. The club was lately owned by tycoon Xu Ming (徐明) and the Shide Group while the men's team played at the 30,776 seater Jinzhou Stadium in Dalian, Liaoning, China. The club was originally founded in 1982 as Dalian Football Club and would predominantly play in the top tier where they won one domestic cup title in 1992. In 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football team and would go on to win the first fully professional 1994 Chinese Jia-A League title Achieving a total of eight league titles from both the Jia A and the rebranded CSL Dalian were/are to date the most successful club in Chinese football, while in the Asian Football Confederation the club reached the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship and 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals.