2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

Review

Players

Technical staff

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Squad statistics

Notes and references

First team squad

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Winter

Summer

Training matches

Marbella Cup 2012

2012 CSL All-Stars Game

Overview

Chinese FA Super Cup

Chinese Super League

Chinese FA Cup

AFC Champions League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Group stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Guangzhou Evergrande 2012

Chairman

Liu Yongzhuo

Manager

Lee Jang-Soo (to 16 May)

Marcello Lippi (from 17 May)

Stadium

1st

Winners

Winners

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League:

Muriqui
(12 goals)
All:

Darío Conca
(17 goals)

Highest home attendance

47,869 vs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
1 May 2012 (Champions League)

Lowest home attendance

28,128 vs Henan Jianye
18 July 2012 (FA Cup)

Average home league attendance

league: 37,250
all: 37,265

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 59th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 45th season in the Chinese football league, also its 23rd season in the top flight. The club played in the AFC Champions League for the first time in club's history after winning the league title in the 2011 season.

26 December 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhao Xuri, Rong Hao, Li Jianbin and Peng Xinli for a total report fee of ¥30 million.^[1]
10 January 2012, Chinese midfielder Qin Sheng moved from Liaoning Whowin to Guangzhou with an undisclosed fee.
25 February 2012, Guangzhou beat Tianjin Teda 2–1 in the 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup, winning this trophy for the first time in the club's history. Cléo scored both goals of the match.
7 March 2012, Guangzhou trashed K-League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–1 away in the club's first AFC Champions League match.^[2]
2 May 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed Lucas Barrios from German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal for a domestic record fee of €8.5 million.^[3]
4 May 2012, Darío Conca received a ban of at least 9 matches (including reserve league match) and was fined ¥1 million by the club for his remarks about the team manager Lee Jang-Soo's decision on Weibo.^[4]
15 May 2012, Guangzhou beat Buriram United 2–1 and advanced to the knockout phase of AFC Champions League.^[5]
17 May 2012, former Italian World Cup-winning football manager Marcello Lippi was appointed as the new manager of club, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.^[6]
30 May 2012, Guangzhou beat J-League side FC Tokyo 1–0 in the Round of 16 of AFC Champions League, as and became the first Chinese club to reach the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League since 2006.^[7]
20 June 2012, CFA committee voted to pass a rule change allowing CSL clubs, who were still competing in the AFC Champions League, to add two more foreign players. Guangzhou Evergrande would be the only club able to take advantage out of the new rule change in the 2012 league season.^[8]
2 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed South Korea national team defender Kim Young-Gwon on a four-year deal with a fee of US$2.5 million.^[9]
3 July 2012, Muriqui signed a new contract with Guangzhou Evergrande, keeping him at the club until 30 June 2016.^[10]
7 July 2012, Huang Bowen transferred to Guangzhou from K-League side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors with a reported fee of US$2 million.^[11]
15 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande lost to Guangzhou R&F 0–1 at Tianhe Stadium, which ended club's record 34-league-home-match unbeaten run, as well as record 36-league-home-match scoring run.
2 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande was knocked out of the AFC Champions League in the quarter-finals by Al Ittihad 5-4 on aggregate.
27 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won the league title for the second time in two years after beating Liaoning Whowin 1-0, with Gao Lin scoring the winning goal at the 90' minute to seal the title.
18 November 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won their first Chinese FA Cup title, defeating Guizhou Renhe by a score of 4-2, on aggregate 5-3.

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	Yang Jun
2	DF	Tu Dongxu
3	DF	Paulão
4	DF	Rong Hao
5	DF	Zhang Linpeng
6	DF	Feng Xiaoting
7	MF	Feng Junyan
8	MF	Qin Sheng
9	FW	Cléo
10	MF	Zheng Zhi (captain)
11	MF	Muriqui
12	GK	Dong Chunyu
13	DF	Tang Dechao
14	DF	Li Jianhua
15	MF	Darío Conca
16	MF	Cho Won-Hee
17	FW	Gao Zhilin
18	FW	Lucas Barrios
19	DF	Li Jianbin

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	Peng Xinli
26	MF	Wu Pingfeng
27	FW	Ye Weichao
28	DF	Kim Young-Gwon
29	FW	Gao Lin
30	MF	Peng Shaoxiong
31	DF	Zhang Hongnan
32	DF	Sun Xiang
33	MF	Li Yan
35	FW	Memet Ali
37	MF	Zhao Xuri
39	MF	Tan Jiajun
42	MF	Huang Bowen
48	GK	Zhi Xinhua

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

No.	Position	Player
34	DF	Huang Jiaqiang
36	FW	Gao Shunhang
38	DF	Zhang Yujia
43	MF	Li Bin

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

No.	Position	Player
—	MF	Renato Cajá (at Ponte Preta from 1 July 2011 to 31 May 2012)
—	DF	Chen Jianlong (at Shanghai Shenxin from 5 January 2012 to 31 December 2012)
—	MF	Renato Cajá (at Kashima Antlers from 1 July 2012 to 1 January 2013)
33	MF	Li Yan (at Guangzhou R&F from 11 July 2012 to 8 November 2012)

Name	Nat.	Job title
Marcello Lippi		Head coach (from 17 May 2012)
Narciso Pezzotti		Assistant coaches (from 17 May 2012)
Massimiliano Maddaloni		Assistant coaches (from 17 May 2012)
Li Tie		Assistant coach (from 26 May 2012)
Michelangelo Rampulla		Goalkeeping coach (from 17 May 2012)
Claudio Gaudino		Fitness coach (from 17 May 2012)
Peng Weiguo		Reserve team coach (from 21 May 2012)
Enrico Castellacci		Medical adviser (from 27 July 2012)
Silvano Cotti		Team doctor / Physiotherapist (from 27 July 2012)
Georg Meyer		Physiotherapist
Liu Shulai		Team doctors
Kang Kebao
Wang Shucheng
Franco Ceravolo		Chief scout (from 5 September 2012)



Lee Jang-Soo		Head coach (to 16 May 2012)
Qiu Ming		Assistant coaches (to 16 May 2012)
Kim Yong-Kab
Lee Min-Sung
Wang Weiman		Goalkeeping coach (to 16 May 2012)
Jiang Feng		Fitness coach (to 16 May 2012)
Qu Shengqing		Reserve team coach (to 16 May 2012)
Kim Hyo-Jung		Technical analyst (to 16 May 2012)

In:

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Rong Hao (from Hangzhou Greentown)^[1]
8	MF	Qin Sheng (from Liaoning Whowin)
19	DF	Li Jianbin (from Chengdu Blades)^[1]
25	MF	Peng Xinli (from Chengdu Blades)^[1]
35	FW	Memet Ali (from Xinjiang FA)^[12]
37	MF	Zhao Xuri (from Shaanxi Chanba)^[1]

Out:

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Chen Jianlong (loan to Nanchang Hengyuan)^[13]
19	MF	Yang Hao (to Shaanxi Chanba)
25	MF	Yang Yihu (to Shaanxi Chanba)^[14]
35	DF	Guo Zichao (to Guangdong Sunray Cave)^[13]
39	DF	Zhang Tianlong (to Shenzhen Ruby)^[15]
40	DF	Pan Weiye (to Shenzhen Main)

In:

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Lucas Barrios (from Borussia Dortmund)^[3]
28	DF	Kim Young-Gwon (from Omiya Ardija)^[9]
42	MF	Huang Bowen (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)^[11]
—	MF	Renato Cajá (loan return from Ponte Preta)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
33		MF	Li Yan (loan to Guangzhou R&F)^[16]
—		MF	Renato Cajá (loan to Kashima Antlers)^[17]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
2012-01-14	Dalian Aerbin	H	3 – 1	Memet Ali, Jiang Xiaochen (2 goals)
2012-01-17	Guizhou Renhe	H	1 – 0	Gao Lin
2012-01-18	Shenyang Dongjin	H	1 – 2	Tan Jiajun
2012-01-19	Dalian Aerbin	H	2 – 0	Zheng Zhi, Liang Xueming
2012-01-27	Cádiz	A	1 – 1	Muriqui
2012-01-28	Videoton	N	1 – 2	Jiang Ning
2012-01-31	Dinamo Tbilisi	N	3 – 0	Cléo, Conca, Muriqui
2012-02-01	FC Wil	N	1 – 2	Tan Jiajun
2012-02-04	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	N	1 – 2	Ye Weichao
2012-02-07	UD Marbella	A	0 – 1
2012-02-19	Incheon United	H	2 – 2	Wu Pingfeng, Feng Junyan
2012-03-03	Myongji University	A	1 – 2	Shi Hongjun

Main article: 2012 Marbella Cup

Main article: 2012 CSL All-Stars Game

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Chinese FA Super Cup	—	Winners	25 February 2012
Chinese Super League	—	1st	11 March 2012	3 November 2012
Chinese FA Cup	4th round	Winners	18 July 2012	18 November 2012
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Quarter-finals	7 March 2012	2 October 2012

Last updated: 18 November 2012
Source: Competitions

Main article: 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup

25 February 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1	Tianjin Teda	Guangzhou
14:00 UTC+8	Cléo 2' Zhao Xuri 42' Cléo 48' Qin Sheng 79' Feng Xiaoting 87'		Šumulikoski 31' Wang Xinxin 83'	Stadium: University City Stadium Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Su Jige, Huo Weiming Fourth official: Zhou Gang

Main article: 2012 Chinese Super League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C)	30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty	30	14	12	4	49	29	+20	54
3	Beijing Guoan	30	14	6	10	34	35	−1	48
4	Guizhou Moutai	30	12	9	9	44	33	+11	45
4	Dalian Aerbin	30	11	11	8	51	46	+5	44	rowspan=2\|	Dalian 1-2 Changchun Changchun 1-2 Dalian
6	Changchun Yatai	30	12	8	10	37	40	−3	44		Dalian 1-2 Changchun Changchun 1-2 Dalian

Updated to games played on 3 November 2012.
Source: Chinese Super League Table (Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[18].
Only position first-6 showed, for full table see 2012 Chinese Super League table.
¹Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (Q) = Qualified for AFC Champions League; (R) = Relegated to CL1.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	11	3	1	33	13	+20	6	4	5	18	17	+1

Last updated: 3 November 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	3	10	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 3 November 2012.
Source: Chinese Super League Table (Chinese)
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Win Draw Loss

Round 1 11 March 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1	Shanghai Shenxin	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Conca 31' Zhao Xuri 36' Conca 44' Zhang Linpeng 55' Muriqui 73' Zheng Zhi after match		Flávio 18'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 36,187 Referee: Li Haihe Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Wang Jin

Round 2 16 March 2012	Guangzhou R&F	2 - 0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guangzhou
18:00 UTC+8	Jumar 10' Zhang Shuo 13' (pen.) Tang Miao 21' Gao Zengxiang 33' Li Zhe 70' Lu Lin 73' Zhang Yuan 83'		Paulão 12' Zhang Linpeng 35' Cho Won-Hee 47' Zheng Zhi after match	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 19,217 Referee: Sun Baojie Assistant referees: Su Jige, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

Round 3 25 March 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 0	Henan Jianye	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Cléo 22' Muriqui 30' Cléo 45+1' Muriqui 77' Wu Pingfeng 87'		Gu Cao 24' Katongo 39' Son Seung-Joon 86'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 36,318 Referee: Yao Qing Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Wu Lei Fourth official: Wang Jin

Round 4 30 March 2012	Shanghai Shenhua	0 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8	Qiu Tianyi 20' Anelka 30' Song Boxuan 59' Song Boxuan 79' Zheng Kaimu 90+1'		Sun Xiang 25' Feng Junyan 31' Zheng Zhi 76' Sun Xiang 90'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 21,356 Referee: Sun Baojie Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Li Haihe

Round 5 8 April 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 1	Guizhou Renhe	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Conca 44' (pen.) Muriqui 53' Feng Xiaoting 70' Li Jianhua 87'		Muslimović 18' Rodas 36' Nano 43' Đulbić 55' Li Chunyu 80' Zhang Chenglin 84' Sun Jihai 88'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 31,295 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia) Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Li Haihe

Round 6 13 April 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 1	Hangzhou Greentown	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Li Yan 6' Li Yan 33' Muriqui 61' Cléo 68' (pen.) Qin Sheng 70' Muriqui 90'		Zheng Kewei 49' Wang Song 90+3'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 36,128 Referee: Zhou Gang Assistant referees: Xu Jun, Zhan Wei Fourth official: Wang Di

Round 7 22 April 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	4 - 0	Changchun Yatai	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Cléo 28' Conca 49' Zhao Xuri 56' Conca 66' Muriqui 80'		Ljubinković 53'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 38,214 Referee: Zhang Zhengping Assistant referees: Zhang Jun, Wen Xiaofang Fourth official: Li Haihe

Round 8 27 April 2012	Tianjin Teda	0 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Tianjin
19:30 UTC+8	Goian 33' Mao Biao 83'		Feng Junyan 47' Sun Xiang 62' Muriqui 85'	Stadium: TEDA Football Stadium Attendance: 18,589 Referee: Ai Kun Assistant referees: Han Wei, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Huang Yejun

Round 9 6 May 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1	Dalian Aerbin	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Muriqui 40' Zheng Zhi 65' Cléo 68' (pen.) Sun Xiang 83'		Addy 9' Yin Lu 51' Yu Ziqian 67'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 32,468 Referee: Li Haihe Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Su Jige Fourth official: Wang Jin

Round 10 11 May 2012	Dalian Shide	3 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Dalian
19:00 UTC+8	Yan Xiangchuang 10' Zhu Ting 57' Kamburov 67'		Qin Sheng 21' Qin Sheng 43'	Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium Attendance: 7,682 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Xu Jun, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Shi Zhenlu

Round 11 20 May 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 0	Qingdao Jonoon	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Gao Lin 68' Feng Junyan 74'		Song Long 38' Melkam 63' Guo Liang 68'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 38,612 Referee: Li Jun Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping Fourth official: Shi Zhenlu

Round 12 25 May 2012	Shandong Luneng Taishan	1 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jinan
19:30 UTC+8	Liu Yang 30' Zheng Zheng 32' Wang Yongpo 84'		Zhang Linpeng 5' Feng Xiaoting 65' Zheng Zhi 88' Wu Pingfeng 89'	Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium Attendance: 33,453 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Zhan Wei, Xu Jun Fourth official: Huang Yejun

Round 13 17 June 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	5 - 1	Jiangsu Sainty	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Conca 9' Jiang Ning 54' Muriqui 57' Muriqui 62' Zhang Linpeng 68' Muriqui 90+3'		Liu Jianye 58' Lu Bofei 65' Qu Cheng 67'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 37,865 Referee: Huang Yejun Assistant referees: Su Jige, Shao Honggeng Fourth official: Guo Baolong

Round 14 23 June 2012	Liaoning Whowin	0 - 3	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shenyang
19:30 UTC+8	Zheng Tao 28' Wu Gaojun 55' Yu Hanchao 74' Yang Shanping 80'		Feng Xiaoting 7' Jiang Ning 42' Gao Lin 62' Conca 67'	Stadium: Tiexi New District Sports Center Attendance: 27,823 Referee: Fan Qi Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

Round 15 1 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 2	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Jiang Ning 16' Zhang Linpeng 30' Muriqui 35' Qin Sheng 60' Cléo 67' Feng Xiaoting 74'		Zhang Xiaobin 7' Xu Liang 12' Xu Liang 45+2' Wang Xiaolong 56' Xu Yunlong 90+3'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,985 Referee: Wang Jin Assistant referees: Han Wei, Wu Sining Fourth official: Yao Qing

Round 16 6 July 2012	Shanghai Shenxin	1 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8	Li Lei 7' Zhao Zuojun 8' Zhu Jiawei 65' Johnny 86' Anselmo 90+1' (pen.)		Muriqui 25' Zheng Zhi 49' Paulão 56' Muriqui 62' Zhao Xuri 84'	Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre Attendance: 11,002 Referee: Li Jun Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping Fourth official: Tang Kun

Round 17 15 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	0 - 1	Guangzhou R&F	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Zheng Zhi 9' Zhang Linpeng 32'		Wu Wei'an 26' Tang Miao 34' Yakubu 87'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,991 Referee: Tao Rancheng Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhan Wei Fourth official: Wang Di

Round 18 21 July 2012	Henan Jianye	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Zhengzhou
19:45 UTC+8	Tan Wangsong 7' Xu Yang 28'		Zhao Xuri 9' Barrios 64' Cléo 76' Zheng Zhi 86'	Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 24,086 Referee: Shi Zhenlu Assistant referees: Wen Xiaofang, Zhang Jun Fourth official: Yao Qing

Round 19 28 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Conca 41' Qin Sheng 42' Muriqui 79'		Song Boxuan 57' Song Boxuan 62' Wu Xi 74' Moreno 81' Drogba 90+3'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,997 Referee: Xu Hang Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Wu Sining Fourth official: Tang Kun

Round 20 4 August 2012	Guizhou Renhe	2 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guiyang
19:30 UTC+8	Muslimović 34' Chen Jie 80'		Tang Dechao 30' Gao Lin 43' Zheng Zhi 51'	Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 52,888 Referee: Zhang Zhengping Assistant referees: Song Xiangyun, Yang Li Fourth official: Zhou Gang

Round 21 11 August 2012	Hangzhou Greentown	2 - 3	Guangzhou Evergrande	Hangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Liu Bin 12' Yang Zi 70' Yang Zi 74' Yang Zi 86'		Gao Lin 13' Cléo 32' Feng Xiaoting 55' Huang Bowen 68' Zheng Zhi 77' Huang Bowen 87'	Stadium: Yellow Dragon Sports Center Attendance: 17,785 Referee: Li Jun Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Su Jige Fourth official: Zhou Gang

Round 22 18 August 2012	Changchun Yatai	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Changchun
19:35 UTC+8	Ismailov 54' Zhang Wenzhao 89'		Conca 49' Muriqui 60' Cléo 70' Zheng Zhi 82'	Stadium: Development Area Stadium Attendance: 21,365 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Lou Fangping, Tong Yong Fourth official: Li Haihe

Round 23 25 August 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	0 - 0	Tianjin Teda	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Zheng Zhi 6' Conca 68'		Mao Biao 21' He Yang 52' Chen Tao 59' Li Weifeng 67'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 38,700 Referee: Fan Qi Assistant referees: Zhang Yongjun, Wu Sining Fourth official: Tang Kun

Round 24 13 September 2012	Dalian Aerbin	0 - 0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Dalian
19:00 UTC+8	Hu Zhaojun 90'		Huang Jiaqiang 31' Zhang Linpeng 81'	Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Guo Baolong Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Shao Honggeng Fourth official: Zhou Gang

Round 25 23 September 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 1	Dalian Shide	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Li Jianhua 15' Conca 32' Sun Xiang 49' Qin Sheng 54' Zhang Linpeng 65'		Zhang Yaokun 26' Quan Lei 34' Zhang Yaokun 53'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 36,137 Referee: Xu Hang Assistant referees: Zhan Wei, Zhang Yongjun Fourth official: Tang Kun

Round 26 28 September 2012	Qingdao Jonoon	2 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Qingdao
19:35 UTC+8	Léo San 30' Bruno Meneghel 49' Ibrahimov 76' Zheng Long 85'		Zhao Xuri 18' Conca 39' Gao Lin 51' Tang Dechao 56' Gao Lin 57' Tang Dechao 62' Zhang Linpeng 90+5'	Stadium: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium Attendance: 11,762 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam) Assistant referees: Han Wei, Shao Honggeng Fourth official: Ai Kun

Round 27 7 October 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Cléo 25' Zheng Zhi 55' Qin Sheng 80' Barrios 81'		Macena 35' Han Peng 67'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 36,857 Referee: Wang Zhe Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Xu Jun Fourth official: Fu Ming

Round 28 20 October 2012	Jiangsu Sainty	1 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Nanjing
19:30 UTC+8	Ji Xiang 1'		Jiang Ning 49'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 65,769 Referee: Fan Qi Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Li Dongnan Fourth official: Yao Qing

Round 29 27 October 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 0	Liaoning Whowin	Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8	Huang Bowen 39' Gao Lin 90' Gao Lin 91'		Zhao Junzhe 48'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,989 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Su Jige, Li Dongnan Fourth official: Tao Rancheng

Round 30 3 November 2012	Beijing Guoan	1 - 0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Beijing
15:30 UTC+8	Lang Zheng 39' Zhang Xizhe 90+2'		Feng Xiaoting 34' Cléo 78'	Stadium: Workers Stadium Attendance: 38,832 Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia) Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Tang Kun

Main article: 2012 Chinese FA Cup

Fourth round 18 July 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1	Henan Jianye	Guangzhou
19:45 UTC+8	Shi Hongjun 29' Wu Pingfeng 80' Li Jianhua 90'	Report	Wang Haozhi 6' Han Chao 20' Wang Jia'nan 44' Yuan Ye 65' Qiao Wei 71' Wang Jia'nan 76'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 28,128 Referee: Li Haihe Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Wu Sining Fourth official: Huang Yejun

Quarter-finals 1 August 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 0	Dalian Aerbin	Guangzhou
19:00 UTC+8	Cléo 11'		Zhu Xiaogang 30' Wang Hongyou 50'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 28,686 Referee: Wang Di Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Han Wei Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals First leg 22 August 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 0	Liaoning Whowin	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Li Jianhua 22' Gao Lin 43' Zhao Xuri 69' Gao Lin 83' Cho Won-Hee 87'		Yang Xu 17' Zheng Tao 37' Zheng Tao 82' Brandán 85'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 32,868 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand) Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Han Wei Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals Second leg 26 September 2012	Liaoning Whowin	2 - 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shenyang
19:00 UTC+8	Trifunović 58' Yang Shanping 65' Wang Liang 69' Yang Xu 82' Yang Xu 90+5'		Zheng Zhi 4' Feng Junyan 15' Kim Young-Gwon 22' Qin Sheng 65' Jiang Ning 75' Jiang Ning 78' Zheng Zhi 89'	Stadium: Tiexi New District Sports Center Attendance: 25,188 Referee: Choi Dae-Woo (Korea Republic) Assistant referees: Su Jige, Han Wei Fourth official: Wang Di

Final First leg 10 November 2012	Guizhou Moutai	1 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Guiyang
19:30 UTC+8	Jordà 10' Li Chunyu 37' Sun Jihai 71' Đulbić 84' Muslimović 86' Li Kai 90+4'		Barrios 49' Gao Lin 80' Gao Lin 81'	Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 45,210 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia) Assistant referees: Ashley Beecham (Australia), Nathan MacDonald (Australia) Fourth official: Yao Qing

Final Second leg 18 November 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	4 - 2 (5 – 3 agg.)	Guizhou Moutai	Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8	Barrios 1' Qin Sheng 32' Zhao Xuri 38' Zhang Linpeng 44' Barrios 66' Conca 76' Conca 90+2'		Chen Jie 19' Nano 33' Guo Sheng 39' Jordà 52' Sun Jihai 64' Đulbić 71' Jordà 88' Rao Weihui 90+4'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,989 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic) Assistant referees: Kim Sung-Il (Korea Republic), Ji Seung-Min (Korea Republic) Fourth official: Wang Di

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League group stage § Group H

Group H
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
Kashiwa Reysol	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	3	0	3	10	15	−5	9
Buriram United	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6

Group H 7 March 2012	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1 - 5	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jeonju, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9	Jin Kyung-Sun 30' Jeong Shung-Hoon 70'	Report Summary	Zhang Linpeng 25' Cléo 27' Conca 41' Cléo 69' Conca 73' Cho Won-Hee 74' Muriqui 76'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 7,978 Referee: Saeid Mozaffari (Iran) Assistant referees: Reza Sokhandan (Iran), Alireza Gholamhossein Kahouri (Iran) Fourth official: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Group H 21 March 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 2	Buriram United	Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8	Zhang Linpeng 21' Yang Jun 61' Cléo 69'	Report Summary	Theeratorn 11' Jadigerov 42' Surat 57' Suchao 62' (pen.) Acheampong 79'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 38,512 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) Assistant referees: Birak Ziad (Lebanon), Hadi El Kassar (Lebanon) Fourth official: Ghandour Radwan (Lebanon)

Group H 4 April 2012	Kashiwa Reysol	0 - 0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Kashiwa, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Fukui 14' Kurisawa 64'	Report Summary		Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,787 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE) Assistant referees: Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE), Mhd Jawdat Nehlawi (Syria) Fourth official: Hamad Al Shaikh Hashmi (UAE)

Group H 17 April 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	3 - 1	Kashiwa Reysol	Guangzhou, China PR
19:30 UTC+8	Qin Sheng 7' Conca 29' (pen.) Zhao Xuri 55' Muriqui 58' Muriqui 84'	Report Summary	Watanabe 27' Sakai 50' Sakai 74'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Hussain (Qatar) Assistant referees: Hassan Althawadi (Qatar), Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar) Fourth official: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Group H 1 May 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Guangzhou, China PR
19:30 UTC+8	Conca 10' (pen.) Yang Jun 92+2'	Report Summary	Cho Sung-Hwan 42' Lee Seung-Hyun 44' Cho Sung-Hwan 65' Lee Dong-Gook 90+1' Lee Dong-Gook 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 47,869 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Assistant referees: Rafael Lyasov (Uzbekistan), Mamur Saidkasimov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Tin Htut (Myanmar)

Group H 15 May 2012	Buriram United	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Buriram, Thailand
18:30 UTC+7	Suchao 43' Domtaisong 57' Surat 89'	Report Summary	Jiang Ning 28' Zhang Linpeng 38' Gao Lin 49' Zheng Zhi 75' Qin Sheng 76' Conca 90' (pen.)	Stadium: New I-Mobile Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia) Assistant referees: Matthew Cream (Australia), Hakan Anaz (Australia) Fourth official: Saleem Ali (Maldives)

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16 30 May 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 - 0	FC Tokyo	Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8	Cléo 31' Zhang Linpeng 68' Zhao Xuri 82'	Report Summary	Morishige 61'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,560 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Assistant referees: Taleb Salem Al-Marri (Qatar), Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Fourth official: Mohd Nafeez Bin Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

1st leg 19 September 2012	Al-Ittihad	4 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:35 UTC+3	Diego Souza 28' Noor 49' (pen.) Hazazi 61' Tukar 72' Hazzazi 83' Hazazi 88' M'Bami 90+2'	Report Summary	Gao Lin 27' Huang Bowen 39' Huang Bowen 67' Sun Xiang 83'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium Attendance: 15,971 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) Assistant referees: Birak Ziad (Lebanon), Yaser Marad (Kuwait) Fourth official: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

2nd leg 2 October 2012	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 1 (4 – 5 agg.)	Al-Ittihad	Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8	Barrios 19' Conca 35' (pen.) Feng Xiaoting 45' Conca 72'	Report Summary	Tukar 26' O. Al-Muwallad 34' Al-Montashari 38' F. Al-Muwallad 79'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,997 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic) Assistant referees: Jeong Hae-Sang (Korea Republic), Yang Byoung-Eun (Korea Republic) Fourth official: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)

No.	Pos.	Player name	Super League					FA Cup					Champions League					Super Cup					TOTALS
No.	Pos.	Player name	Apps.	Starts	Goals	YC	RC	Apps.	Starts	Goals	YC	RC	Apps.	Starts	Goals	YC	RC	Apps.	Starts	Goals	YC	RC	Apps.	Starts	Goals	YC	RC
1	GK	Yang Jun	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	28	0	2	0
2	DF	Tu Dongxu	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Paulão	19	13	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15	0	2	0
4	DF	Rong Hao	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0
5	DF	Zhang Linpeng	21	21	2	6	1	3	3	1	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	32	32	3	10	1
6	DF	Feng Xiaoting	19	18	0	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	32	31	0	8	0
7	MF	Feng Junyan	14	5	1	2	0	6	4	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	10	1	3	0
8	MF	Qin Sheng	21	16	1	6	0	4	4	0	2	0	5	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	31	24	1	11	0
9	FW	Cléo	28	22	7	3	0	4	3	1	0	0	7	7	4	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	40	33	14	3	0
10	MF	Zheng Zhi	24	20	1	12	0	3	3	1	1	0	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	32	2	14	0
11	FW	Muriqui	20	18	12	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	8	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	31	27	15	5	0
12	GK	Dong Chunyu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Tang Dechao	7	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	1	1
14	DF	Li Jianhua	17	13	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	18	2	2	0
15	MF	Darío Conca	24	21	10	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	9	9	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	36	33	17	3	0
16	MF	Cho Won-Hee	17	15	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	25	0	3	0
17	MF	Gao Zhilin	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
18	FW	Lucas Barrios	8	3	2	0	0	6	5	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	6	0	0
19	DF	Li Jianbin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
21	FW	Jiang Ning	15	10	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	12	5	2	0
22	GK	Li Shuai	10	10	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18	0	0	0
23	MF	Li Zhilang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Shi Hongjun	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0
25	MF	Peng Xinli	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
26	MF	Wu Pingfeng	19	10	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	13	2	1	0
27	FW	Ye Weichao	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Kim Young-Gwon	7	7	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	0	1	0
29	FW	Gao Lin	24	20	6	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	9	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	37	31	8	3	1
31	DF	Zhang Hongnan	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
32	DF	Sun Xiang	25	24	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	8	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	36	35	0	4	1
33	MF	Li Yan	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	0
34	MF	Huang Jiaqiang	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	0
35	FW	Mehmet Ali	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0
37	MF	Zhao Xuri	20	16	1	4	0	5	4	1	1	0	8	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	34	27	2	8	0
39	MF	Tan Jiajun	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
42	MF	Huang Bowen	9	8	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	2	3	0
OWN GOAL
TOTALS					51	60	3			11	12	1			17	17	0			2	3	0			81	92	4
TOTALS

3 February 2012

Guangzhou Evergrande

CSKA Moscow

Marbella, Spain

Qin Sheng 87'

Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 恒大官方宣布签四名新援国足三将携潜力新星加盟(Chinese)
↑ Jeonbuk Motors 1-5 Guangzhou Evergrande
↑ 3.0 3.1 "卢卡斯•巴里奥斯（Lucas Ramón Barrios）正式签约广州恒大足球俱乐部". Guangzhou Evergrande Official Website. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
↑ 关于对外援孔卡的处理决定(Chinese)
↑ "Buriram United 1-2 Guangzhou Evergrande". the-afc.com. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
↑ 关于聘任马塞洛•里皮担任广州恒大足球队主教练的公告(Chinese)
↑ "Guangzhou Evergrande 1-0 FC Tokyo". the-afc.com. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
↑ Chinese FA passes controversial rule change allowing Guangzhou Evergrande extra foreign players
↑ 9.0 9.1 韩国外援金英权正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部(Chinese)
↑ Muriqui renova contrato com Guangzhou Evergrande até 2016(Portuguese)
↑ 11.0 11.1 黄博文正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部(Chinese)
↑ 迟到一年的牵手! 恒大超低价签新疆小将开提 (Chinese)
↑ 13.0 13.1 恒大两小将转会陈建龙投南昌郭子超加盟日之泉(Chinese)
↑ 高洪波苦追恒大小将前国青快马杨一虎加盟陕西(Chinese)
↑ 红钻龙年首签锁恒大小将特帅称仍有强援或弃基伦(Chinese)
↑ 关于球员李岩租借广州富力足球俱乐部的公告(Chinese)
↑ 关于巴西外援雷纳多转会日本鹿岛鹿角队的公告(Chinese)
↑ 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	11	3	1	33	13	+20	6	4	5	18	17	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	11	3	1	33	13	+20	6	4	5	18	17	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	7	6	51	30	+21	58	11	3	1	33	13	+20	6	4	5	18	17	+1