2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

Guangzhou Evergrande 2011
Chairman  Liu Yongzhuo
Manager  Lee Jang-Soo
Super League 1st
FA Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
 Muriqui (16)
All:
 Muriqui (20)
Highest home attendance 50,389
(v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest home attendance 35,856
(v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average home attendance 45,666
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011 season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 44th season in the Chinese football league. The club was promoted from China League One in the 2010 league season. Guangzhou have kicked off the new CSL season with a 1-0 victory over Dalian Shide in front of an attendance of over 50,000 at Tianhe stadium

Contents

Review

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Yang Jun
2 DF Tu Dongxu
3 DF Paulão
4 FW Gao Shunhang
5 DF Zhang Linpeng
6 DF Feng Xiaoting
7 MF Feng Junyan
8 MF Renato Cajá (to July)
9 FW Cléo
10 MF Zheng Zhi (captain)
11 FW Muriqui
12 GK Dong Chunyu
13 DF Tang Dechao
14 DF Li Jianhua (vice-captain)
15 MF Darío Conca (from July)
16 MF Cho Won-Hee
17 MF Gao Zhilin
18 DF Chen Jianlong
19 MF Yang Hao
No. Position Player
20 FW Ni Bo
21 FW Jiang Ning
22 GK Li Shuai
23 MF Li Zhilang
24 MF Shi Hongjun
25 MF Yang Yihu
26 MF Wu Pingfeng
27 FW Ye Weichao
28 GK Zhi Xinhua
29 FW Gao Lin
30 MF Peng Shaoxiong
31 DF Zhang Hongnan
32 DF Sun Xiang
33 MF Li Yan
34 DF Huang Jiaqiang
35 DF Guo Zichao
38 DF Zhang Yujia
39 DF Zhang Tianlong
40 DF Pan Weiye

Technical staff

Name Nat. Job title
Lee Jang-Soo Head coach
Qiu Ming Assistant coach
Kim Yong-Kab Assistant / Fitness coach
Jiang Feng Assistant coach
Wang Weiman Goalkeeping coach
Renato Hiroshi Fitness coach / Physician
Kim Hyo-Jung Technical Analysis
Qu Shengqing Reserve team coach
Peng Weiguo U19 team coach

Transfers

Winter

In:

No. Position Player
1 GK Yang Jun (from Tianjin Teda)[7]
3 DF Paulão (from Grêmio Prudente) [8]
5 DF Zhang Linpeng (from Shanghai East Asia)[9]
6 DF Feng Xiaoting (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
8 MF Renato Cajá (from Botafogo) [6]
9 FW Cléo (from FK Partizan)[3]
15 MF Hu Zhaojun (from Dalian Shide)
16 MF Cho Won-Hee (from Wigan Athletic) [4]
19 MF Yang Hao (from Beijing Guoan)
21 FW Jiang Ning (from Qingdao Jonoon)
27 FW Ye Weichao (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave)
35 DF Zhang Tianlong (from Shandong Luneng)[10]

Out:

No. Position Player
2 DF Li Zhihai (to Guangdong Sunray Cave)
5 DF Dai Xianrong (Retired) [11]
6 MF Hu Zhaojun (loan return to Dalian Shide)
8 MF Eduardo Delani (Released)
9 FW Charles Gbeke (Released)
10 MF Gabriel Melkam (to Qingdao Jonoon)
16 MF Xu Deen (to Hunan Billows)
17 MF Cai Yaohui (Retired)
30 MF Lu Lin (to Guangdong Sunray Cave)
33 DF Huang Zhiyi (to Hoi Fan)
34 DF Wang Xiaoshi (to Hubei Greenery) [12]
- MF Hu Zhaojun (to Dalian Aerbin)
- MF Shi Tingliang (loan to G.D. Artilheiros)[13]
- FW Li Jiaqi (loan to G.D. Artilheiros)
- MF Li Bin (loan to G.D. Artilheiros)
- FW Zhu Pengfei (loan to Lam Ieng)

Summer

In:

No. Position Player
- MF Darío Conca (from Fluminense) [14]

Out:

No. Position Player
8 MF Renato Cajá (loan to Ponte Preta)

Starting XI

# Pos Player Starts
1 GK Yang Jun 19
14 RB Li Jianhua 24
3 CB Paulão 27
6 CB Feng Xiaoting 27
32 LB Sun Xiang 25
16 DM Cho Won-Hee 30
10 DM Zheng Zhi(C) 25
26 RW Wu Pingfeng 23
15 AM Conca 14
29 LW Gao Lin 28
11 ST Muriqui 26

Last updated: 2 November 2011.
Source: Squad stats.
Using the most used start formation 4–2–3–1.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Match results

Friendly matches

2011 Asian Challenge Cup‎

Real Madrid China tour

2011 Chinese Super League

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 13 2 0 42 7 +35 7 6 2 25 16 +9

2011 Chinese FA Cup

2011 CSL All-star match

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) (Q) 30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Beijing Guoan (Q) 30 14 11 5 49 21 +28 53
3 Liaoning Whowin (Q) 30 14 8 8 38 23 +15 50 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28 +15 47 Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1
Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2
5 Shandong Luneng 30 13 8 9 37 31 +6 47
6 Qingdao Jonoon 30 12 9 9 37 33 +4 45

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.Only top-6 showed, for full table see 2011 Chinese Super League table
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Match(es) drawn; L = Match(es) lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champions; (Q) = Qualified for Champions League; (R) = Relegated.

1 Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[16]

Positions by round

Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 12 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
H / A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A
Result W D D W W W W D D W W W W W W W D W D W D W W L W W W L W D
Pos 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Squad statistics

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
No appearances player not listed.

Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Apps Starts Goals YC RC Apps Starts Goals YC RC Apps Starts Goals YC RC
Cho Won-Hee MF 30 30 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 32 31 0 4 0
Gao Lin FW 29 28 11 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 31 29 11 3 0
Paulão DF 28 27 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 30 29 0 6 0
Wu Pingfeng MF 28 23 4 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 30 25 4 4 0
Li Jianhua DF 28 24 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 30 25 0 2 0
Feng Xiaoting DF 27 27 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 28 2 5 1
Muriqui FW 26 26 16 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 28 27 20 4 0
Zheng Zhi MF 25 25 5 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 5 10 2
Sun Xiang DF 25 25 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 1 1 0
Jiang Ning FW 21 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 4 4 1 0
Yang Hao MF 22 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 0 6 0
Yang Jun GK 20 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 19 0 2 0
Zhang Linpeng DF 16 8 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 10 1 1 0
Darío Conca MF 15 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 9 0 0
Gao Zhilin MF 13 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 7 3 0 0
Li Shuai GK 11 11 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 0
Cléo FW 10 9 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 10 10 1 0
Renato Cajá MF 10 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 0
Li Yan MF 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0
Feng Junyan MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Ye Weichao FW 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
Shi Hongjun MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Peng Shaoxiong MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tang Dechao DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Yang Yihu FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total –– –– –– 67 48 3 –– –– 4 2 0 –– –– 71 50 3

Notes and references