Liaoning Flying Eagles

Liaoning Zhongda Aluminium Flying Eagles (simplified Chinese: 辽宁忠大铝业飞鹰; traditional Chinese: 遼寧忠大鋁業飛鷹; pinyin: liáo níng zhōng dà lǚ yè fēi yīng) is a Chinese professional women's basketball club in Liaoning, playing in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). Liaoning Zhongda Aluminum Co. has been the team's corporate sponsor since 2015.

Liaoning Zhongda Aluminium Flying Eagles
League	Women's Chinese Basketball Association
History	Liaoning Big Dipper (2002–05) Liaoning Golden Leopards (2005–15) Liaoning Flying Eagles (2015–present)
Arena	Angang Stadium (since 2016)
Capacity	5000
Location	Anshan, Liaoning (since 2015)
Affiliation(s)	Liaoning Zhongda Aluminum Co.
Championships	4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Website	www.lnzdclub.com

From 2005 to 2015, the team was known as Liaoning Hengye Golden Leopards and sponsored by Liaoning Hengye Group. Before 2005 it was known as Liaoning Big Dipper (辽宁北斗星女篮).

Season-by-season records

Season	Corporate Sponsor	Home City	Final Rank	Record (including playoffs)^[1]			Head coach
				W	L	%
Liaoning Big Dipper
2002	Donggang city government^[2]	Donggang Jinzhou	5th^[3]	5	7	41.7	Wang Fang
2002–03	Baocheng Real Estate^[4]	Tieling	5th^[3]	9	10	47.4
2004		Dandong	3rd^[3]	9	4	69.2	Li Guangqi
2004–05			2nd^[3]	16	7	69.6	Zhang Bingkuan
Liaoning Hengye Golden Leopards
2005–06	Liaoning Hengye Group^[5]	Dandong	Champion	23	7	76.7	Li Guangqi
2007		Anshan	Champion	15	3	73.3
2007–08			2nd^[6]	18	5	78.3
2008–09			Champion	24	6	80.0	Wang Fang
2009–10			Champion	23	8	74.2	Wang Fang   Li Guangqi
2010–11			4th	16	10	61.5	Li Guangqi   Li Xiaoyong
2011–12			3rd^[7]	19	10	65.5	Bo Overton
2012–13	Dandong Xinyu Real Estate	Dandong	5th^[8]	13	11	54.2	Chen Weidong
2013–14			6th^[9]	13	12	52.0	Liu Yuexiu
2014–15	Liaodong Rural Commercial Bank	Shenyang Liaoyang	8th^[10]	13	19	40.6
Liaoning Zhongda Flying Eagles
2015–16	Liaoning Zhongda Aluminum^[11]	Anshan	8th^[12]	13	23	36.1	Liu Yuexiu
2016–17			10th^[13]	15	19	44.1	Lee Ho-geun
2017–18			11th^[14]	9	17	34.6	Kim Tae-il
2018–19	Liaoning Zhongda Aluminum Liaoning Qianshan Tourism		14th	11	23	32.4	Zheng Xiulin

Current players

2018–19 Liaoning Flying Eagles roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 0   Rachel Hollivay 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) PG 6   Wang Chengcheng 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 69 kg (152 lb) SG 9   Xing Jinbo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 68 kg (150 lb) SG 10   Liang Jiamei 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) SF 11   Zhang Dongxue 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (154 lb) F 12   Cheng Feng 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) F 13   Ha Wenxi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) PG 15   Han Mengyi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 60 kg (132 lb) C 16   Fu Jinqiu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) C 21   Hu Yueming 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PF 23   Zhu Meiqi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) G 24   Chen Lishu 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 65 kg (143 lb) SG 27   Wu Shuang 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) C 34   Imani McGee-Stafford 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb)	Head coach   Zheng Xiulin Assistant coach(es)   Tian Yu Legend (C) Team captain   Injured

Notable former players

•   Valerie Muoneke (2004)
•   Larissa Anderson (2004)
•   Janell Burse (2004–05)
•   Kim Gipson (2005–06)
•   Tangela Smith (2008–09)
•   Kara Braxton (2009–11, 2015–16)
•   Ruth Riley (2011–12)
•   Yelena Leuchanka (2012–13)
•   DeMya Walker (2013)
•   Jayne Appel (2013–14)
•   Janel McCarville (2014–15)
•   Kelsey Bone (2016–17)
•   Elizabeth Williams (2017–18)
•   Kiyomi Fujiu (2010–11)
•   Wei Yu-chun (2017–18)
•   Wang Ling (2002–09)
•   Chen Xiaoli (2002–13)
•   Ma Zengyu (2002–14)
•   Zhang Wei (2004–07, 2009–12)
•   Zhang Yu (2004–11, 2012–13)
•   Yang Banban (2005–06, 2008–14)

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