Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.
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Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club 广州恒大足球俱乐部 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Southern China Tigers (华南虎) | ||
| Founded |
June 1954 (semi-professional) January 1993 (professional) | ||
| Ground | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||
| Capacity | 58,500 | ||
| Owner | Evergrande RE | ||
| Chairman | Liu Yongzhuo | ||
| Manager | Marcello Lippi | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2013 | Super League, 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广州恒大足球俱乐部 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州恆大足球俱樂部 | ||||||||||||
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Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club (simplified Chinese: 广州恒大; traditional Chinese: 廣州恆大; Mandarin Pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Héngdà; Jyutping: Gwong2 Zau1 Hang4 Daai6) 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. They are the current champions of Asia and three times in a row Chinese champions. 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. Unable to improve upon these results the club would go through a period of stagnation and then decline before they experienced a brief revival when they won the 2007 second division, however in 2009 the club were embroiled in a match-fixing scandal. This saw them punished with relegation, however the Evergrande Real Estate Group decided to purchase 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. The club won its first AFC Champions League title in 2013, becoming the first Chinese football club to win the continental title in its current format. The club finished fourth place in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.
History
In June 1954 the local Guangzhou sports body founded Guangzhou Football Team to take part in the recently formed Chinese national football league and entered the club in the 1955 league season where they named Luo Dizhi as their first manager who guided them to an eighth spot finish in their debut campaign.[1] Unfortunately for Guangzhou the league had grown to incorporate a second tier and their debut season performance final standing would see them relegated to the second division. Guangzhou would nevertheless go on to win the division championship, however the Chinese Football Association decided to restructure the league at the beginning of the 1957 season and Guangzhou were denied promotion.[2] Despite this Luo Rongman managed the team to win the 1958 second division title, however the club were unable to gain promotion because this time they went into receivership and were not officially re-established until April 1961 where they were allowed to take part in the top tier. Back within the top division Guangzhou often struggled within the league and were once again relegated to the second tier at the end of the 1963 league season where they remained until 1966 when the Chinese Cultural Revolution halted football in China.[3]
When the Chinese football league restarted Guangzhou took the unusual step of abstaining from the competition and instead on October 26, 1977 brought Luo Rongman to manage in their development of their youth team.[4] The team would play within the National Youth League until 1980 when it was decided that they were mature enough to play in the football league pyramid and started in the recently created third division. The club's youth team development would immediately pay-off and players such as Mai Chao, Zhao Dayu and later Wu Qunli would all rapidly rise into Chinese international footballers that would see Guangzhou gain successive promotions until they reached the top tier. The harsh realities of the top division would hit the young players when at the end of the 1982 league season Guangzhou were relegated at the end of the campaign. With the club able to hold on to their young talent they would eventually return to the top division at the end of the 1984 season, via the Chinese FA Cup. With this promotion on October 1, 1984 the club would be the first Chinese team to gain sponsorship when Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. signed a $200,000 annual deal with the club.[5]
Throughout the 1990s, the Chinese Football Association were demanding more professionalism from their football teams and while many were semi-professional, Guangzhou would be one of the first fully professional football clubs in China after the Apollo Group took over the club on January 8, 1993. Initially the investment would aid the manager Zhou Suian to help create a competitive squad and with Hu Zhijun going on to win the top goalscoring award Guangzhou were able to gain a runners-up spot at the 1994 league season.[6] The following season Zhou Suian left the team despite having twice guided the club to a runners-up position within the league as well as a runners up spot against Shanghai in the 1991 Chinese FA Cup. After his exit the club were unable to replicate the same results and when influential international footballers Peng Weiguo and Hu Zhijun left the club the team would go into free fall and were relegated at the end of the 1998 league season.[7] With the management concerned about the team's insipid display an investigation was launched, which discovered that their players Wen Junwu and three others were in collusion with gambling groups and were immediately expelled from the club.[8] In 2001 the Guangzhou Sports Bureau took over the club once again and with significant investment coming from the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd it was hoped that the club could push for promotion, however the division was rocked by a match-fixing scandal involving Changchun Yatai, Chengdu Wuniu, Jiangsu Sainty and Zhejing Greentown saw Guangzhou's new sponsors Geely immediately pull their funding from the team to distant themselves from the bad publicity.[9] This would see the club go through a tough transitional period until the Sunray Cave Group took over the club in 2004 and started to invest money in hopes of pushing for promotion.[10] When the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group took over the club in 2006 they were able to realize the ambition of gaining promotion when the club won the 2007 division title and entry to the Chinese Super League.[11]
In February 2010, Guangzhou was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal despite having achieved a ninth place finish in the previous 2009 Chinese Super League season.[12] The match in question was the August 19, 2006 league game against Shanxi Luhu, which saw Guangzhou win 5-1 when they were still playing in the China League One division. It was discovered by the police that the Guangzhou General manager Yang Xu paid CNY 200,000 to his opponents General manager Wang Po to secure a win at home and that Guangzhou's Vice-President's Wu Xiaodong and Xie Bin knew about it.[13] With the offending participants sentenced to jail for fraud the club was put up for sale.[14] On 28 February 2010, Evergrande Real Estate Group took over the club with a fee of ¥100 million and Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Real Estate Group, said that they would pump more funds into the transfer market.[15] 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.[16] 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 Hyundai Motors 5-1. Lucas Barrios left the German football champion Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2012 to join Guangzhou Evergrande. 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 and Super Cup to become double winners for 2012.
In the 2013 season, Guangzhou Evergrande strengthened their squad by signing Chinese international goalkeeper Zeng Cheng and Elkeson. This proved to be beneficial to Guangzhou as they became the first team in China to win the Super League three times in a row. The club also won the 2013 AFC Champions League in the final against FC Seoul, after drawing 2-2 in the first leg in Seoul and 1-1 in the second leg in Guangzhou, becoming the first Chinese side to won the tournament following the away goals rule. By winning the AFC Champions League, Guangzhou was assured a place in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, entering in the quarterfinals, beating the African champions Al-Ahly 2-0. In the semifinals, they were defeated by the European champions Bayern Munich 3-0. In the third place match, the club lost against South American champions Atletico Mineiro 3-2 and finished fourth place on the international stage.
All-time league rankings
As of End of 2013 Chinese league season.[17][18]
League rankings before 1994
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Since January 8, 1993, as a professional unit
| Year | Tier | Pld | W | W% | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Cup | Asian | Avg league att | Stadium |
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| 1994 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 50.00 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 27 | 2 | not held | not qualified | 10,545 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 1995 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 31.82 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 28 | 5 | 1st round | not qualified | 18,818 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 1996 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 31.82 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 29 | 7 | Last 16 | not qualified | 13,091 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 1997 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 22.73 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 25 | 8 | Last 16 | not qualified | 15,364 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 1998 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 15.38 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 20 | 14 | 1st round | not qualified | 5,385 | Ying Tung Stadium / Provincial People's Stadium |
| 1999 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 27.27 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | 8 | Last 16 | not qualified | Tianhe Stadium | |
| 2000 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 27.27 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 1st round | not qualified | Provincial People's Stadium | |
| 2001 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 50.00 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 40 | 4 | 1st round | not qualified | 15,273 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2002 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 18.18 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | 11 | 1st round | not qualified | 7,227 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2003 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 50.00 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 48 | 3 | 1st round | not qualified | 10,091 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2004 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 37.50 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 52 | 4 | 1st round | not qualified | 13,647 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2005 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 57.69 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 52 | 4 | Last 16 | not qualified | 14,850 | Yuexiushan Stadium / Tianhe Stadium |
| 2006 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 62.50 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 48 | 3 | Last 16 | not qualified | 17,167 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2007 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 79.17 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 15 | +50 | 61 | 1 | not held | not qualified | 22,500 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2008 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 33.33 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 40 | 7 | not held | not qualified | 19,624 | Yuexiushan Stadium |
| 2009 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 30.00 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 9 4 | not held | not qualified | 20,057 | Yuexiushan Stadium / Guangzhou University City Stadium |
| 2010 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 70.83 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 57 | 1 | not held | not qualified | 9,083 | Yuexiushan Stadium / Century Lotus Stadium |
| 2011 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 66.67 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 68 | 1 | 2nd Round | not qualified | 45,666 | Tianhe Stadium |
| 2012 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 56.67 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 58 | 1 | Winners | Quarter-finals | 37,250 | Tianhe Stadium |
| 2013 | 1 | 30 | 24 | 80.00 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 18 | +60 | 77 | 1 | Runners-up | Winners | 40,428 | Tianhe Stadium |
- 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.
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Records
Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 22 December 2013.
Club records
Wins
- Record home win: 10−0 against Nanjing Yoyo in China League One, 21 July 2010
- Record away win: 6−1 against Shanghai Shenhua in Jia-A League, 14 August 1994 and Harbin Lange in League One, 1 November 2003
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): 8 games during the 2013 Super League 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 and during 2013 Super League season
- 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: 24 – 2013 Super League seasons
- 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 and 2013 Super League season
- Fewest defeats in a league season: 1 - 2007 League One season, 2010 League One season and 2013 Super League season
- Fewest defeats in a first-tier league season: 1 - 2013 Super League season
Goals
- Most League goals scored in a season: 78 - 2013 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: 18 - 2013 Super League season
Player records
Appearances
- Most appearances in the league: Feng Junyan, 217 games, 2003–present
- Most appearances in all matches: Feng Junyan, 242 games, 2003–present
- Most first-tier league appearances: Peng Changying, 105 games, 1994–1998
Goalscorers
- Most goals in all competitions: Muriqui, 72 goals, 2010−present
- Most goals in first-tier league: Muriqui, 37 goals, 2010–present
- Most goals in a season: 32 goals, Elkeson during the 2013 season
- Most goals in a match: 4 goals, Hu Zhijun against Shanghai Shenhua, 14 August 1994 and Muriqui against Nanjing Yoyo, 21 July 2010
- Fastest goal: Tan Ende, 10 seconds, against Yanbian Hyundai, 2 June 1996
Transfers
- Record transfer fee paid: signing Lucas Barrios from Borussia Dortmund for €8.5 million, May 2012
- Record transfer fee received: selling Lucas Barrios to Spartak Moscow for €7 million, August 2013
Current squad and staff
- As of 6 February 2014
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Marcello Lippi |
| Assistant coaches | Narciso Pezzotti Massimiliano Maddaloni Li Tie |
| Goalkeeping coach | Michelangelo Rampulla |
| Fitness coach | Claudio Gaudino |
| Reserve team coach | Fabrizio Del Rosso |
| Reserve team assistant coach | Pang Li |
| Medical adviser | Enrico Castellacci |
| Team doctor / Physiotherapist | Silvano Cotti |
| Physiotherapist |  Georg Meyer |
| Team doctors | Liu Shulai Kang Kebao Wang Shucheng |
| Chief scout | Franco Ceravolo |
Past and present internationals
Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their country while playing for Guangzhou.
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All-time top ten scorers
Since 1994 the first professional league season. Correct as of 22 December 2013. Names in bold indicate players currently plays for Guangzhou
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Club honours
Domestic
Leagues
- Winners (2): 2007, 2010
Cups
Asian
- Winners (1): 2013
Worldwide
- Fourth place (1): 2013
Personal honours
| Player | Honor | Season |
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| Mai Chao |
Player of the Year | 1989 |
| Wu Qunli |
Player of the Year | 1990 1993 |
| Zhou Suian |
Coach of the Year | 1992 |
| Hu Zhijun |
Jia-A League Top Scorer | 1994 |
 Riffi Haddaoui |
Chinese FA Cup Top Scorer* | 1997 |
 Mikalay Ryndzyuk |
League One Top Scorer | 2005 |
 Luis Ramírez |
League One Top Scorer Chinese Super League Top Scorer* |
2007 2009 |
| Gao Lin |
League One Top Scorer | 2010 |
 Muriqui |
Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year Chinese Super League Top Scorer Chinese FA Cup Top Scorer |
2011 |
| Cléo |
Chinese FA Super Cup Most Valuable Player | 2012 |
 Lucas Barrios |
Chinese FA Cup Most Valuable Player | |
| Marcello Lippi |
Chinese FA Cup Best Coach | |
| Zheng Zhi |
AFC Player of the Year | 2013 |
| Elkeson |
Chinese Super League Top Scorer | |
| Muriqui |
AFC Champions League Top Scorer AFC Champions League Most Valuable Player AFC Foreign Player of the Year | |
 Darío Conca |
Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year Chinese FA Cup Most Valuable Player | |
| Zeng Cheng |
Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year | |
| Marcello Lippi |
Chinese Football Association Coach of the Year |
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Managerial history
Non-professional club period (1954−1993)
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Professional club period (1994−present)
- As of 22 December 2013
| # | Name | Period | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% | Honours |
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| 1 | Zhou Suian |
2 July 1994 – 7 June 1995 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 44.83 | |
| 2 | Zhang Jingtian |
8 June 1995 – 28 December 1995 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 37.50 | |
| 3 | Xie Zhiguang |
1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | Xian Dixiong |
1996 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 32.00 | |
| 5 | Chen Yiming |
January 1997–13 August 1997 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 17.65 | |
| 6 | Mai Chao |
13 August 1997 – 12 June 1998 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 20.83 | |
| 7 | Chen Xirong |
12 June 1998 – 4 May 1999 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 19.05 | |
| 8 | Zhao Dayu |
1999 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 33.33 | |
| 9 | Gildo Rodrigues |
January 2000–19 April 2000 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0.00 | |
| 10 | Zhou Suian |
19 April 2000 – 23 September 2000 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 33.33 | |
| 11 | Edson Tavares (caretaker) |
13 November 2000 – 11 December 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| 12 | Liu Kang |
11 December 2000 – 25 July 2001 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 31.25 | |
| 13 | Zhou Suian |
25 July 2001 – 2 September 2002 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41.67 | |
| 14 | Wu Qunli |
2 September 2002 – 19 December 2002 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0.00 | |
| 15 | Zhou Suian |
19 December 2002 – 18 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| 16 | Mai Chao |
18 February 2003 – 31 October 2005 | 91 | 41 | 33 | 17 | 144 | 86 | +58 | 45.05 | |
| 17 |  Drago Mamić (caretaker) |
25 November 2005 – 25 February 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| 18 | Qi Wusheng |
25 February 2006 – 31 December 2006 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 61.54 | |
| 19 | Shen Xiangfu |
4 January 2007 – 30 November 2009 | 84 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 144 | 95 | +49 | 45.24 | 2007 China League One |
| 20 | Peng Weiguo (caretaker) |
1 December 2009 – 25 March 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| 21 |  Lee Jang-Soo |
25 March 2010 – 16 May 2012 | 73 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 164 | 65 | +99 | 67.12 | 2010 China League One 2011 Chinese Super League 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup |
| 22 | Marcello Lippi |
17 May 2012–present | 83 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 186 | 78 | +108 | 65.06 | 2012 Chinese Super League 2012 Chinese FA Cup 2013 Chinese Super League 2013 AFC Champions League |
Ownership and naming history
| Year | Owner | Club name | Sponsored team name |
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| 1954–1985 | Guangzhou Sports Bureau | Guangzhou Football Team | |
| 1985–1989 | Guangzhou Baiyun | ||
| 1989–1993 | Guangzhou Football Club | ||
| 1993–2000 | Guangdong Apollo Group | Guangzhou Apollo Football Club | |
| 2001–2002 | Guangzhou Sports Bureau | Guangzhou Football Club | Guangzhou Geely |
| 2002–2003 | Guangzhou Xiangxue | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sunray Cave Group | Guangzhou Sunray Cave | |
| 2005–2007 | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings | Guangzhou GPC Football Club | |
| 2007–2008 | Guangzhou GPC Zhongyi | ||
| 2008–2009 | Guangzhou GPC Baiyunshan | ||
| 2009–2010 | Evergrande Real Estate Group | Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club | Guangzhou GAC |
| 2010–present |
Notes and references
- ↑ China 1955 at Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-07
- ↑ China 1957 at Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-07
- ↑ China 1963 at Rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-08
- ↑ 广州白云队卅年纪念赛 快乐足球忆光辉岁月 at News.dayoo.com. 2009-01-19. 2013-07-09 (Chinese)
- ↑ 广州足球冷暖五十年 at Gzdaily.dayoo.com. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2013-07-09 (Chinese)
- ↑ China League 1994 at Rsssf.com. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 2013-07-09
- ↑ China League 1998 at Rsssf.com. 16 Jul 2003. Retrieved 2013-07-10
- ↑ Former China midfielder sentenced to death at Espnfc.com. November 27, 2008. Retrieved 2013-07-09
- ↑ 30年合同八个月终止 广州吉利无奈退出到底为哪般 at Sports.sina.com.cn. 2001-12-15. Retrieved 2013-07-10 (Chinese)
- ↑ 日之泉1元承接俱乐部70%股权 广州足球转让内幕 at Sports.sina.com.cn. 2004-01-20. Retrieved 2013-07-10 (Chinese)
- ↑ 广药集团正式入主广州足球 戚务生要冲超 at News.dayoo.com. 2006-02-25. Retrieved 2013-07-10 (Chinese)
- ↑ Chengdu Blades demoted at Fifa.com. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-07
- ↑ 广州足协官员接受调查 公安部督办恐与赌球有关 at Sports.163.com. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2013-07-11
- ↑ List of individuals, clubs punished by CFA for soccer fraud at News.xinhuanet.com. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-07-11
- ↑ 恒大近亿买断广州队股权 广汽2500万冠名一年 at News.nfmedia.com. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2013-07-11
- ↑ 恒大引援再放超级卫星 350万美元天价签巴西猎豹 at Sports.sina.com.cn. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2013-07-10(Chinese)
- ↑ "China League History". rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ "广州恒大". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
External links
- Official website (Chinese)
- Supporters' website (Chinese)
- Stats on Sina (Chinese)
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Champions of Asia 2013 |
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