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| Full name | Dalian Professional Football Club 大连人职业足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Blue Hawks | ||
| Founded | 20 September 2009 | ||
| Dissolved | 17 January 2024 | ||
| Ground | Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 63,000 | ||
| 2023 | Chinese Super League, 15th of 16 (relegated) | ||
| Website | http://www.dlpro.com.cn/ | ||
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Dalian Professional Football Club (Chinese: 大连人职业足球俱乐部; pinyin: Dàlián Rén Zhíyè Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'The Dalianese F.C.'), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, which mostly competed in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various grounds across Dalian, including the Dalian Sports Centre Stadium, the Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium, the Jinzhou Stadium, and the Puwan Stadium.
The club was refounded on September 20, 2009, by Dalian Aerbin Group Company, Ltd., and started from the third tier of the Chinese football pyramid, China League Two. Winning two consecutive league titles in the second and third tier professional football leagues, they were promoted to the top tier in the 2012 Chinese Super League season, where they experienced their highest ever placing of fifth in the same season.[1] In 2014, they were relegated from the Chinese Super League. In December 2015, they were renamed Dalian Yifang Football Club. In October 2017, they were crowned champions of China League One and once again secured promotion to the Chinese Super League. On May 25, 2019, Dalian Yifang Football Club was renamed Dalian Professional Football Club, with the new logo unveiled on January 21, 2020. The team dissolved on 17 January 2024 due to unaffordable historical debts.
- ^ "CSL 2012". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 May 2012.