1997 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

Guangzhou Apollo F.C. 1997

Manager	Chen Yiming (to 13 August) Mai Chao (from 13 August)
Stadium	Yuexiushan Stadium
Jia-A League	8th
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League:  Peng Weiguo  Tan Ende (4) All:  Peng Weiguo  Tan Ende  Riffi Haddaoui (4)
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 season is the 44th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 30th season in the Chinese football league and the 4th season in the professional football league.

Squad^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Dong Guozhi 2 DF Huang Qineng 3 DF Peng Changying 4 DF Chen Yaohua 5 DF Peng Jinbo 6 FW Lü Jianjun 7 FW Hu Zhijun 8 MF Robert Markovac (from July) 9 MF Wen Zhijun 10 MF Peng Weiguo (captain) 11 FW Tan Ende 12 DF Mao Zhuojun 15 DF Huang Haibin

No. Position Player 16 DF Mai Guangliang 17 MF Liang Jianfeng 18 FW Zheng Cong 20 MF Wen Junwu 21 FW Yuan Junhui 22 FW Min Jin 23 FW Feng Yongxiang 25 GK Tian Ye 26 FW Riffi Haddaoui (to July) 27 MF Kim Rasmussen (to April) 27 FW Dominic Iorfa (from April) 29 GK Peter Blazincic

Transfers

Winter

In No. Position Player 1 GK Dong Guozhi (from Guangzhou Songri) 9 MF Wen Zhijun (loan return from Guangzhou Songri) 22 FW Min Jin (from Chengdu Wuniu) 25 GK Tian Ye (from Hunan Jinxiang) 26 FW Riffi Haddaoui (from FinnPa) 27 MF Kim Rasmussen (loan from Hvidovre) 29 GK Peter Blazincic (from West Adelaide SC) -- MF Zhu Weizhuo (loan return from Guangzhou Songri)

Out No. Position Player 1 GK Huang Hongtao (Retired) 3 DF Shen Rong (to Guangzhou Songri) 5 DF Paulo (Released) 6 DF Li Wei (to Qingdao Hainiu) 9 MF Peng Weijun (to Shenzhen Kinspar) 11 MF Feng Feng (to Sichuan Quanxing) 15 FW Emerson (Released) 17 MF Zhu Weizhuo (to Shenzhen Kinspar) 19 MF Cai Qinghui (to Foshan Fosti) 21 MF Gomez (Released) 22 GK Li Qingshan (loan return to Jinan Taishan Jiangjun) 25 FW Luo Wensheng (to Foshan Fosti) 27 MF Feng Minzhi (to Guangzhou Songri)

Summer

In No. Position Player 8 MF Robert Markovac (from Sydney United) 27 FW Dominic Iorfa (from Instant-Dict)

Out No. Position Player 26 FW Riffi Haddaoui (to Hvidovre) 27 MF Kim Rasmussen (loan return to Hvidovre)

Match results

Friendly matches

Friendly matches
Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
1997-04-10	Sing Tao	A	6 – 0	Haddaoui(3), Tan Ende(2), Hu Zhijun
1997-09-21	Instant-Dict	N	1 – 3	Huang Qineng
1997-09-25	South China	N	2 – 1	Mai Guangliang, Tan Ende
1997-10-27	Instant-Dict	A	2 – 2	Iorfa, Tan Ende
1997-10-30	South China	A	1 – 2	Yuan Junhui

Jia-A League

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16 March 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 0	Guangdong Hongyuan	Guangzhou
	Tan Ende  5'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

23 March 1997	Jinan Taishan Jiangjun	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Jinan
				Stadium: Shandong Stadium

27 March 1997	Bayi	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Shijiazhuang
				Stadium: Yutong International Sports Center

30 March 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Qianwei Huandao	Guangzhou
	Rasmussen  71' Peng Weiguo  77'		Jiang Feng  66'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

6 April 1997	Tianjin Samsung	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Tianjin
				Stadium: Minyuan Stadium

29 June 1997	Qingdao Hainiu	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Qingdao
	Liu Zhaoxu  27' Siame  75'			Stadium: Qingdao City First Stadium

6 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 1	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou
	Iorfa  4'		Zhang Enhua  31'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

10 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 3	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou
			Inganga  10', 44' Zhou Ning  72'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

13 July 1997	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai
				Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

20 July 1997	Yanbian Aodong	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Yanji
				Stadium: Yanji People's Stadium

24 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 3	Sichuan Quanxing	Guangzhou
			Li Bing  13' Liu Bin  34' Yao Xia  71'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

27 July 1997	Guangdong Hongyuan	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Guangzhou
	Brennan  18'			Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

3 August 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 1	Jinan Taishan Jiangjun	Guangzhou
			Su Maozhen  64'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

16 November 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 0	Bayi	Guangzhou
	Peng Weiguo  28' Tan Ende  61' Lü Jianjun  69'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

20 November 1997	Qianwei Huandao	3 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Chongqing
	Gao Feng  38' Huang Chuanhong  57' Gonzales  66'			Stadium: Datianwan Stadium

23 November 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 0	Tianjin Samsung	Guangzhou
				Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

30 November 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 0	Qingdao Hainiu	Guangzhou
	Peng Weiguo  2', 6' Tan Ende  30'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

4 December 1997	Dalian Wanda	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Dalian
	Wang Tao  30' Ma Zhuojun  43'			Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium

7 December 1997	Beijing Guoan	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Beijing
	Olivas  24'		Hu Zhijun  10'	Stadium: Workers Stadium

14 December 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Guangzhou
				Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

18 December 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Yanbian Aodong	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  4' Tan Ende  59'		Gao Zhongxun  90'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

21 December 1997	Sichuan Quanxing	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Chengdu
	Yao Xia  24'		Hu Zhijun  8'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre

FA Cup

First Round 20 April 1997	Tianjin Vanke	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Tianjin
			Haddaoui	Stadium: Minyuan Stadium

First Round 27 April 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	4 – 0	Tianjin Vanke	Nanhai, Foshan
	Haddaoui (2 goals) Iorfa Feng Yongxiang			Stadium: Nanhai Stadium

Second Round 10 May 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Nanhai, Foshan
	Haddaoui  20' (pen.)		Xie Hui  3' Qi Hong  67'	Stadium: Nanhai Stadium

Second Round 18 May 1997	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai
			Wen Junwu	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

Notes and references

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou, China Club History Players Managers Asia Current season Stadiums Tianhe Stadium Yuexiushan Stadium (1993–1997, 2001–2008, 2010) Provincial People's Stadium (1998–2000) Seasons 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Finals 2013 AFC Champions League Final