As a team that has been established in Chinese soccer for a long time, 18 coaches have served as coaches 19 times in Dalian's 15-year history.On October 11, 2023, Xie Hui became the longest reigning coach in the history of the Darenians.
In Dalian's 15-year history, as many as 18 coaches have served as the team's coach, including Marin twice. Among those 18 players, Xie Hui just surpassed Rafael Benitez's team on June 22 to become the team's longest coach. Since coaching the team at the beginning of the 2022 season, director Xie led the team to successfully complete relegation last season. He led the Chinese team that popularized the word "pressure" in the Chinese Super League. As a "rookie" coach in the Chinese Super League, Xie Hui used the "pressure" tactic to help his team break many spells in the 22nd season and renewed his contract for three years in the middle of the season. However, for Dalian and Xie Hui, the 23 seasons face a huge challenge.
This season, the team has suffered from an economic crisis, which prohibited signings and the departure of the main players, which affected the team's performance greatly. At this stage, Dalian is only ranked ahead of Nantong Zhiyun by virtue of wins and losses, and is in the bottom three. Xie Hui was dismissed several times when the team was undefeated in many previous matches. Based on the trust of the team's management, Xie will coach at least until the end of the season. As for what will happen next season, it is still unknown.
For a professional team, stability in all aspects is the most crucial, and stability of the head coach is one of them. Dalian has only had 18 coaches in its history, including Xie Hui (1 year, June 22), Rafael Benitez (1 year, June 21), Chi Shangbin (1 year, June 12), Staal (1 year, June 6), Aleksandr Stankov (1 year, April 5), and Cristiano Ronaldo (1 year, 26 days). Pantic, who has been in charge for the shortest period of time, has only been in charge for January 24th. Looking at the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League at this stage, Dalian have changed coaches the most frequently.
Which of these 18 coaches has made you the most upset?
