2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

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Guangzhou Evergrande 2011
ChairmanChina Liu Yongzhuo
ManagerSouth Korea Lee Jang-Soo
South Korea Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
StadiumTianhe Stadium
Super League1st
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brazil Muriqui (16)

All:
Brazil Muriqui (20)
Highest home attendance50,389
(v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest home attendance35,856
(v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average home league attendance45,666
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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[]

  • 25 December 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Ning, Feng Xiaoting and Yang Jun for a total fee of €3.4 million.[1]
  • 25 January 2011, China national team midfielder Yang Hao signed for Guangzhou from Beijing Guoan on a free transfer.[2]
  • 6 February 2011, Guangzhou got the second place in the 2011 Asian Challenge Cup after losing 5–3 in the penalty shootout with Tianjin Teda.
  • 9 February 2011, Brazilian striker Cléo completed a €3.2 million move to Guangzhou from FK Partizan, signing a four-year-deal.[3]
  • 13 February 2011, Korean midfielder Cho Won-Hee joined Guangzhou Evergrande from Premier League side Wigan Athletic on a free transfer,[4] which made him the second Korean player to play for Guangzhou F.C. after Park Ji-Ho.
  • 2 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Paulão on a four-year deal from Grêmio Prudente with a fee of €2.5 million.[5]
  • 8 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Renato Cajá on a four-year deal from Botafogo with a fee of €1.6 million.[6]
  • 2 April 2011, Guangzhou's Super League 2011 campaign kicked off with a 1–0 home victory over Dalian Shide. Cléo scored the only goal of the match.
  • 9 April 2011, Guangzhou broke club's record for longest unbeaten streak in the league (23 games, 17 wins and 6 draws) with a 1–1 away draw against Nanchang Hengyuan.
  • 4 May 2011, Guangzhou's FA Cup 2011 campaign kicked off with a 3–2 home victory with second-tier club Guizhou Zhicheng. Muriqui scored a hat trick in the match.
  • 8 May 2011, Guangzhou claimed first place in China Super League for the first time of the club's history after a 1–0 away win against Shenzhen Ruby.
  • 12 May 2011, Guangzhou was kicked out in the FA Cup after losing at a 13 round super long Penalty shootout against Shaanxi Renhe.
  • 3 July 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Darío Conca from Fluminense on a three-and-a-half-year-deal for a reported record breaking fee of €10 million.
  • 18 September 2011, Guangzhou lost to Changchun Yatai 1–2 at Development Area Stadium, which ended club's record 44-league-match unbeaten run.
  • 28 September 2011, Guangzhou successfully achieved their first Super League title away to Shaanxi Renhe, after a 4–1 win.

Squad[]

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

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

Technical staff[]

Position Staff
Head coach South Korea Lee Jang-Soo
South Korea Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
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[]

Summer[]

Starting XI[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Training matches[]

2011 Asian Challenge Cup[]

3 February 2011 Semi-final South China Hong Kong 0–1 China Guangzhou Evergrande So Kon Po, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8 Report Muriqui Goal 68' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 11,088
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
6 February 2011 Final Guangzhou Evergrande China 0–0
(3–5 p)
China Tianjin Teda So Kon Po, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 11,348
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Penalties
Muriqui Penalty scored
Gao Lin Penalty scored
Zhang Linpeng Penalty missed
Li Yan Penalty scored
Cao Yang Penalty scored
Wang Xinxin Penalty scored
Wu Weian Penalty scored
Zorić Penalty scored
Li Benjian Penalty scored

Real Madrid China tour[]

3 August 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande China 1–7 Spain Real Madrid Guangzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Yang Yihu Goal 88' Khedira Goal 7'
Özil Goal 31'
Benzema Goal 39'50'
Ronaldo Goal 57'
Jesé Goal 72'
Di María Goal 84'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

2011 CSL All-Stars Game[]

27 November 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1
(4–2 p)
CSL All-Stars Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Wu Pingfeng Goal 20' Song Wenjie Goal 68' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Referee: Zhao Liang
Penalties
Conca Penalty scored
Feng Xiaoting Penalty missed
Jiang Ning Penalty scored
Sun Xiang Penalty scored
Zhang Linpeng Penalty scored
Zhao Junzhe Penalty scored
Zhang Chenglin Penalty missed
Wang Song Penalty missed
Huang Fengtao Penalty scored

Competitions[]

Chinese Super League[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 2012 AFC Champions League 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[a]
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28 +15 47[b]
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 13 8 9 37 31 +6 47[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2011. Source: http://csl.sina.com.cn/statistics/
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). Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[15]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1; Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 8 2 67 23  +44 68 13 2 0 42 7  +35 7 6 2 25 16  +9

Results by round[]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWDWDWDWWLWWWLWD
Position455521112111111111111111111111
Source:[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

2 April 2011 Round 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Dalian Shide Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Cléo Goal 47' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sun Baojie
9 April 2011 Round 2 Nanchang Hengyuan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Nanchang
15:40 UTC+8 Teng Bin Goal 55' (p) Cléo Goal 14' Stadium: Nanchang Bayi Stadium
Attendance: 14,562
Referee: Xu Fuxin
17 April 2011 Round 3 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 Beijing Guoan Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 31'88' Xu Liang Goal 23'
Wang Xiaolong Goal 48'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,612
Referee: Guo Baolong
23 April 2011 Round 4 Qingdao Jonoon 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Qingdao
15:30 UTC+8 Cléo Goal 19' (p)
Gao Lin Goal 60'
Stadium: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
Attendance: 13,741
Referee: Xu Hang
29 April 2011 Round 5 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Liaoning Whowin Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Cléo Goal 31'61' (p) Kim Yoo-Jin Goal 42' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,263
Referee: Huang Yejun
8 May 2011 Round 6 Shenzhen Ruby 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Huizhou
15:30 UTC+8 Jiang Ning Goal 68' Stadium: Huizhou Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,648
Referee: Zhou Gang
15 May 2011 Round 7 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–1 Henan Construction Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi Goal 74'
Ye Weichao Goal 78'
Feng Xiaoting Goal 90+1'
Netto Goal 70' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,796
Referee: Zhang Lei
20 May 2011 Round 8 Shandong Luneng 0–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Jinan
19:30 UTC+8 Stadium: Shandong Stadium
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Huang Yejun
29 May 2011 Round 9 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Changchun Yatai Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 89' Dori Goal 31' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,920
Referee: Ma Li
12 June 2011 Round 10 Tianjin Teda 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Tianjin
19:30 UTC+8 Feng Xiaoting Goal 32' Stadium: TEDA Stadium
Attendance: 31,338
Referee: Yao Qing
18 June 2011 Round 11 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Shaanxi Chanba Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 76'
Wu Pingfeng Goal 90+2'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,312
Referee: Wang Di
26 June 2011 Round 12 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Jiangsu Sainty Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Gao Lin Goal 33' (p)
Cléo Goal 57' (p)
Djite Goal 72' (p) Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,218
Referee: Xu Fuxin
2 July 2011 Round 13 Hangzhou Greentown 1–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Yiwu, Jinhua
19:30 UTC+8 Bari Goal 90+1' Cléo Goal 39'
Gao Lin Goal 51'
Muriqui Goal 83'
Stadium:
Attendance: 10,542
Referee: Fan Qi
6 July 2011 Round 14 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Chengdu Blades Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 22'
Cléo Goal 41'
Jiang Ning Goal 74'
Zheng Zhi Goal 80'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 50,389
Referee: Wang Jin
10 July 2011 Round 15 Dalian Shide 1–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Dalian
19:00 UTC+8 Chamanga Goal 84' Cléo Goal 79'
Muriqui Goal 85'88'
Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium
Attendance: 21,170
Referee: Sun Baojie
14 July 2011 Round 16 Guangzhou Evergrande 5–0 Nanchang Hengyuan Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Wu Pingfeng Goal 27'
Cléo Goal 48'
Muriqui Goal 50'
Conca Goal 85'
Jiang Ning Goal 90'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Tao Rancheng
1 August 2011 Round 17 Beijing Guoan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing
19:30 UTC+8 W. Martínez Goal 75' Gao Lin Goal 67' Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 53,375
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
6 August 2011 Round 18 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Qingdao Jonoon Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca Goal 16'28'
Gao Lin Goal 60'
Gao Zhilin Goal 85'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,160
Referee: Wang Zhe
12 August 2011 Round 19 Liaoning Whowin 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Shenyang
19:30 UTC+8 Kim Yoo-Jin Goal 28' Gao Lin Goal 83' Stadium: Tiexi Stadium
Attendance: 25,812
Referee: Ma Ning
17 August 2011 Round 20 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–1 Shenzhen Ruby Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi Goal 44'90'
Gao Lin Goal 78'
Conca Goal 80' (p)
Flores Goal 14' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,020
Referee: Guo Baolong
21 August 2011 Round 21 Henan Construction 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Zhengzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Netto Goal 66' Gao Zhilin Goal 56' Stadium: Hanghai Stadium
Attendance: 20,688
Referee: Fan Qi
10 September 2011 Round 22 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Shandong Luneng Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Gao Lin Goal 20'
Wu Pingfeng Goal 24'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,869
Referee: Ma Li
14 September 2011[16] Round 23 Shanghai Shenhua 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8 Conca Goal 17'
Wu Pingfeng Goal 56'
Stadium: Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 18,232
Referee: Ma Li
18 September 2011 Round 24 Changchun Yatai 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Changchun
19:30 UTC+8 Arrechea Goal 15'
Pei Shuai Goal 84'
Sun Xiang Goal 56' Stadium: Development Area Stadium
Attendance: 28,669
Referee: Xu Fuxin
24 September 2011 Round 25 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Tianjin Teda Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca Goal 13'82'
Muriqui Goal 30'
Gao Lin Goal 74'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,383
Referee: Fan Qi
28 September 2011 Round 26 Shaanxi Renhe 1–4 Guangzhou Evergrande Xi'an
17:00 UTC+8 Wan Houliang Goal 26' Gao Lin Goal 36'51'
Zheng Zhi Goal 84'
Conca Goal 86'
Stadium: Shaanxi Province Stadium
Attendance: 25,360
Referee: Wang Di
16 October 2011 Round 27 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Shanghai Shenhua Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca Goal 14' (p)
Muriqui Goal 34'36'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 49,693
Referee: Li Jun
22 October 2011 Round 28 Jiangsu Sainty 5–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Nanjing
15:30 UTC+8 Jevtić Goal 19'
Sun Ke Goal 45'
Dănălache Goal 45+3'53' (p)
de la Haza Goal 86'
Muriqui Goal 80' (p)82' Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 31,856
Referee: Xu Hang
29 October 2011 Round 29 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Hangzhou Greentown Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 10'85'
Jiang Ning Goal 71'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 35,856
Referee: Wang Di
2 November 2011 Round 30 Chengdu Blades 2–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Chengdu
15:30 UTC+8 Wang Kai Goal 10'90+3' (p) Gao Zhilin Goal 46'
Zhang Linpeng Goal 89'
Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,245
Referee: Wang Di

Chinese FA Cup[]

4 May 2011 First round Guangzhou Evergrande 3–2 Guizhou Zhicheng Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Muriqui Goal 62'64' (p)78' Goal 4'
Goal 90'
Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium
Attendance: 14,380
Referee: Bai Hua
12 May 2011 Second round Shaanxi Renhe 1–1
(11–10 p)
Guangzhou Evergrande Xi'an
15:30 UTC+8 Yu Hai Goal 68' Muriqui Goal 45' (p) Stadium: Shaanxi Province Stadium
Attendance: 21,680
Referee: Wang Zhe
Penalties
Firmani Penalty scored
Qu Bo Penalty missed
Sun Jihai Penalty scored
Oravec Penalty scored
Zhao Xuri Penalty scored
Yu Hai Penalty scored
Rao Weihui Penalty scored
Bajalica Penalty missed
Djulbic Penalty scored
Wan Houliang Penalty scored
Zhang Lie Penalty scored
Firmani Penalty scored
Qu Bo Penalty scored
Muriqui Penalty missed
Gao Lin Penalty scored
Feng Xiaoting Penalty scored
Jiang Ning Penalty scored
Zheng Zhi Penalty scored
Sun Xiang Penalty scored
Paulão Penalty scored
Wu Pingfeng Penalty missed
Li Jianhua Penalty scored
Cho Won-Hee Penalty scored
Yang Jun Penalty scored
Muriqui Penalty scored
Gao Lin Penalty missed

Squad statistics[]

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

Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Apps Starts Goals Yellow card YC Red card RC Apps Starts Goals Yellow card YC Red card RC Apps Starts Goals Yellow card 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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