The 2010 season is the 57th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 43rd season in the Chinese football league. The club was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal despite having achieved the ninth place previous season in the Chinese Super League.
1 December 2009, Peng Weiguo was appointed as the temporary manager of the club.
31 December 2009, the Sports Bureau of Guangzhou took over the club and the club's name was changed into Guangzhou Football Club.
12 February 2010, Guangzhou confirmed earlier in the transfer window that they had agreed a club record fee of ¥2.8 million to sell Xu Liang to Beijing Guoan.[2]Bai Lei joined Tianjin Teda for a fee of ¥1.7 million on the same day.
25 March 2010, it was announced that manager Peng Weiguo had been relieved of his duties, with Korean manager Lee Jang-Soo put in charge.[6]
3 April 2010, Guangzhou's League One 2010 campaign kicked off with a 3–1 home victory over Beijing Institute of Technology. Gao Lin scored two goals in this match.
29 May 2010, Guangzhou claimed first place in China League One for the first time this season with a 2–1 home win against Guangzhou rivals Guangdong Sunray Cave.[8]
28 June 2010, former China national team captain Zheng Zhi signed for Guangzhou from Celtic on a free transfer.[9]
Guangzhou players celebrate their second League One title.
21 July 2010, Guangzhou trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10–0 at Century Lotus Stadium, setting a new club record (also a new record in Chinese professional football league) for their biggest ever League win in the process as well as breaking numerous scoring records.[11]
16 October 2010, Guangzhou returned to their real home stadium, Yuexiushan Stadium for the first time this season and beat Hubei Oriental International Travel 2–1 in this match.[13]
30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully achieved League One champions for the second time with a 3–1 victory at home to Hunan Billows. Gao Lin's first half hat-trick ensured he finished the season with the League One top scorer, having scored 20 goals, six more than the 14 scored by second-placed Ye Weichao.
Technical staff[]
Name
Job title
Lee Jang-Soo
Head coach (from 25 Mar 2010)
Assistant coach (from 27 Mar 2010)
Kim Yong-Kab
Assistant coach / Fitness coach (from 27 Mar 2010)
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2010. Source: League One table Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.) (C) Champion; (P) Promoted Notes:
^Match was postponed from 21 April to 22 April, for 21 April was announced as the national mourning day for the victims killed in the Yushu earthquake.