1997 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

Guangzhou Apollo F.C. 1997
Manager ChinaChen Yiming (to 13 August)
ChinaMai Chao (from 13 August)
Stadium Yuexiushan Stadium
Jia-A League 8th
FA Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
China Peng Weiguo
China Tan Ende (4)
All:
China Peng Weiguo
China Tan Ende
Denmark 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 China GK Dong Guozhi
2 China DF Huang Qineng
3 China DF Peng Changying
4 China DF Chen Yaohua
5 China DF Peng Jinbo
6 China FW Lü Jianjun
7 China FW Hu Zhijun
8 Australia MF Robert Markovac (from July)
9 China MF Wen Zhijun
10 China MF Peng Weiguo (captain)
11 China FW Tan Ende
12 China DF Mao Zhuojun
15 China DF Huang Haibin
No. Position Player
16 China DF Mai Guangliang
17 China MF Liang Jianfeng
18 China FW Zheng Cong
20 China MF Wen Junwu
21 China FW Yuan Junhui
22 China FW Min Jin
23 China FW Feng Yongxiang
25 China GK Tian Ye
26 Denmark FW Riffi Haddaoui (to July)
27 Denmark MF Kim Rasmussen (to April)
27 Nigeria FW Dominic Iorfa (from April)
29 Australia GK Peter Blazincic

Transfers

Winter

In

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

Out

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

Summer

In

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

Out

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

Match results

Friendly matches

Jia-A League

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FA Cup

Notes and references