1998 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

Guangzhou Apollo F.C. 1998

Manager	Mai Chao (to 12 June)  Chen Xirong (from 13 June)
Stadium	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium
Jia-A League	14th (Relegated)
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League:  Ivica Šimičić (8) All:  Ivica Šimičić (9)
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The 1998 season is the 45th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 31st season in the Chinese football league and the 5th season in the professional football league. After selling two key players (Peng Weiguo and Hu Zhijun) at the beginning of the season, the club finished the last place of the league in this season and relegated to Jia-B 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 3 DF Peng Changying (captain) 4 DF Chen Yaohua 5 DF Peng Jinbo 6 FW Lü Jianjun 7 DF Ye Zhibin 8 MF Wen Junwu 9 DF Huang Haibin 11 FW Tan Ende 12 DF Ma Zhuojun 13 FW Min Jin

No. Position Player 14 FW Yuan Junhui 15 MF Liang Jianfeng 16 DF Mai Guangliang 17 MF Tan Weiming 18 FW Zheng Cong 20 FW Feng Yongxiang 21 MF Park Ji-Ho 22 FW Ivica Šimičić 25 MF Zhong Qirong 28 GK Kong Guoxian 29 GK Peter Blazincic

Transfers

Winter

In No. Position Player 7 DF Ye Zhibin (from Guangzhou Songri) 21 MF Park Ji-Ho (from Pohang Steelers) 22 FW Ivica Šimičić (from FK Zvezdara) 28 GK Kong Guoxian (from Guangzhou Songri)

Out No. Position Player 7 FW Hu Zhijun (to Guangzhou Songri) 8 MF Robert Markovac (to Green Gully) 9 MF Wen Zhijun (loan to Beijing Kuanli) 10 MF Peng Weiguo (to Qianwei Huandao) 27 FW Dominic Iorfa (to Buler Rangers)

Match results

Jia-A League

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Sichuan Quanxing v Guangzhou Apollo

22 March 1998	Sichuan Quanxing	2 – 2	Guangzhou Apollo	Chengdu
	Wei Qun  10' Li Bing  53'		Huang Haibin  44' Ma Zhuojun  80'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre

Qianwei Huandao v Guangzhou Apollo

29 March 1998	Qianwei Huandao	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Chongqing
	Feng Zhigang  90'			Stadium: Datianwan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Beijing Guoan

5 April 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 2	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou
	Šimičić  23' Tan Ende  35'		Olivas  30' Li Dongbo  89'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Guangzhou Songri

9 April 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 2	Guangzhou Songri	Guangzhou
	Šimičić  12', 22'		Tony  3' Li Zifei  11'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Shenzhen Ping'an v Guangzhou Apollo

12 April 1998	Shenzhen Ping'an	0 – 2	Guangzhou Apollo	Shenzhen
			Peng Changying  32' Lü Jianjun  68'	Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Bayi

19 April 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 1	Bayi	Guangzhou
			Wang Lei  47'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Dalian Wanda v Guangzhou Apollo

26 April 1998	Dalian Wanda	2 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Dalian
	Fjellström  19' Wang Tao  68'		Feng Yongxiang  86'	Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Shandong Luneng Taishan

30 April 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 3	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Guangzhou
	Park Ji-Ho  37'		Wang Chao  25' Deng Lejun  38', 67'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Yanbian Aodong v Guangzhou Apollo

3 May 1998	Yanbian Aodong	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Yanji
	Li Guanghao  8' Choi Seung-Bum  54'			Stadium: Yanji People's Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Shanghai Shenhua

10 May 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Guangzhou
	Šimičić  15', 73'		Shen Si  21' Osvaldo  60'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Shenyang Haishi v Guangzhou Apollo

17 May 1998	Shenyang Haishi	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Shenyang
				Stadium: Shenyang Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Wuhan Hongjinlong

31 May 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 0	Wuhan Hongjinlong	Guangzhou
				Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Qingdao Hainiu v Guangzhou Apollo

7 June 1998	Qingdao Hainiu	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Qingdao
				Stadium: Hongcheng Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Sichuan Quanxing

26 July 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 3	Sichuan Quanxing	Guangzhou
	Park Ji-Ho  10' Šimičić  22'		Pérez  11', 36' Ma Mingyu  75'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Qianwei Huandao

2 August 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 2	Qianwei Huandao	Guangzhou
	Šimičić  1', 13' Park Ji-Ho  4'		Zeng Qinggao  18' Williams  44'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Beijing Guoan v Guangzhou Apollo

6 August 1998	Beijing Guoan	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Beijing
	Olivas  85'			Stadium: Workers Stadium

Guangzhou Songri v Guangzhou Apollo

9 August 1998	Guangzhou Songri	3 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  34' Flávio  75' Tu Shengqiao  82'		Park Ji-Ho  83'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Shenzhen Ping'an

16 August 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 1	Shenzhen Ping'an	Guangzhou
			Zhang Jun  82'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Bayi v Guangzhou Apollo

23 August 1998	Bayi	2 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Shijiazhuang
	Jiang Kun  57' Wang Lei  83'		Tan Weiming  70'	Stadium: Yutong International Sports Center

Guangzhou Apollo v Dalian Wanda

6 September 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 2	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou
	Min Jin  83'		Eklund  46' Fjellström  62'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Shandong Luneng Taishan v Guangzhou Apollo

13 September 1998	Shandong Luneng Taishan	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Jinan
	Deng Lejun  69' Song Yuming  75'			Stadium: Shandong Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Yanbian Aodong

20 September 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 0	Yanbian Aodong	Guangzhou
	Tan Weiming  34' Min Jin  37'			Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Shanghai Shenhua v Guangzhou Apollo

4 October 1998	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai
	Marcelo  27' Zhu Qi  36'			Stadium: Shanghai Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Shenyang Haishi

11 October 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Shenyang Haishi	Guangzhou
	Park Ji-Ho  50' Yuan Junhui  83'		Rosinaldo  35'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Wuhan Hongjinlong v Guangzhou Apollo

18 October 1998	Wuhan Hongjinlong	4 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Wuhan
	Li Xiao  54', 56' Cai Sheng  58' Li Yingpei  69'			Stadium: Xinhua Road Sports Center

Guangzhou Apollo v Qingdao Hainiu

25 October 1998	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 1	Qingdao Hainiu	Guangzhou
	Zheng Cong  87'		Zhuang Yi  5'	Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

FA Cup

Jiangsu Jiajia v Guangzhou Apollo

24 May 1998 First Round	Jiangsu Jiajia	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Yangzhou
				Stadium: Yangzhou Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Jiangsu Jiajia

27 May 1998 First Round	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Jiangsu Jiajia	Nanchang
	Šimičić Feng Yongxiang			Stadium: Nanchang Bayi Stadium

Notes and references

1. 广州太阳神队队员出赛统计
2. 1998年全国足球甲级队(A组)联赛