2012 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season

Dalian Aerbin F.C.

Chairman	Li Ming
Manager	Chang Woe-Ryong Aleksandar Stanojević
Stadium	Jinzhou Stadium
Super League	5th
FA Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	Peter Utaka (20 goals)
Average home league attendance	15,774
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The 2012 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season is the 3rd season in club history, and the first season in the Chinese Super League, promoted after finishing 1st in the 2011 China League One.

Before the season started, Aerbin signed Korean manager Chang Woe-Ryong for 3 years, hoping to improve the team with his counter attack tactics, but announced his resignation in April, and replaced him with Aleksandar Stanojević. The team ended 5th in the league, failed to enter AFC Champions League.

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Updated to games played on 3 November 2012.
Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points.
¹Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
²On 30 November 2012, Dalian Shide were acquisited by Aerbin Group and merged into Dalian Aerbin F.C..
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (Q) = Qualified for AFC Champions League; (R) = Relegated to CL1.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

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