2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

Guangzhou Evergrande 2011
Chairman China Liu Yongzhuo
Manager South Korea Lee Jang-Soo
Stadium Tianhe Stadium
Super League 1st
FA Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Brazil Muriqui (16)
All:
Brazil Muriqui (20)
Highest home attendance 50,389
(v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest home attendance 35,856
(v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average home league attendance 45,666
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 44th season in the Chinese football league, also its 22nd season in the top flight. The club was promoted from China League One at the end of the 2010 season.

Review

Squad

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 Yang Jun
2 China DF Tu Dongxu
3 Brazil DF Paulão
4 China FW Gao Shunhang
5 China DF Zhang Linpeng
6 China DF Feng Xiaoting
7 China MF Feng Junyan
8 Brazil MF Renato Cajá
9 Brazil FW Cléo
10 China MF Zheng Zhi (captain)
11 Brazil FW Muriqui
12 China GK Dong Chunyu
13 China DF Tang Dechao
14 China DF Li Jianhua
15 Argentina MF Darío Conca
16 South Korea MF Cho Won-Hee
17 China MF Gao Zhilin
18 China DF Chen Jianlong
19 China MF Yang Hao
No. Position Player
20 China FW Ni Bo
21 China FW Jiang Ning
22 China GK Li Shuai
23 China MF Li Zhilang
24 China MF Shi Hongjun
25 China MF Yang Yihu
26 China MF Wu Pingfeng
27 China FW Ye Weichao
28 China GK Zhi Xinhua
29 China FW Gao Lin
30 China MF Peng Shaoxiong
31 China DF Zhang Hongnan
32 China DF Sun Xiang
33 China MF Li Yan
34 China DF Huang Jiaqiang
35 China DF Guo Zichao
38 China DF Zhang Yujia
39 China DF Zhang Tianlong
40 China DF Pan Weiye

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head coach South Korea Lee Jang-Soo
Assistant coach China Qiu Ming
Assistant coach / Fitness coach South Korea Kim Yong-Kab
Assistant coach China Jiang Feng
Goalkeeping coach China Wang Weiman
Team doctor China Kang Kebao
Physician Brazil Renato Hiroshi
Technical analyst South Korea Kim Hyo-Jung
Reserve team coach China Qu Shengqing
Youth team coach China Peng Weiguo

Transfers

Winter

In:

No. Position Player
1 China GK Yang Jun (from Tianjin Teda)[7]
3 Brazil DF Paulão (from Brazil Grêmio Prudente)[8]
5 China DF Zhang Linpeng (from Shanghai East Asia)[9]
6 China DF Feng Xiaoting (from South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
8 Brazil MF Renato Cajá (from Brazil Botafogo)[6]
9 Brazil FW Cléo (from Serbia FK Partizan)[3]
15 China MF Hu Zhaojun (from Dalian Shide)
16 South Korea MF Cho Won-Hee (from England Wigan Athletic)[4]
19 China MF Yang Hao (from Beijing Guoan)
21 China FW Jiang Ning (from Qingdao Jonoon)
27 China FW Ye Weichao (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave)
35 China DF Zhang Tianlong (from Shandong Luneng)[10]

Out:

No. Position Player
2 China DF Li Zhihai (to Guangdong Sunray Cave)
5 China DF Dai Xianrong (retired)[11]
6 China MF Hu Zhaojun (loan return to Dalian Shide)
8 Brazil MF Eduardo Delani (released)
9 Canada FW Charles Gbeke (released)
10 Nigeria MF Gabriel Melkam (to Qingdao Jonoon)
15 China DF Xu Weilong (released)
16 China MF Xu Deen (to Hunan Billows)
17 China MF Cai Yaohui (retired)
30 China MF Lu Lin (to Guangdong Sunray Cave)
33 China DF Huang Zhiyi (to Macau Hoi Fan)
34 China DF Wang Xiaoshi (to Hubei Greenery)[12]
- China MF Hu Zhaojun (to Dalian Aerbin)
- China MF Shi Tingliang (loan to Macau G.D. Artilheiros)[13]
- China FW Li Jiaqi (loan to Macau G.D. Artilheiros)
- China MF Li Bin (loan to Macau G.D. Artilheiros)
- China FW Zhu Pengfei (loan to Macau Lam Leng)

Summer

In:

No. Position Player
15 Argentina MF Darío Conca (from Brazil Fluminense)[14]

Out:

No. Position Player
8 Brazil MF Renato Cajá (loan to Brazil Ponte Preta)

Starting XI

# Pos Player Starts
1GKChina Yang Jun19
14RBChina Li Jianhua24
3CBBrazil Paulão27
6CBChina Feng Xiaoting27
32LBChina Sun Xiang25
16DMSouth Korea Cho Won-Hee30
10DMChina Zheng Zhi(C)25
26RWChina Wu Pingfeng23
15AMArgentina Conca14
29LWChina Gao Lin28
11STBrazil Muriqui26

Source: Squad stats.
Using the most used start formation 4–2–3–1.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

2011 Asian Challenge Cup

Real Madrid China tour

2011 CSL All-Stars Game

Competitions

Chinese Super League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 20 8 2 67 23+44 68 2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage
2 Beijing Guoan 30 14 11 5 49 21+28 53
3 Liaoning Whowin 30 14 8 8 38 23+15 50 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28+15 47 Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1
Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 13 8 9 37 31+6 47
6 Qingdao Jonoon 30 12 9 9 37 33+4 45

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.Only top-6 showed, for full table see 2011 Chinese Super League table
Pos = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Match(es) drawn; L = Match(es) lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champions; (Q) = Qualified for Champions League; (R) = Relegated.
1 Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[15]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 13 2 0 42 7 +35 7 6 2 25 16 +9

Results by round

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

Matches

Chinese FA Cup

Main article: 2011 Chinese FA Cup

Squad statistics

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
No appearances player not listed.

Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Apps Starts Goals YC Red card RC Apps Starts Goals YC Red card RC Apps Starts Goals YC Red card RC
South Korea Cho Won-Hee MF 30 30 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 32 31 0 4 0
China Gao Lin FW 29 28 11 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 31 29 11 3 0
Brazil Paulão DF 28 27 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 30 29 0 6 0
China Wu Pingfeng MF 28 23 4 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 30 25 4 4 0
China Li Jianhua DF 28 24 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 30 25 0 2 0
China Feng Xiaoting DF 27 27 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 28 2 5 1
Brazil Muriqui FW 26 26 16 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 28 27 20 4 0
China Zheng Zhi MF 25 25 5 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 5 10 2
China Sun Xiang DF 25 25 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 1 1 0
China Jiang Ning FW 21 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 4 4 1 0
China Yang Hao MF 22 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 0 6 0
China Yang Jun GK 20 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 19 0 2 0
China Zhang Linpeng DF 16 8 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 10 1 1 0
Argentina Darío Conca MF 15 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 9 0 0
China Gao Zhilin MF 13 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 7 3 0 0
China Li Shuai GK 11 11 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 0
Brazil Cléo FW 10 9 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 10 10 1 0
Brazil Renato Cajá MF 10 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 0
China Li Yan MF 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0
China Feng Junyan MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
China Ye Weichao FW 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
China Shi Hongjun MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
China Peng Shaoxiong MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
China Tang Dechao DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
China Yang Yihu FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total –– –– –– 67 48 3 –– –– 4 2 0 –– –– 71 50 3

Notes and references

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