| Club: | Dalian Aerbin F.C. |
| Stadium: | Dalian Sports Center |
| League: | Super League |
| League Result: | 15th, relegated |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 3rd round |
| Chairman: |  Chi Shangbin |
| Manager: | Ma Lin  Yasuharu Kurata |
| League Topscorer: |  Bruno Meneghel (12 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 22,118 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,222 |
| Average Attendance: | 10,993 |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
The 2014 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season is the fifth season in club history, and the third season in the Chinese Super League.
Aerbin signed Ma Lin from Liaoning F.C. as their manager. He was soon replaced by reserve team manager Yasuharu Kurata in May due to the team's poor performance, however the performance was actually connected to insufficient budget as reported.[1]
After the failure to take over Dalian Shide F.C. last season, Aerbin faced serious financial problems, since the debt, facilities and training ground of Dalian Shide were merged into Aerbin, but players in squad were judged as free agent by the CFA, and Aerbin had to follow normal transfer routine to sign them, rather than simply taking over the whole team. It's been reported that the team was unable to pay up salaries and bonuses for more than 10 months[2] [3] under the fact that they had already began to sell valuable players for some budget.[4] Additionally, Aerbin was investigated by FIFA for violating contract with former player Leon Benko.[5] The team ended up 15th by the end of the season, relegated to China League One.
See main article: 2014 Chinese Super League.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Yasuharu Kurata |
| Assistant coaches | Jiang Feng Zang Haili |
| Goalkeeper coach | Han Wenhai |
| Fitness coach |  Fabien Joel Bossuet |
| Team doctor / Physiotherapist |  Kwon Hyuck-Jun |
| Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | MF |  Nashat Akram | 29 | Al-Shorta SC | Transfer | Winter | €550,000 | — | [6] | |
| 9 | MF | Leon Benko | 30 | HNK Rijeka | Transfer | Winter | €1.0M | — | [7] | |
| 28 | DF | Yue Xin | 18 | Liaoning | Transfer | Winter | — | — | ||
| 11 | FW | Bruno Meneghel | 26 | Qingdao Jonoon | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [8] | |
| 3 | DF |  Niklas Backman | 25 | AIK | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [9] | |
| 30 | DF | Han Xuegeng | 24 | Liaoning | Transfer | Winter | — | — | ||
| 23 | GK | Chen Junlin | 20 | — | Transfer | Winter | — | — | ||
| 39 | MF | Zhang Jiaqi | 22 | — | Transfer | Winter | — | — | ||
| 16 | MF | Nan Yunqi | 20 | Shenyang Zhongze | Loan Return | Winter | — | — | ||
| 7 | DF | Zhao Honglüe | 24 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 18 | MF | Wang Jinxian | 17 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 15 | MF | Jin Qiang | 20 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 21 | DF | Liu Yingchen | 20 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 17 | MF | Quan Heng | 24 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 31 | DF | Wang Yaopeng | 18 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 26 | MF | Cui Ming'an | 19 | Dalian Aerbin Reserves | — | Winter | — | — | ||
| 35 | FW |  Esteban Solari | 34 | Skoda Xanthi | Transfer | Summer | — | — | [10] | |
| DF |  Lee Addy | 23 | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan Return | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Jiang Wenjun | 23 | Shenyang Zhongze | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Wang Shixin | 20 | Qingdao Hainiu | Loan Return | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Sun Haosheng | 24 | Guizhou Zhicheng | Loan Return | Winter | — | — |
| Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Nabir Baha | 32 | — | Released | Winter | — | — | |||
| DF |  Daniel Mullen | 24 | Western Sydney | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [11] | ||
| DF | Lee Addy | 23 | Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| DF | Zhao Hejing | 28 | Beijing Guoan | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [12] | ||
| DF | Chen Lei | 28 | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [13] | ||
| MF |  Seydou Keita | 34 |  Valencia CF | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [14] | ||
| DF | Liu Yu | 28 | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [15] | ||
| FW | Hoarau | 29 | Bordeaux | Transfer | Winter | — | — | [16] | ||
| MF | Wang Jun | 23 | Qingdao Jonoon | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Han Pengfei | 20 | Mafra U19 | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| FW | Dong Xuesheng | 24 | Guanghzou Evergrande | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Sun Haosheng | 24 | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| MF | Jiang Wenjun | 23 | Qingdao Hainiu | Transfer | Winter | — | — | |||
| 10 | MF | Fábio Rochemback | 32 | — | Retired | Summer | — | — | ||
| 25 | MF | Nashat Akram | 29 | Al-Shorta | Released | Summer | — | Contract terminated without permission, and Al-Shorta SC was ordered by FIFA to pay $805,000 compensation in August 2018.[17] | [18] | |
| 9 | MF | Leon Benko | 30 | FK Sarajevo | — | Summer | [19] | — | [20] | |
| 20 | MF | Yu Hanchao | 27 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Transfer | Summer | €5.5M | — | [21] | |
| 4 | DF | Li Xuepeng | 25 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Transfer | Summer | €2.5M | — |