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Guangzhou Evergrande
广州恒大
File:Guangzhou Evergrande 2012 Crest.png
Full nameGuangzhou Evergrande Football Club
广州恒大足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)Southern China Tigers (华南虎)
FoundedJune 1954 (semi-professional)
January 1993 (professional)
GroundTianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Capacity58,500
OwnerEvergrande RE
ChairmanLiu Yongzhuo
ManagerMarcello Lippi
LeagueChinese Super League
2012Super League, 1st
Websitehttp://www.gzevergrandefc.com/
Current season
Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.
Traditional Chinese廣州恆大足球俱樂部
Simplified Chinese广州恒大足球俱乐部
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuǎngzhōu Héngdà Zúqiú Jùlèbù
Wade–GilesKuangchou Hengta Tsuch'iu Chülepu
Southern China Tigers
Chinese华南虎
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuánánhǔ
Wade–GilesHua2nan2hu3

Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club is a professional Chinese football club based in the 58,500-seat Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, where they currently participate in the Chinese Super League. Originally founded in 1954, their biggest achievements were winning several second-tier division titles before they became professional in 1993 and achieved an upswing in results, leading to a runners-up spot in China's top division. This could not last and after years of stagnation they were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal in 2009. After being punished with relegation, the Evergrande Real Estate Group purchased the club and pumped significant funds into the team, which saw them immediately win promotion as well as gain their first ever top-tier title in the following campaign in the 2011 Chinese Super League season.

History

The club was founded in June 1954 as Guangzhou Football Team. It became the first professional football club in China after Apollo Group took over the club in January, 1993. Guangzhou have won five second tier league titles in 1956, 1958, 1981, 2007 and 2010. The best achievement in the first tier league is second place which Guangzhou finished in 1992 and 1994. Guangzhou also reached the final of Chinese FA Cup in 1991 but lost 1–0 to Shanghai.

Guangzhou won China League One for the first time in 2007

In February 2010, Guangzhou was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal despite having achieved the ninth place in the previous season of Chinese Super League.[1] The match in question dated back to 2006, when the club was still playing in the China League One. Guangzhou paid CNY 200,000 to its opponent to secure a win at home. On 28 February 2010, Evergrande Real Estate Group took over the club with a fee of ¥100 million. Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Real Estate Group, said that they would pump more funds into the transfer market. His first act was to sign in China national team striker Gao Lin from Shanghai Shenhua for a reported fee of ¥6 million, then he replaced the previously existing head coach Peng Weiguo with former Beijing Guoan coach Lee Jang-Soo with no indication. In the 2010 summer transfer window, the club signed Sun Xiang, the first Chinese footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League with PSV Eindhoven, and Zheng Zhi, former China national team captain on 28 June. More pleasant amazement came in two days later, on 30 June, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Muriqui on a four-year deal from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Mineiro with a domestic record fee of CNY 22,980,000.[2] On 30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully achieved League One champion for the second time and returned to Super League after a 3–1 victory to Hunan Billows.

During the 2011 season, Guangzhou Evergrande further strengthened its squad with the purchase of Argentinean Dario Conca and Brazilian Cléo. Although the team was promoted to the Super League in the first year, they clinched the league title in late September 2011 although there were 4 games yet to play. In March 2012, Guangzhou played and won their first ever AFC Champions League match, thrashing Korean champions Jeonbuk Motors 5-1. Lucas Barrios left the German football champion Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2012 to join Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. Marcello Lippi replaced Lee Jang-Soo as the head coach and brought in Korean defender Kim Young-Gwon and Chinese midfielder Huang Bowen. Guangzhou was knocked out of the 2012 AFC Champions League when they lost 5-4 on aggregate to Al Ittihad in the quarterfinals. They were the first Chinese side to reach the quarterfinals since 2006. During the 2012 season, Guangzhou Evergrande won the league for the second time in a row, becoming the first team in China to win the Super League title twice in a row, while also securing the Chinese FA Cup to become double winners for 2012.

All-time league rankings

Season 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Division 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 Youth Youth 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
Position 8 1 2 5 1 17 9 1 18 20 7 6 20 3 1 2 1 15 2 2 9 3 7 7 7 7 8 2 4 2 8
Season 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Division 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
Position 2 5 7 8 14 8 10 4 11 3 4 4 3 1 7 9 4 1 1 1
  • No league game in 1959, 1966–72, 1975, 1976; Guangzhou did not enter the league in 1973, 1974 and 1977.
  • ^1 In group stage. ^2 No promotion. ^3 Promoted via FA Cup. 4 Relegated for match-fixing scandal.

Recent seasons

Year Tier Pld W W% D L GF GA GD Pts Pos Cup
1994 1 22 11 50 5 6 35 27 +8 27 2 not held
1995 1 22 7 31.8 7 8 28 27 +1 28 5 1st round
1996 1 22 7 31.8 8 7 26 25 +1 29 7 Last 16
1997 1 22 5 22.7 10 7 14 20 −6 25 8 Last 16
1998 1 26 4 15.4 8 14 25 41 −16 20 14 1st round
1999 2 22 6 27.3 8 8 26 30 −4 26 8 Last 16
2000 2 22 6 27.3 7 9 27 27 0 25 10 1st round
2001 2 22 11 50 7 4 31 16 +15 40 4 1st round
2002 2 22 4 18.2 9 9 23 30 −7 21 11 1st round
2003 2 26 13 50 9 4 40 20 +20 48 3 1st round
2004 2 32 12 37.5 16 4 47 29 +18 52 4 1st round
2005 2 26 15 57.7 7 4 50 22 +28 52 4 Last 16
2006 2 24 15 62.5 3 6 45 25 +20 48 3 Last 16
2007 2 24 19 79.2 4 1 65 15 +50 61 1 not held
2008 1 30 10 33.3 10 10 41 42 −1 40 7 not held
2009 1 30 9 30 10 11 38 38 0 37 9 not held
2010 2 24 17 70.8 6 1 61 21 +40 57 1 not held
2011 1 30 20 66.7 8 2 67 23 +44 68 1 2nd Round
2012 1 30 17 56.7 7 6 51 30 +21 58 1 Winners

Records

Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 25 June 2013.

Club records

Wins

Defeats

  • Record home defeat: 2−5 against Shanghai Shenhua in Jia-A League, 8 May 1994
  • Record away defeat: 0−6 against Changchun Yatai in Super League, 11 October 2008

Streaks

  • Longest unbeaten streak (league): 44 games (32 wins and 12 draws) during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
  • Longest home unbeaten run (league): 34 games during 2010 League One season to 2012 Super League season (29 wins and 5 draws)
  • Longest away unbeaten run (league): 23 games (14 wins and 9 draws) during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
  • Longest streak without a win (league): 12 games (5 draws and 7 defeats) during the 2002 Jia-B League season
  • Longest streak without a win at home (league): 7 games (4 draws and 3 defeats) during the 1998 Jia-A League season
  • Longest streak without a win away (league): 21 games (11 draws and 10 defeats) during 1996 to 1998 Jia-A League seasons
  • Longest winning streak (league): 9 games during the 2007 League One season
  • Longest home winning streak (league): 12 games during the 2011 to 2012 Super League season
  • Longest away winning streak (league): 7 games during the 2010 League One season
  • Longest losing streak (league): 6 games during the 1998 Jia-A League season
  • Longest home losing streak (league): 3 games during the 1998 Jia-A League season
  • Longest away losing streak (league): 7 games during 1999 to 2000 Jia-B League seasons
  • Longest drawing streak (league): 6 games during the 2004 League One season
  • Longest home drawing streak (league): 3 games during the 2000 Jia-B League season, 2004 League One season and 2009 Super League season
  • Longest away drawing streak (league): 4 games during 2000 to 2001 Jia-B League seasons
  • Longest scoring run (league): 23 games during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League season
  • Longest scoring run at home (league): 36 games during 2010 League One to 2012 Super League season
  • Longest scoring run away (league): 11 games during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
  • Longest non-scoring run (league): 6 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season
  • Longest non-scoring run at home (league): 3 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season and 1999 Jia-B League season
  • Longest non-scoring run away (league): 9 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season
  • Longest streak without conceding a goal (league): 4 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons and 2007 League One season
  • Longest streak without conceding a goal at home (league): 7 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons
  • Longest streak without conceding a goal away (league): 4 games during the 2010 League One season and 2011 Super League season
  • Longest streak with conceding goals (league): 9 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons and 2009 Super League season
  • Longest streak with conceding goals at home (league): 9 games during the 2006 League One season
  • Longest streak with conceding goals away (league): 14 games during 1999 to 2000 Jia-B League seasons

Record results in a season

  • Most wins in a league season: 20 – 2011 Super League season
  • Most draws in a league season: 16 – 2004 League One season
  • Most draws in a first-tier league season: 10 – 1997 Jia-A League season, 2008 Super League season and 2009 Super League season
  • Most defeats in a league season: 14 – 1998 Jia-A League season
  • Fewest wins in a league season: 4 – 1998 Jia-A League season and 2002 Jia-B League season
  • Fewest draws in a league season: 3 - 2006 League One season
  • Fewest draws in a first-tier league season: 5 - 1994 Jia-A League season
  • Fewest defeats in a league season: 1 - 2007 League One season and 2010 League One season
  • Fewest defeats in a first-tier league season: 2 - 2011 Super League season

Goals

  • Most League goals scored in a season: 67 - 2011 Super League season
  • Fewest League goals scored in a season: 14 - 1997 Jia-A League season
  • Most League goals conceded in a season: 42 - 2008 Super League season
  • Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 15 - 2007 League One season
  • Fewest first-tier League goals conceded in a season: 20 - 1997 Jia-A League season

Player records

Appearances

  • Most appearances in the league: Feng Junyan, 205 games, 2003–present
  • Most first-tier league appearances: Peng Changying, 105 games, 1994–1998

Goalscorers

Transfers

Current squad and staff

First team squad

As of 7 March 2013.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK China CHN Yang Jun
2 MF China CHN Liao Lisheng
3 DF China CHN Yi Teng
4 DF China CHN Zhao Peng
5 DF China CHN Zhang Linpeng
6 DF China CHN Feng Xiaoting
7 MF China CHN Feng Junyan
8 MF China CHN Qin Sheng
9 MF Brazil BRA Elkeson
10 MF China CHN Zheng Zhi (captain)
11 MF Brazil BRA Muriqui
13 DF China CHN Tang Dechao
14 MF China CHN Feng Renliang
15 MF Argentina ARG Darío Conca
16 MF China CHN Huang Bowen
18 FW Paraguay PAR Lucas Barrios
19 GK China CHN Zeng Cheng
20 FW China CHN Ni Bo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF China CHN Huang Jiaqiang
22 GK China CHN Li Shuai
23 MF China CHN Li Zhilang
24 MF China CHN Shi Hongjun
25 MF China CHN Peng Xinli
26 MF China CHN Li Bin
27 FW China CHN Ye Weichao
28 DF South Korea KOR Kim Young-Gwon
29 FW China CHN Gao Lin
30 FW China CHN Yang Chaosheng
31 DF China CHN Zhang Hongnan
32 DF China CHN Sun Xiang
33 DF China CHN Rong Hao
34 FW China CHN Hu Weiwei
35 FW China CHN Memet Ali
36 GK China CHN Fang Jingqi
37 MF China CHN Zhao Xuri
39 MF China CHN Tan Jiajun

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
41 GK China CHN Xu Guangliao
42 FW China CHN Hu Yangyang
43 DF China CHN Liu Haidong
44 DF China CHN Kuang Haokun
45 DF China CHN Guan Haojin
46 MF China CHN Yang Xin
47 DF China CHN Luo Jiacheng
48 DF China CHN Lin Jiawei
49 DF China CHN Chen Jinchao
No. Pos. Nation Player
50 MF China CHN Zhong Yecheng
51 MF China CHN Shen Qi'an
52 MF China CHN Cai Haojian
53 FW China CHN Liang Xueming
54 FW China CHN Gan Tiancheng
55 DF China CHN Wang Zihang
56 FW China CHN Li Shaokang
57 DF China CHN Gong Liangxuan
58 MF China CHN Li Shunxiang

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK China CHN Dong Chunyu (at Shenyang Shenbei until 31 December 2014)
17 MF China CHN Gao Zhilin (at Meizhou Kejia until 31 December 2013)
38 DF China CHN Zhang Yujia (at Meizhou Kejia until 31 December 2013)
— DF China CHN Li Jianbin (at Shanghai Shenhua until 31 December 2013)
— DF China CHN Li Weixin (at Meixian Hakka until 31 December 2013)
— DF Brazil BRA Paulão (at Cruzeiro until 31 December 2013)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF China CHN Tu Dongxu (at Meizhou Kejia until 31 December 2013)
— MF China CHN Peng Shaoxiong (at Meizhou Kejia until 31 December 2013)
— MF Brazil BRA Renato Cajá (at Vitória until 31 December 2013)
— MF China CHN Wang Rui (at Meixian Hakka until 31 December 2013)
— MF China CHN Zhang Xingbo (at Meixian Hakka until 31 December 2013)
— FW Brazil BRA Cléo (at Kashiwa Reysol until 1 January 2014)

Technical staff

Position Name Place of Birth Age
Head coach Italy Marcello Lippi Viareggio 76
Assistant coaches Italy Narciso Pezzotti
Italy Massimiliano Maddaloni
China Li Tie 		Offanengo
Naples
Shenyang 		82
58
47
Goalkeeping coach Italy Michelangelo Rampulla Patti 62
Fitness coach Italy Claudio Gaudino Mottalciata 75
Reserve team coach Italy Fabrizio Del Rosso Montecatini Terme 61
Medical adviser Italy Enrico Castellacci Portoferraio 73
Team doctor / Physiotherapist Italy Silvano Cotti Castelfranco Emilia 72
Physiotherapist Germany Georg Meyer Regensburg 42
Team doctors China Liu Shulai
China Kang Kebao
China Wang Shucheng 		N/A N/A
Chief scout Italy Franco Ceravolo Cirò Marina 65

Notable former players

Person Guangzhou Record Claim to Fame
Brazil Diego Barcelos 2008 - 2009, 51 games, 9 goals Earned 6 caps playing for Brazil U-20 between 2004 and 2005.
Romania Corneliu Papură 2006, 19 games, 1 goal Earned 2 caps for Romania in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Honduras Luis Ramírez 2001, 2007 - 2009, 85 games, 48 goals The first and the only player to win both Chinese Jia-A League and Chinese Super League Golden Boot award.
Holds club record for most league goals in a career.
China Su Yongshun 1950s China national team manager, 1980–82, W 9 D 5 L 6
Japan Isamu Tsuji 1994 - 1995, 4 games, 0 goal First foreign player in Guangzhou F.C. history.
First Japanese football player in the Chinese professional league

Past and present internationals

Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their country while playing for Guangzhou.

All-time top ten scorers

Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 22 June 2013. Names in bold indicate players currently plays for Guangzhou

 
League
Player Goals Period
Honduras Luis Ramírez 48 2007 - 2009
Brazil Muriqui 43 2010–present
China Gao Lin 41 2010–present
China Hu Zhijun 36 1994 - 1997
China Xu Liang 29 2007 - 2009
Argentina Darío Conca 24 2011–present
China Wen Xiaoming 2001 - 2008
China Lu Lin 23 2003 - 2010
China Peng Weiguo 21 1994 - 1997
China Feng Junyan 18 2003–present
 
All
Player Goals Period
Brazil Muriqui 58 2010–present
Honduras Luis Ramírez 48 2007 - 2009
China Gao Lin 45 2010–present
China Hu Zhijun 36 1994 - 1997
Argentina Darío Conca 35 2011–present
China Xu Liang 29 2007 - 2009
China Wen Xiaoming 27 2001 - 2008
Brazil Cléo 24 2011 - 2012
China Peng Weiguo 23 1994 - 1997
China Lu Lin 23 2003 - 2010

Club honours

Winners (2): 2011, 2012
Winners (2): 2007, 2010
Winners (1): 2012
Winners (1): 2012

Personal honours

Player Honor Season
China Mai Chao Player of the Year 1989
China Wu Qunli Player of the Year 1990
1993
China Zhou Suian Manager of the Year 1992
China Hu Zhijun Jia-A League Top Scorer 1994
Denmark Riffi Haddaoui Chinese FA Cup Top Scorer* 1997
Belarus Mikalay Ryndzyuk League One Top Scorer 2005
Honduras Luis Ramírez League One Top Scorer
Chinese Super League Top Scorer* 		2007
2009
China Gao Lin League One Top Scorer 2010
Brazil Muriqui Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year
Chinese Super League Top Scorer
Chinese FA Cup Top Scorer 		2011
Brazil Cléo Chinese FA Super Cup Most Valuable Player 2012
Paraguay Lucas Barrios Chinese FA Cup Most Valuable Player
Italy Marcello Lippi Chinese FA Cup Best Manager

(* shared)

Managerial history

Non-professional club period (1954−1993)

 
Manager Period
China Luo Dizhi 1954 - 1956
China Zeng Peifu 1956
China Zheng Deyao 1956
China Luo Rongman 1956 - 1961
China Li Wenjun 1964
China Lin Xiaocai 1966 - 1976
China Luo Rongman 1977
China Feng Meilu 1977
 
Manager Period
China Luo Rongman 1978 - 1982
China Cai Tangyao 1983 - 1984
China Chen Yiming 1985
China Qi Wusheng 1986 - 1988
China Xie Zhiguang 1989
China Chen Yiming 1990
China Zhou Suian 1991 - 1993

Professional club period (1994−present)

As of 25 June 2013
# Name Period Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Honours
1 China Zhou Suian 1994 - 7 June 1995 29 13 7 9 40 34 +6 044.83
2 China Zhang Jingtian 8 June 1995 - 28 December 1995 16 6 5 5 27 24 +3 037.50
3 China Xie Zhiguang 1996 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
4 China Xian Dixiong 1996 25 8 8 9 31 33 −2 032.00
5 China Chen Yiming January 1997 - 13 August 1997 17 3 8 6 11 16 −5 017.65
6 China Mai Chao 13 August 1997 - 12 June 1998 24 5 11 8 24 28 −4 020.83
7 China Chen Xirong 12 June 1998 - 4 May 1999 21 4 5 12 20 34 −14 019.05
8 China Zhao Dayu 1999 18 6 6 6 24 25 −1 033.33
9 Brazil Gildo Rodrigues January 2000–19 April 2000 5 0 1 4 2 9 −7 000.00
10 China Zhou Suian 19 April 2000 - 23 September 2000 18 6 6 6 25 20 +5 033.33
11 Brazil Edson Tavares (caretaker) 13 November 2000 - 11 December 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
12 China Liu Kang 11 December 2000 - 25 July 2001 16 5 7 4 15 13 +2 031.25
13 China Zhou Suian 25 July 2001 - 2 September 2002 24 10 6 8 37 30 +7 041.67
14 China Wu Qunli 2 September 2002 - 19 December 2002 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 000.00
15 China Zhou Suian 19 December 2002 - 18 February 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
16 China Mai Chao 18 February 2003 - 31 October 2005 91 41 33 17 144 86 +58 045.05
17 Croatia Drago Mamić (caretaker) 25 November 2005 - 25 February 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
18 China Qi Wusheng 25 February 2006 - 31 December 2006 26 16 3 7 47 27 +20 061.54
19 China Shen Xiangfu 4 January 2007 - 30 November 2009 84 38 24 22 144 95 +49 045.24 2007 China League One
20 China Peng Weiguo (caretaker) 1 December 2009 - 25 March 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
21 South Korea Lee Jang-Soo 25 March 2010 - 16 May 2012 73 49 17 7 164 65 +99 067.12 2010 China League One
2011 Chinese Super League
2012 Chinese FA Super Cup
22 Italy Marcello Lippi 17 May 2012 – present 52 33 12 7 107 46 +61 063.46 2012 Chinese Super League
2012 Chinese FA Cup

Ownership and naming history

Year Owner Club name Sponsored team name
1954 - 1984 Guangzhou Sports Bureau Guangzhou Football Team
1985 - 1988 Guangzhou Baiyun
1989 - 1992 Guangzhou Football Club
1993 - 2000 Guangdong Apollo Group Guangzhou Apollo Football Club
2001 Guangzhou Sports Bureau Guangzhou Football Club Guangzhou Geely
2002 - 2003 Guangzhou Xiangxue
2004 - 2005 Sunray Cave Group Guangzhou Sunray Cave
2006 - 2007 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Guangzhou GPC Football Club
2008 Guangzhou GPC Zhongyi
2009 Guangzhou GPC Baiyunshan
2010 Evergrande Real Estate Group Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club Guangzhou GAC
2011–present

Notes and references

  1. ^ Chengdu Blades demoted
  2. ^ 恒大引援再放超级卫星 350万美元天价签巴西猎豹Template:Zh icon
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